Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-07

SOS ~~SDa~AS VALE
EDrcArfoN OF cOGORAD roUrB.
Trust.
10 the Editor Of Tn Evsxne srAa,
"A Coaored citizen.s who. IN Q lsttes 20 TR
stan, makes some very remarkable and very mac
cnrate Statements about what he calls The "Ainer
trust Will receive some much.neodod infofms-
uon nom reading the "Act 70 Incorporate the In
sututton for the education OF oolored youth" ap-
proved March 3, 1883 That act provides:
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district Of Columbia the ob,scts Of Which
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mas be placed under its care and in6nsaos"
learn sh ~ so sns. u.
ne teaching OF Normal school but compsshended
tne moral as well az the intellectual education OF
come under its influence" Though located in the
i; dement's should Be ocnnnsd 70 residents Of the
snsrs was no system Of public schools Tor the
scnooi supported mainly by contributions nom
her friends In the North from 1851 TO 1880. when
sIs closed temporarily. and vent nr.t 70 New
funds to erect building for normal school on
the lot situated between 10th and Goth streets
she had purchased In 1889 The execution OF her
pan was delayed BY the war OF the rebellion, and by
t nSr 4wn falling health. She returned 70 washing
az the house OF Mrs johnson one OF the trustees In
whose hands she had placed the property ct the
Time OF lts purchase, and who u named 40 one OF
ing the war and for several years thereafter there
was only enough rent paid by the tenant for the
other expenses but when that part Of the city was
improved under the administration of Gov Shsp-
tst sne i a ra APP IN value and
impossible for the trustees 70 keepi Tor the pur
poses intended BY Miss Miner when she bought It
MISS NINERs vTsws
In letter written nom California, in Janury,
1894, she suggests shat an association be formed
10 buy part Of the ground for An orphan asylum.
and also for q home Tor super Annuated women
ana helpless widows; indeed, all worthy female
subjects who need comfortable home and good
efficient association OF women. How does this
strike you for raising funds to build our school
the Income derived RSs iro% the ssis Of wi" the
ground the trustees OF the !. E &. Y. taught
%ept HSwsrs fns nSW u,t aspa
1877 they bought lot on 18th street, near Q, and
erected The Miner School building. renting : per-
SCHOOLS.
the income derived from the rent and other invest
ments paid all the expenses OF the Miner Normal
school taking the pupils nom the High school and
them to Be appointed teachers In the public public
schools OF the District Over q hundred graduates
OF the Miner Normal school are now so employed Al
the time that this school established there was
no provision for Normal school In tue system for
colored public schools and the trustees OF the l.
T. Z. Y carried on this school until the end OF the
last school year, when the coiored normal school
was Incorporated into the public school system on
the same basis as the white normal school, an act
OF taruy justice 20 the colored school, brought
about by the influence OF the E. c. Y. with the
Commissioners and the school trustees. Il had
long been the earnest wish OF the trustees OF the
]. f. c. T. that Industrial education should be In
troduced into the colored public schools. A be-
ginning had been made in the white high school
through the personal interest taken In tine subject
Dy Commissioner Webb and the trustees OF the
J. E. c. Y. desired to cooperate again with the
coOsing school and placing In the public schools
teacher OF sewing.
THE NARY HALL BUILDING.
In November, 1856, they bought at an auction
sale ordered by decreee Of court from the trustees
appointed by the court, the house and grounds
On The Of u and
building" The irst work done IN the building
them Mrs Bruce, Mrs. John T. COOK. Mrs. Douglass
Mnss S ~ sIs q ONE
TILL June they AM their assistants taught an
industrial school Of one hundred and twenty-five
girls from ten years old upward, and
hss Ss NO n e o. any
in the influences, either OF the building ITSELF or
Of the neighborhood In July the Miner
Lincoln Mission building, was removed 10 the
street property shall be called and not the Ma =
kndergarieS began her school ths rst q August
years Of age. taken from families residing within
few squares OF the institution. II has long been
the sn wish Of the trustees q the
system, as they are in Philadelphia, where Sa5 600
Is appropriated annually for the sIbprmsyies, as
tees have asked the Commissioners and the trus-
tees OF the public schools 10 place In their building
A PRIMARY SCHOOL
to connect with the kindergarten and
form model primary school based upon a pre-.
paratory kindergarten. This will bring into the
institution a large number OF young children and
give them much needed opportunity for elemen-
tary education. Why the colored clergymen de-
nOunce this plan as LOB" and IAN insult TO COL
ored peopie Is very mysterious The District rents
THE MINER BUILDING,
on nth street, now occupied by the High School,
and the trustees claim that the renting OF the
room for the primary school will be quite as egit-
mate an arrangement. No attempt has been made
OF the trustees OF the schools with regard TO locat-
Ing the industrial schools in the Miner institution
whicn Will not bear tine closest Investigation, and
the trustees earnestly ask that their new work,
begun from q deeply conscientious sense OF their
duty trustees OF the fund connded to their care
may not be impeded by opposition growing out OF
msapprehenslon ana Misrepresentation.
II can hardly be the intention OF the colored
clergymen and the trustees OF the schools TO forbid
the Miner Institution TO work In the ned OF moral
education and yet such seems to be their present
position. There has been no threat made by "Miss
stroud" to take from this District the Miner fund
Mrs. Stroud as secretary OF the board OF trustees
has no power or authority TO control the expendi-
ture OF the fund.
WHERE TIE RESPONSIBILITY RESTS.
The board OF trustees consists OF Rev. Rush r
Shipper, president: Henry N. Baker, treasurer;
Mrs Mary ]. Stroud, secretary. Associated with
them are the hon. Frederick Douglass and Mr.
Walker Lewis MrA Z. N. Q'Connor. Ms. Dr..
Winslow, Miss E. ]. Brigham, Miss n B. Briggs
and MS an honorary member Ma n. u. johnson,
planning and carrying on the work or the insti.
hoped to receive the cordial supp OF the whole
community, without regard 70 color in the work
they have undertaken, but their courage TO carry
It on to success Ia no more daunted than was that
az Miss Miner when, In reply 70 threats OF violence
she said, "Mob my school! You dare not! II YOU
tear IL down over my head shah get another
house. There Is no law 10 prevent my teaching
these people and l shall teach them, even unto
death"
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