I know wealthy people who receive as much as
twenty calls a day for help. More than once when I have gone into
the offices of rich men, I have found half a dozen persons
waiting to see them, and all come for the same purpose, that of
securing money. And all these calls in person, to say nothing of
the applications received through the mails. Very few people have
any idea of the amount of money given away by persons who never
permit their names to be known. I have often heard persons
condemned for not giving away money, who, to my own knowledge,
were giving away thousands of dollars every year so quietly that
the world knew nothing about it.
As an example of this, there are two ladies in New York, whose
names rarely appear in print, but who, in a quiet way, have given
us the means with which to erect three large and important
buildings during the last eight years. Besides the gift of these
buildings, they have made other generous donations to the school.
And they not only help Tuskegee, but they are constantly seeking
opportunities to help other worthy causes.
Although it has been my privilege to be the medium through which
a good many hundred thousand dollars have been received for the
work at Tuskegee, I have always avoided what the world calls
"begging.
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