On the recordJanuary 1, 1901
No student, no matter how much money he may be able to command, is permitted to go through school without doing manual labour.
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Booker T. Washington
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gutenberg.orgNo student, no matter how much money he may be able to command, is permitted to go through school without doing manual labour.
From his autobiography, Washington describes a core policy at Tuskegee Institute regarding student labor.
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