Ginger: I have lists of female students at the Centenary Institute from the late 1840s to the 1870s, but I do not have any lists of male students. Suich lists may exist, but I don't know where. If the individual you are looking for was living in Selma and boarding there, it seems unlikely to me that he would be attending the Centenary Institute which was in Summerfield, 6-7 miles to the north. That's just a conjecture. Best wishes, Bob Parrott.