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The BOOKER T. WAS HINGTON Papers From Nathan B. Young Tuskegee, Ala., Dec 9, 1895 Dear Sir: In reply to your note of the sth inst. asking me to file in your office by the ~ 6th inst. a statement setting forth just how far the academic and industrial work are being dovetailed as per your previous order to myself and Mr. J. H. Washington, I beg to say that as yet no organized effort has been made toward this end; but I am sure that individual efforts are being made to make the academic work more and more practical the end to be attained by an organized effort. Respectfully, Nathan B. Young ALS Con. ~3 BTW Papers DLC. Art Account of a Speech and an Interview in Chicago ''Chicago, Ill., Dec. ~ I, ~ 895] IN HIS RACE'S BEHALF BOOKER T. WASHINGTON S PLEA NEW LEADER OF THE COLORED PEOPLE VOICES BEFORE THE HAMILTON CLUB THEIR PROGRESS AND TUSKEGEE S EDUCATIONAL METHODS Booker T. Washington, principal and founder of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, the colored man whose address at the opening of the Atlanta exposition made him famous and installed him as the recognized leader of his race in the United States, spoke to the members and guests of the Hamilton Club last night on ''The Problems of the Colored Race in the South.'' The assembly-room of the clubhouse was crowded when A. C. Barnes, chairman of the political committee, introduced the speaker. He was received with a round of applause, and in the course of his address was frequently interrupted by the clapping of hands and laughter provoked by the humorous anecdotes with which he illustrated his points. A modest-appearing man, plainly dressed in brown, 90