was also president of Morris Brown and was elevated from its head to the Bishopric, 1920. Georgia has a complete university system. The recent purchase of the Boulevard High School by Bishop Flipper and the many successful rallies they have held shows Allen’s spirit in bold relief.
Edward Waters College (1883) our school in Florida. This school was born in the brain of W. W. Sampson, W. P. Ross and John R. Scott, Sr. The first building was placed on a lot belonging to Mt. Zion Church, Jacksonville, which was destroyed by fire during the pastorate of Rev. E. J. Gregg, which also swept away the church during the great conflagration of that city. After this the school wandered around for a place to lodge its head. When Rev. Baxter went to Mt. Zion he found a controversy of the lot between the church and college as to ownership; a compromise was made and a mortgage given to Edward Waters which was paid six months afterwards and the lot is now the property of the church. An attempt was made at one time to build in South Jacksonville, which failed. A committee went to Morris Brown to negotiate merging Edward Waters with it, but that
