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For Whol.
r' TUSKRGKE. INSTITUTE
-- written,about Tuakegw Iristitu
about this echopi, founded in tl
BbokeivT. Washington sixty yO
oitiy^a-triiiquo school, it is an An
' thaiy ? school ' for the
tralrvlfig of Colored ^outh in the
practical trades and profession^ jt. _
has "Served as a model for eucntora-Qf
ttirin.v. j-rcpr and -as. a basis '
for & number of present-day gov
PinmPHt projectn and private a turn- ~
cies. It has also been ,used as if ;
pattern for educational institutions
-r- on four continents.
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te. but half PTas not^5eeri toifi f
le heart-of the Blacl^ Belt by '
ars ago. For Tuskegee is not
lerican institution.
THOUSANDS VISIT 1AMPUS
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~TTs uji.lHMpif.uii . influence?i;> at i
'ested by the thousands of visitors
who cuine annually from all parts
of the world to study the aims and |
methods initiated byp.its founder, j
the famous Booker T. Washington. '
Last year alone, T.000 visitor?
"^SmI
Illy^PjP^-- *&& iljjfl^^^B^K s
r cour?ei Which I Dri Pa'terson's
rriculum during j dietetics course.
-'preparation.. - y"v*"' - .
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live it6re, the \ phases of the stoi
charge vf aH \ tton. :
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to fegjU- ?U?M??re-dtr??n
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A^re~Ti
mericar
sinned its finest raufetei-s
Today the school is worth close'
t< $5,000,000 iif builc^niifi utitl equipment.
owns 9.550 acres .of land. &n<3
< spends an annual blid^pt of close
t\ $1,000,000. The student 'enroll-.
went. hovering?around ?:O0O ~an-~
nUaUy. is one of the largest in the
world among .Negro doll6ges: and
Its facilityT c6nsisting of some 260
Tn?rnbers is now and?- hag*, always
been eon posed exclusively of Negroes.
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Booker T Washington, oi>ly a
few;?ywavs?ivmuvod?from?slavery
v.'lien ho btv'.an his c:iV"0r at Tnsktaoo.
SPl ' Mill In my., hiv rmnplotlie
sort of training, he felt would
ini-st Mutable idi heir cxts-rnce
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nit nkitc in o.'lilcll vl.ey lo in:"
themselves?thrown without prepi
i at ion wholly upon their resources
In his owp words, he wanted tv?
teach theqi 'to put brgjns and skill
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LIGHTHOUSE AND INFO
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Li in ii ! T ?^rnmrnrnmpM?Mfc^HgP'I I ' ggggj
AN ABLE ADMINISTRATOR,
Dr. Frederick Pouglam Patterson,
Lukege#'* third?president,
is pictured here as he spoke over
a nationwide ?radio- "hookup^ ttcently.
Dr. Patterson is credited
with , having brought Tu*kegej
back to its fundamental purposes.
into the common occupations of
life." fc
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" AHEAD OF TIME '
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Today, in the midst )f. the-national
cry for nun skiP.rd in these,
-occ tf^atiomc- 4t?beta tedly ^*en 1
i;rd 'that '"Booker T." was fifty
years aheajl of hi* time in Pointing
the wav to what PresjdenL
Rncr&evelf has recently characterized
hm "tjie limit- abundant life."
It ts also to the credit pf the
late Dr. P?obert Russa Moton, who
M'ccredpd Dr. Washington and to
JDiLl Frederick Doutdrffes Patterson L
iM."t ihtw oMtiuhi. trn? r.'ir-wcin?
vision that was Dr.- Washington's j
. re-id o-?'-ried the. n;oreerini! idea of,!
industrial education' that is Tuekfe- j
.{tee's, ever Torwnrd.
jrii?kepee todav little < ity in
ITO.L wFTT nTT oTThe'TofYyFhlunces~cf
otic , Livin0" on school property t
re some 5.0QO^..r*-':iden?s. and the!
lumber is increasing. The institute]
nop its pWn.bnnk under federal con- '
JJrol. .whose total resource* as of
March 3h*TMTT>err; $250,310. Sev. j
frar years atro. this figure was |
twice as liierli. ~ ' j
It hag its cun United States post
office, which, in 1920, was rated second
c\ass, eieht years before the post <
office in t'v town of Tuske^ee was
ro rated. In order to receive- this J
Classification u. S. post offices must ,
dc a?$12 000 annual business In
stamn sales alone.
Tuskestm institute Post' oTfice'
ftors^a $ 1 QO.OfO jx)stal saving bUsi-J
i;ess annually and_ offers an in- i
ternaiional mpney order service j
For three months vn succession in
pjitjv l! soio ,Tn.o niRnest;
amount rf savlnr* ' ? among t
n >st Oflirr. of its cla?. In the who!
state of?A4abr>ma and?rt?is now '
domr p normal business in 'defense'
boiVis. The office serves the hn'rcilnte?rumpus,
TTTo v illage of Gr;
ejiwood, where many of the |
faculty mom bens vent and owh i
homes and some residents of Tus- ;
krge(; town.
