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The Gospel of WorkC Continued from firsf page

Facilities are provided forinstruction in woodturning carpentrymachinework forging foundrywork

ioking and laundering sewing andmillinery work free Hand mechanicaldrawing physics and chemistry Thepower plant consists of two 50 horsepower engines and dynamos two 70horsepower boilers generating lighthat and power The entire buildingis lighted by electricity There areclass rooms for academic work fourlaboratories arrangements for experi-ments in physics and chemistry andmaterial for serving and cookingThere are four shops for machinework woodturning carpentry etcwhere a thorough course in practicalmechanics is given Twentyfour insi ructors constitute the teaching corps

i he present enrollment embraces 342hildren with seats for only 303 Torelieve this pressure however theHoard of Education has recommended-an additional building with increasedseating and shop facilities asking an

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DR BOOKER T WASHINGTON

appropriation of 65000 for the sameand also that the salary of the principal be raised from 1600 to 2000 per

nrsrxEss DEPARTMENTTo correct a false impression it maybe well to state that the business department remains intact and is proving immensely popular The instruction is the same as given in the whitebusiness high schools and all whohave gone out into the world to takepositions have succeeded admirably

Many who take the business courseelect to include in their training

sewing and cooking At thelast commencement five of the gradu-ate made the gowns they wore DrV Bruce Evans the energetic and

alert principal says the text of theArmstrong Manual Training School isThe gospel of work the development-

of a social system which asks not whatyou do but how well you do the workthat your hands find to do

DEDICATING EXERCISESThe dedicating exercises opened at 2

P m in the hall Dr Rich-ard Kingsman of the Board of Educetion presiding The audience wastruly representative of the races high-est material and intellectual progressevery inch of available space being ocspied by men and women of prominpneo in all walks of life The schoolhorns vas located in the corriders

n the stage were seated Commissionre H B F Macfarland and Henry L

st superintendent A H StuartAssistant Superintendent W S Mont-gomery Normal School principals DrI try E Moten and Mrs Ida G Myersand the following members of theH lard Of Education Mrs Henry L

Mrs Bettie G Francis Gen HV Boynton and Mr J F Bundy Drappearance was the sigrat for enthusiastic applause Upontp were and appropriate

ntiments together with fine portraitsf General Armstrong and Dr Washi-ngton which were accepted in the

of the school by Assistant Superniemlont Montgomery who deliveredm address following his re

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by Hampton Institute and that of DrWashington by Mr Cyrus Field Adams

MR aiACFARLAXD GPEAKS

After the school had sung HolyHoly Holy with pleasing effect Commissioner Macfarland was introducedand said in part

The spirit must bemind must be Andthe three lines of education are not

and cannot be absolutely separableCertainly the best training for thehand representing the body and all

activity is through the spiritwhile of course there can be no training of the hand except through themind

Mr Marfarland said of Gen Armstrong that 10000 of people of Africandescent in this country might well riseup to call him blessed through theirrepresentatives at dedicatory exercises and through thatof color who had received a doubleportion of his spirit and of his wisdom And we who are of Armstrongs-race and must lift those 10000000-if we would not be dragged down tomoral deaths ourselves may well joinwith them in their praise for himhe said in conclusion

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The pupils rendered The BattleHymn of the Republic fervently andthe orator of the day Dr Booker TWashington came forward being accorded a warm reception many risingto greet him as he advanced to thespeakers desk

DR WASHINGTONS ADDRESS

was all things considered his happiesteffort in this community It wasplainly put consecutive and strong inargument for the uplift of the massesby the adoption of fundamental principles of progress and unsparing Indenunciation of false ideals in education in society and in daily pursuits

His matter was new his manner confident his delivery forcible his tonesincere his reasoningwhole abounding in epigram wit andlogic that captivated the sympathy of

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his hearers throughout as theand hearty applause amply attested

BUILDING FROM TIlE BOTTOM UPWARD

He paid eloquent tribute to GenArmstrong and his endeavors in behalfof industrial education and urged thatthe colored race cultivate industry Inbehalf of his race Dr Washingtonthanked the public school authorities-of the District of Columbia for theirforesight in providing for the coloredchildren of Washington by the erectionof the elegant manual training schoolbuilding This building he saidwith a spirit and goodwill of all

classes of your citizens back of it isthe highest proof that we are learningvo build from the bottom upward

