I owe more to his tact, wisdom, and hard work than I can describe.
The main executive work of the school, whether I am at Tuskegee or
not, centres in what we call the executive council. This council
meets twice a week, and is composed of the nine persons who are at the
head of the nine departments of the school. For example: Mrs. B.K.
Bruce, the Lady Principal, the widow of the late ex-senator Bruce, is
a member of the council, and represents in it all that pertains to the
life of the girls at the school. In addition to the executive council
there is a financial committee of six, that meets every week and
decides upon the expenditures for the week. Once a month, and
sometimes oftener, there is a general meeting of all the instructors.
Aside from these there are innumerable smaller meetings, such as that
of the instructors in the Phelps Hall Bible Training School, or of the
instructors in the agricultural department.
In order that I may keep in constant touch with the life of the
institution, I have a system of reports so arranged that a record of
the school's work reaches me every day of the year, no matter in what
part of the country I am. I know by these reports even what students
are excused from school, and why they are excused -- whether for
reasons of ill health or otherwise.
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