The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
AT NEGRO SCHOOL
CLOSING Or THE YEARS WORK AT '5f TUsKEGEE.
Former President of Liberia and Charles ". ADderson of New York
 Among Speakere--Many Im- e proycmehfs Nafed

Among speakers--Many Im-
 provemehts Noted.
 Tuskegee. May 2s.-(speciai)--rhe twenty-seventh annual commencement of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute has come to an end.
 The number of students enrolled this year Is about the same as last year and for several years past. The boarding students have reached l.s7t---i,oss ins i Students sn 'is is ESnRs TusRsgse town niSst school and the town cooking scnS0i. with children enrolled in the chiI- fssshsrs oas Ss tofs, 6r namhsr s Sspy
 Thirty-sishf States and Territories and twenty-vrie foreign countries nsve 4ss, Georgia 200 other States with nfty and over: Florida. Louisiana, Missis- sippi. South Carolina. Tennessee. Texas. From Central and South America the West Indies and Africa the number of etudents and interest Is steadily tn- creasing. Cuba, Jamaica and PoHto Rico show the largest increase. trsre E%e
 An interesting feature of commence ment week has been the presence of Sssis s snxGys xiSica rSn S " ns oissSn. % former @ M President of the republic. and sscre- tary of state J !. porren: vica-Presi. Charles Branch. Secretary. All except President Gibson were born in Liberia and he has been there since he was 3 years of age. They have shown very schools work and especially in the in dustrial features many of which they hope to introduce into their own coun-
 There is unusual activity among the Alumni this year and very large number are present The class of 'sS holds reunion in honor of it's twen- es will be their guests. Herea6ter ev- cry class will celebrate it's twentieth anniversary and one of its members VIII represent 1t on the commencement
 Many Improvements,
 The year has been one of marked i'm provementa. The green house has printing ofhee has secured its long sought large "Optimus" press. and a linotype machine. A responsible com pany Is putting in system of water wells. They guarantee a minimum sup ply of 250,000 gallons of water per day
 Large additions have been made to ceiwed a new impetus and large. atten- ton has been given to dgs and vine- yards. 5000 quarts of strawberries have nave ss Bsen enlarged iE a and T improved S n and poultry raising and bee culture have been rpt on a much better baais.
 The large dining. roogns and kiteh. be ready for use. The "Aiexander Moss White Memorialf doruitory for girls to cost t5o.ooo is in the second
 Eiorts are constantly being made to improve the internal work Of the school. The very best teachers are sought for every departrnert and every effort is made to make the industrial and literary supplement each other.
 Several hundred students remain at the school during the summer and work h proSision roS has been mad. : this year ORS; by which those who have been conditioned in any study. or who wish to pursue a subject further, can do so n the nieht wtli be made and they win receive credit for 1t on their regular course. Many are planning to take advantage farm n there V viii % Dc not " only the praetie pr cal work but each one will receive in- structIon in the theory as we'll h this way the 1000 acres cultivated will be- come great experiment farm and work at the barns, in the dairy, orch ards or truck garden will afford knowi- edge as well as labor.
 these new meth ods and large numbers take adwantage of them.
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 A beautiful memorial of " H. Baldwin, Jr., designed by Karl Bitter. sculptor. and W. W. Bosworth, archi- tset' has been srsctsd ss,ss Sy the stu students It stands in conspicuous place in front of the Carnegie Library In what will be beautiful quadrangle, and always sists of a solid base some forty feet square with a brick structure rising about twenty feet high, about twelve asss wide savS and two ssst ieS niSn; ,Snor 0n os ble shelf. will rest large slab with medallions of MT. Baldwin and an ap- pT2priats inscription; @ Ion ,o,~ fla. If famous men for its commencement preachers. They have entered into the traditions of the school For iTn- mediate. impressive effect none of their sermons have surpassed the one de- livered by pr. Len G. Broughton. pas- tor of the Baptist Tabernacle. Atlanta. last Sunday. His text was. Mary x:2i, jeet, '@rhe Minus Sign in Character" His reputation as a distinguished preacher had preceded him and the chapel was full to overflowing.
 pr. Broughton spent Monday at the school and expressed himself as aston- ished beyond measure st what he had seen. He said that in the last few years he had travelled in three con tinents. but in no place had be been where he did not find people eager to learn about TuskeEee. He said he counted 1t q great privilege to see so famous school and a great honor to be called to preach its commencement sermon.
 The Phelps Hall Bible Training School occupied Monday night. There were seventy-nine graduates. Five de- livered very excellent addresses. One, by Mamie L. Butler. was of special interest She was excused from regular duties, at the school. for three months and went upon a large planta- tion in Arkansas to do settlement work. Her story as to conditions when she arrived and the changes that were wrought in her brief stay greatly moved the large audience. She expects to re- turn to the work and by fail will have a school house costing nearly SI. O00 ready for use. The public conduct of the people under her example and in- struction was completely changed.
 The Ornt0rtcal Contest.
 Tuesday night six young men con- tended for the Trinity Church Boston OratoricaI prizes of 925 and SIS each. This is the great night of comrnence- ment week and is the time when the two upper classes test their thought in oratory.
 There were four seniors and two from the middle class. It seemed to De the universal judgment that six better orations were never delivered by students, fin Tualregee's chanel