He said that it was more honorable-in his estimation for the Negro boyto become a firstclass truck gardner inhis community than to become a thirdrate lawyer or school teacher TheNegro women who can put so muchbrains and skill and dignity intolaundering that she becomes unex-celled in that occupation will not findherself debarred from work of customers on account of her race Mr Washington declared He emphasized thtnecessity of training the hands as wellas the head and said that if this planwas not carried out the colored racewould Be disappointed in the results

There are some I fear he continued who feel that the problemsconfronting the race can be solved byi series of talks or orations Onethousand bushels of the best quality ofpotatoes produced by the hands of anpduoatfid Negro is worth more in solving our problem than dozens of abstract orations or newspaper articlesWith us at present the getting of pro-perty habits of industry thrift education and high moral character is thewheat All else is the chaff He spokefeelingly of the danger of the falseeducational methods that deadened thesympathy of the boy or girl for themanner by which the parents hadearned a livlihood and their disinclination to dignify the common occupations by putting brains into themand character behind them

He said that no one could shut oneseyes to the seriousness of the conditions which confronted the coloredrace in this country and that theseconditions were serious for the white

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On the other hand he remarked noman or race could lift up in the slightest degree the meanest member ofanother race without that man or thatrace being broadened ana strengthenedand made more happyWHERE HOPE FOR RACE LIES

When I am asked as to the prospects of the race he said in conclusion I put this question and I putit here tonight with renewed emCan there be foundAmerica any considerable numberof men of my race who have receivedthrough education of head of heartand of hand who have in any mannerdisgraced themselves or become criminals So long as this threefold education continues to make men of ourrace instead of brutes I shall have thestrongest hope for the future No setof people ever had a greater opportunity to lift themselves up and at thesame time render a service to a weakrace than is before the white people ofAmerica todayAt the close of his address whichconsumed an hour Dr Washingtonwas given an ovation lasting forsome time which he was compelled toacknowledge by bowing repeatedly

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DR TURNERS ENCOURAGING MESSAGERev H B Turner Chaplain of theHampton Institute brought a message

of cheer from the former habitate ofGen Armstrong He described thework that was being done at Hamptonand congratulated the colored citizensof Washington upon the outlook forprogress promised by this magnificentschool and its superior equipmentIndustrial training was the first andmost important essential education forany struggling people and all that wasgrand noble and enduring in civilization would follow as the legitimatefruit of honest endeavor intelligentapplication and lofty principles

The exercises closed by the singingof America by the entire audienceall standing It was a great day forthe colored citizens of the nationscapital a honeful day for the cause of

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practical education everywhere a longstep forward for Dr W Bruce Evansand his capable faculty and a distincttriumph for the practical philosophy-of natural development embodied inthe teachings of Dr Booker T Washington

ThejPoIitical HoroscopeCo-

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Negro vote and a weakening of thecolor line in politics These experiments are worth studying-

E A Angier Georgias districtis in bad repute in his state

because of lilywhite proclivities Hedeclines to appoint a colored deputyignoring the request of the republicanorganization of which he is supposed-to be a part His resignation has beenasked for

One distinguished gentleman whowill be taken care of by the unitedsupport of the Negroes is SenatorCharles Warren Fairbanks of IndianaHe will be returned to the Hoosierlegislation with a whoop There isfine presidential timber in SenatorFairbanks Keep your eye upon hisstalwart form

The Negro republicans at Mobile held-a convention the other day and afterrefusing to admit only lilywhites proceeded to nominate Dr George HWilkerson for Congress This is tarring the white brother with thesame stick that was used on the Negronot many days Roland for anOliver as it were

is thought that Hon John JGardner of Atlantic City District willbe elected by a larger majority thangiven to any other Jersey Qongressman Mr Gardner is chairman of theCommittee on Labor House of

and is an earnest advocateof the bill creating a Commission toInquire into the Condition of the Colored People of the United States Hehas a large colored constituency andthey will stand by him

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