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BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
"This is to certify that James Smith is a member of the Plucky Class of the Hampton Institute and is in good and regular standing."[1]
The students were very proud of these certificates. It was not long before everybody at Hampton was talking about the "Plucky Class." In a little while there were twenty-five in the group. The number kept on growing the next year, and in a few years the class had several hundred members. It is a big part of Hampton and Tuskegee to-day, for Washington used the same idea at Tuskegee.
Washington had a way of succeeding in everything he undertook. This was because he determined to succeed and worked so hard and so well that success was certain.
- ↑ "Up from Slavery," by Booker T. Washington, p. 105.
