YMCA : West Side Surburban
Date : 04/05/2013
The day started with everyone eating breakfast and making there way to the bus. There was a buzz in the air as everyone was feeling the excitement from it being the last college tour of the trip.
In 1882, one of the nation’s early Black Church denominations founded what has since evolved into Lane College. Now referred to as The Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church, the organization was originally named the Colored Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church in America when it formed in 1870. Among its top priorities was the establishment of schools to educate the newly freed Negroes following the Civil War. This enterprise of building a school in Tennessee was conceived as early as November 1878 at the CME denomination’s Tennessee Annual Conference. The CME church’s first Bishop, William H. Miles, presided over the meeting which convened at the old Capers Chapel CME Church in Nashville, Tennessee. A most pivotal moment of the conference occurred when Reverend J.K. Daniels presented a resolution to establish a Tennessee school. Amid much applause, the resolution was adopted, and a committee was appointed to solicit means to purchase a site. Reverends C.H. Lee, J.H. Ridley, Sandy Rivers, Barry Smith, and J. K. Daniels constituted this committee.
Due to the great yellow fever epidemic of 1878, the committee’s work was hindered; but when Bishop Isaac Lane was appointed to preside over the Tennessee conference in 1879, there was a turning point. He met with the committee, gave advice, and helped to formulate plans for the founding of what would be called the “CME High School” (now Lane College). For $240, Bishop Lane purchased the first four acres of land to be used for the new school, and they were located in the eastern part of Jackson, Tennessee.
On November 12, 1882, the “CME High School” began its first session under the guidance of its first principal and teacher, Miss Jennie E. Lane, daughter of Founder Isaac Lane. This first day of school marked the beginning of a powerful and ongoing commitment to the uplifting of people throughout the south, the nation, and the world.
Lane college has approximatley 1900 students. The tuition was approximately $15,000.
The teens met with the Director of Recruiting for Lane College. She provided the teens with a moving message. She also shared with the teens the tuition cost as well as the retention rate.
Campus radio station is operated by college students with professors there to support the operations.
The Lane College water tower was where the book store, a eatery and a business office for entrepreneurs was housed.
The campus had two of these amazing retreats on the campus that the students could go to and relax. The students are able to watch movies, listen to music, play games, cards, pool or table tennis.
Lane College dorm room.
After our trip to Lane College, we returned to the hotel and the teens had to complete their end of tour essays.
We left the hotel and went to the Memphis YMCA. The gymnasium was our disco for about 3 hours. The teens had a great time listening to music, dancing and eating. You can see some the teens and there fancy moves.
And, we had our end of the day meeting
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