The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-05-10
OGDEN PARTY.

~ r. skegec, ~ Emmett j. Scott, Pr vate
'etary I !. hooker T.syyashingtun
The Ogden Party, REPRESENTATIVE
party OF philanthropists, millionaires
educators, ETC., came to Tuskegee last
TUESDAY, April %, to be present at
| the annual, exercises Of the Industrial
! Departm 1lA7 Of the Institute, and the
dedication Of Carnegie Library, given
gle. 8s.s sa i -So.
In style Of architecture the Tuske-
gee Carnegie library suggests the
stately colonial buildings-of the South.
It IS 80 by 40 feet on the foundation,
two stories in height. The entrance
IS surrounded by broad portico
whose massive Ionic columns rise: to
the full height of the building
The plans for the library were
drawn and the work of building SUI
penntended by Mr.. r. r. Taylor, the
school director Of industries. rPrac-
t1cally all the work from basement to
roof was done by students as a part
OF their industrial education under
the oversight Of the schools teachers
In the various Industrial department
Students dug out the foundation,
made the bricks and laid them, did the
carpentry work and finishing, put on
the roof, installed the electric lighting
fixtures and the steam heating appara-
tus and made the library and reading
, room furniture. -.
Tuskegee has a library, OF about TO-
900 volumes, which with the reading
rooms, has hitherto; been obliged to
occupy cramped and inconvenient
quarters in an old wooden building
which was at one time Principal Book
Ter r. Washingtons residence. One
has had only to see the students crowd
these rooms to realize how much they
needed larger accommodations and
how much they will get out of them. "a
t The new library will afford ample
room for all and for an increase in the
number and scope, of books which is
very desirable. Even OF the books on
hand row many have been used and
Used until they are practically worn
out. >s$4,.> ST. r~.*-. Z ~ - r.. 4
On the first floor the central part Of
the library will contain stack. room,
offices and two large well-lighted read
Ing rooms for newspapers and maya
zines. On the second floor there is an
assembly room and lecture hall which
will seat 225 persons, three study
rooms for the use of persons using
special collections Of books, stack
room and large museum for the
keeping OF apparatus and collections
used by the schools academic depart
! ment. :, r. - ...4
We are glad to publish the official
list OF those who were at Tuskegee as
special guests of Mr.. Robert c. Ogden.
It will be noted that the men who COM
pose this party, are men representa-
tive of all that is best in American
life The interests Represented are
phllanthropic and educational, and we
! feel quite sure. that much good will be
done because Of the visit Of this party
to the South. The list of those com
ing is as follows. Mr. Robert C. Or
den, of the firm of |Wanamaker, New
York City; Mr.. William H. Baldwin.
IT,, New York City; Mr.. George Fos-
ter Peabody, New York City; Hon.
Hugh H. Hanna, Indianapolis, Ind. !;
Mr.. John D.. Rockefeller, j.. New
York City; Mrs. Rockefeller, New
! York City; Mrs. Robert C. Ogden, New
i York City MIR. Hamilton W. Mabie.
, Editorial Staff Of The Outlook Mrs.
J Mabie, New York City; Miss Mabie,
New York City: DR.. Walter h. Page,
i Editor Worlds Work; Mrs. Page. New
York City; DR., Albert Shaw, Editor
! American Review of Reviews; Mrs.
Shaw, Irvington, N. Y; Right Rev. w.
N. McVlckar, Providence, r. IT,; DIR.
Felix Adler, Lecturer, New York So
ciety of Ethical Culture; DR.. William
Jay Schieffelin, New York. City; Mrs
Schieffelin, New York City; Mrs. w.
H. Schieffelin, New York City; DR.. E..
| A. Alderman, President Tulane Uni
yersity, New Orleans, La; Mr.. Julian
, Ralph, Editorial Staff Mail and .=Ex-
press; Rev. Wallace Buttrick, d. D..
! Secretary General Educational Board;
Mrs. Buttrick, Albany, N. T.; Mr.: A.
p. Thomas, Editorial Staff New York
Tribune Z Prof. L. H. Bailey, Cornell
| University; Mrs. Bailey, Ithaca, N.
y; Rev. James NJ Taylor, President
Nassar College; Rev. Edgar Gardner
| Murphy, Executive Secretary South
fern Educational Board; Rev: William
Andrews Brown. Union Theological
Seminary; Mrs. Brown, New. York
City; Miss M. NJ. Brown, New York
! City; Mr.. Edward Cary. Editorial
Staff New York Times; Rev. William