The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-28
WHITE MEN PRAISE
 TUSKEGEE SCHOOL
Party From La6raOge and West
 Point Attend Exercises
LARGE GRADUATING CLASS.
Booker Washington Submits His Am
 nual Report 10 soard of Trustees
and urgea Mere seaoof5 for Negroes n the Country.

Guskegee. May tspeeiaI9-At an in- formal meeting tle IaC se and
 sst Point white assa men KIsidng foskeeas 1nsti-u.s today the following resolution Was aaasal by C v. Iseits president of Cha 6at. Cotton lriHs com aaay of IaGraass Gu- end unanimously adopted: Be 1t resolved thal fhe Tu8legoe institute Is a great and magnificent in-
 ltutiun. and thas its founder and pf7n- eiaal Booker F saaha a- is q sfeat aad good man esa a beHalaetor oH both races iu .he ssa8a Y. Iruitt presi- aent Unity Cotton Mas aaauang. La- Grange. ]. [. Tralft banker and ulaa1er. HaGrange: S. H ruita capitalist and banker, LeGranse. |. B. Freeman. treas- ufer of the c. v. Fruit sapply company, IaGrangei J. D. #ootea. agent West Point railway. West Point; James La- nier. manager Weat Point Iron works, West Point: B A Bass pHesident West Point Wholesale Grocery eamDan9 West Fo'nt; D. T. Mccall. associate edltor of fne Mont fgomery. Ala. 1osfaaL
 The party from LaGrange and West Point Ca. spent al of today at the Tus- kesee institute. They came especially 10 study the methods of the school and also 10 be present at tne indastriai exercises. Ninety-fve industrial certificates were awarded today and sixty mere diplomas will be awarded tomorrow, when the reg ular commencement exercises of the school will be held The party was com posed of the following:
 C. V. Truitt J c. Fruit. s. H. Truitl and E. B. Freeman of LaGrange, and B. 4. Bass, J. c. Lanier and j. D. Wooten of West Point.
 Closing Exercises.
 The closing exercises of the agricultural and mechanical department of the Tus- kegee Normal and Industrial institute were held this afternoon in the school chapel. The various numbers were illus trated with practical work in the trades represented. The programme was:
 How Crops Grow" Wade Howard, Alt talla, Ala.
 Truck Gardening" King S. Johnson, Brazoria, Tex.
 Care of a Bedroom, Stella M Spikes, Kosciusko, Miss
 Preparation for an Emergency Opera tion," Mary E. Crittenden, Salisbury, N. c.
 "The office of Mason's Tools." Will liam W. Randall. Marion, Miss
 How to Construct a Dynamo" John B. Twitty, Lenexa, Kan.
 The following students received certi1- oates for courses satisfactorily completed in the industrial department:
 In Agriculture.
 JHr- Mcintyre, Trinidad. British West Indies; Hiram H. Wheeler Chicago; Stephen T. Powell, Tuskegee; John Powell, TuslSe- gee; King S. Johnson. Brazoria, Tex William c. Cheers Murfreesboro, Tenn Thompson Powell, Tuskegee; Joseph F. Lawson, Greensboro Birdie l.. Early, St. Louis; Clara B. Williams, St. Louis.
 In Mechanical Industries.
 Tinsley c. Hilsman, harness making, Att lanta; Moses Small wood turning and carpentry, Darlington, S. C.; Ellis N. Warren, architectural drawing, San An tonic, Tex; Harry s. Nasty, plumbing and steamfitting Evansville, Ind; Wright veal, plumbing and steam fitting, Woods vile, Miss. Robert l.. Campbell, steam engineering, Athens Ga; Henry H. Kel- Ter steam engineering, Gainesville Tex Wheeler H. Boyd. steam engineering, 1ronlOfl, MO-, Daniel Mcclellan, carpen- try, Marshall, Tex; Lucius Scott, carpen- try, Gurley; Buford c. Colson, shoemak- ing, Grovina; Rufus Smith, shoemakng, East Lake; William Randall, masonry, Macon, Miss; George F. Hill. masonry, James H. Montgomery, masonry, Charles ton; Dudley Oliver, masonry, Macon, Miss. Alexander R. Stewart, carpentry, Darien, Ga; Sarah H. Brown, tailoring Beaufort, s. C.; James F. Brock. tailor ing, Lafayette; James H. Holmes, tailor ing, Ocala, Fla.
 Girls Industries.
 Jemmie L. Moulton. laundering, Mont gomery, Ala; Fife E. Southworth, laun- dering, Atlanta; Mary V. Crum. laun- dering. Furman, Ala; Emily Harper, dressmaking. Augusta, Ga. Sarah Powell, dressmaking, Tuskegee; Sadie Dorsette, dressmaking. Montgomery; Alberta M. Dixon, dressmaking, Montgomery; Dena Robinson. dressmaking. Daisy E. Weston, upholstry, Baltimore: Rosa L. Baker, up- holstery. Montgomery; Matte Coleman, millinery, Pine Bluff, Ark; Della Will Hams, millinery, Bacontown, Ga; Genie Macrum. millinery, Columbus, Ga; Alice Gomez millinery, Tuskegee; May Grif- fin, millinery, Macon, Ga; Maxie Osborne, millinery. Vernon. La; Carrie V. Barnes, millinery, Denver; Annie