[1737] See Register of the University of Alabama, p. 217.
[1738] These notices were printed in the Ku Klux Rept., Ala. Test., p. 418. They were fastened to the door with a dagger. The students who were notified left at once.
[1739] See Ku Klux Rept., Ala. Test., p. 426 (Speed).
[1740] The following table gives the enrolment of students during Reconstruction:—
| Session | Students | |
| 1868-9 | ||
| 1869-70 | 30 | |
| 1870-1 | 21 | |
| 1871-2 | 107 | |
| 1872-3 | 135 | |
| 1873-4 | 53 | |
| 1874-5 | 74 | |
| 1875-6 | 111 | |
| 1876-7 | 164 |
[1741] I have this account from the men who furnished the bribes.
[1742] Clark, p. 99.
[1743] Finley had been doorkeeper for the first Board (1868-1870), and in 1870 was elected to serve four years. He was a member of the convention of 1867 and of the legislature. He had no education and no ability, but he was a sensible negro and was an improvement on the white men of the preceding Board.
[1744] Journal of the Board of Education and Regents, June 20, 1871.
[1745] Act of Dec. 6, 1873, School Laws.