The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-08
Colored Student Graduate of the keo.
kuk High School Describes
Booker T. Washington's
School
SHE WON A SCHOLARSHIP
Has Been Attending institute Since
September and is Well Qualified
to Give keokuk Readers
the Story.

the Story.
J Miss Mabel Bland, a graduate of the
4 Keokuk high school in OF and when
! she won scholarship in Tuskegee
! Institute, which is Booker T. Washing
4 tons great educational institution,
i writes a very interesting descriptive
letter to the members of the Sunday
4 Lecture club of this city She gives
a very interesting description of the
school. She says:
Il regard 1T as a very great pleas
4 ure to write you this letter and to try
to tell you of Tuskegee Institute
/ AS you know left home 6 the
21st Of September and arrived here
at noon on the oath The journey on
the whole was a very pleasant one
/ indeed | had company all The way,
since several other students we're on
the train The Jim Grow cars dill not
hardly knew it was JIM Grow car.
The scenery on the way to Tuskegee
was something beautiful. The white
cotton fields and the watermelon
1 patches we're about the only things
that made me remember was in the
south passed through Missouri,
Kentucky. Georgia, and then Alabama
and the towns where we stepped did
not seem as we'll built up as northern
towns.
when we arrived at Tuskegee, we
were met by crowd of students and
instructors and we felt at home i'm
mediately. They took me upon the in.
stitute grounds and | was simply as
tonished at the grandeur of IL. had
not even dreamed of such place
Students were going in every direct
ion and all seemed very busy. 1t seem
ed to me as though | was entering q
little town of itself.
Il was taken Immediately to White
Hall, the main girls dormitory, ant
introduced to Miss Porter, the dear
over the young ladies. She is one
of the most intelligent women | have
ever seen and proves to be mode
dean over the girls. She does no
). IhateJ hesitate to reprove and punish
or to praise us. She welcomed me
very kindly and assigned me one O
the rooms in this building.
"At noon | went to the dining hal
with some of the students. It was
magnificent brick structure and wa
: built just last summer. When ! en-
tered the dining hall | sto.a still
There were over one hundred tables
and over sixteen hundred girls ant
Toys sitting at them. They were from
, al the southern states and some for
, eign countries, such as Porto Rico
Japan China and Jamaica. finall.
took my seat at one of these tables
| did not eat at all that noon bu
stared at the students and listened t.
the orchestra. The orchestra play
throughout all our meals
In the afternoon | went on tou
to several of the large buildings
There are about fifty 'arge building
on the grounds a large number o
which are boys and girls dormitories
We have very nice chapel and libra
ry. The hospital is also very wei
kept up and is under the Supervision
of DR.. Kennev, said to be one Of TIL
best colored physicians. Tuskegee ais
has q cemetery.
I'VE have girls trades buildini
and boys trades building. In tnes
buildings all kinds Of trade, are learn
ed and practiced. The girls learn NIL
linery domestic science basketrJ
and mattress making, ladies' taller
ng. laundrying and music. For tn
boys there are harness making black
smithing, carpentry, printing, shoe
making, painting and electrical CT
cheering and a number OF othe
trades Half of the students work on
day and the rest on another day w
go to work at seven O'Clock n, b
morning and work until noon. t. :,
return to work at one o'clock an
work until five. Everything that i
used or needed on these grounds i
made by the students.
WI anu MIS-. washington are wv
of the finest persons | have ever me
and their heart and soul seem wrappe
up in the welfare of Tuskegee Every
body here thinks there are no person
anywhere like them. Mr. Washingeo
is absent from the institute about hal
of the tin and then Mr. Loga1
treasurer, has charge The things M
Washington strives TO inculcate in til
students the most are to be energeti
on time. honest, and to be men an
women every day.
I'VE have the best of opportunitie
for doing this. Noted lecturers com
here from time to time and speak t
us. We have our prayer meeting
every Friday night. Christian Endea,
or every Sunday morning and bib
study All the students are require
to attend chapel and Sunday schoo
Besides these religious organization
we have a Willing Workers clu