Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-06
UNVE|L HEROIC STATUE
OF BOOKER WASHINGTON
White and Colorcd. North and
South, Do Honor TO Nc.
gro Educator.
MANY EuLoGIzE ms WORK.
PRESIDENT IinrdInE. In Letter. Ar-
kn"wirdErs Debt OF Nation to
FOUNDER of Tuskrxcc-Joscphu,
Dnniris Speaks on Career
tEy Associated rrcssl


I'Sk EGEE. ALA. April "a he
r'ic bronze statue OF Booker r.
Washington. born in slavery, but who
rounded Tuskcgce Institute. was un-
yelled here today In the presence of
gathering Of white people and ne
sroes from all parts of the nation.
Funds for the erection of the statue
were contributed by 100000 negroes,
ana II depicts tho negro educator In
tho act OF pulling away from n
'rouchinE haif-conccaicd black man
the veil OF ignorance and superstI-
zion. Carved on its base are the
words,
lie lif,cd tho veil Of ignoranc.
from his people and pointed tho way
To progress through education and
industry"
other Inscriptions. from washing
TONS writings. on the base include:
We shall prosper in proportion as
we learn To dignity and rlorify labor
aud put brains and skill into tho com
mon occupations Of life"
There is no defense or security
f"r any Of us. except in tho highest
intelligence and development OF all
I VIII lot no man drag IN. down 50
10" az to make me hat" him"
Great Crowd Mt Tu.krrcr.
Tn" unNeilinE. held i'm connectior
with Founders Day Of Tuskcrec In
stitutc. brought together IN. lsrces,
crowd that ever visited IN. scb,ol
f.hucat"r6 and rhiianthrnpists came
from every part OF the country. and
the ncighhors from the surrounding
countryside began To thronC tho
campus early in the day.
EuloEics Of the work ~ Booker r.
wash nGt"n were delivered by
J"sephus Daniels. former Secretary ~
the Navy. br. Wallace Ruttrick. r-esi
hent Of the General Education Board
DR.. GeorC" g. Hall. ot Chicago; I'm
nett j. Scott, az Washington: Or.
Robert II. Motion. principal OF tho
TuskeGcc Institute. and William {;
Wilcox. Of New York, chairman If
the hoard Of trustees. \ letter from
PRESIDENT Harding. praising Wash
inHton, was read.
President Praises Educator
letter from President Harding
praiSinE the work Of Hookcr y
Washington. WAS made public today
In ii tho President said: Il thin,
thcr" will be little divergence from
the opinion that Booker r. Washing
ton Was one Of the most useful Ameri
cans OF his iim-, and that the work
ne lnanruratcd and so long directed
Is already demonstrating tn. wisdom
OF his attitude toward one Of IN.
great public questions Of the nation.
MY own views on this subject are in
u" small part the result OF my obscr-
walton OF Or. Washngton's work and
it's results
Secretary Daniels Speaks
because Booker T. Washington
sought ia advance his own rae. and
to preserve friendship with the white
neiGhhorS II is altogether fitting thar
N i,,,
ana from the South. should join in
this unprccedentcd event" Mr.. DAN
itls said
.! am not here to discuss so-cailcd
race problems. Ny experience has
told me that YOU cannot solve prob
lens OF people like you do an arith-
mciic. lesson. one reason we have
made less progress is because men
insist upon a solution Of racial diff
hculiics by the rule Of three. and
demand that the dcstinies Of men
be unfolded in their generation !
have no patent solvent for the So
called race problem"
i do know that between white
people and black people in the south
ther. are stronger ties OF friend
snip today than formerly and that
out OF this VIII grow "A better under
standing and better conditions"
Mr.. Daniels said Booker T. Wash
ineion saw early in life that one
ounce OF how to do IL welr' was
worth pound az theory and tina,
ms whole life had been based on
this knowledge.
n" statue is the work Of Charles
NECK. American sculptor. 1t IS cigh,
lcct IN height and rests on an eight,
foot granite base. the whole work
forming a crescent seat