The colored American., 1903-05-23
Great Ovation rendered Dr.. Washing
ton on his Triumphal Return to
Tuskegee- Citizens, Teach
ers and Students turn
out enmasse- Speech
es and other ex-
ercises. y


coming of DR.. Booker T. Washington
today was made an occasion of great
rejoicing The principal had been alb
sent from the school for upwards OF
three months, and aside from the
pleasure of welcoming him to his own
heath, there was a universal desire to
record an especial mark of distinction
because of the magnificent gift of MIR.
Andrew Carnegie, which was conferr-
ed during the recent tour of DR.. Wash
ingtOn rendering the latter'S lt1ne-
rary the most successful yet underta-
ken, from a financial point of view.
When it was announced positively
that DR.. Washington would arrive on
the 18th. the teachers, officers and
students began at once to prepare to
make the event a gala affair. Work
was suspended at 2:30 o'clock in the
afternoon, and at 3 the entire popula-
ton of the institute was congregated
at the Cagsady Hall big gate" to
greet the returning chieftain. While
the band played "See the COnquerIng
Hero Comes" DR.. Washington was
driven into the grounds between long
lines of cheering men, women and
children. He was escorted immediate
ly to the Chapel, where the exercises
of the day were held.
with palms, verdant branches and
wild flowers. Portraits of Principal
Washington and Mr.. Carnegie were
cOnspicuously displayed, and the
American flag and the school added
the finishing touches to a most at
tractive picture. The audience which
gathered to do honor to Principal
WashingtOn's remarkable achievement
filled every nook and crany of the
,,DI <Nf
the company included many visitors
who had extended their trip from the
convention of the Charities and Cor
rectiOns, which had just adjourned at
Atlanta.
The program embraced addresses, a
choice collection of jubilee melodies
by the choir and student-body, inter
spersed by original features prepared
by the various classes. Mr. Emmett
J. Scott, the Principals energetic pri-
Vate secretary, presided in his usual
effective manner, and introduced the
speakers, besides. reading the letter of
Mr.. Carnegie and officially announc-
ing the gift of 5000, 900. Mr.. William
Arthur Macintyre, who is taking a
special course in scientific agriculture,
of Port-au-Spain, Trinidad, B. w. l.,
paid an eloquent tribute to the work
of DR.. Washington, speaking for the
pOSt-graduates. Mr.. Lewis Adams, the
pioneer trustee of the school and the
man who has held up the hands of
DR.. Washington from the first days
of Tuskegee, spoke for the teachers.
Mr.. Sumner George, of Camden, S. c.,
testified IN fitting terms the gratitude
and appreciation of the students. Mr..
c. w. Hare, editor of the Tuskegee
News and a leading attorney of Ma
con county, told of the pride he felt
in DR.. Washington and his work, as a
member of the board of trustees, and
said that the confidence in the meth
DDS in vogue at the school as evil
denced by the cordial support of such
thinkers, business men and leaders in
government as Andrew Carnegie,
John D. Rockefeller, the HuntIngtons,
Grover Cleveland and Theodore Roose-
velt, weighed so heavily in the scale
that the criticism of mere theorists be-
came infinitetiSmal atoms
The specially composed songs of the
Cuban contingent, the Interpolation of
the Glass of 1904 Glee Club, and the
improvised topical illusions in the