The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.6, page 475, June 1902, U. of Illinois Press

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JUNE · 1902 country. The Prince afterwards referred to President Roosevelt's action in regard to Booker Washington, and applauded it very highly. McClure's Magazine, 19 (May 1902), 34. The article was entitled ''Prince Henry's American Impressions,'' and consisted of a series of short sketches. To Oswald Garrison Villard Tuskegee, Ala., June 4, 1902 Personal and Pri*'ate. My dear Mr. VilIard: Replying further to your letter containing your report I would say that, I thank you very much for your frankness and for the information which your letter contains. I am often placed in a very trying position. I am safe in saying that there is hardly a week when I am not applied to for endorsements of the work of some Southern school. If I refrain from giving the endorsement in many cases I am blamed and misunderstood; if ~ give the endorsement in many cases I find myself blamed also. For example, within the last month I have been more than mildly rebuked for endorsing two schools which in the opinion of other people are not worthy. In most cases where I have made the mistake of endorsing unworthy schools I have done so by yielding to the persuasion of other people rather than following my own judgment. It is very hard and trying for me not to give full and hearty endorsements to all the schools that apply to me; if for no other reason than for my own peace of mind this would be the easiest way out, besides, of course, I must realize, as anyone who comes to the South does, that there is plenty of work for all of these schools to do. In the case of the school at Kowaliga I would say that my impressions have been formed by contact with it as a trustee and otherwise through a series of years, and you must bear with me if I cannot bring myself to the point where I can rid myself of these impressions without careful consideration. Of course I do not mean to say that my opinion or endorsement are of much concern in bearing upon the work of the school. 475