New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-11
THE NEGRO AND EDUCATION.
PAPERS READ AT OCEAN GROVE.

ARGUMENTS BEFORE THE NATIONAL EDUCATION
ASSEMBLY,.
tFRoM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRTBUNs.l
OCEAN GROVE. Aug. 10" The Negro In
America subject for discussion this morning at
the National Education Assembly The Rev. Dr. X
g. Rust of o Mo, Secretary OF the Freedmans Aid 30
ciety presided score of coored men occupied seats
on the PLATFORM all OF them less prominent as
teachers preachers In the South First In order was
the reading OF paper left from last nights pro-
gramme, stumbling Blocks or Stepping Stones by
Robert r. Doherty OF The Christian Adrocae The Rev
DR. W. H. Ward, OF The Independent, opened the regular
programme OF the morning by u consideration OF the
arguments against the education OF the coored race ana
REPUTATION them Three colored spoke, and the
nrst the Rev j. c. Price OF Salisbury ~ c. graduate
OF Lincoln College created much enthusiasm by his
arguments. The Rev. DIR. b. T. Tanner Editor OF me
Christian Recorder. Pha isphia. read paper on The
Color Line what t and what does 1t threatenf After
paper by the Rev. J. W. Hamilton OF Boston, the ex
ercises we're closed by address from Bishop Campbell
OF the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
This afternoon the Intellectual menu covered variety
of topics The Rev. DR.. H. f. Morehouse, secretary OF
the American Baptist Home Missionary Society, pre-
sided The negro he said, must be taught that
he must fear nothing because he Is black
man. and that he expect fayors because he s
black man. The opening paper OF tho afternoon was on
Education. Indispensable Agency IN the Redemp-
ton OF tue Negro Race" by Professor s. b. Darne, OF
Jacksonville Fla 1.-The Relation OF Education to Moral
Character the subject Of paper read by the Rev.
Dr. g. W. Gushing, OF Rochester, In winch
| the argument was presented that education
alone does not insure the morality highest success OF
people, and plea was made for the retention OF the
Bible Ia the schocs which, said the speaker, Is not
sectaran book do that II shall be Taught byany
prejndiced mind. Let IL be read without comment
except such may throw light upon the
TRANSLATION. At least, let 1t lie upon the
haiia nd
| the discretion OF the teacher"
The Rev. A. ID. Mayo, OF Boston, read an address on
Educational Opportunities aud Duties or the South
The education OF whites the South before the war was
said TO be well adapted TO their tden condition.
and the work OF the negro, combined with
his contact with tho whites was IA good
An education as was possible for him under the circum-
stances "a common opinion at the North" said the
speaker that better aud general education OF the
South would have made the civil war impossDlei now
that the war they bold that the only safeguard
aganst possible revolt in the future IL education Tho
schoonss.r followed the armies OF the North aud the
schoohouse the legacy that followed the departure
of the soldier For the last ten years outside OF the Few
leading Institutions OF tie SOUTH tne great effort OF the
North has through the missionary ORGANIZATIONS OF
the churches largely for the education OF the
freedmen Fifteen thousand Of them now being fitted
In the schools for the leadership OF the 6OOOOoO
of co,orcd people OF this country. and as
their relations VITA the whites. Altogether pro0A Df
s5OOOO.OoJ has bocn ex lendel ~ Tue Na,on 10 Ias
and mnney aud Ia contributions from the chrches anu
citizens generally IA education aud church WORK uuh
"ibe Relation OF Education to Wealth ana Morality
| and ~ raupcrism and CRIME, paper prepared 10y
DeIter A. HawKins, OF New York was rsAl " tse sec
the proposition that zone OF the most interesting au
questions m social science how TO increase
| wealth ANA morality 10 n maximum aud 10
reduce PoapeIIS,,a asd ou sy@s .Tn 1Si
an average cOnmon school cducltion' snch rs IS
provided all the States where tue free common schcol
has become per Danent lnsnuton adds MY pr cent
productive machine; (2l mat the ayerage acA-
avcrase collegiate or unworthy education adds from
| 200 TO 800 per cent TO Ms average ahnua.
| productive capacity, to say nothing of
Inc vast increase to his manness
by the census OF 1850 we had IN the Uni'ed states
420i 362 iiterate ADULTS white ana colofsu Iu.'Ins
of wnnnf.ctrng operatives inclading Is per cent
ner year-And the annual loss TO these
persona nom lack OF at least commouschool educa
tion would be $50 each his for tue whole number OF
I2,,l 3d. IA $40 600 900 year. sum twice large
NJ me entire annual p,ndurc public education IN
| the whole country. Tue annual expenditure Tor inc
support OF paupcrs Is ten times large would have
been cost OF educating them IN youth up TO seu
x TO tie relations Of education 10 morality and crime,
the crime the country Is committed by persons wholly
inera1e secondly that onetbird OF the crime ia inc
country committed by persons wholly or substantially
| iuerate; thirdly that the proportion OF Criminals
among ts iterate class - on the average ten times
"a great AS Is among those who been instructed
OF common school cducatonor beyonu
iourhly toe 20 pom society protect
itsrf against a few thousand criminals most Of whom
through tue neglect or society 10 hAe
car. OF their education wheu young Is one Of the
| heaviest of public burdens"
/ This evening was devoted to a public reception OF
missionary preachers from the North who
have labored in the south address Of
welcome WAS delivered by tue Rev Dr. Chsrlss H.
Tor will be the Irdisn aud Mormon problems