The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-09

as a scholar he found that he had
always been called simply Booker,
and knew no other name, but the
other children gave two names, and
so he boldly announced himself as
Booker Washington" and when
later he learned that his mother had
given him the name of Booker Tall
aferro, he would not drop the Wash
ington, but merely inserted the "T"
and we have his name as be is now
universally known.
Mrs. Price told the story of how
the great Tuskegee Normal and In
dustrial School was founded by him,
and how it has grown from di-
lapidated old colored Methodist
church building, until it is an in
stitution owning twenty-three hum
dred acres of land with some fifty
buildings, mostly built by student
labor. Mr. Washington is believer
in work. and worker himself, in
sists that others do the same. At
this institution opportunity is af-
forded for Students to work out all
or part of their board and tuition,
and at the same time learn some use
full trade.
Mrs. Price closed her paper with
an extract from the preface of a
book written by Booker T. Washing
ten on "Tuskegee and its people. !"
She asked her hearers to bear in
mind that the author is a negro and
an ex-slave. She would have them
picture in their minds the faxen-
shirted pickaninny sleeping on bed
of rags in a tumble-down cabin,
getting his food like an animal,
ignorant of his parentage, and asks
them to agree with her that history
presents no more striking example
of the power Of the will to over
come difficulties than in the life of
Booker T. Washington. Following
Is the quotation given:
"The Tuskegee Idea is that edu-
cation begins at the bottom and ex-
pands naturally as the necessity Of
the people expands. AS the race
grows in knowledge, experience, cul-
ture, taste and wealth, its wants
are bound to become more and more
diverse; and to satisfy these wants
there will be gradually developed
within our own ranks, as has al
ready been true of the whites. a con-
stantly increasing variety of pro-
fessional and business men and wo-
men. Their places in the economic
world will be assured and their pros
perity guaranteed in proportion to
the merit displayed by them in their
several callings. for about them will
have been established the solid bull
wark of an industrial mass to which
they may safely look for support.
The esthetic demands will be met as
the capacity Of the race to procure
them is enlarged through the process
Of sane intellectual achievement. Tn
this cumulative way there will be
erected by the negro a complete and
indestruetible civilization that will
be respected by all whose respect is
worth having. There should be no
limit placed. upon the development
of any individual because of color
and let it be understood that no one
kind of training can be safely pres
seribed for an entire race. Care
should be taken that racial educa-
ton should not be cne-sided for lack
of adaptation to personal fitness,
nor unwieldv through sheer top
heaviness. Education to fulfil its
mission for any people. anywhere,
should be symetrical and sensible. -
The next meeting Of tiie Saturday
Club will be held November IL, at
the home Of Miss Minnie Swindell
on Webster Avenue, instead Of with
Mrs. Curtis, as the program says.