The state herald., 1909-05-14
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taik. They sat on their trunks and n, ,, no.,
Aiter ne had caimed their fears that the college
en' NOT De open after all the president left
them and set out to get. and get ouickIv soma
OF the things that were most needed tn ,so.,s
VINO hVed near the college RESPONDED IiberaiIv
me president returned with a Jug of molasses
ana ~ ioaves OF bread. and went back to get n lit
ue stove which was the first contribution that
was offered him in the first house he went In
Ihis stove. round, barreishaped galvanized iron
ahair. is still preserved, and treasured tbouyb
IL is no longer used. They built fire for the
evening was chill. and seated on the floor the
college president. his wife and the students ate
their bread and molasses and were undiscouraged
Ihnt was the beginning-the first lesson that
fresident Lovinggood who since has become the
BOOKER Washington Of the southwest-had I'm the
great art OF begging Every college president
from the biggest universities down to the hum.
oiest. has to be an accomplished beggar The
more money he can get for his college the bigger
man ne Is In the educational world and the better
httcd TO head n university by what he has ac-
complished since Loyinggood has shown that he
possesses In truly remarkable degree this great.
est OF all the necessary arts-one that stands
higher than any In the curricuum-the art OF
begging.
When the college president and his pupils got
up the next morning they found that during the
night some vandals had amused themselves by
breaking bottles OF ink against the walls OF
the building and defacing them. Windows had
been broken and the whole place looked even
more desolate than II had at first. But Loving.
good was undaunted. He set about getting ut
once the things he needed most. He begged
pennies and nickels and dimes from the negro
population OF Austin. He organized one social"
after another TO get the furniture that was re-
Quired The second evening there was chair
social" People desiring to attend had to bring
chair ms ticket OF admission. The college
got 81 chairs In this way A sheet and pillow
case entertainment" dish social" laundry
equipment fair and n lot OF other entertainments
TO get the supplies they needed followed with the
shortest of Intervals between. Temporary rooms
for dining hall and kitchen were prepared Aged
colorcd wnShcrwomen onme with bedding and
made beds ready for students with their own
hands.
Saturday after Saturday" says President Low.
inggood. these women came. each with their
small earnings tied In little piece OF cloth. di.
yded them with the school, knelt with me and
prayed for the school nnd went their way Week
after week mn aged eoorcd iaborcr. Richard
Woods. came and gave us OF his moager earnings.
lie still comes. and his gifts have amounted nj.
ready to more than $3.50"
Such is the history OF the beginning OF tho
Samuel Huston college at Austin. Tcx.-a school
for negro youths. To-day 5i7 students live and
study In n group OF handsome buildings. Eleven
years ago there was neither school nor scholars
only the land and the foundation sails. Loving
goods ability and indomitabic courage have
wrought the change. ~ Ia n history OF hardship.
Ho has done even more than TO build up college.
His successful solution OF the problem In tho
center OF n cotton section larger than Now Eng
land. where the colorcd population In more than
. million. Ia printed Oh every letter and every bit