The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-23
AT THE CoLoRED COLLEGE.
Changes That Have Been Made and
Are Being Made There.

The indications for successful years
work in the Georgia State Industrial
College Cor colored youth are very bright.
This year has seen many improvements
in the college. A wheelwright and car
penter shop and blacksmith shop have
been built on the campus; also two hand
some cottages for the instructors. Mai.
Meldrim, chairman of the commission,
has spared no pains in increasing the
facilities and conVeniences of the school.
The industrial department will, the
coming year, be under Prof w w. Cook,
formerly Instructor in mechanic arts al
Clafin University. He will add archi-
lecture for this year.
There will be added model or practice
school for normal school training of teach
ers. This will be in charge of Prof. N.
w. Collier, a recent graduate of the
Atlanta University.
There will be a series of lectures on n.y.
giene and general sanitary subjects This
course will be in charge of prominent
physician of Savannah. who will select
both white and colored physicians to give
these lectures.
The faculty and commissioners have
desired a course of music which would lit
its students to teach such music as is
taught in the public schools of the state
They have succeeded in securing for this
v
who is recognized all over Georgia as the
leading colored musician of the state. He
spent last year at the Boston Conserva-
tory of Music, and is now prepared TO do
high class of work. Thus there will be
few schools in the state that will be pre-
pared to do better work than the Georgia
State Industrial College, esta bhshed by
the state for the education of her colored
youth.
In his letter to President Wright, the
new music instructor says AS music
has become one of the "sine qua non" in
the public schools of this country, and as
the Georgia State Industrial College for
| colored youth has, as one of it's objects,
the preparing of the colored youths for
| teachers of their race in the public schools
OF Georgia, l take the liberty of ad-
dressing you upon the Importance of Civ
ing music place in the college
over which you have the honor
TO preside.
Already in Savannah, Atlanta and
other cities of Georgia music, with a sal
AIRED professor, has been added to the
grammar school curriculum. ! have Just
| spent year stud wing at the Boston Con-
| servatory Of Music, and l have found
that at the tender age OF six. that Ma
sons First Music Reader is taken up at
the same time that first lessons in word
! building are given. Certainly your pu-
pills who shall enter our city schools will
have to teach it, and | hardly hesitate TO
venture the prediction that the
elements of music will soon be
added TO the course given
our country children. If what |
| have said is true, you will, | trust, see
the Importance of giving music its right
! full place / might add still another very
| strong reason. The negro, as you your
self know, is very musical being aud in
my judgment should be developed along
that line Who knows that it may be
! Gods plan that he shall sing estranged
! brothers of the same race or Of different
nations into peacel These are some of the
reasons which think should turn your
mind TO a consideration of this important
subject"