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From: Serapion <una...@fn...> - 2009-08-13 15:55:17
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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 |