The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-28
TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE
LARGEST GRADUATING CLASS IN
ITS HISTORY.
Twenty-EIEhth Year of Negro school
Closes with Fine Record--May0r
w. n. league Among the
Sneakers.

CLOSES win Fine Record--Mayor
w. n. league Among the
Tuskegee, May Especial. with
the awarding OF $50 diplomas and
trade certificates to boys and girls. los
Of whom were seniors IN botn acaaem-
institute brought Its twenty-eighth
year to a close today.
A vast dome of the State Capitol
hall. a turret on the new dormitory for
girls, from which big clock would
toll The hours to the Industrial boy and
girl a big black iron tank with a ca
new agricultural building breaking the
horizon line from the school looking
west. little village in which new
houses almost daily sprout, are some
of the marks which have given new
features to the whole school.
With these changes have come con-
slant increase of students until. town
students, day students apart the 1000
mark has nearly been reached, The
Increase is most noticeable in the
graduating classes. The graduatlnx
class OF this year numbers 1o5. against
90 of last year, and the class whichfs
to finish In 1910 numbers htw lao.
Thus each year is Witnessing an M
crease Of 6oysndd girls s wno are aSev Ses sx
pect to earn q living and be Of service
to their mace.
From the very outset the school this
year has emphasized its own kind at
commencement exercises. The choir
which so charmed the heart of Andrew
Carnegie and the school band which
ss hrss ssSn hsr own q geoa rss
ords for handling negro melodies for
commencement music:
The divinity school or Phelps Bible
School. in graduating its men. placed
additional stress on the Importance OF
knowing people and conditions now
rather than thousands of years ago.
ed upon practical everyday living evsp
typical too were the subjects for tn.
BostSn prize p1Int f 60 Ear,n IsS Soa
The Call of the Rural Districts
Thomas Edison"--all subjects OF
practical nature such as the student
| will have to deal with in after years
commencement Exercises.
The program was divided into tive
parts. part one taking Mace In the
morn In aa the p morning me sns si
| Taborn. salutatorian, discussed Mod
ern Methods IN the Education of the
Farmer: Paul J. Jefferson discussed
Southern Farmer: Charles L. Pear.
SON. 1.-THE Small Farmer as a Factor In
Our Nationa. Life; Belle E. Williams,
of M. c. Moore. OF Austin. closing the
morning exercises with the alumni an
niversary address.
In the. afternoon the program wa,
], Billiard on open Fields for the
Graduates OF Trade and Technical
lschools":. Algie H. Caruthers. Making
.Electricity as Source of Motive
Power; Charles w. Carpenter. vaieS,
dictorian. THE Teachers Part In the
Improvement of General Health Con-
/ ditions." closing the afternoon exer-
cises with the commencement address
by j. e. Asbury. of Philadelphia. Pa
The special features of the day were
his own work. letter of regret reac
from absent friends. an dthe visitora>
The music for the day was as fol.
The Holy city-orchestra.
o Clap Your Hands Together-choir
Melodies. SeIected-SchooL
Negro folk song. DRY Yo' Eyes,
Medley, National Airs-schooi.
Hail Alma Mater-choir ana Or
| SThen You'll Remember Me"-or.
/ chestra. w. NJ. Graham, soloist
Praise Ye the Lord. My Soul
away to the woods"-choir.
Melodies, SeIected-Schooi
| Negro folk song, "Dina"-Choir.
| Tuskegee Song-Sch DOL.
"Hallelujah Chorus"-Choir.
Demonstration by Students.
The students. illustration OF his
| work while speaking was an attractive
feature OF the exercises. Belle Will
shucks, had a ciaas'son the platform
+naking hats scrubbing brushes and
bottoming chairs with corn shucks
not en9v taISed aSouf th eam SANE way
actually made one before his audi
| ence.
/ ~ raf let
ton raising Illustrated the best method
OF combating lice and cholera by dip
| ping the pig.
| division shod a horse and made a tire
for a wagon wheel, all showing the ac-
tual work in which they were receiv-
| ing their trade certificate
| Many letters of regret were sent to
| the principal by friends who were un-
able to be present at the commence
was one from Seth Low of New York.
who said
Although It is impossible for me to
s 6s essreyes s he + hs fn
| tute l do not want the day to pass
without giving to you, and to the Of
| ficers and students of the Institute the
! your work. The progress of the school
/ Is source of continual pleasure to
the trustees on whose behalf ask
| you to accept for yourself, and to con-
| vey to your associates and to the stu
dents. our very best wishes
Mr. Low Is chairman of the Board of
| Trustees.
The eloquent address by ]. H. Asbury
| of Philadelphia will long be remem-
bered. He expressed his delight with
Tuskegee and gave the students some
wholesome advice
Concluding, he said:
with you as with many other young
men and women who are being grad
uated from the different schools of this
character, this year by far the larger
number will engage in some industrial
or commercial pursuit. And in these
callings, you will find no color in the
set OF dress, the shape of a hat, the
fit of a shoe, the cut of a coat, the
strength of wagon wheel, a bale of
cotton, bushel of wheat or a barrel of
you will also find that in all world
ly affairs, to the men of clean mind
and healthy body there can be no sat
isfaction like that resulting from a
days work we'll done.
Tribute to Washington.
'+Whateyer your trade, profession or
calling there Is one great man OF our
race whose career should ever be kept
before you as a source of inspiration
and as an incentive The man who
has risen by his own talents and eff
forts from Ignorance and poverty un-
til he has become one of the most
prominent figures in American life, one
of the foremost orators OF his time, so
great an educator that representatives
or two of the most powerful and en-
lightened nations on the globe have
their colonies, 1 refer to that famous
cipal-Booker r. Washington.
BE God-fearing, polite, patient and