Show 1 GR GROWTH OF TUSKEGEE Few Pew institutions in this country have lave accomplished ed as much permanent good goad g d from a very verr small beginning as has the Tuskegee Institute in Alaba Alabama ma founded by Booker Washington the greatest negro of his generation perhaps the th greatest of any generation In his address on the occasion of the ial of ot Tuskegee the theother theother theother other day Mr Washington W told some something something something thing of the origin and the growth of the institution He told how it had its ts birth birth in ira hla a little building loaned for forthe forthe forthe the purpose by by the African Methodist st Episcopal church It had then one teacher and thirty pupils and was ab absolutely absolutely without anything it could call its ts own c From this it has extended its ma material foundation said Mr Washing Washington ton to 2300 acres of land of which are cultivated It has o build buildIngs buildings Ings some small others large and andreal andreal andreal real and and personal property to the value of t If we add to this thi the thes pro productive productive productive endowment fund of in inthe Inthe inthe the hands of ot the trustees it will be seen that the total material resources of the institution now amount to 2 For operating expenses we had at first only the 2000 annually grant granted granted ed us by the state of Alabama The present cost of operating Is annually about A large proportion of this sum we have to secure from the public each year So much for the physical side of our institution ion I The student body Is now composed I of more than 1400 students instead of thirty pupils Besides the in the training school or childrens house there are half a hundred in the town night schools The first students came from the counties immediately around the school Now students come to us mainly from the lower south south but in all aU states and territories and twelve foreign countries are represent represented ed ed A circumstance which adds to the expense and complication of our ef efforts efforts efforts forts is that 90 per cent of our stu students students students dents board and sleep upon our grounds this being necessary In order that we e may impart correct habits of home life With the number of stu students students dents named it is safe s fe to say that we refuse admission for lack of room and means each year to as many girls as we enroll With some soma members of af his own race Booker Washington is unpopular He has always preached the doctrine of for the negro At no time has he had any patience with the black loafer on the street corner the sleeper In the shade of a tree or the greasy sweaty black politician eter eternally e r nally bellowing about the rights of the negro Mr s theory is that negroes should be taught to work that they should become artisans tradesmen farmers The fruits of his labors are seen throughout the south A Tuskegee graduate has no trouble in finding a good position and as a rule the graduates graduates graduates ates of the school are sober indus industrious industrious industrious trustworthy and efficient More could not be said for the graduates of any school in the land |