The Phoenix index., 1941-04-12
Impressive
Founders S
Day Is Held

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala
IS N S)-"Tlle soil knows no dis
elimination; it will produce as
much for black man as it will
Tor white man, was one of the
slogans Booker T. Washington used
TO drive home to his people, his
economic philosophy of the soil, :"
declared DR.. G Lake lines, Balti-
more, In the 25th Founders Day
address at Tuskegee Institute,
Sunday, honoring the memory of
Booker T. Washington.
The beautiful chapel was filled
with the $500 friends, faculty, stu
dents and alumni assembled to pay
tribute to the man who was de-
scribed by Wilbur j. HardaWay,
graduate of the class of 1921, in the
Alumni address as "our noble
Founder, who, born a slave and
black boy, went forth asking no
special consideration because of his
color-our great Founder and
source Of inspiration, whose body
but not his spirit sleeps in yonder
grave, for in the members of the
Glass of 1921. in tens Of thousands
who have felt the touch of Booker
Il. Washington, his spirit marches
on."
IN PROFESSIONAL
The line Of march, with Captain
w Az. Richardson of tile Glass Of
1902 as Marshal of the Day, NOV
ed from Carnegie Hall at 1:30. Dr..
F. d Patterson, president; Dr..
c. Il. lines, Founders Day Speak
er; Dr. William Jay Scllieffelin,
Cheirman of the Board of Trustees,
followed by members of the Board,
The Executive Council, the reunion
class of 1921, alumni and faculty,
were escorted by the Institute
Band, Captain F. l.. Drye, direc-
tor, down the campus road to the
Chapel, between the open ranks
Of 1000 blue uniformed institute
cadets and 600 young women OF
the college with their long blue
caps ChroWn back to disclose the
snow white blouses and blue skirt
Of the 'FuSkegee uniform.
DR.. Patterson presented DR..
lines. DR.. lines effectively set
forth the philosophers of Booker
IT, washington. These said the
speaker, are divided into four
phases: economic, educational, So
cial and his philosophy Of achieve
ment
Booker Washington's economic
philosophy" said DR.. lines. has
four major phases: d Soil. :. So
Cial progress for any people, and
for all people is based on the
possession and development of the
soil Washington urged ,~-~Negfo.
farmers to make two blades OF
grass grow where one grew before >
In furtherance of this philosophy,
Booker washington initiated three
distinct services:
"1 Agricultural Extension Serv-
ice which carried the resources of
improved agriculture directly to
the man ON the soil.
%. The land ownership projects
at Baldwin farms and at the
FortieS (Harris Barrett Conmu-
nity), both in Macon County were
designed to encourage and pro-
mote land ownership
"3 The Jessup Wagon-forerun-
ncr of the Booker II. Washington
School on Wheels and the present
Movable School programmes de-
signed for the Improvement of the
life of those on the soil"
1.-The second major emphasis of
his economic philosophy was upon
WORK.. He often told his people
that it was better to work fol
nothing than not to work at all
He believed too. that civilization
was as much in danger from the
unemployed at the top of the So
cial scale as it is from the unem-
ployed at the bottom of the scale
Third, Booker Washington urg-
ed his people to produce something
that the other man wants.
"And fourth, he urged his stu
dents again and again, Create {
job for you rselves, rather than
wait for som iebody else to give yoU
a job"
DR.. Imes stated that a large
measure c,f Booker Washington!
success wees due to the fact that ht
refused tn go any further than he
could cs,rry the white man will
him. The speaker emphasized thai
Mr.. Washington was convinced
that the goodwill of the man WHIT
lives rIeXJ door to you is more val