The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-18
SOUTHERN EDUCATION.

There Is much TO encourage all
'tnoughtfui and patriotic men la the
present sttitude and activities OF the
people OF the southern states relative
to education. Ihe increase of pupu-
lar interest and of accomplished
results - every where manifest and
vital. Ali educational work in the
sou.h, Whatever The obstacles sDG dis
cOursgements III tn.s neld may be,
bias the advantage CT const" atty
rising tide, aHd Of being done on
widening hpes Of advance II Is q
time OF gTOWto, OF new undertakings,
more COm preheneiye plans. and. gen
orally, uI increasing revenues and
resources OF all EIpds. The very
fact that our educational WORK nas
been gong on ~ long, aud that our
educational Institutions are estsbilsed
50 nrniy ana securely, Is, In most
northern communities, reason for 3
somewhat languId popular feeling
n regard TO education. THE ma
chiDery runs itself" But 10 the
south there Is n neWnesS about much
OF the educauOnal WORK now kmng
o0, which gives opportunity Tor per-
sonal earnestDegs and self-sacn6D
aDd Tor the development of popular
entb as.asm, and thus the eItu,fion
has its advantages as we'll rs its Grsad-
vantages.
MORE PRACTICAL THAN IN THE NROT h
I observed also, nearly everywhere,
feature OF great interest and i'm
pOrtance IN the fact that the new
education in the south is tending to
become more practical and industrial
than is the education which is OBJ.
tanned 10 most OF the northern states,
The southern people are compelled,
By the peculiar conditions and cir.
cumstances of lite ir their communi-
ties, to inquire more closely than lie
usually done IN the north what kind
OF knowledge and instruction will be
the most Useful to the young in after
life. The new education in the
southern states is, in many instances,
better suited TO Tue needs sof the
peopln there lh4u j. the average
notbern school education to the needs
of the masses here.
OF course there is still 3 vast
amount Of popular ignorance and in-
difference almost everywhere IL The
south; there are many incompetent
teachers; snd there is the general
discouragementof inadquate revenues
Tor pressing needs. But, considering
the recent extreme impoverishment
OF the country, end violent dieplace-
ment OF the old system of social life
and of The institutions of all these
states, the results actually attained in
the establishment and administration
OF new systems OF popular education
are remarkable and highly gratifying.
The Peabody Fund has produced i'm
measurable benefits to the southern
states. visited many of the men
who are chiefly concerned in rs ed
ministration, aDd it is evident that
this work is generally in the hands Of
gentlemen who are admirably fitted
for its management, and that the
proceeds of this endowment are dis
trihuted with scrupulous fidelity, and
with wise perception of the chief
needs OF the time.
EDUCATING THE NEGROES.
The foremost men in the southern
ssates-I mean those who are fore
most II business, and in the social
and moral life and activities Of the
local commuL ities-are everywhere
taking up the subject of education
for the negrosg in q serious and bust
ness'like spirit. I did not fn6 any
where, except in southwestern Texas,
any manifestation OF prejudice against
negro education. or feeling of jealousy
regarding the advancement of the col
ored people in intelligence or cspa-
billty for solicitation. The southern
people ale divided in opinion regard
ing the capacity of the negroes for
continued OF permanent intellectual