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The Morning News
Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia
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Special services at Russell Street Baptist church today conducted by Rev. M. W. Gilbert, president of the Florida Baptist Academy in Jacksonville. Gilbert is a leading colored minister, first colored graduate of Colgate College in 1887, and previously elected president of the Florida Institute at Live Oak before its move to Jacksonville.
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Special services will be conducted at the Russell Street Baptist church to-day by Rev. M. W. Gilbert, president of the Florida Baptist Academy, of Jacksonville. President Gilbert is one of the leading colored ministers of the denomination. He was the first colored graduate of Colgate college, New York and won the first Kingsford prize in oratory. He was class historian during his senior year and graduated with the degree of A. B. in the class of 1887. He was elected president of the Florida Institute at Live Oak, on the recommendation of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, and secured the removal of the institute to Jacksonville.
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Special services will be conducted at the Russell Street Baptist church to-day by Rev. M. W. Gilbert, president of the Florida Baptist Academy, of Jacksonville. President Gilbert is one of the leading colored ministers of the denomination. He was the first colored graduate of Colgate college, New York and won the first Kingsford prize in oratory. He was class historian during his senior year and graduated with the degree of A. B. in the class of 1887. He was elected president of the Florida Institute at Live Oak, on the recommendation of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, and secured the removal of the institute to Jacksonville.