New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-17
ADDRESS At TUSKEEGEE.
THE PRESIDENT PRAISES THE 1NsT1
rurE AND IT'S FOUNDER.

GOOD ADVICE TO STUDENTS
rr.kccree. Ala. Dec. 16.-The Presidents
train. which LEFT Atlanta at l .30 this MORNING.
reached TuskeeCee at o'clock. IL was pre-
coded by train bearing the members OIL VIC
Atlants Legislature
Tho procession formed at the Tuskeegee sta-
90 zion and marched through the city on the way
N The Normal school. The PRESIDENTS ca'ridee
was drawn by four horses. In the carriage VII"
~. President we're Governor johnson or Ala
iowa. Co,one; Foster. Of Tuskeegee. and Booker
washington. In the other carriages were
Nv. Mckinley and others OF the president .
marty. the members of the Cabinet ana ue"e'"''
wheeler Shaster and Lawton
After the review the President entered 'he
chanel, Only about three tnousahu pe'p''
gained adn,ittance. Booke: T. Washrs'o" III
t,yduced Governor Johnson. who in'fooueea
President Mckinley. The President spohe "S
follows:
Teachers and Pupils OF Tuskeegee: no me-
Won under such pleasant skies and rave the %
;;,r,rn,,v ~ a personal observation OF your
work is indeed most gratifying. me IuSneos IS
Normal and Industrial Institute is ioeai ., IL,
c.n,,on and has Already large and CROWNS
rcn,,, t,on in the country, and Is not u'Ni
abroad j congratulate all VINO are CpIn0 =, is
with this undertaking for the soo s. 80 80 lead
doing In the education Of its students TO i. ~
lives Of honor and usefulness. mus eNa''''s '"e
roce for which IL was estaplisheu'
TRIRI-TE TO THE FOUNDER.
To sneaL of Tuskeegee without paying spe-
c,ai tribute 10 Booker T. washington se"'u'
ond perseverance would be impossioc' rhs III
cention OF this noble enterprise was his' anu "7
deserves high credit FOR H. HIS was ''e e
.busiasn ard enterprise which mace i's s'eaO'
prosress possible and established III .l,r
went He has won worthy reputation as ore
NJ tho great leaders Of his race widelS kliom ~
ard much respected a. nome an, ra. o and true
accomplished educator. soVu ''
phanthropist. ,, ,d,arces have
,oen made in the last fifteen years p s.Su,
oeea, ,;on or tho material equipment strikinsN
nroyes The Fundamental plan or tiie ~ ~, Wv.
unde ,taking has been steadily ioIioWeu. w. ourso
features have been added: gaps ~ the ,nsa
-, ,ns,ruction have been filled in; the pau -,
o,d sources have been largely increaseu S u'a,
even the Legislative Department. ~ VI. ,he York
Va 80 the great opportunities here aHorueu.
From one small frame housr tne ii'S,Is w srni
crown until IL includes the fine group vi uoi
Hnos ,vbich have so surprised and deIlgn,eu Us
TODAY thousand students an, o oS.u' al,
$50 cared for bv nearly hundred teachelS, az
mere Sa. 1orn,ine with the preparatory depart
roent n symmetrical scholaslc coii', .n ~
which has been well Sals ne tha South Certain it
:. that pupil bent fitting himself or ne ,,
Tor mechanical work can mere nav VIZ
choice OF useful and domes"c oo'up"
One thing I like about this institution is that
,,s .no,cv has been generous and prosressiVe' "
.. "a. co sef-centred or interested in its own
ru,s,its and ambitions to ignore "ha' II
s,,rv An IN the rest Of the country. or make IL
s,sscu,, Tor outsiders 10 share the local au-
vantage | allude especially 10 the sp'' 800 80
which the annual conferences nav psun
hsid hv leading colored citizens and educators,
With the intention of improving the condl'lon Oh
their less fortunate brothers ana sisters r;,
we can sec is an immense field. ana one Wnich
cannot too soon too caretuIiy ne u'iii~ou,
The conferences have grown In popularity ana
are we'll calculated not only TO encourage cor
ored men and coored women in their lnoiNiouai
EFFORTS but TO cultivate and promote an ann
cable relationship between the TWO races,
. nrohIem whose solution was never more needed |
than al the present time Patience in modera.
ton self-control. knowledge and character VIII
surely win your victories and realize the pest
aspirations Of your people. An evidence o. the |
soundncss Of the purpose Of this lnstltuti"n Is
that those in charge Of its management evil !
IDENTIFY do not hfle"e in attempting the una
fainabe and their instruction in self-reliance
end practical industry is most VALUABLE
EDUCATION OPEN To ALI.
In .hc dav and night schools many brarches
can be taught. at small expense, which will give
- .he man and the woman who have mastered
them immediate employment and secure their
success afterward. provided they abide by tn"
principles OF industry. morality and relleio9
here inculcated In common with the hampton
m,
mas been and is to-day. Of inestirlable value III
sowing the seeds Of good citizenship institu- |
tions OF their standing and worthy patronas"
form a steadier ana more powerful agenc! 10Y
the good of all concerned than any yet proposed ,
or suggested. The practical is here associated
with the academic. which encourages both |
learning and industry. No country epoch or
race has a monopoly upon knowledge. Some
have easier, but not necessarily be'ter, oppoi-
tunites for self-deveopment What few can
obtain free most have 10 pay for. perhaps by
hard physical labor, mental struggle and sell
denial. But in this great country all can have |
the opportunity for lettering themselves pro
vided they exercise intelligence and perseN"r-
ancc and their motives and conduct are worthy |
- Nowhere such facilities for universal educa
ton found as in the United States. They are
sccessble 10 every boy and girl, white or black
MANS BEST POSSESSIONS.
Intelligence and industry are the best posses
eions which any man can have. and every man |
can have them. Nobody give them to him |
or take them from him. He cannot acquire |
them by inheritance: he cannot buy them or
beg them. or borrow them. They belong to the
individual, and are his unQuestioned property.
He alone can part with them They are good
. thing 10 have and TO keep They make happy
homes: they achieve success In every walk OF
Nfe they have won the greatest trumphs for
mankind No man who has them ever gets into
the police court or before the Grand Jury. in
the workhouse or tis hath gang. They give
one moral and materia! po~'r They will bring
YOU n comfortable Nag. make YOU respect
yourselves and comnia?1 t"s respect OF your
fellows They are Indispensable TO success.
They are nvincible. The H,errr. o.. requires the
clerk whom he employs to haze til m. The rail-
road corporation inquiries whether the man seek
ing employment possesses them. Every avenue
Of human endeavor welcomes them. They are
the only keys to open with certainty me ooor
Of opportunity TO struggling manhood Employ
citizenship is no. good without them If you
don't already have them get them
GOOD ADVICE TO STUDENTS.
To .he n,,niIs assembled here extend my con-