Academic year, 1898-1899
After completing the spring term in 1898, Pittman began the following academic year on a list of scholarship students. By this time, Pittman had relocated to a new boarding house at 3223 Woodland Avenue, just around the corner from the Institute. In his new residence he took lessons in French from a Haitian man studying medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Pittman wrote in great detail back to Washington about his hectic academic schedule telling Washington, “I am at work from morning till bedtime.”
In April 1899, Booker T. Washington’s upcoming appearance in the city caused much excitement for Pittman. Writing about the upcoming event at the Academy of Music, he wrote “The people here are anxious to hear and see you, both white and black” and he told Washington that he had been “continually approached” for ticket requests. Pittman would write later with great enthusiam about this appearance telling Washington, simply, it was "great."
During the summer break of 1899 Pittman worked at the “seashore.” Pittman described his work there as “pleasant in nature” and wrote that he had “sufficient access to the ocean as a means of bathing.” He never specifically identified the type of work but it appears that a Drexel professor made the arrangements. Pittman wrote that the “Professor was very well pleased with me and the way I carried myself down there.”
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Description of architecture program from Drexel Register, 1898-1899
Architecture classroom, Drexel Institute, circa 1904
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