The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-22
AI TIE NORMAL SCHOOL
COLONEL rHoMPsoN's 1Alrx rITTINoLY ENTERTAINED.
Visitors Were Surprised and ns, lighted with the Operations Of i. T Booker T. Waahingtou's
 Pupils-0iven . Barbecue. ,,

Tuskegee. May 21.-tspecial.) colc9A. fhompson's party began to arrive at fhe Normal School grounds about 9aoclock this morning. Everything was in readi' ness for them and they were given -a royal welcome. All seemed bent on bus, iness and the work of investigatinE the schools methods was entered upon. Mc@t earnestly. To enable them to s4cs the work as thoroughly as possible tin the time. at their disposal. carriage vers provided with trained guides. snd aH were conducted from one place ef intst- est to another, and 1t Is doubtfut wheths inspsc.ion.. coicneI Thompson % nd Sis brother. the postmaster, at Tasksgee. way to give all full view of the srhcel The class. rooms were visited with eS- pressions of great pleasure at the meth. ods of teaching and the earnestAePs and aptness of many of the pupils: All qf the seSoo om sssss resssns sna s about 1t and were prepared to fnd tAinSe on a large scale and to see excellent work done. but the surprise at .nndirG t order of sklli. in a1 every sa 's dspar.msnt, va universal. Many of the bpildings drew forth hearty praise. especially tte Car. negie Library. the Chapel. Science Hail
 
 dry and machine shop with almost every kind of work in process even to the mak. ing of steam engine, brought forth many expressions of delight. 4 beautiful with iron work. painting. trimn1ing and uph"istertng. of the very highest order.
 The agricultural features were the cen. party were most hearty in their admira. tton of the beautiful cows. calves and young stock. As they looked at one ef the beautiful colts. raised on the school must be show animal but when they were shown. one after another. lerae humber of beautiful horses and colts, raised here. they unanimously concluded Alabama is a good horse raising State. The great drove of Berkshire hogs ex- cited much attention. and when the party were told it was the purpose of the schoel sdo to inerease the number from s ;n sss dependent of the nest trust. The follew- ing are the Congressman and distinguish ed friends from abroad present today:
 Rspressnts.ise , M c1s,ms Mano nnsy
 Representative Charles E. Iittlehsld and Mrs. Littlefield. Maine. v
 Representative Walter !. Smith and Mrs. Smith. Iowa.
 consin. .e+ t.@
 Representative H. B. Dahle. Wisconsin:
 Representative Webster E. Brown and Mrs, Brown; Wisconsin: onsin.,a p n.x..~n
 Reprssentatiye F. H. Gillette and Mrs.
 Representative Ernest W. Roberts. Mas
 Judge Fuller and Miss Fuller. Iowa.
 Mrs. Southard, Ohio. Q.
 Mr.. and Mrs. Bryant Washington.
 Judge W. L. Chambers and Mrs. Cham bers.
 Mir. Hildebrand Charlotte Observer.
 Milt Saul, Special Correspondent.
 MT. Hartford, Successful American'' of New York. 'ssI -i,t
 MT. Greeg. Philadelphia Times. and
 Miss Pegram. Washington, D. C.. 'g
 Mrs. Russell. Washington, D. e. = 5.
 Rev. Dr. Thomas and wife of Chicago,
 In addition to these. there were many from various parts of Alabama, Prom inent among them were Collector Teb-. sss Wasss Sf ss s9rst ssns oe nepse@ Mses AGesmty:- Hon.. Robert Eaaderdaie and Dr. J: c. Cousins of Coosa County; l.. C.. Ramsey and wife and J. A. Reynolds of apoka: MT. Lauderdale is one of the Reg istrars of Coosa County. large stock raiser and Is very much interested in everything pertaining to agriculture. He was most interested and appreciated
 
 such men. -f .s& saE ta v:
 At D. m. all partook of the barbecue under the trees near the beautiful Hunt ington Hall. The dinner was most ex- cellent and splendidly served by the girls and teachers who did all in their power to please the people and make them wei come. fl The speaking in the chapel at 2 p. Hn.. was a very interesting feature of the wis 1t. It was great satisfaction to the students to see and hear such men as Littlefield of Maine. Fuller and Smith of Iowa, Dahle. the tall Norwegian of Wisconsin with Barney and Brown, the handsome man of the party, from the same State. The students are close read CTS of current events and all their names were familiar to them. Many had never seen a Norwegian before and to all of them Dahle was an object of great in terest. Mir. Littlefeld was introduced as the genuine Yankee. tall grown to see out from among the pines of his native State Judge Cobb thought there might be Pres idential timber Tn him. But no man in the party was heard with more interest than Mr C. W. Thompson. the leader of the party aad no man spoke with a more generous and broadminded spirit than he. The singing by the students of the plan tation melodies made deep impression upon all and was one of the most inter esting features of the day. The Idea of the c2rty was certainly most unique. It excited much curiosity but all agree that in pNactical results 1t has already been most productive of good. "-