And then, above all things, although on account of the number of students here you are very much crowded in your rooms and will have to make all the harder effort on that account, get into the habit of being orderly and neat.
Washington advises students to cultivate orderliness and neatness despite crowded living conditions.
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The hurtful influences of the institution were not by any means confined to the Negro.
Even to this day I can recall accurately the tortures that I underwent when putting on one of these garments.
As soon as it was learned that he was not an American Negro, all the signs of indignation disappeared.
When freedom came, the slaves were almost as well fitted to begin life anew as the master, except in the matter of book-learning and ownership of property.