Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1897-06-05
A WORD ABOUT TUOKEGEE.
The commencement 1
Success
fIiOh HoN0RS WON
Hon Charles w. Anderson's
Eloquent Plea.
SPECIMENS OF WORK FOR THE
NASHVILLE EXPOSITION.

TUsKEeEE. Ala, May 2S Com
mencem' mt at Tuskegee has come and
gone The crbwd of visitors has dis-
pers'd. the great pavilion. gay with
flags al d bunting. is deserted, teach
ers and udents are leaving, and soon
the campus will wear its usual sum
mer vacation air of quiet and compsr-
alive loneliness
Probably no similar occasion in the
history OF the school has been more
uniformly successful. Interest ran
high thrOuyhout the week ard culni-
mated in the proceedings of commence
ment day. The exercises TO which this
Was fitting climax were themselves
OF a high order.
THE PRIzE CONTEST.
The Boston Trinity Church Prize
Contest was an encouraging display of
youthful forensic elCquence. L. is in
teresting TO note, in this connection.
that while a young man. SIR. Isaac
Fisher OF Mississippi won the prize,
twenty-five dollars i'm gold, the only
girl contestant, Miss Emma Penney.
the young daughter uf the school, )
chaplain, gave him close chase for
the honor
A MINISTER'S ADDRESS
The Bible Training School had four
graduates, all of whom intend enter
ing the ministry. The Rev MIR. Car
ter, prominent minister of Atlanta.
addressed the class in an eminentls
sound and practical speech. Mr.. Car
ter uttered a protest against the sorl
OF minis ers who coucern themselve,
merely about the peoples religious
condition and preach the you may
have the world hut give me Jesus doe
trine." He thinks that the assor
should interest binst In in all that af-
fects the welfare OF his people. THE
kind OF ministry our people need :" he
urged, is the ministry that has man
hood i'm it,"
THE INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT
The anniversary exercises Of the in
dustrial departments were o. highly
interesting character. The audience
was told about Chimney Building. !"
Roof Construction" Trousers Max
ing, F" "Dressmaking IN the Home. /"
Method of Making Drawings" ard
kindred subjects, Practical illustrn-
tion OF the thing talked about was in
most cases, made on the stage
THE ACADEMIC DKpA RTMENr.
At the graduating exercises of the
academic department, on commence
ment day proper. such subjects were
treated as: The Possibilities of the
Negro Mechanic in the South, I" Diver
sity OF Occupations" Domestic Econ
omy in the SOUTH" and Manual
Training and Intellectual Develop
hfrfr
women received diplomas. or these
the majority have either COMPLETED
some trade, or know enough about one
to earn living by working at it.
THE ORATOR or THR DAY.
The orator Of the day was Mr.. Cl as.
w anderson of New York CITY, who.
as most people know, is connected
with the treasury department. of his
state. Expectation, though bigh, was
fully satisfied. Mr. Anderson, in the
course OF his very eloquent address.
emphasized the Importance of indus
trial education and deplored the fact
that it is so little appreciated by the
great majority OF our people
The farmers, the ignorant, hard
working people, who were present in
large numbers, were urged to do their
part in the elevation of the race "Ev-
cry man who pays for his home-pays
for it, mind, ducates his children. and
leads an honest life is helping to raise
the standard of the race with which he
Is identified.
THR WORK To BE IDENTIFIED
One of the most interesting features
of commencement was the display of
industrial and academic work which
had been prepared for the Nashville
Centendial. Crowds thronged Cassidy
Hall throughout Wednesday forenoon.
examining the products of farm and
shop and classroom Outside were
rows of stalls containing specimens of
the schools live stuck At the same
time the industries were in full opera
ton, as we'll as the classroom exercis-
es, and each attracted its quota of in
terested visitors
REMARKABLE PROGRESS.
Despite the stringency of the times.
Tuskegee has never closed a wear
marked by greater progress There
has been special activity along the line
Of building. The science hall has been
nearly completed, the new chapel is
we'll under way. and an agricultural
building, costing ten thousand dollars
, has been erected
An experimental agricultural station
will hereafter be at Tuskegee and more
attention than ever will be paid to the
scientific study of farming Much has
been done during the past year to help
the farmers One of the teachers, who
is graduate OF the Iowa State Agri-
cultural College and former instruc-
tor in that institution, has been sent
to various points in this and adjacent
counties to instruct the people in but
ter and cheese making and other sub
! jects of practical benefit to theps in
their work. These lectures have beer
highly appreciated and much good has
already come from them.
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