The Colorado statesman., 1910-04-02
TUSKtGEE ENDOWMENT
$500, 900 Wanted This Year on the
Amount Needed = allow DR..
Washington to spend more
time Planning for School

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1t was learned from another
source that Principal Washington
has received from President Taft
a letter in which he states that he
intends to make a contribution to-
ward the endowment fund of Tus-
kegee Institute within u short
while. The fact that strenuous
effort is to be made to increase the
endowment fund of the school to
100000 is arousing widespread
interest among the influential
friends of the race, and it is felt
that the amount now needed can be
raised by the end of the present
school year. 1t goes without say
ing that DR.. Washington cannot go
on forever at the high-tension pace
that has characterized his work
during the past ten years, and 1T
has occurred to those who believe
the best interests of the institution
would be conserved by allowing
him to give more of his time and
energies to the actual development
of the school and the propagation
of the principles for which it
stands, without the strain of mon
getting. To this end the fol
lowing letter, which is self-explan-
atory, has been placed before the
public. with endorsements which
give it a weight that is bound to
bring immediate results:
So 100000 Endowment for
Tuskegee Institute.
I'VE. the undersigned, are glad
to permit the use of our names in
aiding the trustees and officers of
the Tuskegee Normal and Indus
trial Institute. of Tuskegee, Ala
bama, to secure a larger and more
adequate endowment. We feel
that the results accomplished by
the Tuskegee school, not only in
making the Negro more useful, but
in the interest of the whole. coun-
try, justify an appeal to the pub
lie that shall increase the endow-
ment to "A figure where the princi-
pal, Booker II. Washington, will
not be compelled to spend so much
of his time in the getting of money
to meet the current expenses.
Without going into details at
present, we wish to state that 1t is
the aim and wish of the trustees at
present to increase the endowment
fund to $3,000,000 in the near fu
ture. and to secure 100000 of this
amount during the present school
year. We are glad to add that a
portion of the 100000 has already
been secured, and we earnestly
hope that the remainder may be
provided before June 1st.
William II. Taft, President of
the United States; Theodore Roose
welt. ex-President of the United
States; b. b. Conner, governor of
Alabama Seth Low, president Tus-
kegee Institute board of trustees,
New York; Charles f. Hughes, gov
ernor of New York; w. w. Camp
bell, vice-president Tuskegee Insti-
tute board of trustees, president
Macon County Bank, Tuskegee,
| Ala. Robert c. Ogden, trustee
Hampton Institute and Tuskegee
Institute, New York; Clark Howell,
editor Atlanta Constitution, Allan
| ia, Ga; George w. Clinton, bishop
A. M. E. Zion church, Charlotte,
| n. c.; Abraham Grant, bishop A.
NJ. E. church, Kansas City, Kan.
Henry Watterson, editor Louisville
Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY;
Franklin MacVeagh, secretary of
the United States treasury; Hollis
B. Frissell, principal Hampton In
stitute, Hampton, Va; Jacob II.
Schiff, of firm of Kuhn, Loeb Co.,
New York; Charles w. Chestnut,
author, Cleveland, Ohio; Henry Il.
Higginson, of firm of Lee, Higgin-
son & Co., Boston; E. G. Morris,
president National Baptist Conven-
ton, Helena, Ark. y
w. B. Townsend, attorney and coun'
sellor at law, room 209 Kittredge