As an example, we showed
the old method of dairying in contrast with the improved methods,
the old methods of tilling the soil in contrast with the new, the
old methods of cooking and housekeeping in contrast with the new.
These floats consumed an hour and a half of time in passing.
In his address in our large, new chapel, which the students had
recently completed, the President said, among other things:--
To meet you under such pleasant auspices and to have the
opportunity of a personal observation of your work is indeed most
gratifying. The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute is ideal
in its conception, and has already a large and growing reputation
in the country, and is not unknown abroad. I congratulate all who
are associated in this undertaking for the good work which it is
doing in the education of its students to lead lives of honour
and usefulness, thus exalting the race for which it was
established.
Nowhere, I think, could a more delightful location have been
chosen for this unique educational experiment, which has
attracted the attention and won the support even of conservative
philanthropists in all sections of the country.
To speak of Tuskegee without paying special tribute to Booker T.
Washington's genius and perseverance would be impossible.
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