The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-04-11

| am venturing to bring to your at
tention this just evaluation of the
spirit which characterized his life
and his work. Humility, with him
was not servility.
"He continued the even tenor OF
his way. He was unspoiled by the
great honors which came to him.
There was in him no room for
personal vanity. Clearly he saw
fundamentals. Seeing his way, he
could not be DETECTED into by paths
either by criticism, or unreasoning
reviling. He continued to hold, and
to proclaim, that the members of
his race, each individual thereof,
must seek to acquire basic char
acter, those qualities and funda-
mental virtues which contribute to
make men and women useful MEN,
bers of society through practical,
purposeful work. He was not
ashamed to preach the gospel or
industry and thrift. He felt that
only through them could men and
women of his race permanently
win their way.
Program Revolutionary
"FrOm the very beginning, his
educational program was more or
less revolutionary when contrasted
with the traditional scholasticism
of the time, for he placed his en-
phasis upon and paid more at
tention to forming character than
TO the precocious aptitudes of his
pupils. This was, for that period,
education of a new kind, and a
radical departure from the acade-
mic Journalism of the useful school
room.
HE was a constructive force for
good. Best of all, he always had a
program. The public believed in
him, in his sincerity, and the prac-
ticability of his plans and pro-
grams.
The program for the trustees
began Immediately after their ar
rival upon the campus. The annual
spring meeting Of the board was
held in the Council room of the ad-
ministration building at 1000 a
m. Saturday morning. other men,
bers of the trustees party were
escorted over the campus inspect
ing the agricultural department
the women's industries, the acade-
mic and college departments and
the site where the proposed new
agricultural building, gift of the
white South, will be erected.
Saturday evening at 1880 O'Clock
Maurice A. Lee, member of the
English department of Talladegs
college, member of the class Of
1913, which is observing its goth
anniversary reunion at the insti-
tute at this time delivered the
alumni address.
Musical Events
Prof. Lees address was followed
by "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast,
which was rendered by the Tuske-
gee choir of 100 voices accompani-
ed by the orchestra of so pieces,
William l.. Dawson, conducting.
Otis d. Wright was tenor soloist !;
Orrin G.. Suthern was at the organ.
At Ais Sunday afternoon the
Tuskegee band, under the direction
of Capt. Frank l.. Drye, gave a con-
cert on White Hall Lawn. Some
of the visitors went to look into
the work being done at the Tuske-
gee Self-Help cooperative, a pro-
ject that has aroused nationwide
interest and one of the first of its
kind to show the practicability
Of this type of assistance from
the rehabilitation program of the
federal government. The Sunday
afternoon tour also included Wis
it to reforestation program of the
Tuskegee Land Use demonstration
which is the returning of sub
marginal lands to production.
At the vesper service Sunday
there was special music by the Tus-
kegee choir. Several addresses
were heard. DR.. VIM. ]. Schief-
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