tel in Saratoga. He was then reduced to a dish washer after booming his first assignment. Washington finally reached Malden where he took a teaching job. He taught from eight in the morning the children and the adults at night. On Sundays he he also did double duty, teaching Sunday School in the morning at Snow Hill, and a community about two miles distant, and in the afternoon at Malden.After three years at Malden Washington decided to go to Wayland Seminary in Washington for a year of graduation training. This school was different from Hampton because it devoted exclusively to liberal arts. The "deep religious spirit" there, together with the "higher Christian character" of the president, made a deep impression on Washington, but there were something's there that he didn't like. Those things were; lack of moral fiber in which most of the students had their tuition paid for them, and more time was spend on learning Greek or Latin then teaching you about life. Washington's experience in Wayland helped him nurture the teaching that he acquired in Hampton.At the end of his eight months in Washington, Booker was asked and accepted an invitation to get blacks and white votes on moving the capital of West Virginia and three other towns. Washington, for three months, used his persuasive powers on the voters. The state-wide decision was in the end Charleston, a fact in which Washington allowed himself a measure of personal pride.Washington's persuasive powers brought some of his friends to the conclusion that he should practice law. Washington did but then stopped to help Armstrong. Armstrong had asked him to come to Hampton and deliver the coming commencement address. He did and entitled his speech, "The Force That Wins." Armstrong also asked Washington to become a member of his teachers staff. Armstrong was working on a program in he was teaching Native Americans the same type of training he taught African Americans. Washington said yes...
