The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-10-24
HE MAKES A STRONG APPEAL
FOR EDUCATION ANR RIGHT
LIVING.

TuSKEGEE. Ala, Oct. 24.--In his
address to the students of Tuskagee
Institute to-day the President said:
10 thewhite population as well as
to the black It Is of the utmost impor
lance that the negro be encouraged tc
raaite himself citizen of the highest
type OF usefulness. 1t is to the inter
est of thg white people that this policy
Ee conscientionsIy pursued, and to the
Interest OF the colored that they clear.
IS realize that they have opportunities
for economic development here in the
South not now offered elsewhere
Within the last twenty years the in.
EHstrial operations of the South have
ireTsased SO tremendously that there
Is . scarcity of labor almost every.
where; SO that 1t is the part of wisdom
Tor All who wish the prosperity of the
sc1tfr % help the negro TO become in
tlie highest degree useful to himself.
and, therefore to the community in
which he lives. The South has always
Descended, and now depends. chiefly
upon her native population for her
surk. Therefore. in view OF the scar.
rily MOI only Of common labor, but of
zs5fted labor, It becomes doubfy i'm.
prrtant to train every available man
tfs 90 Of the utmost use, by developing
his Intelligence, his skill. and his Gu
FE.dfy for conscientious effort. Hence
fh<, Work o fthe Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial Institute is matter of the
h'shess practical Importance to both
fhe white man and the black man and
y ell worth the support of both races
alike In the South and in the North
Isszr fifteen hundred students are not
) rrlE being educated in head and heart,
bsf also trained to Industrial efiicien.
sy, for from the beginning Tuskegee
has placed especial emphasis upon the
fzzinfng Of men and women in agricuI.
5ure. mechanics and household du-
y ties
Trimming in these three fundamental
directions does not embrace all that
as negro. or any other race needs. but
dnes cover in very large degree
the field in which the negro can at
present do most for himself and be
rnext helpful to his white neighbors.
ErsSy black man who leaves this Insti.
fnts better able to do mechanical or
indastrial work adds by so much to the
rexhh of the whole community and
bcncfits all people in the community,
Tie professional and mercantile ave.
nses to success are overcrowded: for
tae present, the best chance of success
s~Sits the intelligent worker at some
mechanical trade or on a farm: for
this man will almost certainly achieve
fa6nstriaf independence. 1 am
pssased, but not in the least surprised
10 searn that among tine men md We
iRfn trained at Tuskegee find immedi.
ATE employment as Leaders and work.
ers among their own people. and that
sheir services are largely sought by
white people for various kinds o. in.
afstrial work. the demand being much
greater than the supply.
Viewed from any angle ignorance Is
me costliest crop that can be raised
IN any part of this union. Every dol.
inr put into the education OF either
white men or black men, in head, in
sand. and in heart, yields rich div,
sisuds to the entire community. Mere.
~ from the economic standpoint 1t Is
ID the utmost consequence to all our
rsifrens that institutions such as this
IT Tzskegee should be success. But
th<T-c ere ether and even higher rea.
hus that entitle 1t to oc- support. II,
sEe interest OF humanity. OF justice
Esd of seif.protection, every white
MIR in America. no matter where he
siyss. should try to help the negro tc
kcip Aimself. II is in the interest and
Ior tue protection of the white man TO
see that the negro is educated. II is
z;ot only the duty of the white man,
sHt Il Is to his interest to see that the
zegro is protected in property, in life
md IN all his legal rights. Every
lime Q law is broken every individual
m the community has the moral tone
ID his life lowered. Law1essness in the