Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-07
I'll ATE FUND.
Interview with the General Agent, Dr..
A. G. HaygoOd, Now on a Tour
Of the South.
Highly Pleased with All He Has Seen
An Appropriation OF $1,000
for LIE MOyne.

DR.. Atticus G. Haygood, president OF En-
DRY College, Oxford, Ga, and the general
agent for the John F. Slater Fund, spent yes-
terday in the city and left at night for New
A representative Of the APPEAL, who via
tied DR.. Hsygocd at his room at Gaston's
Hotel yesterday evening, found him well
with the result Of his trip thus far
and decided in his predictions OF still further
improvement 10 the cause Of negro education.
The annual revenue derived from the
81 100000 donated by Mr.. Slater is $4,000"
ssid DIR. Haygoed. You will understand
that We have no power 10 expend the princi-
pal, but use the interest TO aid in the educa-
ton of freedmen"
when did you Begin" was asked.
"The donation was made March Alb. OF
last year, and at a meeting in New York
last April $4,000 was appropriated 10 be
used by the general agent until the next
regular meeting in October. l left Oxford
about two months ago, and will spend the
entire vacation in makipg a tour Of the
higher schoo's of the country"
"Then your plan Is 10 reach the cad for
which the fund was created by aiding in the
education OF negro teachers?'
Precisely. By raisiug the standard Of
education Of negro teachers we can do more
than in any other way, with the means al
our command. The number Of primary
schools is 30 great that 100000 a year divid
ed between them would do no good to any,
but the. number OF higher s~Ghools, $50,
though large, is comparatively small, and
with the amount / named a great deal OF
real good can BE- accomplished. 1t is our
aim TO work among the bts. Of these, pre-
ferring such az comb ne muscular with
mental training"
care you prohibited from aiding those
which have no industria al Departmental"
"Not by law. But we shall not do so.
There is a growing disposition among all the
schools | have visited, where no such features
exist, to make them, and where they do ex-
ist they are being constantly improved upon
and enlarged"
"Do you think the efforts 10 this direction
have been productive of any real good?p
Certainly. They have loog since passed
from the ex perimen'a al stage"
"What S'a'es have you already visited?"
The States OF North and South CaTolina,
Georgia and Alabama. | shall visit New
Orleans next, taking in Jsck-on and Holly
Springs on my return. AtAtlanta I found a
splendid school. During the past two years
three or four excellen, buildings have been
erected on the grounds by the pupils, under
the direction of one master builder. At the
school at Raleigh, N. C., three hand
some brick structures have been put
up on the school grounds, with The
assistance of a few experienced workmen.
AT Orangeburg and Charlotte, n. c., and at
Talladegs, the schools are also very fiue. |
have never known anything SO pronounced
as the disposition 10 unite physical with
mental training. l do not mean TO say thst
We assist only schools which turn out finished
mechanics. None of those l have waited are
| loipu that rrt a nrarfiraI knnuylolra ,nf
tools ia given, sufficient to enable one to esrn
a living with them by a certain amount Of
work and practice after leaving it.
VISIT To LEMoYNE.
DR.. Haygood yesterday visited the lie
Moyne school, in charge of Prof. Steele, and
expressed himself az being highly pleased
with all he saw there.
He proposed TO Pref. Steele, while here,
that shops be erected in connection with L.
Moyne school at a cost of $500, one-half
of the amount to COM from the proceeds Of
the Slater Fund, OF which he is the general
agent, for giying instruction in woodwork
ing snd the use Of woodworking tools, etc
to the young men OF the school. The propc-
sition will be accepted aud the work Of
preparation be commfnced at once. The
shop, when erected, will be furnished with
several sets of carpenters tools and wood
benches, an engine and turning-!athe, and a
blacksmith's forge, etc, with the expectation,
during the coming year, Of giving Competent
instruction IN these lines the sams az done in
the literary department of The school in the
ordinary branches of study. 1t Will be re-
membered that Mr.. Steele raised nearly $1,000
here in Memphis in June for a contemplated
enlargement of the present school buildip"
During his visit at the North IN -. month
OF July he added $500 to this SUN and
| ia nov hare ~, b;a. - II
building of this addition in +Eich especial
provision ia made Tor industrial training for
the girls OF the school. The new part, now
well started, is forty by fifty -four feet and
added to the east end of the present buiId-
Ing. 1t was the intention ID nie tbs base.
