The Booker T. Washington Papers, Vol.8, page 475, 1905, U. of Illinois Press

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1905 The Tenth Annual Report of the Tuskegee Woman's Club TUSKEGEE WOMAN S CLUB [Tuskegee, Ala., 1909] The Tuskegee Woman's Club closes the tenth year of its work in sober retrospection of the days that have closed in upon it since its organization in March Age. Of the thirteen charter members five remain; Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Mrs. J. B. Washington, Miss S. H. Porter, Mrs. Logan and Miss E. E. Lane. The first club year ended with a membership of thirty five. This tenth year closes with a broken membership of seventy four one, Mrs. J. N. Calloway has passed on to the great beyond. Conscious of our loss, but of her great gain, we close our ranks and look for the golden summer of doing, of helping and fulfilling. Among the various topics discussed in the semi-weekly meetings of the club this year have been the works of leading colored musicians, the value of the X Ray, Wireless Telegraphy, Famous Women of the hour, and reviews of current articles. These with debates, musical numbers and readings have formed the literary programs for 1905. Dr. Kenney and Mr. Wood have added to the enjoyment of two evenings of the year; the first with a lecture on the Value of Electricity and Medical Science; the latter with pleasing dramatic numbers. During the year, the club has contributed Four dollars quarterly toward the support of Beatrice Reynolds, a waif from Thompson's Quarters who has been placed in Mrs. Pace'st Orphanage in Covington, Gal, Five dollars toward Mr. Moses C. Purifoy's2 school work and a balance of Sixteen dollars and forty cents is on hand in the treasury. The ladies of the club contributed liberally toward several barrels that have been sent to destitute people. In March when the club undertook to assume the responsibility of finding the means to provide a suitable home for a small baby in unwholesome surroundings, the gentlemen of the faculty kindly contribute twenty five dollars, sixty five cents, toward the expenses, and thus helped most successfully in giving the boy a fair start in life, and the club work a very substantial help in time of need. 475