The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-30

| Tor board. fuel and lights has been 20
cents each per week.
The formal exhibits Of the mechanical
| departments wee made on industrial
commencement day, April 9th. Today
great stress has been laid on the agricul-
tural dis play. The large, new cairiage
he use was III ned into an expedition hail
and filled with most interesting and In
struct.ve exhibits. In large Loxcs were
shown every kind of soil, peculiar to this
country. and the manner of t.cating each,
for the be- t lults. Guilt ated and I'M
cultivated fruit tees and strawberry
plants were shown side by side In large
plots of earth real truck garden. with
vegetables of every description growing.
twas shown. The vegetables. ready for
use, Included almost everything grown.
with especially fine onions, beets, cab
bages turnips. potatoes and kale. There
was beautiful exhibition of beef. pork
| and dressed poultry, with line butter and
| cheese. The chickens included nearly all
| of the th.ice varitte-. There were also
ducks geese, guine1s. pea-fowls and Bel
| gian ha. es. There was quite variet. OF
| grasses, also wheat, rye and oats. In
| separats places were fine Jersey, Aye
shire Hereford and Heistcin cows. caves
| and bulls. Some beautiful colts and
| b: o ID mares two fine stations and a large
| pen of hogs of many varieties. There
were also several sheep. Each year p.'Gc-
| teal agl icuture takes a larger place IN
| the work of the school and the number of
students taking this course IS constantly
| growing. Those who have gone out from
the department of agriculture are taking
! tigh rank among the graduates.
J. The exercises CT commence ment VIC K
grow more varied and interesting each
year. The II st event of in.poitanc this
year was the graduating exercises of the
industrial departments. held April 10Th,
du, ing the visit of the Ogden party. Gov
ernor jerks WAS present and made an
add, ess. Quite number of the Ogden
party also spoke briefly. specially w. II.
| Baldwin, Jr., of New York. vino has
shown such deep interest in the indus
| trial departments Certificates were 81. en-
| to sixty. Agriculture had seven. two of
them giils; carpentry, .; steam engineer
| ing, 4; mac ine hop. ,; printing, :; tin
| ymithing, /: wheelwi Is hting, /: harne s.
| making and car. iagc trimming. /; wood
/ working, /; dressmaking and cooking. 5:
dres Shaking alone, Z: laundering and
cooking. 5;launderlns alone, 3; cooking
| alone. nu:se-t aiming. 4: millinery. 4:
| of these .twcnty-four are also graduates
| of the normal department., either In the
| present class or previous classes. Most
of tho others will remain and complete
| their literary course and take advanced
|
exhibits were made of work done in each
| department. Special enthusiasm was
| shown over steam engine. placed in
| position on the platform and supplied
| with steam. with which Robert Campbell
of the incoming senior class. showed the
| operation OF lis reversing gear for
stationary engines" This young man.
| when only years old, made a steam en-
an old coffee pot for a. boiler. and. be-
| fore entering Tuskegee. he constructed
! a locomotive. complete in all its parts.
making all the castings and every part OF
it, with his own hands.
Friday night was given to the closing
| prayer meeting of the year. More than
! LOU were present. These meetings are
| given very largely to the senior class
| and the story of their religious life. as
| related by them, is often very impressive.
! Saturday night a public debate was given
| by four young men. representing a union
| of all the debating societies of the school.
| Professor Turner closed with very ill.,
| teresting address on the practical value
| to young man of the habit of public
| speaking as acquired in a debating So
ciety Sunday morning the closing exer-
| cises of the various religious. missionary
and temperance societies were held. es-
peclally the Christian Endeavor and Y.
| M. c. A.. which eexrt a great influence
| over the moral life of the school. At 2:3o
| p. m. the commencement sermon was
/ preached in the chapel by Rev. A. C.
Bedford. The meetinug Sunday night was
| very interesting. Mr.. Washington spoke
a few words appropriate to the occasion
| and most interesting addresses were Civ
en- by three graduates of last years class,
showing what they had done since leav-
| ing the school Major Moten of Hampton
1 was present and spoke OF the work of
that great school and led the students in
| some new and striking plantation melo-
| dies. The Major is ideal in his personal
| appearance and has a voice of wonderful
power and sweetness. He heartily COM
mended Tuskegee for following the course
| of Hampton in preserving the beautiful
melodies that are loved by everybody and
are the exclusive property of the colorcd
| people.
Monday night the Bible training school
| had its ninth anniversary exercises. The
| program was of great interest. The whole
| school of seventy members sat on the
| platform along with quite number of
graduates. They recited. with great i'm
pressiveness, passages from the Psalms,
| in concert. and one young man gave
| splendid recitation of the thirteenth chap
| ter of First Corinthians. The orations
we're, without exception, pleasant sur
| prise for their great excellence. both in
| matter and manner and especially for
| the way in which they were linked to
| the practical side of life. 1t is doubtful
one wou'1 hear addresses from young
| ministers on the christian Minister as
| Il Mechanic and the christian Minister
| a Factor In Darying' and yet it was
| very evident. tnat tneSe addresses were
: inspired by the fact of Paurs work as a
, tent maker. most interesting feature
of the program was the beautiful rem
dering Of Tennyson's Lost Chord and
Songs My Mother Sang,C under the
leadership of Prof. c. w. Pierce. Ora
lions were delivered b,j seven young
men. Hiram ID. Simpson of Hamilton.
Ga, was on the program for the eighth
on The Christian Minister as a Ser
want" This young man, with his wife,
is now In Africa with Mr.. Galloway. Be
fore starting he passed his examinations
and his diploma will be sent to him.
Rev. Dr. Penney, dean of the school,
spoke of his presence in spirit though
bodily So far away. The incident gave a
| touch of tenderness and pathos to the
| entire evening. The graduates from the
| four. The tone of the school has risen.
| year by year, and its power and useful
| ness. both on the grounds and among the
] churchs. show the great wisdom of its
establishment. The young men in this
1 school pay their way by their labor They
| work in the afternoon and study in the
| morning. They are in the brick yard.
where earnest and faithful workers. Ev-
| cry Sunday they are engaged in the
| churches about Tuskegee. either as Sun
| day School teachers or preachers. Dur
| ing the year they have contributed $50 to
| furnish a room in the new hospital and
IS to one of the churches. Two of the
I young men go With two others from
the interest of the Moody Institute in
Chicago.
Tuesday, night witnessed the seventh
annual ccS:est for the Trinity Church
Boston. oratorlcal prizes of SIS and 81
in gold. founded by DR.: +. Winchester