The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-10-08

hope, feeling their way in the dark
ness, leaving loved ones at home, not
knowing whether they ever would be
able to return to them or not, and
T. own on the cold world to be baffled
from pillow to post, but how they
ev kept strong hearts and worked
with determination to see in the
South an institution of learning for
generations of Negroes unborn. By
special request Mrs. Moore related
Ter experiences when she met Queen
Victoria the first time. She to d of
how the troupe wandered through the
magnificent drawing roms and before
they knew where they were they
were standing in the presence of the
Queen.
She said that Her Majesty was so
commonplace-looking that they did not
recognize her and that when it was
made known to them that they were
in the presence of Queen Victoria,
that the real "Africani" in them came
out and that they bursted forth with
laughter with all their souls, but when
they were commanded to sing Swing
Low, Sweet Chariot" that to their sur
prise they became equal to the occa
sion and sang in a way that soon
made the Queen of England give loud
praise.
Mrs. P. R. Burrus spoke entertain
ingly and also of the early days of
Fisk University. She said when she
went to enter school the very first
meal she saw in the dining-room con-
sisted of apples and bread and that
she broke down in tears. The prin-
cipal told the matron to carry that
little girl out, that she was home
sick. She impressed her hearers that
she was really home sick then, but
she said she had learned to love Fisk
University and that she was Fishite
from head to foot and spoke in high
praise of the institution and how high
she held the same in her estimation.
Mrs Crosthwait related her expert
ences. She said three things made
her remember the Jubilee singers
First, was the Chicago fire; second,
the Jubilee singers themselves; and
third, Mrs. Taylor did not go with
the first troupe. Mrs. Taylor was
then dear friend of hers and she
felt that if anybody went with the
troupe it should have been her friend.
One of the most interesting speak
ers OF the evening was Miss Wells.
She was associated with Fisk Univer.
sity as early as seventy-one and she
remembered when one of the secreta-
rieS came here to see if the Univer-
sity should go on or be stopped She
told of how Prof White declared that
Fisk University must remain and
when asked how would the funds be
gotten to sustain the institution, he
merely said: 81 do not know. but
Fisk must remain" 1t was shortly
after that that he started on his first
mission trip with the Jubilee singers
and how well he accomplished his mis-
sion has been told by the results that
now exist.
Prof W. G. Waterman, who is one
of the Committee of Management, at
this time said that Fisk University
was not to degree experiencing SINH.
lar conditions that existed in early
days. He urged every student and
every member of the Alumni present
to do their full duty toward the insti-
tuition. He said that the success of
the institution depended on the united
effort on the part of every student,
every member of the Alumni and
every member of the Trustee Board
He said he had no doubt that Fisk
University would continue, but that
if the work was accomplished that
was desired it would require the
united effort of all.
The meeting came to close by
singing the University song, which
DR.. Morrow said expressed the true
sentiment of the members of the
Alumni and every lover of the insti
tuition, A banquet was given in the
library building for the new teachers
on Wednesday. The faculty and
student body gave a picnic at Green
wood Park, one that was highly en-
joyed by ALL