The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-02
TO SEE WHAT CAN Be DONE
A Distinguished Party Of Educators to
Visit Savannah.

They Come With a View to Determtn-
ing whether They Will Turn Over to
the Georgia State Industrial Collie &c
a Portion OF the Slater Fund-The
College in a Favorable Location for
Educating the NeRro-A Reception
to be rendered the Visitors by Maj.
P. W. MeIdrim.
Quite distinguished party Of educators
will arrive in the city to-day, for the pur-
pose Of inspecting the Georgia State In
dustrial school.
DR.. Daniel c. Gilman, president Of
Johns Hopkins University. and chairman
of the Slater fund committee, who is con-
sidered one of the foremost educators in
the United States, and DR. J. L. M
Curry, former Georgian, who
has charge of the Slater fund, will
arrive on the noon train.
Among others who will also be
here are: Gov William j. Northen,
State School Commissioner Bradwell,
Chancellor William h. Boggs, of the
State University several of the commits
sionerS of the school and probably Col N.
j. Hammond, chairman of the board of
trustees of the State University, who
wrote that he would be glad TO come if he
could make arrangements to do so.
THE OBJECT OF THEIR VISIT.
The object of the visit of these gentle
men is to inspect abe industrial college at
ThunderDOlt for the education OF colored
boys. Application has been made for a
portion Of the Slater fund to be applied to
the uses of education at this institution,
and those in charge of that fund are on a
tour of inspection. They will look over
the grounds and examine the facilities of
the college with a view to endowing it
with portion of this fund.
The location of this school is one of its
foremost advantages in the work for
which it has been established. Situated
as it is, almost in the heart of the black
belt, no better locality for an educational
institution of this kind could have been
found. The grounds upon which the
buildings are located will speak for them
selves. They are spacious and well
adapted to the purposes for which they
are used.
The sentiment of the community highly
approves the objects and aims of this in
stitution. The people of this section are
strongly in favor OF the industrial educa-
ton of the negro, and they are always
glad to sec the facilities for it increased
and advanced. Not only this. but they
have been generous themselves
IN aiding the work throughout
this section. The administration of
the school is free from all sectarian reli-
gion or party politics, and it is open to all
cOlOred boys of good standing irrespective
of their denomination or belief This in
stitutiOn is an industrial school in itself,
and not merely an appendage of some
literary college. There are now 100 boys
at the college engaged In learning the va
rious trades to which they are best
adapted.
TO BE ENTERTAINED TONIGHT.
The party will be rendered a reception
tonight at the residence of Mai p. w.
Meldrim, who is chairman of the com
missioners of the industrial college,
where the members of the University
Club, the board of education, the resident
trustees of the State University, the presi-
dent of the Georgia Historical Society,
the superintendent of the public schools,
the judges of the courts and others in
terested in educational matters have been
invited to meet them. The party will
stop at the De Soto.
A special car of the Coast Line railroad
will be at the De Soto tomorrow morning
to take the party out to the grounds of
the Industrial school, where they will
be given ample opportunity during the
morning to gather much practical infor-
nation concerning it. 1t is believed that
the visit of these gentlemen will result
favorably for the college, as 1t is an insti-
tuition which highly commends itself to
those interested in the education of the
colOred race.