ment OF thio building Tor workshops for the
boys, but the necessity Of grading up the lois
on which the building stands will ~
this, and happily now. thc nor If n, TeH'
s''U s-aUle Prof. Steele to go on and
| provide much better convenience for this
work than was at fret anticipated. 1t is
hoped that the $3.50 needed to accomplish
this result will be placed at the disposal Of
the school without delay. The trustees Of
THE SLATER FUND
are r. E. Hayes, Morrison r. Waite, w. E.
Dodge, Philip Brooks, d. e. Gilman. John
A. Stewart, A. H.. Colquitt, Morris X. Jessup,
olbN L ~ 70 oLu n. StditE. II
a letter from Mr.. Slater dated Norwich,
Conn, March 4tb, be speaks Of his having
been encouraged TO make the donation by
reason OF he success OF The Peabody Fund,
and he adds: l purposely leave 10 the cor
poratlOn the largest liberty of making such
changes in the methods OF Supplying the in
come of the fund as shall seem from time to
time best adapted to accomplish the general
object herein defined. But being warned by
the history Of such endownenis that they
sometimes tend to discourage rather than
promote effort and self.reliance on the part
OF benehclaries; or to inure 10 the advance.
ment of learning instead of The d~isssmina.
ton OF it; or 10 become a convenience TO the
rich instead OF a help 10 those who need heir;
L solemnly charge my trustees 10 use their
best wisdom 10 preventing any such defe1t OF
the spirit OF this trust; 30 that nv gift may
continue TO future generations TO BE- a bless
ing TO the poor. If at any time after the
lapse OF thIrty-thres years from the date Of
this foundation 1t shall sppear TO the iu1a-
ment Of ihree4fourths Of The members Of this
corporation that, by reason of a change in
social conditions, or by reason Of adequate
and equitable public provision for education,
or by any other sufficient. reason, there IA no
further serious need OF this fund in the form
IN which ii is at first Instituted, | suthorizs
The corporation 10 apply the capital of the
fund TO the establishment of foundations suit
sidlary TO then already existing institutions
of higher education, in such wise as to make
the educational advantages of such %ins!itr-
tons more freely accessible TO poor students
OF the coiored race"
DR.. HAYeooD,
upon his return from jackson, Mise, will
visit Nashville, going hence 10 Chattanooga,
where he will deliver an address upon the
subl 3ct OF negro education. During a recent
speech at MoDteagle, he said. with some
there ls opposition 10 the education Of the
negro from a vague fear of something that is
called 'social equality Just now the poor
negro Is IN a place where two seas meet
There are two classes OF extremists; One i.
10 mortal terror lest the negro should become
somebody; the other is morbidIy anxious
that he should assert claims TO what he is 10
no wise fitted for. II between the Two he
does not lose his balance he will deserve the
respect OF both. There never was in this
world, 10 any nation or community, such a
thing as social equality, and there nsver will
De. The social spheres arrange themselv, 8
to suit themselves, and no laws pre-
| mulgated by State or Church will change the
social a~tfinities and natural selections of men.
Men choose the circles for which they have
affinity, seek the companiorships they pre-
Ter, and find the places that are suited TO
them. Alter all il would be we'll to remEm-
Der that the great and good and wise d
reigns among men, that He will reign when
We are all gone from this world, ami that He
has more concern about the welfare OF men
than they can have about themselves, and
that He who has ruled in The history of the
nations since the beginning of the world has
purposes of His own which, in His own good
time, He will work out in blessings TO the
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