The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-03-17
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come from products Of all depart
ments, expenditures, insurance, loss
and profit, etc. Thus every arithmetic
class knows the detail business OF the
school for that year. AS the lesson is
local, there is more interest in the
study.
| These figures can be obtained for
every day of the year now-for In
stance, have before me today the re-
port for January Is, 1916. This report
is placed on the desk Of John H. Wash
ington. director of industries. and fur
nishes some interesting facts as re-
CARDS the detail management Of the de-
partment upon which depends the sup
plies for the table. and buildings and
financial success of the institution.
There were 1891 pounds of coal used
in "a hours at cost of 1921 a ton.
On January Is there were 1926 gal
Ions of milk, containing So per cent
fat, MIXED and 10 gallons bought ex-
ira from farmers. A milk wagon
twice a day supplies many families in
Tuskegee, and there is also bread
and vegetable wagon operated each
day from the bakery and garden.
Bought from farmers same day. 20
gallons of skim milk and 10 gallons or
cream.
Churned 200 pounds OF cream, test
| 40 per cent fat; made IS pounds but
ter.
Number of dairy cattle on hand, lG2;
amount of feed used for the day, $50
mounds of cottonseed meal, rs pounds
of oats, 25 pounds bran, 700 pounds OF
hulls, 700 pounds hay. 1900 pounds
silage.
In the poultry yards there are os3
hens and 81 cocks; 20 dozen eggs laid
that day
This is only to give an idea OF the
details and careful attention given
each department each day; as each
department submits an accurate re-
port daily Another feature OF the IN
dustry, the institute buys from farm
ers, white and colored, their surplus
and thus furnishes to them a market
and encourages other industry. A
cannery for the preservation OF their
own products is operated, and other
growers are encouraged to plant ana
! cultivate bountiful supply by an
ARRANGEMENT to use the cannery on
shares. Every boy or girl near by can
make their extra dimes by supplying
this market with berries In season, to
be preserved for winter. Much canned
stuff, with the Tuskegee institute
brand. is shipped each year.
Rev. DR.. NJ. H. Harris, in sermon
at Temple Israel, in Harlem. paid
high tribute to the late DR.. Booker T..
Washington, the Negro educator, in
which he reviewed his life and uWelt
on the lessons to be learned there
from. -.a..s.
He not only sought to deepen the
respect of the Caucasian for the Ne
gro" he said, "but one Of the high
est purposes of the Tuskegee Insti-
tute was to awaken the respect Of
the Negro for his own people. For
he had found now and then scorn
of the black for the black-a desire,
though unavailing, to get away from
his own. He taught this lesson by
example. He showed them that he,
Negro, was just as proud of being
Negro as white mar could be of
being of the white race"
In conclusion Doctor Harris said:
rs not his biography one to inspire
the youth of the land? That he. with
all his disadvantages, achieved SO
much, should not l, with my opportu-
mites, do something worth while in
the world? A great man helps US all
to come nearer to greatness"