The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-12
APPEAL FROM BLACK BELT
TUSKEGEE STUDENTS WARMLY
WELCOMED IN THIS CITY.

Them-Needs of Booker L. Washington's
School Strongly stated-Negro Education
National Notwithstanding Services
Yesterday.
The students of the Tuskegee insti-
tute met with warm welcome from
the various churches of the city yes
terday. Several churches were opened
for them to hold meetings in, and in all
cases the audiences We're large and con-
tributions generous, testifying to the
hearty approval which the people of
New Haven feel for President Booker
T. Washingtons method of helping the
colored people of the black belt by as
sisting them to help themselves.
The persons representing the institute
are the assistant principal of the insti-
tute, Mr.. Thomas ]. Galloway, and his
wife, and four students from the school
two young men and two young wo-
men.
The students wore the neat blue uni
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favorable impression at the meetings
by the plain, simple statement of their
stories and the beautiful rendering Of
the rich negro melodies.
HUMPHREY STREET CHURCH.
Two meetings were held in the morn
ing both we'll attended and interesting,
one at 1890 at Davenport Congrega-
tional church and another at 11:15 at
the Humphrey street Congregational
church.
At the latter church the meeting was
commenced by singing of America" by
the audience and Ring Down His
Name" rendered by the institute quin-
tet.
Mr. Galloway introduced Edward
Bradnax who gave the following brief
account of his connection with the in
stitute: 81 desired to learn the paint
er's trade, and as a brother and sister
of mine had both been students at the
institute / wrote to Mr.. Washington in
1892 asking to be admitted. I was TAX
en- in, but as the painting department
was full at that time I was kept at
shoveling clay in the brickyard, and
later I was employed around the saw
Hill, WU6lG L lGo1 lieu llOW W w tiAS ' @
rious kinds of work about the mill.
Later I was taken into the painting de-
partment and there after two years L
was enabled to earn enough to pay my
own expenses in the school,
The quintet sang God Knows l Amt
Ashamed" after which Mr.. Galloway
gave the following brief summary of
the work of the institute:
"The institute founded by President
Booker T. Washington, which we are
here to represent. is situated in Alaba-
ma in what is known as the black belt.
1t is called the black belt not because
the soil there is darker than elsewhere,
but because of the vast preponderance
Of the black over the white population
in that region, outnumber1ng the
whites three or four to one and some
times as many as nine to one. 1t is
possible for one to ride a whole day in
some places and not see a single white
face, which of course makes white
man feel rather lonesome.
Several years ago a man partly
black came into one of the communi
ties of the black belt and asked for
situation as butter maker The white
people were inclined to question his
color rather than his ability to make
butter. but finally decided to give him a
trial
'The first butter sent by him to the
New York market brought one cent a
pound more than any butter ever be-
fore marketed from that community
and Immediately the butter-maker's
skin began to grow white in the eyes OF
his employers, and when the second
batch Of butter brought two cents g
pound more than any before marketed
he became almost a white man.
"That colored man increased the pro-
ductive power of that community to the
extent of making their butter worth
two cents a pound more than it had
ever brought before. What his colorec
man did for that community Is what
the Tuskegee institute is trying to dc
for the black belt
t'It is training school where the
colored people, but lately freed from
slavery, may learn to help themselves
AS far as I know there is no doubt ir
the minds of Christians as to what
agree that they should be educated
There are two ways in which they car
be assisted to get an education: By
scholarships, and by helping them tt
help themselves. The latter method
seems to me to be the best for the
negro race, as it trains them to self
help.
"When the negro was a slave worth
IS 900 to his master his master took all
the care of him, and there was no neec
for him to take thought for himself, anG
for 250 years the race has been depen-
dent.
1--WE put the students in the institutes
into the various departments and en-.
able them to earn wages.
eve have just erected large chape
building at the institute and the build
ing was designed by students, and the
10000 brick used in it's construction
made by them and also all the WOOD
work, stating, trimming and painting
was done exclusively by students.
1--WE have now at the school 1000 stu
dents from twenty-five states, above
eighteen and one half years of age
The institute owns large farm OF
400 acres and has thirty-one buildings
The yearly expenses of the institute are
ee5 OO0 for most of which we are de-