The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-04-30
THE NEGROES HARVARD.
What Becomes OF the Gradutes
Howard University.

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t,nr r,,,,;, i, ths I,,er.Oceon1
El:aI' "' ."''"I
asked Prof. Grccntr, the other dny, VIVA,
bccarpc Of the graduates Of o ara unlVer'
sity, 49," :.
"Aboht two-thlrds Of them go South" he
said. 'said the remainder either get clerkshirt
ar 90 Into business In Washington. 4 few
have gone int. the Northern States and be
rome successful men, but the place for them
Is among the colorrd people OF the South, and
there they ought TO lie encouraged to go. MS q
little lrafen in The big lump"
Arc they successful In the professlons?'
Yes; remarkably 30, but there hre the pro-
portiOnal number OF failures, rs Is the case
everywhere. Some men were born !" fol ns
mt Howard university cannot change the laws
Of nature. There nre comparatively so few ot
them IN the great mass In the South that the
world loses sight Of them. but they are there,
munItlcs in which they live and encouraging
The Gaming generation 10 seek nm education
They are doctors, lawyers. clcrgyInen. editors.
teachers, and some Of them enter mercantile
business. Others have plantations"
"What becomes of the girls?
They teach and sonic of them become
phySi. fans. | know several successful nnes
4 lady who graduated ut the medical school
| last year went tn san Domi 40 and Is keeping
A drtiu stole. The rest of them marry In hi.h
or stations In life tnun they could have reach
ed without education, aud exercise II refining
, anu cieyatIng influence among those who sur:
rnund thcm.5
".rhcre uscd IN be n nreludice nmonv the col.
ored reoule upuiust pducuted members OF
their race. T Remember when an OberlIn
bigger WIS very unpol ulnr.'
out, The people see The advantages OF riuca-
| lion. They zee that tho.c who have had
schnoling succeed better than those who have
Ind none, mud they nil want to learn and
| have their children 10 to school,"
"IIaye n of the graduates Of Howard uni.
vcrsity nbtaineda national reputation
IA Jew. but the institution has not been
%runn,np Ian" enough 70 Give Them a rhance
You mist remember TINT it Is yonng yet: but
So,Ir ouestion cun he answered as well rs the
same sort Of an inquiry about Cornell univer.
sity, which grniuutcd its first clnss about the
i nj Of the former came rom The cream OF
the white rarc. While those of the latter were
rom The dismissal and dawn trOiden. lust re.
iaasnd RON Slavery. Vet Howard university
rns a NNen,hnr of tongrcss in It's Mr.
nrI"ro ~ Enrth Cnr.iina-and the Minister
"oiI hos dnnn nnv Ecticr
'e.! 'h u, u ~ miy GG. stmdorts mon or mora IN.
III urt..i 'non Ssdd'Ip rot Grcorar "arc
ei,use NM inc ~ thn univcrsitv thun came in
10" .Hn'lms w ~ "u.,e,o,a' 1hnI- nrn,nr.
~ ~ SEnaIato trninIn, i. hnitar md the
nt,nm ,oa "L"frsaa.u 'i haa hcem =" nni,rrn tho
I've, i,sr,ro tna n,,hitInn rf tho r6lorn,i
nilna ~" ~, ','sir're neon nmI xn,nen whn nrc
rice: Inc So"us ,Hem am u we mo r,,nro ,ntrlii..
growing IN Lne SOUTH !o"u'J II IN .,"i u,on Irrr
gent q y the '"sr s.ner q hn,tor hrsd " ~ bov"
u'''e' - M -, - ~ tho Sou,b In In
more mhnnoOu. Inc moi w the Souaii 49,
these young men anu S"unS III q. n.,
their progress SHOWS thal the !act o .etns
gradually redeemed, In D quiet, legitimate
way.
What we need most OF ali," said the Pro
fessnr, "are industrial schools TO educate the
hands as well ms the mind. We want practi-
caI education M well as book learning. We
want tnaineI carpenters, blncksIniths, paint.
err printers and men skilled In other trades"
us Howard university doing anything In
this directIou ?"