South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
NOTED COLORED
LEADER HONORED
Booker 7. Washington EuIo-
qized as Man Ever StriV-
ina for the Ideal.

Several hundred colored citizens
and some white citizens met at the
high school auditorium Sunday af-
/. ternoon in honor Of Booker T.
Washington. The speakers OF the
afternoon were Atty. A. T. Martin,
Atty. a II. Roberts OF Chicago, and
Mrs. w. y. Miller. An original poem
was read by Mrs G. Tucker. There
was also a pleasing musical program
consisting Of those songs which were
most enjoyed by washington.
Atty. Martin called attention to
the fact that Washington had been
held in the highest regard by many
noted men through the fact that he
had the faculty o gaining and hold
ing their confidence. The success
Of the man. he said, was due to the
fact that he had devoted his life TO
the uplift Of his race.
The speaker reviewed the life Of
the great leader TO show that the
many hOnors that had come TO him
had been the result OF an indomita-
BILE will and steadfast purpose. He
explained how there had been the
struggle for an education and how
then Washington had purchased the
old plantation for $500. half Of
which amount was borrowed, on
which was started the famous Tus-
kegee institute with its present val
uation OF S1,5OO.OOO and with its
student body Of 1000 drawn not
only from the United States but
from Hayti. Porto Rico and Cuba.
Sought to Erase Color Line.
washington was a great orator
and sought continually by his ora
tory as we'll as by other means to
blot out the animosity between the
races. said the speaker. That he
accomplished much toward this end
was shown by the fact that on one
occasion at a great cotton fair held
at Atlanta, Ga. after his speech he
was congratulated personally by
Gov. Bullock Of the state Of Georgia.
In this speech Washington made the
point that while the black and white
races We're as separate socially as
the fingers OF the hand. yet they
could be at the same time as united
industrially as the fingers of the
hand.
The speaker called attention 10 the
fact that washington was so trusted
by all people that he often received
large sums OF money 10 devote to
the interests of his school. lie was
truthful and people believed him; he
was honest and they trusted him;
he was clean, honorable and noble
and people respected him.
Atty. Roberts. who was a per-
sonal friend OF Washington de-
nvered a eulogy Of the leader show
ing what great things he had &C
cOmplished for his people. He ex-
planned the methods which had been
employed at Tuskegee institute as
they had come 10 his attention when
a visitor there. The speaker told in
a most interesting and entertaining
way incidents OF the life Of Wash
ington which went to show the many
sidedness of the great leader.
Aimed at White Mans Ideal
Mrs w. +. Miller made the point
that Washington had worked TO at
tain for his people the goth century
ideal Of the dominant white race
He showed his greatness by working
thus in spite Of the fact that the
ideal for which he worked was prob
ably not his ovn ideal but was mere
" the one on which he was forced
by circumstances TO center his en-
deavors
The speaker called attention TO
the fact that the people of each age
had striven after a certain ideal and
that each age had seen a different
idea. She pointed out how history
had shown that il was always the
Ideal OF the dominant race which
prevailed and that the dominant
races had kept their places merely
through the law that might makes
right. The human animal. she said.
lived by this law the same as the
brutes only in a less cruel manner.
For the eolored people OF the pres
ent age Booker Washington has been
such a leader as was Moses to the
Israelites.
The other numbers on the pro-
gram were as follows: Opening ode.
"Praise God" audience and chorus.
Invocation. Rev. G. Emery Allen;
song. Swing Low. Sweet Chariot, &"
chorus: solo, Mrs Joseph Arts:
song. chorus; solo. Bert r. Holmes.
song chorus; resolutions; Amer
lea" audience and chorus; benedic-
ton. Rev 5. Samuels.