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    1. BEDFORD MAIL FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1898
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    3. First Colored Girl in Indiana University Miss Carrie PARKER is the first colored girl to enter Indiana University, and so far as reported, is the first to enter any Indiana college with the expectation of graduating. She comes from Clinton, Indiana, where she was raised, and where she attended the graded schools and finally graduated from the high school. She is 19 years old and a comely looking miss, and Dr. SWAIN states comes with good recommendations. Her father is living, but her mother has been dead several years. Miss PARKER is compelled to work to pay her expenses while in college and is now with the family of Prof. E. E. GRIFFITH. She enters the freshman class and enrolled yesterday. There were six colored gentlemen students in the institution last term.

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