Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1916-01-07

Tuskeeee institute was developed by
Booker T. Washington, and 1t is NJ
ting that the trustees OF the instltu'
ton should seek to perpetuate MS
name. Their idea is to solicit a ~
GCO. 900 endowment, to be known as the
WASHINGTON memorial Almost one
quarter Of this amount has ALREADY
been subscribed, a part, however, con-
,ingent on other contributions. Inc
Trustees look to Negroes for at least
$4,000. This is not large sum to
ask from the colored race, inasmucn
as Tuskegee typities the best that is
being done for them. In Indianapolis
there are enough prosperous Negroes
TO provide no small portion OF the
minimum expected.
When Doctor Washington toAk
charge OF Tuskegee it owned nothing.
Glasses were housed in shanties, and
the future held out no great hopes.
The perseverance with which he kept
q, his work. his remarkable ability
and his sterling character attracted
TIE necessary support. Today lus'
kegee is yaluab bile property, even
from a physical standpoint. Yet its
work is so largely philanthropic that
there is always gap between income
and outgo During Doctor Washing
tons lifetime this deficit was easily
met. His acquaintance was wide, and
included persons OF wealth. In ask
ing help now the trustees Of the in
stirute possibly look not so much to
wealthy philanthropists as to persons
who are willing to give a little IN
order that a good cause may be pro-
NOTED.
Tuskegee institute reads the an
nouncement, is Booker T. Washing
tons monument, and his most fitting
memorial is the perpetuation OF its
great work for the benefit of the col
ored people and for the promotion OF
he!rtul relations between the races.
Ire gap at present existing between
the ordinary income of the institute
and its annual outgo is approximately
$3.50 geo All that is desired is to
raise a trust fund of such proportions
as will reduce this annual charge to
manageable proportions. 1t is hoped
that enough will be contributed by Ne
sroes to meet not only fair share of
the fund, but also to provide sufficient
money to erect tablet or other me-
mortal in the grounds of the institute.
At present there is only one such in
stitution; there should be many. 1t
is therefore important that Tuskegee
institute be preserved and enlarged as
an example in the education of the
colored people of this country.
The heat of the suitry day had made
the kitchen stove about the most un-
bearable thing one could possibly con-
iure up. The whole kitchen was
steany and uninviting. Outside the
sun baked down, and the vacation days
made the restless children unhappy
and cross; a slovenly. unkempt COL
ored girl was rocking {. crying ba-
by; an older colored woman was get
ting a breath of air at the door. The
baby didn't stop crying, the dinner
was getting overdone. and the poor,
tired mother, almost distracted. won
dered where was the trouble Some
how, we seldom 60 quite far enough
hack in our minds to really get at the
root of things, writes Mrs. Sidney NJ.
Ullman of the Social Service depart
ment, in the Birmingham (Ala.) Age
Herald. This mother, like most Of
us, saw only in her troubles the in
efficiency in her own servants. She
was paying for poorly cooked meals
and badly trained children; little boys
and girls of impressionable age. asso-
ciating with ignorant Negro nurses;