The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-30
(BY D. ". McIver.) ]


 dence. .)-The noted educational, town of Tuskegee extended genuine. cordial Southern welcome to the ogden party of Eastern people, who are on tour Of observation and personal inspection in the South. Tuskegee is known for it's refinement and culture and no people know better how to entertain and make the strangers within their gates feel at home The entire party were at once captured and could not say too much in praise of their reception here. The party spent the night in their cars at Chehaw and were brought into town this morning over the Tuskegee branch of the Western Railroad, arriving here at about 9 o'clock. They were taken at once to the campus of the Alabama Conference Female College where arrangements had been made for their reception and where they were met by the beauty and chfvairy of Tuskegee, the school and the chitizens vieing with each other in the effort to do the honors and help the distinguished party of statesmen. educators, capitalists, editors and philanthropists to see the things as they were and to learn that the splendid institution for girls which they were visiting was one of the leading schools of the South and was doing grand work for the education and moral training of the young women of Alabama under that gallant soldier. noted educator and model gentleman, Dr. John Massey, who Is honored and respected all over Alabama and the entire South and who has done and is doing as grand and far reaching work in the training and edu- cation of the girls as he did as a soldier at the front and foremost and thickest of the battle in the war that tried mems souls" and In which he gained honorable mention in many hard-fought battles The fame of Dr. Massey had preceded the coming of the party and they were some what prepared for the revelation that awaited them and to~meet face to face the many fair and lovely young ladies who are being prepared here for the duties of life and who are to be the future wives and mothers in part in Ala bama An informal and interesting pro- gram had been arranged and most pleasant and entertaining hour was spent.
 At the College.
 The party assembled under the broad and spreading oaks on the college ground and Dr. John Massey welcomed them to Alabama as native Alabamian and felt proud of the praiseworthy mission for
  of his own work. but told with pride of the rapid strides our State was making fin the cause of education and prophesied great things for the future in the educa- tion of our boys and girls and predicted q glorious outcome of the movement inaugurated by the visitors Of which the visit is but the beginning. He spoke e.uuently and ably of our conditions and of our needs and made most favorable impression upon his guests
 MT. Ogden who Is leading the party, and is flied to the brim with the work he has undertaken, responded for the DE rty and gave only pleasing reports or their impressions and the happiest opinions of all that they had seen Tn the South, expressing great surprise at the work of the splendid school for young ladies which they were visiting and giv- ing promisc of great results from their tour so papply pursued and beneticially ending.
 Governor Jelks was introduced and smoke in happy vein, welcoming the par ty to Alabama as a native Of not only Alabama but of Macon County, having been born within the confines or what was then part of this old and proud county This statemept took many by surprise and won many new friends for the Governor from those who had not known him personally before and who had not before realized that he was home folks one of their own successful and honored sons.
 The Governor made several happy hits, and in his praise of Dr. Massey and his fine work here, was heartily seconded by all the people There were many who had not had the pleasure of seeing and hearing the Governor since he had be- come Governor, and the most favorable expressions were heard on every side,
 Dr Talcott Williams. of the editorial staff of The Phiad ,lphia Press. spoke cha1 mingly of what he had seen and heard and of how much they had learned and unlearned by their tour of the schools of the South. The entertainment here having pleasantly concluded, the party were driven to the
 Tuskegee Normal School Where they were given the freedom of the grounds and guides furnished the party to make personal inspection of the different departments of the great school and spie ndd work Booker T. Washing ton has been doing, of which they had heard SO much of. but few had before . enjoyed seeing for themselves. In all the schools of industry and manual training practical demonstrations in all the diff ferent kinds of work were being made, and the party scattered out, And with their guides took it all in etutiousy and critically. and when the journey was completed, there was but ore opinion, and that was wonderful! marvellous, beyond all comprehension from what had been read in the newspapers or told by tnd- viduals who had before visited the school. At 1 o'clock the party were assembled on platform temporarily erected for the occasion in front of Carnegie Library, where that most imposing and commodi- ous structure was to be formally dedi cated, surrounded by large concourse of people both white and black, eager to hear all that was said and done by those on the program. The exercises were opened with prayer by one of the local colored pastors and the school sang most attractively the old, l familiar song, How Firm d Foundation" Then Dr. Albert Shaw. the editor of Tie Review of Reviews. New York was m- troduced bN Principal Washington as be- | ing very coHe to Mir. Carnegie and as ,xertinE d great influence over him in his l work of establishing libraries in cities and schools where they are most needed. l and where they will reach the greatest number of people who need and will ap- preciate them.
 Dr shaw's Specch. Dr. Shay said My keenest wish is that MT. Carnegie e,SIa be here today. While this beauti-