New-York tribune., 1908-06-14
SCHOOL SUMNER HOME
Majority of Tuskegee Pupils Wrs
There Al the Year.

Most Of the students at the Tuskeses Normal
and Industrial Institute are too poor TO remain
idle during the summer months. when the tnssirr-
ton. as far as learning goes, Is closed Many ot
them have no homes. All who expect TO returnh
the fall must earn something during the summen
contribute TO their support during the winter. y
many Of them do not go away. Soma are in d's
to the school and are in honor bound TO remain and
work out their debt during the summer. soma
would ike to CO. but neither they nor their friencs
are able to raise money 70 pay railway fare Ihera
are seventy-fve students from Cuba, Porto He'
and other places in the West Indies These STU
dents have no place TO go. ard many Of them ars
sent to Tuskegee on condition that they remain
during, the whole period of their Observation-Disclosures
to saw for seven year-constantly under ths cars
and direction Of the school
Still others-and this means the majority OF Us
summer students-stay because they ~ant 20 earn
money during the summer 70 support thenseiV1
during the winter Thus some five or SIX hunor7a
students remain at the institute during the sun,
NOR and are epnpoved during the day in the school
shops or on the farm Although tne scnooi p@.
r,aII1- closes the latter part Of May. worA neV@
stops The school now has an industrlal plan' =
cludin, the school buildings and STOCK N uSDs
valued at over 81 900 900. and II cannot snolu
allow this plant TO lie idle The 1act ina. =,
school is so largely conducted by the @0oL % -
students makes it necessary that a consll7lA
chinery going. -, e. "A,
Of +ba students who leave the school for Us
summer. perhaps the larger proportion 90 10 'u~,
homes and 20 the farms from Wnicn tNey
10 assist in making the crop from IA iO-
there is a steady drain on the studeh' 0otS 10y -
by the demands for labor AT horne on ' = =,
SIN others those who have been trained IN -.
- c,o 20 Rtrr1ingharn 70 work in the EOI
wills Many Of them ge. Jobs on pubic N0's, :,
and in building railways. large nunosl s.,
Non+ronoerv and Mobile. where they oO'a'''
as carpenters or as brickayers -,,sr 81,
One OF the reasons why so large h'-iilO .s,
students fail 10 return 70 schooI /" - a.. a,
they find it easy 10 obtain work at 'ie'' r,oa
good wages and do not care 20 throw uP !,
go - raI,,, 70 school \ considerable nuInoe. =
students also go out in the country ana 'e !,
term Of school during the summer -, "a
nerfod after the middle OF July, afteT "a" - - .rs
IN in which the farmers children are ~ -.
can attend a term OF school before 'il0
ing season begins -, a. ,,rtsrs
some few OF the students obtain piaC4S . -, urt
and bellboys in some OF the Southern -, -. i,in
very few If any. Of the Tuskegee StUu' s,ra
tho Grand army Of college students "''' - in
the southern negro colleges 10 WORK 40 >,,rta
the summer hotels and ON the ooa'S - - s1u-
"a a ruIe they are not fasi lie enough ,-.,nts
Gated 70 the trades do not make 10 So
college students ,,,sr, though
On the other hand. the young ,.,,.s and
The majority OF them return to tneI .,I,,ss as
10 vvort ON the farms frequently Hnu 49,, -,r,,
household servants during the suh"'i .-,iring
who have had training in the "% = f,r this
school are in particular demand y 80 gi-Is' ~
reason that IL is proposed 10 ada 20 ,,st there
d,,strfes child training. 1t IS . oe" ,,,r,sn who
j. a demand in the South for negro ~ chill
-, - = ,.,.AS,-.io,aI traiuing in the care -
r sngs rop srsT as nurses but also as kinder
rnrten teachers.