The Detroit times., 1910-04-15

of the kind there. and IL has been
helped and encouraged by the white
people The Negro has an equri
chance with the white man In work
requiring skilled labor. You get n
wrong idea OF conditions In the South
because YOU hear only from the cities
! II Is In the country and the small
towns. where 50 per cent of the
Negroes live, that the Improvement ~
the race is most marked.
1t must be remembered that the
; South Is a great country one OF wide
extent. know OF no place on eartn
where so many black people live
alongside OF SO many white people
with SO little trouble"
| DIR. Washington is "A man OF medium
size and is carefully and quictly
dressed. He Is lighter in color than
most OF his race and has deep gray
blue eyes. His features are OF strong
! Negro type. however, and his hair
close and curly. His speech Is that
OF professor, as he is. one Is sur.
prised To learn that he Is In his fifty
| fourth year, his appearance being that
OF man nearer 40.
j. J.. Hudson. Abner Il. Larned
Charles b. Sawyer, John II. Russell
and G.. ID Pope. formed the commit
tee which met DR. Washington at the
Michigan Central station and tock
him TO the Hotel Cadillac lie was
later taken on an automobile trip
which included stop at the \. NJ &.
A. 10 inspect that building.
There was some difficulty in locat-
inc Or Washington az the station, the
Negro pOrt.rs on the train evidently
being ignorant of the fact that the
great educator of their race was a
passenger. one subject on which
Booker r. Washington refused al
solutely to talk was in regard 10 Cot
Theodore Roosevelt.
Booker Woshington's Careef.
Booker Talialerro Washington has
Gone more for the amelioration of his
rae. than any other man IN America,
Mis- entire life has been devoted to
the work of educating the negro. lie
was born in Virginia in 1896 and was
graduated from Hampton institute IN
1875. He became "A teacher at Hamp-
ton and soon attracted che attention
OF educators throughout the United
fii1SSf- when he was only p
years old. he was elected 10y the Ala-
bama authorities 10 the presidency OF
1uskegoe He organized the institute
and TO his tireles energy and the con
lidence nc inspires Is due the growth
and population OF his remarkable edu-
Cational institution. lie is "A brilliant
orator. deep thinker, and pro-
found student He Is diving the Ne
90 prcblem" i'm the south along educa-
tiOnal lines
When the Tuskegee Normal and In
tustrial institute opened It's doors In
1881. IL had one teacher aud 30 pupils
Today the population. OF the school
community is nearly 1000 including
u so teachers. officers and employees
From its foundation nearly 7,JC0 mel
and women have finished a tGll or
partial course and are doing good
work. mainly as teachers and indus
trial workers. Students az TuHagee
are taught to fit themselves for prac-
tiCal WORK. such as agriculture. me
chanical Industries. carpentry print
ing, etc. Practically all the buildings
composing the institute nave been
erected by students In all his great
work Dr Washington has had the
support ard announcement of the
best men in the country, who have
watched his efforts and appreciated
them
Delivers Address at Y. M c. A.
At the Y. NJ. c. A. DR.. A. G. Studec.
general secretary. lad gathered 20
.1-en OF the executive force OF the ass3-
citation TO greet Or. Washington. They
we're assembled in the board room
when Washington arrived with J. l..
Hudson, y T.. I.arncd and Charles Is.
Sawyer Mr.. Hudson introduced the
visitor as the greatest man OF his
race In the world and DR. Washing
;Cn save short address in which he
touched upon the religious and indus
trial wort, being done for the Negro
IN the south.
To the activity of the colored y. NJ.
&C.. \. organizations no attributed much
OF the uplft tina, has occurred He
cescribed the American Negro as ma
ton within a nation. calling attention
20 the fact that the 10000 600 Negro !;
number nearly twice as many as the
entire population Of Canada. as many
as the population OF Mexico, and more
than the population OF five small Euro
pean countries
They occupy sCne OF the most vaId-
able land in this country and, in my
opinion, will continue TO occupy IL for
IAN time 10 the exclusion OF other
classes OF labor he said,
Dr. Studei, in reply. thanked DR..