New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-16
plans Under Way to Make
Tuskegee Memorial to
Negro Educator.
INSTITUTE NEEDS
S3,000,000 FUND
Seth Low Pledges Aid of Trust
ees-Roosevelt and Carne-
gle Wire Sympathy.
By JOHN J. LEARY.

7p.kegee. Ala, Nov. Isl am salts
s.s that my work will 90 on
These were the last conscious words
~ Booker T. Washington, whose body
No. in state tonight at the institute
u. Genius builded on the desert hilltop
Just out Of town.
BEFORE he left New York the leader
new that the end was near-the
,bsdow Of death had been over him
since August last-and he was in a
state approaching coma all the way
smith. A. Chehaw station, the nearest
mint on the main line to Tuskegee,
Mrs. Washington shook him and said,
This is Chehaw, father" He reused
for a moment and permitted himself to
he led to the waiting motor.
Outside Emmett J. Scott, long his
trusted lieutenant, greeted him. A
half nod was the only response. and
the start was made for the campus.
Ordinarily it takes but twenty MIN
utes TO make the trip. Saturday night,
because of Mr.. Washington's condition,
il took two hours, but even then 1t
was not realized that he was in ex-
trenis: but a short time after he was
nut 20 bed he began to sink rapidly.
"He lust went to sleep" said Mr.. Scott
Tonight. "and in his shroud, guarded
BY officers Of the students battalion, he
looks as though at the word he would
arise and make one of his forceful ap-
peals for aid for Tuskegee.
s3.OO0,O0O Needed for Institute.
Regret that he could no longer do
as much as he had in the past was the
sorrow of his last days. Tuskegee
needed $4,000, 900 additional endowment
TO make it approximately self-support-
ing But with this vast sum ungath-
cred he was satisfied, as he told Mrs
Washington, that the work would go on
as ne had planned"
lust how il will go on no one here
tonight knows. For the present war
rem Logan Long, of DR.. Washlngtons
executive staff, will be acting principal
Tomorrow. when William u. VIII
cox. treasurer of the Investment Fund
Committee. and William Jay Schiefelin
arrive from New York, they may an
nounce tentative plans for the man
agement. and perhaps outline scheme
for raising the much needed endow-
ment. -
n is hoped by the friends of the
school here that the expressions OF
sympathy for Mrs. Washington and ad-
miration for her husband that nave
swamped the little telegraph office may
take concrete form in memorial en-
Gowment.
These kilograms come from persons
in all walks of life. From oyster Bay
came this message:
pray accept my deepest sympathy IN
the death Of your distinguished nus
band. No man rendered greater service
to his race, and his loss cannot be sup.
piled. He was one Of the ciuzens OF
whom this entire country should be
proud. THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Porters Remember Friend.
With this came a message from the
Red Caps Ci the Pennsylvania Railroad
station in New York, and then TINS
message from the executive mansion
II Montgomery:
Il learned with great regret Of the
death Of DR.. Washington. =.
CHARLES HENDERSON, Governor.
Andrew Carnegie sent this:
II mourn with you to-day as one who
shares your sorrow. America has lost
one Of her best and greatest citizens.
History is 10 tell of two Washingtons,
one the father of his country, the other
the leader Of his race. Mrs. Carnegie
joins me in deep sympathy.
ANDREW CARNEGIE"
"Nr. Washington was man OF great
power and Of wide and wholesome IN
fuence, not only among his own race,
but among other races, wired ex-
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks
from indianapolis. "His death is dis
tinctly public loss"
This personal message came from
Seth Low, chairman of the trustees;
Mrs. Low and / send 70 you and your
children our heartfelt sympathy. | am
glad that DR.. Washington breathed his
life away amid the scenes of his labors,
surrounded by the symbols of his
great achievements and in the midst
Of those who looked up TO him and
loved him as a leader sent from God
Let me remind you in your great sor-
row that our God is not the God Of the
Gesd But Of the living"
seth LOW"
As chairman Of the trustees, DR.. Low
sent this message 20 Mr. Logan, acting
principal: "On behalf Of the board Of
trustees send 20 you, and through you
70 the officers. teachers and students Of
the Tuskegee Institute. our warmest
aympathy In the death Of the schools
great foun Ter, Booker T. Washington.
In his death the country has lost a
great man. The trustees will not fail
you In your hour Of need. and we count