Birmingham Southern College - Southern Accent Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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' ! t2; S €)i«a: GTi59 ic)i 2 iS lasE Continuously since the year 1830, Method ' ists of cAlabama have been actively interested in education under the auspices of the Church. Birmingham-Southern is the out- growth of two church colleges. Southern Uni- versity, founded in 1856, and Birmingham College, founded in 1898. The movement which led to the founding of Southern University was begun at the twenty- third session of the cAlabama Conference in 1854. Q ft the next annual session it was de- cided to locate the proposed college at Qreens- boro, and a board of trustees was appointed. This body set about the task of securing a charter at once, and presented the charter at the first formal meeting of the Board of Trus- tees, march 1 7th, 1856. ' flans were decided upon at the same time, and the actual con- struction of the S fMn Building began almost immediately. j Cc- ' vs-