The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-31
MAJOR MOTION TAKES CHARGE
 OF TUSKECEE E
Noted Negro Educator Takes Up Work of the Late
 Booker Washington.

stitute in New York on December 2O last.
 In his installation address Major Moton indicated he would endeavor to follow the policy of his predecessor, pr. Washington.
 @"WhiIe the outlook was never, more hopeful, the negro problem is not yet solved,'' said Major Moton. Whlle there is great encouragement in the ct that 70 per cent. of the negro-pop- ulation can read and write, it is. not safe to assume that 70 per cent. or the negroes are fully and truly educat- ed. Our progress in this country has been wonderful, and we have every reason, inefficiency,- and crime are en- tireIy too prevalent among our people. Color and conduct still count in th1s question, but let us remember'that con- duct counts more than color"
 Principal Moton's Address.
 In his address. Principal Moton, af- ter reviewing the progress of Tuskegee under pr. washington's admi1istra- ton, and showing how success had followed this unselfish working to- gether of the white and co1ored races, said:
 'eNo greater or more serious respon-. sibility was ever placed upon the ne- gro than is left us here at Tuskegee. The importance of the work and the gravity of the duty that have been as- signed the principal and the teachers in the forwarding of this work can not be overestimated Along with this responsibility we have rare oppor- tl1nity, one almost to be envied-an op- portunity to help in the solution of a great problem, the human race prom lem, not merely changing the modes of life and the ideals of a race, but changing the ideas of other races re- garding that race.
 'fWhile the outlook was never more hopeful, the negro problem is not yet solved. While there is great encour- agement in the fact that seventy per cent of the negro population can read and write, 1t is not safe to assume that TO per cent. of negroes are really and truly educated. Our progress in this country has been wonderful, and we have here every reason for reJoic- ing; but ignorance, shift1essness, dis ease, ineficiency, and crime, are en- tireIy too prevalent among our people. Color and conduct still count in this question, but let us remember, conduct counts more than color.
 General Armstrong, pr. Washing ton, and Dr. Frisse1l, with the support and influence of such Southern men as MT. Campbell, have shown us the way out and how these perp1exing ques- tions may be solved. If we follow the course mapped out here, we shall have the hearty cooperation and SUD- port of as distinguished. as wises as unself1sh, and as devoted a body of men a sare to be found anywhere in this land. refer to the Board of Trustees of this Institute. > Not only so but we shall have also the cordial help and sympathy of the white and colored people of this State, from His Excellency, Governor Henderson, and Superfntendendent Feagin, who honor I-~ II. d, +a "a humb1est citizen in this county. The whole country, too, will stand by us, if we are wise, sincere. and unselfsh. I again repeat, our responsibility is great and our opportunity a tremendous one. We should measure up to our respon- abilities and our opportunities, and we can do it!
 t'Not by arrogant se1f-seeking, not by bluff, sham, or bombast; not by f1ippant fault finding, not by shrink ing at difficulty, slirking at duty, not by the cherishing Of prejudice against white people or black people can the work of Tuskegee live and prosper.
 Cooperation Between Races.
 teIn order that the institution shall continue to carry forward the ideas and ideals Of it's noble founder, in order that it shall not cease to render ser vice to the State and the nation, in or der that we shall keep the respect and confidence of the nation, we must first, every one. of us, principal, officers, teachers, graduates, and students, use every opportunity and strive in every reasonable way to develop and strengthen between white and black people, North and South, that unseI- fish cooperation which has character ized the Tuskegee Institute from it's very beginning. Second, we must patiently and persistentIy, in the spirit 6GI7 d T7o h. ods of education which, in this school is so distinctive, so unique, and so helpful. Third, we must consecrate and reconsecrate our lives to this work as instruments in Gods hands for the training of black men and women for service, in whatever capacity, of our fellow-men. Fourth, there must be no cantankerism-we must all v<oEk absolutely together.
 ''In his last talk from this platform Dr. Washington spoke on the value and importance of teamwork. He urg- ed that officers, teachers, and stu dents, in every department and in ev- cry phase of this work, should prac- tice more than ever before teamwork emphasizing the necessity of this vii tai essential of success. If teamwork was necessary in this school under the leadership of Dr. Washington, how much more imperative it is now that we have not the help and inspiration of his words and presence. If we are to be true to the great and sacred trust if we are to carry out the aims and purposes of Booker T. Washington, the founder of this institution, we must each cherish and maintain the spirit which has always permeated the life and work of this school-the spirit of self f-forgetfulness, the spirit of service and sacrifice, the t'Tuskekee spirit '' the spirit of cooperation and conse- cration. It is only in this spirit that the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute can continue to render ser vice to the negro, to this state, and to the nation.
 s'I cannot more f1ttingly or forcib1y close these remarks than with the use of the following words from Dr. Wash