nia, Georgia and Tennessee. For five years he studied,
making an advancement that was frequently a marvel to the
teachers, some of whom were at times puzzled to sustain
their place of superiority over him.

In 1876 Daniel Wallace Culp graduated from Biddle
University, being the first graduate from the classical
department of that institution, with the degree of Bachelor
of Arts.

Having decided to study theology, he, in the fall of the
same year in which he graduated from Biddle, entered
Princeton Theological Seminary. At the same time he entered
Princeton College to study the History of Philosophy and
Psychology under the great Dr. McCosh.

The presence of a colored student in the classes at
Princeton College (which has no connection with the
Theological Seminary) was particularly obnoxious to the
young men of the South, of whom there were several then in
attendance. This brought on a crisis. The young white men of
the South packed their trunks and left for their homes,
declaring with much emphasis that they would not sit in the
lecture room with a "nigger." But, strange to relate, their
parents showed better sense by requiring them to promptly
return. In the meanwhile efforts were made to have Dr. Culp
discontinue his attendance at these lectures, all of which
he positively refused to do. The young men from the South
finally became friendly, and things moved on smoothly, Dr.
Culp winning the respect of all the students by his
gentlemanly conduct and scholarship.

In the Theological Seminary he was regarded as one of the
brightest students in his class, excelling in the study of
the Hebrew language and theology. He graduated from this
seminary in the spring of 1879.

Now came the most trying time in the life of the young man
who had been sated with frequent conquests while in the
pursuit of knowledge. Dr. Culp was assigned to an humble
Presbyterian Church at Laurens, S. C., under the auspices of
the Freedman's Board of the Northern Presbyterian Church.
His work was to preach and teach at that place. He remained
at Laurens one year, when he was called to the pastorate of
Laura Street Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville, Fla.

In the fall of 1881 he was appointed principal of Stanton
Institute, the largest col