A sionaj honor ?amp to the post,
office last year when the,- federal
l-'overnnii'iit issued a stump honor-j
tng the founder. Sale-of the stamp.
Was launched here by Postmaster
General Jatftes A. Fat ley and S?3.3nr,
worth of theirr-was sold here
on the first day. *
CHAMB1ISS 111 11,1 HOTFI,
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l)R JOHN W, CHRNAUI.T,
J?}jo .hcadi tb? Tutk?ge? fnfantilf
^r?tf hn aviation atudent. I ha
'ait corpi, i? lucated at Tuikegvr,
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RMKR CHARLESTON S. C.
bChOOl;
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wh*lmithNiBh? whrt< Lnullullaia.
Jhiskegee can boast of significant
er, gave mj wie scnooi oeiore nudeath
money to build a hotel. It
eobr1*MM01 and?stands?ttt The
"Block, serving ar an apartment
hrnm? for prnplnyos, nrhfln Itr firat
JtectJs used ior shops. At hi? death
IMr. Chainbllss. aftn" bequeathed
$08,502 for the children's . house
which serves as the elementary
rghoQl building, and a ln^ge tract
at land". >
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Ih the same spirit, the schoonr
own Dr. Carver, has recently given
inore than OOP prnrHrrilhr, >>>?
Ute's "savings. to the" school of
maintenance of the agricultural
research foundation, which "he. now
heads. anil lias added the several r
.monetary?awards?he?bos- received
in recent months from outstanding
national organizations'. Die 6000
rdumnt rind SfrOCO former students
-frequently^rahy-^to?their alma
mater's pleas for help, as well as
volunteer contributions from time
to time,
Althobfijh encouraging-. Yuskesee
tu many-^'av^, the statc of Alahama
has not been as liberal as
would be expected in the face of i
the goodwill and mor? "tangible
assets that the institute has
brought to its inhabitants, Oailv
last year the state raised its Annual
appropriation to $5,000.- a
"meagre "sum for the school's mil- Hon
dollar budget. However, it did
dip into its Jeans "for $15,000 more
tp construct a building for the-vocational
"uidance program in the :
state.
STAKTJLn -MANV NATJONAL
MOVEMENTS
Exclusive" of present_-day. na- I
Honor lnterrijcThi ronference^^'-tfie
rational health week., the National
Negro Burdness league, and other '
significant . movements. 'Whlctl can !
trace their origin to Tuskegoe, the !
seed wbs*sown here for the modern |
cchortig, .^f mhlro
there are now more . than 5.000 iu ;
he' yuith exirtiruf as properties of
'fhT states. And Ihe Jennes fund '
fdr'-rural , education also sprung J
firm iH influence,
tft 1908 at the call-of the found-r ;
*r. Monroe N, Worl^ went tc, Tus- |
kegee to set up?a department of |
rei'oid and research, which has
become the most importTar.fl^clear j
inrr V>nil<sP fr\y InfnvmoMn,, / ??-, .
status of the Nrgrn in the United
States, if not in the world. Inquiries
"come here from all parts of the .
rmuitrv rnd "the forelgnlands and
the federal government? leans
tionv pertaining to colored peoplo..
i The Negro Year Book, an accepted
nuthoritv oh the annuals of thf
AiiiWr.in Ne^ro. was launched by
Dr. Work in iPl"2, with each subse j
orient edition being compiled and !
edited by him and printed by th6 [
institute's press.. For his develop- |
merit of "the bureau and ills recent i
exhaustive "Bibliography of the
Negro in Africa and America". Dr. i
V ork was honored with the Har-j
mon award in education in H2R. |
Tfitlph N. Davis, Who now heads L
rl*e derailment Ot Ncords and re- [
avtu eh. lias supervised a number of
students for the federal government, i
in the past few?yean, and if now
working oij two books- one a study j
of vocational education . in Neefro
life.; the ntlretvon the Negro news- {
paper In the United States
A YaliiaBTe aid in research a 'so is
Tuskegee's library of 52.ooo bound
volumes and 2.000 pamphlets and
periodicals.
SPLASH INSUBANCF
Covering a bov. i up to 15 inches j
in diameter, a transparent shield to i
prevent food JSDfltteTThg has been ..
Invented to" bo fitted over The shaf'.
01 an electric mixer. ?JIWfiMHHHH
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internationally famous surgeon, |
Tirfllytii unit, is shown examin
f'tifuil Squadron, an ?ll Nr, ru? I
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AVIATION cadet. *tai^d in front o
the Washington mbnurui^nt erected by. alumni am
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of the most popular courres at Tuskegcc fnstitVitc
-PR}N I'JNG CRAFTSMEN are bring develop*d
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