The Colorado statesman., 1922-02-25
The Booker Z. Wash
in g ton Monument
to Be Unveiled April
5, 1922-PrOminent
Speakers on Pro-
gram

~ USKEGEE Institute, Alabama
February-Chief Justice Will
u liam II. Taft, in his address on
Founders Day at Tuskegee Institute
two years ago. declared that Founders
Day at Tuskegee Institute should be
as significant to the Negro as George
Washington's birthday is to the Amer
lean public in general. The host of
Negroes and white friends who gather
at the institute each year upon this
occasion to pay tribute to the memory
of DIR. Booker I. Washington, attests
the esteem in which this event is held,
not only by Negroes but the public at
large. There is a special interest in
the observance this year on account
of the unveiling of the Booker L.
Washington monument which will be
held in connection with the Founders
Day exercises on April 9TH.
Prominent Speakers on Program.
Each year since the death of DR..
Booker Il. Washington a prominent
American has delivered the Founders
Day address. The array of speakers
on the program this year is composed
of some of the most eloquent orators
The Founders Day address will be
delivered by DIR. Wallace Buttrick,
chairman of the general education
board; Honorable Josephus Daniels,
ex-secretary of the navy, will repre-
sent the South; DR.. George C. Hall,
one of the leading citizens of Chicago,
will represent the Negro, and Dr. EN-
NETT J. Scott, secretary treasurer How
ard University, who was for eighteen
years secretary to DIR. Washington,
will formally present the monument to
the trustees of the institute.
A Recognition of Service.
The Booker L. Washington monu-
ment, which is the work of the fam
GUS sculptor, Charles Keck, of New
York, has been proclaimed "a master
work of art" by those who have visited
the sculptor's studio. 1t is u represen-
tation in bronze, standing eight feet
high, of Booker T. Washington, lift
ing the veil' of ignorance and super
stition from the eyes of the Negro and
pointing the way to opportunity, pros
perity and success through education,
industry and thrift. The statue will
be erected upon an artistic base eight
feet high, in the center of the campus
and will stand as an indication of the
recognition of, and the appreciation
for the work wrought by DIR. Wash
ington for his race on the part of Ne
groes by whose contribution the monu-
ment was made possible.
DR.. Motion Announces Large Attend
ance Expected.
DR.. r. r. Motion, principal, an
nounced today that Honorable William
G. Wilcox, New York City, chairman
OF the board of trustees, with other
northern and eastern trustees, is plan
ming to bring large number of friends
from the East to the institute at this
time, and Mr.. Julius Rosenwald. Chi
cago philanthropist, and a trustee of
the institute, is to bring large num-
ber from the West. These parties will
make the trip in special cars. Other
special parties are being organized by
representative Negro leaders in va
rious parts of the country.
Many friends and admirers of DIR.
Washington and the Tuskegee Insti-
tute will take advantage of the oppor-
tunity, which visit at this time will
offer, to see the school and its work
as well as to pay tribute to the mem
ory of the man who founded it. An
uouncement as to reduced rates will
he released at later date.