PART II

AUTOBIOGRAPHIES BY GRADUATES OF THE SCHOOL

I.—A COLLEGE PRESIDENT'S STORY 101 By Isaac Fisher, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. II.—A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL'S STORY 111 By William H. Holtzclaw, of Utica, Mississippi. III.—A LAWYER'S STORY 141 By George W. Lovejoy, of Mobile, Alabama. IV.—A SCHOOL TREASURER'S STORY 152 By Martin A. Menafee, of Denmark, South Carolina. V.—THE STORY OF A FARMER 164 By Frank Reid, of Dawkins, Alabama. VI.—THE STORY OF A CARPENTER 173 By Gabriel B. Miller, of Fort Valley, Georgia. VII.—COTTON-GROWING IN AFRICA 184 By John W. Robinson, of Lome, Togo, West Africa. VIII.—THE STORY OF A TEACHER OF COOKING 200 By Mary L. Dotson, of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. IX.—A WOMAN'S WORK 211 By Cornelia Bowen, of Waugh (Mt. Meigs), Alabama. X.—UPLIFTING OF THE SUBMERGED MASSES 224 By W. J. Edwards, of Snow Hill, Alabama. XI.—A DAIRYMAN'S STORY 253 By Lewis A. Smith, of Rockford, Illinois. XII.—THE STORY OF A WHEELWRIGHT 264 By Edward Lomax, of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama. XIII.—THE STORY OF A BLACKSMITH 276 By Jubie B. Bragg, of Tallahassee, Florida. XIV.—A DRUGGIST'S STORY 285 By David L. Johnston, of Birmingham, Alabama. XV.—THE STORY OF A SUPERVISOR OF MECHANICAL INDUSTRIES 299 By James M. Canty, of Institute P. O., West Virginia. XVI.—A NEGRO COMMUNITY BUILDER 317 By Russell C. Calhoun, of Eatonville, Florida. XVII.—THE EVOLUTION OF A SHOEMAKER 338 By Charles L. Marshall, of Cambria, Virginia. ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE BOOKER T. WASHINGTON Frontispiece EMMETT J. SCOTT 20 Mr. Washington's Executive Secretary. THE COLLIS P. HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL BUILDING 26 WARREN LOGAN 36 Treasurer of the School THE OFFICE BUILDING IN PROCESS OF ERECTION 50 Student carpenters shown at work. ROSCOE C. BRUCE 56 Director of the Academic Department. A PORTION OF THE SCHOOL GROUNDS 64 ANOTHER PORTION OF THE SCHOOL GROUNDS 66 MRS. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON 68 Director of Industries for Girls. A CLASS IN MILLINERY 76 THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 94 Standing, left to right: P. C. Parks, Superintendent of Farm; George W. Carver, Director, Agricultural Department; J. N. Calloway, Land Extension; John H. Palmer, Registrar; Charles H. Gibson, Resident Auditor; Edgar J. Penney, Chaplain. Seated, left to right: Lloyd G. Wheeler, Business Agent; Robert R. Taylor, Director of Mechanical Industries; John H. Washington, General Superintendent of Industries; Warren Logan, Treasurer; Booker T. Washington, Principal; Miss Jane E. Clark, Dean of Woman's Department; Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Director of Industries for Girls; and Emmett J. Scott, Secretary to the Principal. The Director of the Academic Department, Roscoe C. Bruce, and the Commandant of Cadets, Major J. B. Ramsey, also members of the Executive Council, were absent when photograph was taken. THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY BUILDING 108 MORNING AT THE BARNS ON THE SCHOOL FARM 122 Teams of horses and cattle ready to start for the day's work. STUDENTS PRUNING PEACH-TREES 146 A SILO ON THE FARM 166 Students filling it with fodder corn, steam-power being used. A MODEL DINING-ROOM 208 From the department where table-service is taught. THE CULTURE OF BEES 220 Students at work in the apiary. IN THE DAIRY 254 Students using separators. STUDENTS AT WORK IN THE HARNESS SHOP 270 AT THE HOSPITAL 294 A corner in the boys' ward. IN THE TIN SHOP 300 STUDENTS CANNING FRUIT 308 STARTING A NEW BUILDING 314 Student masons laying the foundation in brick. GIRLS GARDENING 344

SHADOW and LIGHT AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY With Reminiscences Of The Last And Present Century. By Mifflin Wistar Gibbs With An Introduction By Booker T. Washington CONTENTS CHAPTER I 3 Parents, School and Teacher—Foundation of the Negroes' Mechanical Knowledge—First Brick A. M. E. Church—Bishop Allen—Olive Cemetery—Harriet Smith Home—"Underground Railroad"—Incidents on the Road—William and Ellen Craft—William Box Brown. CHAPTER II 15 Nat Turner's Insurrection—Experience on a Maryland Plantation—First Street Cars in Philadelphia—Anti-Slavery Meetings—Amusing Incidents—Opposition of Negro Churches—Kossuth Celebration, and the Unwelcome Guest. CHAPTER III 29 Cinguez, the Hero of Armistead Captives—The Threshold of Man's Estate—My First Lecturing Tour with Frederic Douglass—His "Life and Times"—Pen Picture of George William Curtis of Ante-Bellum Conditions—Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lucretia Mott, and Frances E. Harper, a Noble Band of Women—"Go Do Some Great Thing"—Journey to California—Incidents at Panama. CHAPTER IV 40 Arrival at San Francisco—Getting Domiciled and Seeking Work—Strike of White Employees—Lester & Gibbs, Importers—Assaulted in Our Store—First Protest from the Colored Men of California—Poll Tax.