IX. BOOKER WASHINGTON AMONG HIS STUDENTS 222 X. RAISING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS A YEAR 248 XI. MANAGING A GREAT INSTITUTION 272 XII. WASHINGTON: THE MAN 300 ILLUSTRATIONS Booker T. Washington _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Tuskegee in the making. Nothing delighted Mr. Washington more than to see his students doing the actual work of erecting the Tuskegee Institute buildings 12 Tuskegee Institute students laying the foundation for one of the four Emery buildings 14 "His influence, like that of his school, was at first community wide, then county wide, then State wide, and finally nation wide" 16 A study in black. Note the tensity of expression with which the group is following his each and every word 32 Showing some of the teams of farmers attending the Annual Tuskegee Negro Conference 58 An academic class. A problem in brick masonry 62 Mr. Washington in characteristic pose addressing an audience 136 Mr. Washington silhouetted against the crowd upon one of his educational tours 136 Mr. Washington in typical pose speaking to an audience 136 A party of friends who accompanied Dr. Washington on one of his educational tours 138 This old woman was a regular attendant at the Tuskegee Negro Conference 170 The cosmopolitan character of the Tuskegee student body is shown by the fact that during the past year students have come from the foreign countries or colonies of foreign countries indicated by the various flags shown in this picture 238 In 1906 the Tuskegee Institute celebrated its 25th Anniversary. A group of well-known American characters attended 248 Some of Mr. Washington's humble friends 274 Soil analysis. The students are required to work out in the laboratory the problems of the field and the shop 274 Mr. Washington was a great believer in the sweet potato 280 Mr. Washington had this picture especially posed to show off to the best advantage a part of the Tuskegee dairy herd 290 Mr. Washington feeding his chickens with green stuffs raised in his own garden 306