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The first letter he dictated on arriving at his office the next morning
was this: _March 24, 1915._ _Miss Beatrice Taylor, Miss Louise Logan,
Miss Lenora Scott:_ I have received your kind and thoughtful letter of
yesterday regarding the forest fire and am very grateful to you for the
information which it contains. It is very kind and thoughtful of you to
write me. I shall pass your letter to Mr. Bridgeforth, the Head of the
Department, and ask him to look after the matter. [Signed] BOOKER T.
WASHINGTON, Principal. In the fall of the same year he addressed this
letter of appreciation to Mr. Bridgeforth, director of the Agricultural
Department, mentioned in the note of the children: _Principal's Office,_
_Tuskegee Institute, Alabama_ _October 4, 1915._ _Mr. G.R. Bridgeforth,
Director of Agricultural Department:_ I have been spending a
considerable portion of each day in inspecting the farm, and I want to
congratulate you and all of your assistants on account of the fine sweet
potato crop which has been produced. It is certainly the finest crop
produced in the history of the school. You deserve equal commendation,
especially in view of the season you have had to contend with, in
connection with the fine hay crop, the pea crop, and the peanut crop. I
wish you would let the members of your force know how I feel regarding
their work. I believe if the farm goes on under present conditions, that
at the end of the year it will very much please the Trustees to note the
results accomplished especially so far as the Budget is concerned.
[Signed] BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal. His quick mind and his keen
sense of humor would sometimes lead him to make fun in a kindly way of
his slower colleagues. The members of the Executive Council and the
Faculty sometime