A great fat-pine bonfire crackled and shone one night last week at the railroad station of Tuskegee, Ala. With dark faces shining, 1,600 students of Tuskegee Institute cheered, hollered and sang Hallelujah as two special cars brought trustees, alumni & friends to celebrate Tuskegee's Golden Jubilee. Came Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur, Chairman William Jay Schieffelin of Tuskegee's board of trustees, Canon Anson Phelps Stokes of Washington Cathedral, Manhattan Banker Paul Moritz Warburg, and representatives of 24 Governors. President Hoover was to speak...
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