The improvement in the character and life of the Negro ministers is one of the most gratifying evidences of the progress of the race.

My experience with them, as well as other events in my life, convince me that the thing to do, when one feels sure that he has said or done the right thing, and is condemned, is to stand still and keep quiet.

If he is right, time will show it.
In the midst of the discussion which was going on concerning my Atlanta speech, I received the letter which I give below, from Dr.Gilman, the President of Johns Hopkins University, who had been made chairman of the judges of award in connection with the Atlanta Exposition:-- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, President's Office, September 30, 1895.
Dear Mr.Washington: Would it be agreeable to you to be one of the Judges of Award in the Department of Education at Atlanta?
If so, I shall be glad to place your name upon the list.

A line by telegraph will be welcomed.
Yours very truly, D.C.

Gilman I think I was even more surprised to receive this invitation than I had been to receive the invitation to speak at the opening of the Exposition.