CHAPTER FORTY 



OUR return to America was hastened by my engage- 

 ment to speak before the teachers of Wisconsin on 

 international peace and the war scares which evil spirits 

 in various countries were active in promoting. While in Pleasant 

 Milwaukee I was the guest of Emmett L. Richardson, reunions 

 Stanford, '92, then president of the city school board. 

 One of the keenest pleasures of my trips over the 

 country comes from finding everywhere forward- 

 looking and influential men who have been my 

 students. Emmett Richardson is the son of one of 

 the much-respected trustees of Indiana University, 

 and went with me to Stanford, where for a time he 

 was instructor in French. In Milwaukee I also met 

 again an old friend, Dr. Ernest R. Copeland, now a 

 prominent surgeon. 



On one of my tours I returned through the South, Booker 

 stopping on the way to speak at Tuskegee Institute, Washing- 

 Alabama, and at Tulane University in New Orleans. 

 At Tuskegee I was the guest of Booker T. Wash- 

 ington, the sagacious and devoted founder of the 

 establishment. I had already met both him and his 

 distinguished contemporary, Professor Burghardt 

 Du Bois of Atlanta. Washington had once visited 

 Stanford, where he set forth plans for the elevation of 

 his race through vocational training, asserting that 

 the colored man would be respected to the degree 

 that he proved trustworthy and helpful. This 

 straightforward and practical apostle presented a 

 strong contrast to Du Bois, a fine, artistic spirit 



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