The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-26
TUSKECEE EXERCISES
THE TwENTY-roURTH ANNUAL
 COMMENCEMENT.
Many From Montgomery Present at Booker Washington's Normal and Industrial Instifufe to Wit
 ness the Proceedings.

Industrial Institute to Wit
 meas the Proceedings. Tuskegee. May 25.-lspeciai.)-A very important part of Tuskegeess work is the town night school and afternoon cooking class. for those engaged in service. This school has enrolled 125 masonry and carpentry are taught, in addition to the regular studies. A large part of the instruction is given by members of the senior class. Their closing exercises occurred on Thurs day. May 18th.
 The commencement sermon was preached by Rabbi A. J. Messing, of Montgomery, Ala. The Rabbi is a great scholarship and rare eloqnence' He took for his text a. choice express sion from the ancient lore of the Rab- bis. Love work. hate dominion and don't mix too much with the govern ment." It Is doubtful whether a sere mon was ever preached in Tuskegee before that did not have a passage of Scripture for its text BN
 Monday night the twelfth annual commenoement exercises of Phelps Hall Bible Training School occurred. In the chapel As usual, all the mem bers of the Bible school were seated on the platform, with their teachers. They together passages of Scripture and sang beautiful hymns without an in- strument. No part of the service was better done or more impressive.
 Four young men graduated and de- livered addresses; Robert Bedford An- derson. of Washington, Ga, spoke on Courage, Necessity in the Battle of Life, Timothy Saine. of Bolivar, Tenn, Reuben Alexander woodie. of Jamaica, British West Indies. on Home. a Po- tent Factor in Religious Organiza- tions, William Benjamin Marshall. of to the Sunday School" sThe addresses. in thought and literary. were the best in the history of the Bible Training School. They showed. conclusively, to raise the standard of the school is being realized.
 The annual address was by Rev. P. J: Bryant, D. D.. of the Wheat Street Baptist church, Atlanta, Ga. and rath- CT out of the usual line. He spoke on Stepping Stones to Success1 and dwelt with rare humor and eloquence on Ability. Energy, Ambition. Endur- anee. Independence and Obedience" as the principal stones. In his closing words to the graduates he urged an earnest daily practice of all the Chris tan virtues. Dr. Bryant is but little past thirty. He began preaching when only fifteen. His words were received with great favor. His first appearance at Tuskegee will long be remembered.
 The school enrolled 10S during the year, thirty-five in the night school and sixty-eight in the day school. One of them was a woman. They came from fourteen different States, one territory, Africa and the British West Indies. Alabana sent eighteen, Geor- gia fourteen. Mississippi six, Africa four. British West Indies three, Indian Territory one. There were eleven de- nominations. The Missionary Baptists have thirty-foqr. The various tytwo. The Presbyterian, Lutheran and Catholic churches are represented, also the Church of God" and one has been an earnest student, during the year. who is not Christian and There have been fifty-three graduates this year, three of them women. The plan is to arrange the studies of the training school that all will graduate from the normal course and also ccm- plete trade.
 The contest for the Trinity Church Boston Prize occurred Tuesday night, in the chapel Rev Dr. Peterson, of Major Lewis and Prof. Riley, principal of the Tuskegee public schools, served as the committee of award.
 Five young men, four seniors and one =, and one senior girl took part. Frank B. Adair. Arkansas, spoke on What the Present Days Mean to the Negro" Cornelius R. Richardson, Att" Athens Gas on & Why the Negro should Should
 
 Park. New Jersey. on Why Should Tuskegee Require Its Students to Study Agriculture" Lee R. Halliger, New York City. on Some of the Values Cincinnati, Ohio. on Frederick Doug lass Valuable American" and Carrie l. Stewart. of Montgomery, Ala, on Some of the Values of Good Books. "
 It was a hard fought battle. The thought and delivery of all the orations were excellent. The first prize was given to Comic L. Stewart and the second to Charles w. Thornton. both which either first or second prize has been taken by a woman.
 The eleventh annual commencement exercises of the industrial department afternoon. They were of great ln- terest. The platform was decorated with samples of work, from the vari- ous shops; Professor Corver presided. Making a Loaf of Bread" She illus trated her remarks by going through the various processes of making bread, before the audience. mixing the dough, beautiful brown loaf amid many cheers, by the audience. De Witt Howard. of Tuskegee, illustrated by means of charts fertilizers and culti- plant, fine sample of which he show ed on the platform. Marie Eugenia Rodiguez, of Bayoman, Porto Rico, showed the method of making cheddar cheese.
 Sarance H. Borden. of villarica, Ga., spoke very interestingly on Brick making" giving a very clear idea of the whole business by means of large map,
 Malcolm Bliss Fleming, of Denmark, s. C.. showed how to make standing roof.
 Eliza Amanda Piper. of Bayou Sara. La, of the nurse training department, gave a most vivid presentation of an Emergency Case"
 Quite a delegation of business men from LeGrange and West Point, Ga. were present at the exercises. Super intendent C. L. Smith of the LaGrange city schools made some very interesting remarks.
 of Tuskegee, spoke Interestingly of Tuskegee as the hub large number of Tuskegee people were pre- sent Dr, Washington spoke of the pleasant relations between the busi- ness men and the school He told of the growth of the town as shown by the fact that when he first came to