New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-28
EDUCATION ar THE SOUTH.
Piisbnrn, Pen

A WARNING AGAINST THE APPEALS AND sUbSOhn
TON BOOKS OF wELL-MEANING BUT MiseuipEo
MEN-THE RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION Nio
SEVERAL SUCH APPLICATIONS.
To the EdftOr OF The Trtb"ne
SIR: Within the past year applications nave
been made TO by eolored men Tor ala III INC
ment of educational institutions OF one sort OF ano'e
In both the Carollnas Georgia. Alabama tennessee
Florida Louisiana and Texas. The solicitors usually
are the prospective presidents, principals or
of the institutions they seek TO establish Tbey come
with from hafa.dozcn TO hundred commentators OF
the object they represent occasionally oAcHeu W " me-
of incorporation the introduction OF aDh III
for incorporation and grant OF land ana money Ho
have charters from their own state LeSiSia'
lures. The persons commencing tuelh "''
mainly from our midst-ministers, judges lawyers,
Government employees and and then an GATOR anu
merchant On examining these Testimonials as 'iieS
are Styled with almost no exception IN" 'n''' ''-
10 pretence that the communication IS oaSeu o Pol
sonal knowledge Of either the real deslraDnH VI
Feasibility of establishing the institution nor the .
OF the persons who to control It, nor even Oh 'Nou
integrity have bad occasion 10 inquire IN some eaSeS
respecing these applications, and in no case olu i'V
who had commended them do SO on any Pois"n"'
knowledge. In instance, wnere Dore 'N"n ~
names we're attached from the way OF Wr'ng u vas
plain that not Of the sgnefs knew thng oi 'ne
or the men do not know in how many cases. Du1 10
,,o there have been some cases, in which men nave
tarrIed about New York, Brooklyn and Boston ioI
months getting enough TO pay board ana al ieise %
tial compensation Tor their time but nothing 10 s'
their col eye seminary or school. Permit Inc 10 a"u
few words TO the giving public ,
First-There arc associations connected WIN Ho'''
every religious denomination in the country 10 meet Uo
great and terrible need OF education among the mnonsoi
tbeemanepated and their children These are
under the administration Of the best and most slgacou
business men In communities, ana IL Is sae W soy
me mi
Citations are iudicOusly deSiraby and economically APP
ed OF these associations nave peIsoia
ar familiar knowledge. 1t has extensive colleges or
Louisiana, Mississippi ana Texas oesIuee
schools scattered throughout the southern staeS
Nearly 100000 was expended Dy uilS iter
| tho past year, almost exclusively III the iutet.
OF these people, one e1cellehJ ~opidn t,ns
sl5OO00 In the treasury to be expended III nAslnS
ouch needed additions To colleges so utterly tronsou
| by applicants that tney were coMPoiiS" W WI" '
Sccoad-There being already Mt least six or eight as
soca1on LOT tS eSIernrses or any other OF so
gu stionabe responsibya least so long as There are
none OF the already established chamho,s a' f ,T U
| compelled greatly their work Ior Ine
| want Of much larger meanst ah iar no,n
| wishing that less money should pc appFo
| prlated to this great work; would nave u
| Increased teufold assured that money expended
in our country for the next ton years VIII pay larger
dividends IN the way advancing the national welfare
| Tkird-Is IL good citizenship Tor good men whose
names ana reputation Influential, even IN modhed
way to commend objects or individuals OF Whicn OF
whom they have no personal knO"edset ~ - &
! ing know with what facility names are
obtained, and how IN repeated instances they
| have been used only Tor the bensnt o!
thoroughly unworthy objects or ndlViOiais CANNOT
feel but that il little than cruel TO excite hopes IN
these poor men which sure to 90 unfuined Iheif
ambition for places for which as yet they are Wholly
disqualified and IL would be real klndness 10 ulscO-
| age them their fruitless attempts. H. 5. b.
brooklyn, Dec "a, loSO