The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-05-15
Ex-PRESDENT VIM. TAFT
SPEAKS AT TUSKECEE SER
VICE.
Says Booker Washington's
Life a Model for All. !.

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Tuskegee Institute. Alabama. May
1s.-The fourth annual Founders day
exercises were held Tuesday 27th.
Not withdrawing the fact that Jupi-
ter Pluvius looked on with an evil
eye and threatening clouds hung low
Rssdsa headed G5f Sg Se RSTomPsy institute e.
band under the directorship OF Cap
tain Frank l.. Drye. Hon. William
n Taft. Hon, William 9: Wilcox.
chairman OF the Board Of Trustees
and Principal Motion followed inn
mediately behind the Colors thus
heading the parade proper. The Trus-
tees of the Institute Faculty. visitors
and students followed. The process
sional began from the Carnegie LII
the campus to the Institute Chapel
where the exercises of the day were
held.
The Exercises--Address by Hon. VIII
liam N. Taft.
The outstanding feature OF the exer-
cises held In the chapel was the adj
dress on the life OF Booker T. Wash
ington by ex-President William H.
Taft Founders Day at Tuslxegee
should be as important in tho an
nails Of the American Negro as Wash
ington's birthday Is to all Americans.
and valuable as an inspiration and
example to all his countrymen, so
should the life and achievements OF
Booker T. Washington be to the Tnen
Of his race" said Mr. Taft in open
ing his address.
The tributes paid to DR.. washing
ton. General Armstrong founder OF
Hampton Institute and DIR. Robert II.
Motion. principal Qf Tuskegee fnsti-
Beoes y g s WasineO sRa isnEHins isEa,seans sor
an education. his efforts to get books,
his yearning to 20 to Hampton. the
privations he had to undergo to
achieve his purpose, his sleeping un-
der wooden platform in Richmond
for night and his final examination
for entrance to Hampton by the test
of swety tf.ss &C 4 ~ a "a Mr. TAFT Afh
discussing Booker 7. WashinEton's
early efforts and hardships are and
should be household stories in the
families of those whom / am ad-
dressing and of every family, white
or black.
"rhe General Progress of the south.r
In speaking of the influence OF
Booker 7. Washington upon the pro-
gress of the South. Mr.. Taft said:
'"rhe general progress made in the
South in the last two decades Is re-
volutionary. and no part Of IL Is
more important-and Southern leaders
know it--than the advance of the Me-
leadership of the Tuskegee spirit. Nor
should / omit here the heavy debt
of the whole American people to DR..
Washington In inculcating the great
but simple principles of a useful and
therefore happy life. In these days
OF radical theories, in which the dig
nifty of labor and II usefulness as the
basis of character and education are
ignored, in these days when men
seem to be seeking life of reward
without work, when loyalty to the
job is minimized and the only OBJ
ject seems greater pay and less SER
vice, the truths that Booker T. Wash
ington taught and exemplified in his
own life and which he induced his
people to believe and act upon In the
wonderful advance which they have
made, II Is important to uphold, for
the benefit of our whole community.
Such truths and those alone can save
us from anarchy and Bolshevism."
Mr.. Tafts remarks concerning the
lessons and effect of Negro migration
and the valiant and commendable re-
cord made by Negro soldiers in the
pressive and significant than his tri-
In concluding his address Mr.. Taft
said: 1T would be lacking an adj
dress in this, one of the great cele-
brations in the march Of the Negro
race to better things. not to note
controlling circumstance in the pro-
gress of the Negro UP from slavery.
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