The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-06-03
The Inauguration of
Major Robert r.
:. Motion as the New
Principal of Tus-
kegee Institute,
Alabama.


nan for the place, lie was unanimously
elected by the trustees and is loved by
the faculty, students and citizens of
Tuskegee. He received many beautiful
gifts and large sums of money which he
did not keep for his personal use but
turned them over to the school.
Tuskegee is indeed wonderful place.
All who have not had the opportunity
to see it should take the advantage.
DIR. G. C. Hall, ex officio chairman,
Messrs. C. A. Barnett, Chairman, A.
Washington, ]. Greene, A. H. Palmer
and w. E. Mitchell of the committee
deserve great credit for making the
tour a complete success.
OF the eight thousand persons who
attended the exercises, seven thousand
were white people leaving one thousand
Colored people, the following were
some of the most prominent personages
in Alabama, in the south as well as the
north who were present on that history
making occasion.
Prominent People Present.
CHANGING over the veritable sea of
faces during the exercises, one recog-
nized men Of such prominence as:
Hon. Charles Henderson, Governor of
Alabama; William G. Wilcox, trustee,
New York; Charles E. Mason, trustee,
Boston, Mass; Julius Rosenwald,
trustee, Chicago; William NJ. Scott,
trustee, Philadelphia; w. w. Camp
bell, vice chairman, Board of trustees
Tuskegee; R. o. Simpson, trustee, Fur
man, Ala; Bolton Gilreath, trustee,
Birmingham; v. H. Tulane, trustee,
Montgomery; Miss Mary E. Popham,
Secretary Hampton Association, New
York; DR.. Hollis Burke Frissell, prin-
cipal, Hampton Industrial and Agri-
cultural Institute, Hampton, Va; Miss
Mary E. Wooley, president, Mount
Holyoke, College, South Hadley, Mass. ;
Charles Ellis Mason, of Harvard Uni
versity; DR.. Allison A. Pringle, rep
resenting University of Pittsburg, Pa.
and Cox College, College Park, Ga;
Ludwig T. Laren, Talladega, Ala, Col
lege; DR.. T. w. Palmer, Alabama Girls
Technical Institute, Montevallo; Prof
N. B. Young, President, Florida A. and
NJ. College, Tallahassee; James L
Sibley, Reuben F. Kolb, Walter F.
Walker, Secretary to President of Re.
public of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia;
Chicago Party There.
There were at least hundred prom
inent persons composing the Chicago
party and about the same number repre-
senting Hampton Institute.
The former was composed of the fol.
lowing:
Chicago party-Dr. and Mrs. George
Cleveland Hall, DR.. Carrie Golden and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Shepard
Mrs. G. w. Bradshaw, Mrs. B. F
Cranshaw, Mr.. A. B. Washington, Mr.
Thomas Wright, DR.. A. Wilberforce
Williams, Prof. James A. Munday, Mrs
L. Q. Dean, Mr.. ]. Addison, Mrs. J. S
Tandy, Mrs. Hugh Hancock, Mrs. Fran
ees Moss Mann, Mrs. Mabel Jones, Mrs
d. C. Bell, Mrs. E. Euper, Mrs. Maud
D. Newsome, Mrs. J. H. Cotton, Mrs
Mary F. Waring, Mrs. Mary Talbert,
Mr.. James A. Green, Mr.. John w. Eel.
ton, Mr.. Ernest H. Williamson, Mr. vii
liam Nelson, Mr.. Jesse johnson, Jr., Mr.
W. I. Thomas, Mr.. and Mrs. William E
Mitchell, Mrs. F. I. Edwards. Mrs. E
G. Wilson, Mr.. Claude A. Barnett, Mr..
A. II. Palmer, DR.. William Garrett, Mr..
William R. Sobers, Miss Eliza Seng
tackle, Mrs. Carrie Brewer, Mr.. Cary
B. Lewis, Mr.. B. F. Shepard, Jr.