In this address I said that the whole future of the Negro rested largely upon the question as to whether or not he should make himself, through his skill, intelligence, and character, of such undeniable value to the community in which he lived that the community could not dispense with his presence.
Washington asserts that the advancement of Black people depends on their ability to become indispensable members of their communities through their contributions and character.
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This problem Harvard University is solving, not by bringing itself down, but by bringing the masses up.
By it a race must rise or fall, succeed or fail, and in the last analysis mere sentiment counts for little.
We try to keep constantly in mind the fact that the worth of the school is to be judged by its graduates.
Wherever our graduates go, the changes which soon begin to appear in the buying of land, improving homes, saving money, in education, and in high moral characters are remarkable.