Evening star., 1911-06-04

$4,000 acres OF mineral lands 5000
acres of which have been sold and the
proceeds applied to the endowment
fund The remaining 10000 acres OF
This sum added to the present endow-
ment fund will give the institution
$2,039.124.74 as permanent endow-
ment The total value Of all property
real and personal. owned by the school
and including the endowment fund
now amounts to $3.322,374.50.
1t is a most inspiring sight to see
the 1900 students at work in the vari-
Gus departments Of this institution
Nowhere can there be found more en-
ter discipline than in the shops, on
the farm and in the ciassrooms Of
this school. There are nearly 200
teachers engaged in the work here,
and 1t is remarkable how readily and
eagerly the student body responds to
the efforts put forth to help them.
There is very little used at Tuskegee
that Is not produced by the students.
The uniforms worn by the boys and
the dresses and hats worn by the girls
ings were built by the students out of
material which they themselves fash
foned for the builders art. All OF the
leading trades are taught here. and
the vegetables used by the three thou
| sand people who dwell within the
Tuskegee limits.
A part of the commencement season at
Tuskegee is a trip that Principal Booker
T. Washington makes through portions
of Macon county. in which Tuskegee is
situated. This is called Tuskegees ex-
tension work. The county is divided
| into large number of communities.
each of which takes great pride in it's
farm and school work. In their efforts
they are helped by the Tuskegee Insti-
tute.
In this county the total population is
26.O0o. OF this number 5000 are ne
groes and 5000 are whites. The negroes
own $1,000 acres of land. more than Is
owned by the colored people Of any other
county In the country. Throughout the
| county the colored people have small
Of which the people of a community pro-
vide and work in common. The proceeds
from these enterprises are used for school
purposes, such as supplementing the
thereby getting longer school terms. In
the county there are 1853 acres under cul-
tivation for this particular end.
Aid the Farmers.
Last Sunday Principal Washington
made trip Of about fifty miles in private
conveyances. The different communities
visited had made. preparations to re-
ceive him and his party Of about thirty
visitors and teachers. In their school
houses the people had on exhibition prod
ucts from their farms, and they as
sembled in their churches to listen to the
speeches by DR.. Washington and others.
and to read the report Of the community
for the year just past. Meetings like
these have proved to be very helpful to
the colored farmers of the community.
With DR.. Washington and his party last
Sunday were Lord Percy Of the British
embassy at Washington, Whitefield Nc
Kinlay collector of customs for the Dis
trict of Columbia, and Judge Robert H.
Terrell of the Municipal Court of the
District Of Columbia.
Tuskegee has revoutioniZed Macon
county. It has done wonders for it's peo-
pie. Its influence has been such that the
sheriff is able to do all of the work of
his Office without the assistance of a
single deputy.
The present sheriff is William c. DAN
iels, a man of excellent spirit in the mat
ter of maintaining order in the county.
Although his Office salary is increased by
fees he makes as few arrests as possible
and goes out of. his way to help the
people to live within the bounds Of the
law by friendly advice. 1t would be we'll
if there were thousands of other such
law officers in the country