Evening star., 1903-10-26
WORK AT TUSKEGEE
REPORT OF BOOKER 7. WASHING
TON, THE PRINCIPAL.
An Enrolment of 1850 students-In-
struction Given in SO Industries
Work Done by the Students.

The report of Booker r. Washington,
principal of the Tuskegee Normal and In
dustrial Institute, for the past year has
just been made public The institute has
had an enrolment of 1850 students, and
the average attendance has been 1,441.
These figures do not include the 2iS chill
dren in the model school, the Childrens s
House. nor the 12S students in the night
school and afternoon cooking classes
taught in the town of Tuskegee. nor the 1S
students in the night school in the village
of Greenwood, nor the thousands of adults
reached and helped constantly through the
work of the annual Tuskegee negro confer
ences, with the local conferences scattered
throughout the south. The enrolment
shows that there are forty mine students
from eleven foreign countries, and that
the most of them attracted because of
the industrial training.
Industries Taught.
The following industries have been
taught in addition to the regular academic,
religious and moral training Agriculture.
basketry, blacksmithjng, beekeeping, brick
masonry, plastering, brickmaking, carpen-
try, carriage trimming, cooking, dairying
architectural, freeh&nd and mechanical
drawing, plain sewing, dreSSmak1ng, cleo
trical and steam engineering, founding,
harneSsmaking, housekeeping, horticulture
canning, laundering, machinery, mattress
making, millinery, nurse training, paint
ing, sawmillng, shoemaking, printing,
stock raising, tailoring, timing and wheel
wrighting-thirtys industries in all.
Manual Labor.
Perhaps one Of the most important serv-
ices, which the Tuskegea Institute has
rendered to the public since It's organ1za-
ton, has Eeen that of changing the ideas of
the race regarding labor with the hands.
During the first ten years of the existence
of the institution a great portion of the
time and strength of the officers was de-
voted to getting the colored people to see
the value of industrial training. That the
battle has now been fought and practically
won, however Is shown by the fact that
the institute is compelled because of lack
of room and means to refuse admission to
about one thousand students annually. The
teaching of the industries, starting with
the Hampton Institute, the parent institu-
ton, has now spread to such an extent that
there are few schools in the south that do
not attempt something in this direction.
Work Done by Students.
President Washing: on says:
In order to give concrete example Of
the amount of work that our students do
in the direction of self help, | would men,
ton the fact that they manufactured 2
$50 600 bricks during the past twelve
months; j .367 garments OF various kinds
have been made in the tailor shop, and 541,
S37 pieces have been laundered in the laun-
dry division by the girls
Students Work Praised.
The following is quoted from a letter
from the manager of large manufacturing
firm of Birmingham, Ala, regarding the
work of Tuskegee students:
''The students from your school, who
ton, expect to return to Tuskegee tomor-
row, and we want to say to you that these
boys have demonstrated to our company
the wonderful benefit of your teaching
These young men have taken hold of their
work in steady and business-like way,
and have worked mplainngly during
the severe heat of the past summer. We
would like, if it is possible, to induce a
number of your students to purchase their
homes about our works in North Birmng-
ham, and become regular workmen In our
different shops. Please accept our
best wishes for the success of the grand
work you have undertaken