The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-16

Shaw University, in Raleigh, n. G..
is typical negro College OF the
South. They have about I've hun
dred students, and the character o
the gradostes is Of the highest order
The atmosphere Of the lnstlsu tion il
strong. pure, wholesome. 1t has AZ
industrial department that is rea
feature OF the institution and al
those who graduate from this col
lege 90 forth with the truest anG
strongest ideals OF life. The boil
dings Of the college we're erected b,
the students in their indastrial de
partment. Wherever these mer
60 they carry With them a vigoroua
influence for morality and Industry
aud temperance and thrift among
their people, the great difficulty be.
ing that there are not found ccngre>
cations able to support the preach.
ers they graduate. nor schools ont
side the public common schools tha,
can support their people as teachers.
The paramount and present need
of the negro 10 the South to-day i.
a common school education that
will fit him for Industrial life. He
must be trained to earn his living.
He must be given an industrial edu.
cation. The race needs it as q race
and the race Is not getting it ~ q
race.
MORE OR LESS A FAILURE.
am sorry to say It, but l firmly
believe 1t is a fact taat the education
Of the negro In the South to-day
through our common schools is more
or less failure and more or less of
curse. The accent is 90 the
wrong syllable. 1t is the perpetu
alton of the old Southern ideal of
the classical education rather than
the meeting Of the needs OF the new
life. As in the character CT much
OF our education for the common
people her. the accent is exclusively
on the head. Education is made the
grinding of the intellectual axe with
which we are to bew our way
through life, scalping the weaker
ones who stand In our way. the
clodnopper is taught to despise the
plough, TIE smith bis anvil, the car
penter bis tools. The consequence
is the South Is DOT producing CON-
petent negro farmers, smiths and
carpenters. The idea which the
young student gets into his head is
that he has to ''rise,' to "get on"
and to leave those behind who can
not get oa. Now the question is,
Does not the age demand system
that shall better meet the require.
ments Of The whole community?
Uncle Remus has some quaint
utterances that, while they contain
an exaggeratioo, set forth a terrific
truth, that Is living truth to-day,
in the history of the South. Uncle
Remus is passing along the street
when the policeman hears him in
row with some children who are 60
ing to school.
90, they are school children; you
know how they are.''
UNCLE REMUs' LOGIC.
"Yes,' said Uncle Remus. "dat's
VT make | say VT duz. Dey bet
ter be home plckin' up chips. VT
q digger gwineter Parn outen booksf
/ kin take one bar'l stage an fling
mo- sense inter nlggec IN one MIN
nit dan all lie school houses betwlxt
dis en- de State er Midgixin. Don't
talk, honey! Wild one bar'l slave
Kin fairly lif' de vail er ignunce'
"You don't believe IN education,
therr'
'.Hit's de ruinatlon er dis country.
Jest look ct my gal. De ole 'oman
sout 'er to school las year, an now
We dassent hardly ak 'er fer ter
kyar de washlu home. She done
got beyant Ter bizr ess. No use tai
kin, boss. Pot q spellin' book in
q nigker's hans, en right den en- dar
you loozes plough hand. doEe
had de spe'unce un It,
True education is the training of
the whole man in such q way that
the result is the consistent and
harmonious expression Of all his fac.
uities, so that in him the whole COM
munity is blessed. Education,
must he uhreefold-fo for
the head, the hand and the heart.
These three forces control civiliza-