The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.10, page 188, Nov. 1909, U. of Illinois Press

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The BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Papers plies. Hear you are principal stock holder. Will they answer whys'' I have replied to him as follows: ''Dr. Washington not here and in no way responsible in matter to which you refer. Regret unpleasantness. Am writing.'' You will notice I have refused to quote the Doctor as being a stock holder. It certainly shows, however, that something in the office is pretty loose and I am sure that you will want to get it straightened up right away. It would be too bad for the old man to be entering suits on the ground that it receives money from him without giving value received. Yours very truly, Emmett I. Scott TLpS Con. 46 BOW Papers DLC. A note at the top and bottom of the letter in Scott's hand reads: ''He does not know I am writing you. That Vernon publication is unwise! It puts all of our friends under cloud.'' To John Robert E. Lee Denver, Colo. November 2, Hog Dear Mr. Lee: I am satisfied that there is a great deal of waste of time in Tuskegee growing out of our present methods of teaching rhetoric, etc. It means little to spend a lot of time teaching definitions, including figures of speech and what not, such as the average text book on rhetoric is full of before the student has actually learned to express himself or write in a simple, direct way. It is just the same as having a man spend months learning the definitions of carpentry before he undertakes to do real carpentry work. Hereafter, I wish you would have the teachers place stress upon having the students write in simple language descriptions of what is going on about Tuskegee, about their own observations, their travels, etc. Above all things, what our students want to learn is how to write, and no amount of talk or committing of terms or what not to memory will accomplish this. After they have actually learned to write good, simple, direct English, then time can be spent if necessary learning rhetorical definitions, etc. Yours truly, tBooker T. Washington] TLc Con. 393 BTW Papers DLC.