As an example, we showed the old method of dairying in contrast with the improved methods, the old methods of tilling the soil in contrast with the new, the old methods of cooking and housekeeping in contrast with the new.

These floats consumed an hour and a half of time in passing.
In his address in our large, new chapel, which the students had recently completed, the President said, among other things:-- To meet you under such pleasant auspices and to have the opportunity of a personal observation of your work is indeed most gratifying.

The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute is ideal in its conception, and has already a large and growing reputation in the country, and is not unknown abroad.

I congratulate all who are associated in this undertaking for the good work which it is doing in the education of its students to lead lives of honour and usefulness, thus exalting the race for which it was established.
Nowhere, I think, could a more delightful location have been chosen for this unique educational experiment, which has attracted the attention and won the support even of conservative philanthropists in all sections of the country.
To speak of Tuskegee without paying special tribute to Booker T.
Washington's genius and perseverance would be impossible.

The inception of this noble enterprise was his, and he deserves high credit for it.
His was the enthusiasm and enterprise which made its steady progress possible and established in the institution its present high standard of accomplishment.