The Indianapolis journal., 1894-04-08
THE TUsKEGEE INSTITUTE.
Young Negroes Receive Practical In
structiOn I'm Manual Arts.
Review of Reviews.

review or REVIEWS
Tuskegee has a broad conception of it's
mission. 1t Is not planted in central Ala
bama In order to cultivate in the minds of
carefully secluded lot of young negroes the
deiuslve idea that smattering or Latin,
Greek. trigonometry and psychology added
TO very imperfect knowledge of the rudi-
mentary branches--can win the battle of
life for the colOred man in America, either
as an individual or race. Nothing is more
remote from the spirit and methods cf
Tuskegee than the absurd notion that the
thing to carry to young plantation negroes
in Alabama is the old-fashioned curriculum
of the smaller New ENGLAND college of
has no desire to educate young negroes
away from sympathy with the masses OF
their ,Ny own & race nor TO-, to spoil them f9r the
offer them. On the other hand, the Tus-
kegee School is no fomenter of race dis
cords and has no sympathy with the idea
of the regeneration of the negro race
through politics. 1t believes in the essen
tfal unity of all the population Of the South,
and seeks to cultivate and perpetuate re-
spect, confidence and mutual good will be-
tween the black and white races.
There are two principal advantages in
the large landed domain-1,440 acres-which
the Tuskegee Institute has acquired. Nearly
all of the students come to the school so
poor that they are compelled to work their
way through. The school farm affords en-
ployment for many of these pupils. On
the other hand, it is an important part of
the work of the school to teach thoroughly
the art of practical agriculture. With near
" a thousand persons living in the school
dormitories and cottages. many of the
products of the farm and gardens can be
utilized in the school kitchens. Moreover,
a considerable area OF land is desirable Tor
the best success of the other practical trades
and industries that go to make up the In
dustrial side Of life and instruction at such
a school as Tuskegeek Thus 1t happens that
one portion of the sind affords extensive
beds of clay. and the students have made
all fle bricks that have bSen used In the
construction of several new school Dulld-
ings, besides making brick for sale to out
Most of the important buildings on the
grounds have been built wholly by student
labor with the threefOld result or good
practical training in the several building
trades the giving of work to students who
could not otherwise enjoy the advantages
OF the institution, and the eking out or the
Schools financial resources. PlaStering, as
well as brick making and brick laying, is
practically and regularly taught. so large
and mules and agricultural implements, and
this fact affords basis for the maintenance
of a good shop of horse shoeing and general
by the school farm itself, Dut by many
farmers outside. Wheelwrightfng also
grows of necessity out of the making
and care of the wagons and other vehicles
OF the farm: and the repair and painting or
vehicles for many people in the country
round about has resulted, as testimony TO
the efficiency of the shop The practical OPP
portunity for instruction in carpentry is
very considerable, where the barns, and
sheds and most or the more important
school buildings have all been constructed
by student labor, not TO speak OF a number
of neat residences A portion of the farm
is heavily tinbered, and affords opportu-
nifty for instruction in SawTnfll Worthwhile
the output is at the same time utilized for
the supply of materials for buildings, fences
and so on Harness making, timing, shoe
making and mattress making are among
the other trades taught and carried on for
the support of students and profit of the
institution. The young women are taught
sewing cooking. laundryius and all other
departments of housekeeping The, printing
office is an important adjunct of the insti-
tuition. and it turns out very credible spec
linens of typographical work, doing large
of the institution, besides printing the col
Iege catalogues and one or two small jour
nails conducted by the faculty and students.