The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.2, page 269, Mar. 1885, U. of Illinois Press

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MARC H · I 885 in a rare degree & has a way [of] succeeding in what he undertakes. Not a bit of vanity or nonsense about him.'' On Nov. ~c, 1886, Armstrong wrote that ''implicit reliance can be placed in his statements and in his Christian character'' and that ''he is doing I believe the best work done by colored people in this country, and one worthy to be compared with any for that race.'' On Feb. 18, 1887, he said: ''He has proved himself, and what he says may be depended on.'' On June 8, 1887, Armstrong said: ''Tuskegee is the only colored institution in the South wholly under the management and control of colored people themselves, and I regard it as useful and valuable to the cause as any school devoted to the Negro race.'' On Apr. ~6, 1889, he wrote: ''I have known from the first Mr. Washington and his work and believe that there is no work being done for his people better or more worthy of help than his.'' (Con. ~6, BTW Papers, DLC.) To the Editor of the Southern Workman Tuskegee, Ala., March 1885] SE~F-HE~P At the suggestion of citizens in Montgomery, a meeting was held in that city in February last, in the interest of education. The special object of the meeting was to secure aid towards furnishing rooms in the new building, ''Alabama Hall,'' at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School. The meeting was very largely attended by the best citizens. Addresses were made by the State Superintendent of Education, Maj. Solomon Palmer,2 Dr. Hecht,2 the Jewish Rabbi, the leading colored ministers and the Principal of the Normal School. The speaking was interspersed with singing by the Tuskegee choir. The State Superintendent was very enthusiastic in his praise of the work of the Tuskegee Institute and exhorted the colored people to aid it by practicing economy and self denial, and he himself set the example by giving $2.50 which he said was one-tenth of what he had saved in the last year by abstaining from the use of tobacco. The meeting was in every respect satisfactory and $65 in cash were voluntarily given by the audience to aid in furnishing the rooms. We think this creditable considering that this was the first meeting of the kind ever held in the city or probably in the State. The poorest seemed · · anx~ous to give somet sing. The people showed their interest in the cause of education by asking 5269