The colored American., 1894-08-11
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIA ATIoN OF
EDUCATORS OF CoLoRED YOUTH.

The convention of colored youth edu-
Gators which was held last week in
Baltimore was grand success Never
in the history of the association has it
conducted more successful series of
meetings; and never in the history of
Maryland has the education of the
colored youth been so plainly and in
telligently presented to the public.
II he meetings lasted rom Tuesday to
Friday including morning and even
ing sessions. They were called in the
different churches of the city each day
successfully. and in every instance the
audience was SO large that many were |
compelled to stand in aisles. The dele
gates were welcomed Tuesday morning |
by Mayor f. c. Latrobe who IN an elo-
uuent address commended the achieve
ment of the past and urged the faithful
workers on to greater achievements IL
the future. President James M.
Gregory a. NJ. president of the as
sociation, presided over the meeting
and associated on the platform with
him were Bishop A. w. Wayman Of
the A. M. E. church. Rev. S. r. Hughes,
Of Annapolis, Rev. Dr. n. G. Grandi-
son, of Wilmington, Del. and Rev. NJ.
M. Alexander of Shiloh Baptist
church. Mayor Latrobe on being in
troduced said:
81 am here in my official capacity to
extend municipal and cordial well
come 20 this convention. We are glad
to-have the convention, representative
as it is Of so much that is good, to meet
in our city. | am sure you will receive
that hospitality for which Baltimore
is noted. 1t is gratifying that you
chose Baltimore, which is fast becom-
ing the leading, if it is not already the
first, educational center of this coun-
try"
'This city has done much for free
education; none has done better and it
is to be noted that the city and not the
state controls our public schools. We
make here no difference in the edu-
cation of the classes Of our citizens, for
we have high schools for the white and
high schools for the colored, manual
training for the white and manual
training for the colored. Baltimore
has law to appoint colored teachers
to colored schools. 1t was very graft
flying to me to note at the commence
ment exercises of the cOlOred schools
that the colored speakers were as good
as any I have ever heard anywhere,
and | was glad to see our cOlored chill
dren taking advantages OF the
schools. 1t is clear that in great city
of half million population like Battl-
more there are many parents unable TO
pay for the education of their children
and therefore, it becomes the duty OF
the state to educate, and to do it not
as charity, but as duty"
BISHOP wAYMAN's WELCOME.
Bishop Wayman was the next
speaker. He said he had made great
many speeches. but this was the hrst
time he had to follow the mayor OF a
city. That was hard to do, and so he
simply welcome the visitors TO
Baltimore. at is a grand city" ne
said. "because it is on Maryland soil.
.Tt is remarkable how many grea
men MARYLAND has produced, especially
On the eastern shore" concluded the
Bishop smiling.
PROT. ]. N. Lockeman of Morgan
College was the next speaker. he De
lieyed this convention would set ii
motion a tidal wave that would d
much for education in Maryland a
we'll as throughout the country. ID
thanked the visitors for attending IN
session when all nature bade them g
to the sea side, the vale and the noun
tain. Rev. Harvey Johnson, ID. u
nastor Of the Union Baptist churcf
where the convention met, also mad
welcome address. Mr.. E. J. Warlne
was introduced as the first colored law
Yer admitted to the Baltimore bar. ii
said: "lt is only lately that our CIT
has established academic and co
legiate institutions for colored studenu
There are only about thirty or fort
teachers of our race in this city. i
NAV surprise you when | tell you th'
we have in our school board memb'
who said: Niger teachers have prove
4 failure 1 quote him literally. Whe
read it I remarked that it shoul
not 90 uncontradicted, and so l pu
lisbed and answer in which told hlI
Of the success Of colored educators
in Cleveland and Columbus ONO,
Detroit and at Yale and Harvard Al
Arbor and other places and tnat the
were not only teaching coiore
students, but also whites. Ana az
vised him to visit these schools al
then. if he still considers cOlor'
teachers failures, he was past redeml
ton. The effort to secure coior'
teachers i'm colored schools here d
resulted in law providing that coior'
teachers be appointed in schools
colored children, hereafter to be Dull
hit it seems the authorities are d
oyar anxious to build new scho
houses preferring to add annexes to Il