The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-08

enterprises everywhere and aying [ widespread inf1pence for goo,S amone ooth sexcs o2 tneir race, l wat' toao short tune ago by . geutleman sengA3ee in an important industry that Sne ae' mand for the students from the ,rnske gee School in his line of business aions was q long ways ahead of the st'ppiy and that he knew that in every insa anc' where they had bean employed they has given thu Ersetest seasfActioa- .
 And % t ts more especially in the Aag' rinuifural work The boys and gtrls c,An. ing hare were allsd with the ally aaic foolish idea that any calling was mtne honorable and profitable than that ,~ farmtng and all of them wanted to ds end learn something else Under the guidance of Professor Carver they were nrst instilled with the Idea that farming was not only the most Independent, but as honorable and as worthy of their am- bition as that of any other calling. and they wers trained and learned every day how to work and how to mako farming pay. Not how many acres of land could be cultivated. but how few acres could be cultivated with the greater yield to the acre And now a I look around and see how many successful farms there are in this immAdiate locality run upon the principle here implanted. feel that the work has done wonders and in agricul- ture alone the school has been bless ing and a boon to the race. To live at home is the nrst leAson. how to raise all kinds of crops. catt,e. hogs. and all domestic animals. poultry, and. above all, to own thsir farms. are the main lessons jnstilled in the studegt who goes out from these walls. They gre led to feel that 1t is the duty of evAry good citizen to acquire property, and having once become . free holder or land owner, they are better prepared to make good citizens and from self interest the duties of citizenship gre more faithfuAy and more intelliEently discharged
 I have taken the trouble to make some inquiry and have found 1t to be q very rare thing that q st1oent who has gone through the instruction and training of the Tuskegee Industrial School has be- come criminal. Now and then they get into trouble, but not of that class of trouble that involves moral turpitude and | no more really than the average white boys are involved in and which are to
 be expected more or less in the everyday affairs of life. They are not stuck up | nor have they any of that hatred left | for the white people with which they
 were filled when they came here. but they are taught that only by good be- | havior and true merit can they make c
 good name and that alone through respect
 for and imitation of the thrifty and wor-
 thy white men can they hope to make
 good name and becene useful and
 prosperous citizens. The result of tha
 school speaks for itself in far more con- vincing tones than all the theory and
 talk of years could accomplish. The stu
 dents here have been passed through
 the ordeal of thorough and systematic common sense, everyday practical train
 ing and have gone out into the world
 put their learning Into practice and in
 every instance have turned out well. and
 on that feel that the school can be
 safely commended.
 For some years I have watched the
 progress of the school. studied the meth-
 ods followed and am more and more con-
 vinced as time rolls on that this school
 has been a great blessing to the young
 men and women of the colersd race
 who have fallen under it's beneficient in-
 nuences and who have gone out into
 the world scattering their good influences
 wherever they have gone.