The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-04-14

rldors n spacious galleries we
stood on the brass plate which
marks the spot where Jeff Davis
stood when inaugurated. II was
the first and only time we ar say
we really felt a hankering TO stand
in Jeff's place. The sour apple
tree" was not pointed out TO us.
Montgomery county makes no claim
TO being an Eldorado but the peo-
pie there insist that. that is the
real Promised Land" Great stretch
es OF the level or gently rolling
lime prairie lands bring forth an
abundance OF many clovers and
grasses. Alfalfa reflects it's green
on every side and the sleek cattle.
fat hogs and frolicking lambs make
perfect the views OF the country
side. The opportunity for milk
and honey" attractively presents
itself TO the farmer who desires to
live where the winters are short
and mild and the growing seasons
long and pleasant. Great wastes of
pastures cry for more dairy and
invite the energy OF the thrifty
farmer. Montgomery county Is
proud OF her good roads. excellent
ldlilOdu lutilAiNNf klFdN klOth 1dIuE
and magnificent consolidated rural
schools. She Is glad TO be able to
claim the best rural schools In the
South and to tell the world that the
children are transported In automo-
bile buses 10 the school and back
home each day, and that all college
requirement work can be done out
whore the farmer Is in close touch
with the school. Montgomery is
old enough 10 be sober and above
snobishness. rich enough 10 ~
broad and liberal, proud enough
10 be kind and courteous aud the
people there fully realize that new
blood will mean quite as much TO
MONTGOMERY as Montgomery hopes
to mean TO the people,
Leaving Montgomery, a most in
terestinR visit was made TO Tusk-
egee Institute, Tuskegee. Alabama.
where IL will be remembered Booker
T. Washington. by the help OF pri-
vate donations, made at his so
licitation principally by wealthy men
Of the north, founded a school for
negro men and women, where only
negroes teach. and only negroes are
allowed 10 enter as students. The
school has eighteen hundred stu
dents enrolled at the present time,
all that Fan be accommodated, and
hundreds more are on the waiting
list. There are nearly two hundred
teachers and. we might add. they
are not paid the salary the average
teachers demand but they are do
ing a work second 10 no school in
the land. Students are accepted
from families of both high and
low degree. There Is but one stip-
ulation. Every student must work.
Applicants for the academic course
only are not accepted. The reason
for this is due to the fact that
long since, Booker r. Washington,
himself half white. though calling
himself a negro. having been born
born of a disgraced and outcast
black woman while a respectable
J 90 white man was his sire, real
lied that the salvation of the negro
race hinged upon their ability and
Willingness to engage in some use
full occupation. Freedom. to the
black man, meant simply exemp-
tion from work, so following the
freeing of the slaves, they became
easy prey Of the ambitious. I'M
scrupulous politician who used them
to further his own political ends.
Heroic measures had to be adopted
and the negro was dlsenfranchised.
Booker Washington realized that.
politically, there was no hope for
his race. He saw, however, that
commerce recognized no color line
so he set out to help the negro
win success by becoming skilled in
doing useful things. Tuskegee is
a wonderful institute. IL consists
OF $500 acres and is complete in
every detail. Hundreds of cattle,
hogs. horses. chickens. geese. ducks,
turkeys. in fact every breed OF live
stock is grown. All foods are
produced on the farms, all supplies
are manufactured. There are ma
chine shops, power plants. repair
shops, a laundry. harness shops.
shoe shops, n printing plant. tailor
shop, canning factory, hospital. COM
missary, fruit and vegetable gar
dens, in fact, everything TO make
the institution a city within itself.
The place is religious but not dog
m~atically so. Students are governed
by the honor system" There are
no thou shafts" and chou shalt
nots.' and yet, Tuskegee Is one of
the best governed institutions in
the land. II stands for order. sys-
TEN, cleanliness, industry. courtesy
and usefulness all of which has
been developed to the highest de
gree and is practiced daily. Tusk-
exec Is in its working clothes every
day. II was so when the n. T.. A.,
visited H. There are no show days.
Many a white institution might well
take a cue from Tuskegee and
profit immeasurably therefrom. Az
ter an Inspection OF the grounds.
hospital and other works of the
institution, the delegations were re-
ceiyed by Mrs. Booker T. Wash
ington and the members of the
faculty and served by the girls of
the domestic science department
and, right here let us say. a better
luncheon and .one more skilfuIly
handled was not served us on the
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