Held in Opelika, November 12-15, 1879. In this session Rev. A. F. Owens
joined, and Revs. A. Butler and B. Burke forsook the Convention. Rev.
D. M. Phillips, of Tuskegee, had left the cross for the crown.
The second $1,000 had been paid on our campus, and $700 worth of
improvements had been added to the buildings. A missionary society
organized by President Woodsmall and operating in the St. Philip Street
Church, is reported as giving partial support to Profs. Alston and
Pettiford, and to students D. T. Gulley and J. C. Curry.