placeMississippi Valley (Memphis, Tennessee and surrounding region), United States event1887-05

Notes in the Saddle

— Rev. C. J. Ryder, Field Superintendent, American Missionary Association

Le Moyne Institute, at Memphis, Tenn., like almost all of the A. M. A. schools this year, is full to overflowing. A large number of pupils have been turned away for the want of accommodations. The Industrial department of Le Moyne Institute is receiving constant additions. A printing outfit has recently been procured, and the students are busy over "fonts" and "pi," though no printer's devil has as yet appeared.

A trip down the Mississippi Valley is a revelation to one who has never passed over this route... Five thousand colored people have poured into this great garden spot during the past eighteen months and others are constantly coming. What an opportunity for A. M. A. work! Pleading invitations come to me from many places along the line of this valley, begging me to come and see their needs. Churches and schools and missions are demanded all through this region immediately.

verified Public domain — The American Missionary, Vol. 41, No. 5, via Project Gutenberg
Published 1887, well before the 1929 US public domain cutoff.