Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-10-12

everything: hear and understand the
voice of he age in which we live;
throb with it's pulse; receive the Won
derful Lesson its teaches. Nothiug is
too high to be questioned or too low to
be overlooked, nor tpo common or
usual as to be unprofrable. Every
fact you shall acquire; every hint you
may store up; every idea you obtain;
every thought you can lay up: eveiy
item that you assimilafe not only adds
t, your education, but furnishes you
with needed mental discipline. To be
educated you must think, not merely
accept; You are to store away only
the real and useful; and that you may
do this, you must think. You must
not only perceive; you must learn to
compare, estimate, weigh, arrange,
analyze, combine qualities, properties
and relations, and form jud dgment.
Add to this all the Information that
books can give you and we may witt
safety call you educated Now that
the mass of the Negroes in America
has succeeded in doing this to won
derful degree since his emancipation is
apparent to all WHO viii look
HIGH SCHOOLS. SUMMARIES AND COLLEGES.
Statistics show hat there are nearly
300 high schools, seminaries, colleges
and professional schools controlled and
operated by colore men. Among them
are Livingston College, Bennett Coll
lege, Morris Brown College, Tuskegee
Normal school, Wilberforce University,
the Virginia Normal and Collegiate In
stitute, kittrell's Normal and Indus-
trial Institute, and Shaw University.
A CRIME TO TEACH NEGROES.
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about four millions of colored people
in the United States. Scarcely one
million could read. Whv? Because it
was crime to teach him and a greater
crime for him to learn. Now the
half can read. There are 1,l5s.00S
taught by 10000 colored teachers. The
in education since the war than in any
thing else, and they are still thirsty tor
knowledge. The schools everywhere
are crowded. The love of knowledge
seems to be instructive, and thousand
faithful mothers spend many weary
nights at the ironing board and wa n
subs, in order to get money TO help
their children obtain an education.
With the advancement already made,
twentv-five wears more of earnest.
faithful work will produce marvellous
results in the educational condition of
the race. He has forced himself into
and familiarized himself with every
trade, profession and occupation and
has succe- sfully competed with all
corners. Even in those occupations re-
During the highest display of intel ect
and the incest sense of conception he
has been found equal to every demand
made upon his intellectual powers In
the darkest days of reconstruction when
he ruled the southern states he estab-
lished the public school system of the
south; and in that period when just
emerging from slavery, he was PLACID
n authority over his former masters,
he did not remove one penalty from
Enny thing TINT man kind at large ca lis
q crime, nor threw one obstacle in the
way OF an equal universal e.. joyment OF
American citizenship by all men OF
every race. In Hayti he has organized
and maintained his own form OF gov
ernment, executing some OF the mo,t
difficult OF human enterprises. Inc
struggle in Hayti for freedom, which
immorlallzed the name OF Ioussant
L.overtufe ana sneu a noou ol giuty
upon IN me race, mas aeInonstra1ea ua'a;aE ms
courage anu :as, sn s,ius,aa,n aI sJiu,
; no nas ~ s.,,. h,A ~. ., - . ,t,a n,,L aan
paisns' iousi ~ lis o"n oa'g:s 's:s n. au. oon
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ana reiia oie ~ Snuss eeaues 10 Wiz
nleh; lllru' snaI asiue RON preJ uulces e
empowers oi lapor see no Pieiere"ce ~
Wnite ana coloreu Inec"s'ilics, s anu ~. hau
Just as soon employ one as tne othef''
fourth that the educaelon OF the race
mas oeen DenenS.a! 70 th',n ana mas
III ,,, reaseu cheit e!iicie'Iy "s inno.
Inc very 1act tlaG the Negro IA me
south produces nllilon ooilars OF cap,
ltal every year, ana mas accutnutateo
in the various stat OF the south sew
eral millions worth OF properly, is good
evidenee tnat education has improved
and sharpened him, placing within his
reach the weapons of success in the
tierce struggle of this compeUtlve age
Tor wealth and honor. Education has
refned and elevated his religious IDEAS
end shed clearer light over his moral
perceptions. 1t has beautifed and re-
fined his home; ennobled and dignifed
his manners; subdued and controld his
passions, and beantifie,l and adorned his
BODY 1t broadens. deepens and bright
ems his mental vision and spiritualizes
the soul. In fact. out of slave it mas
made man, a gentleman and Christian.