The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-03-01
TWO LARGE DELEGA-
TIONS PRESENT
One From the North
One From the East
Many Prominent Men and Women
Present-Mr. RosenwaId Made
Trustee-Mr. Geo. F. Peabody
Vice-Mr. Emmett ]. Scott
Elected secretary-Demon-
STATIONS by Students.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
Tuskegee Inst, Ala, Feb. "a
About fifty guests from the North
attended the great central meeting of
the Trustees of the Tuskegee Insti-
tute Thursday and Friday Of this
week.
In addition to Mr.. and Mrs. Rosen-
valid and their son, Lester, the party
consisted of the following persons:
Mr.. Walter G.. Franz, Consulting En-
gineer, and Mrs. Franz, Cincinnati,
Ohio; Mr.. H. f. Fisk, Of Northwestern
University, Evanston, ILL.,, and Mrs.
Fisk; Mr. H. H. Kohlsaat Editor of
the Chicago Record-Herald; Dr. A.
w. Harris, President of Northwestern
University; Judge Julian w. Mack, of
the United States Court of Commerce,
and Mrs. Mack; Mr.. Edward B. But
Ter, President of Butler Brothers;
and Mrs. Butler; Mr.. Charles R.
Crane, President of the Crane Com
pany, and Mrs. Crane; Mr.. Joseph
L. Bache, Director Of the Jewish
Training School; Mr.. Sherman G.
Kingsley, Director of the United Char
tiles and the Elizabeth Mccormick
Memorial Fund; Mr.. L. A. Philips,
Superintendent of the Glenwood Man
ual Training School, near Chicago;
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Adler, brother-in-
law AMI sister of Mr. julius Rosen-
valid, and Mr.. A. Mitchell lines, OF
the British Embassy at Washington.
The other party, headed by Hon.
Seth Low, former Mayor of New
York, arrived from New York Wednes-
day evening. Among those in the
party were, in addition to Mr.. Seth
Low, Chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees, four other members Of the Trus-
tee Board: Nessrs. Robert G. Ogden,
William G. Wilcox, with Mrs. Wilcox
and Frank Trumbull of New York
City; Charles e. Mason of Boston,
and Mrs. Mason.
Among the other members Of the
party from the East were: DR.. and
Mrs. S. G. NJ Maule, of Philadelphia,
Pa; The Rev. Clarence A. Vincent,
Pastor Emanuel-Walnut Avenue Con-
gregational Church, Boston, Mass;
Mrs. Henry C. Davis, Philadelphia;
Miss Katherine B. Davis, Superinten-
dent, New York State Reformatory
for Women, Bedford Hills, New York;
Mrs. Martha P. Falconer, Superinten-
dent. the House of Refuge, Girl De
partment Sleighton Farm, Darling,
Del. Co., Pa; Miss Eleanor Little,
Principal of he Schools, the House
of Refuge, Darling, Del Co., Pa; Mr..
Lawrence F. Abbott, President "The
Outlook" Company, New York; Mr..
Thellwell r. Coggeshall, Industrial
teacher, Girard College, Philadelphia,
Pa; Mrs. Robert e. Park, Vice-presi-
dent, National Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teacher Association, VOL
laston, Mass; Miss Hilda Justice, OF
Philadelphia; Miss Emily S. Rich
ards; Mr. Harold Peabody, Boston
Mass; Mr.. ], w. rockingham, OF
| Brooklyn; Mrs. Alexander Purves
daughter of Mr.. Robert G. Ogden; DR.
A. G. Fraser,
With the exception of four absen
tees all the members of the Board
were present at this meeting. Col
= Theodore Roosevelt, who had visited
the Tuskegee Institute when he was
President, but has not see it since
he became Trustee, had expected
to visit the school this year, but was
unable to do so.
Tuskegee has eight Trustees from
the Southern States-four of them
white and four colored. The white
Trustees are Mr.. Bolton Gilreath, ar
extensive owner of coal mines in
Birmingham, Ala; Mr.. R. 0. Simpson
a large planter of Furman, Ala; Mr.
w. w. Campbell, Vice-charman, q
banker of Tuskegee, Ala, and Mr.
Charles w. Hare, lawyer and news
paper man also of the town of Tus
kegee. The colored Trustees are
Mr.. A. ]. Wilborn, a graduate of Tus
kegee Institute, now doing business II
Tuskegee; and Victor H. Tulane, who
is cashier of the Branch of the Penny
Savings Bank at Montgomery anC
Principal Washington and Treasurer
Logan. All Of these were present
At the meeting in the Chapel Thurs
day night, February 22nd, at which
the Trustees and other guests were
present, it was announced that Mr.
julius Rosenwald Of Chicago, had &C
cepted the position of Trustee in th'
place Of Mr.. George Foster Peabod!
of New York City, who, at his owl
request, was relieved, because of no
being able to give the time necessar!
to the school.
1t was also announced hat Mr.
Emmett ]. Scott, who, as Secretar!
to Principal Washington, has for
number of years borne large shar'
of the burden of the work of thu