The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-12-16

nabor. ". Taylor, Northern agent OF the
Tuskexes Normal and Industrial lusu.
fnte. 1nsksgee, Alahama talked In the
JnItnriun Cnurch yesterday morning on
nonntry. The attendants was large And
Mr.. rnylors address was listened to with
great interest.
Ha began hts talk by zivlnE Tho history
Of Tho Institute. It was organized on
July A. 1881, with one TEACHER. owning
neither land OF buildinE. Today there
are more than 800 students, seventy ON.
cell and teachers. lS0D aerea oil lana ana
thirty-seve buildings all oil which except
the ilrst Two. were built ~ the stuuents.
The school 10 situnted 10 the "black Belt"
OF ,AlhbAmu. where the negroes outnum.
ber the whites very largely. The niue
counties nearest Tuskegeo furntah the
school a constituency OF nearly 1Sp.uo
colored people. II addition TO thls stu
dents come TO us from all OF the SoQthern
y Et4tes and several Northern. aiia -Restertl,
6tatoA
Tho mission Of kuakeRee Is 10 educate
I. the iosders That Will 80 oui on the rice.
1otton aud sufar corn plantations ana
give THOR iives In upluIhg tne Illnesses
That Ia where eonsacrated service y most
needed. AZ least 70 per cent. OF tue pop
nlation OF Aiabamu Is In the country us
i trIcts-
In planning the course OF study az
1uekeGee, We hnvo alWayH Tried 10 keep Az
view the actual conalton and needs Of
the maeses. No attempt whatever "
made ut classical aduchtion. Instead Oh
giving the boys Latin, they are given IA
boz.
their expenses 80, OOt IN labor. This year
they will cultivate 200 acres oil land,
manufacture a million bricks. turn out
3 thousands 81 feet oil lumber al Inc saw
mill, make wagons, bugxies.l shoes, har.
meas. do tailoring. laundering, dress
making. cooking. painting. plastering,
etc, aud nurss training 1se
Nothing 10 more. foreign to the Iuskegee
idea OF education than to send out boys
81 aud girls with their heads full OF DOCK
learningn with The false AID uelustve iuea
that IL 10 Disgrace TO labor. Ninety per
cent OF every race has to do common
labor for livelihood anu the negro can
be no exception to that rule.
In the South industrial education Is the
negroes greatest opportunity. Against
him as q mechanic lhere Is little or 40
v x,rsjuuice. Whites and blacks can he seen
worhing on the same buildlng on equal
ttarms. In sucn matters tt 10 u question
81 ability. The same Is true oi business.
Nonegro faI Iner Is ever boycotted because
OF hts color II negro has thousa nj
dollars to lend he has no trouble LV nnd a
borrower.
Last year the southern negroes did labor
to the amount OF s0JJ, 900 QUO. We will
hold our own only by being we'll equip
ped. repeat, herein lies our greatest op-
portunity aud the more our heads are
trained 10 think and our hands to WORK
will we he capable OF mastering the op'
portuntty,
The longer live the m ore am lead to
believe that the treat men. accorded the
nsgro Ia this country Is moro because oil
what he has not than what he has 10 q
great extent our pockets, hands aud
Leads are empty and nobody cares any
thing for a man that has nothing and
knows less
Siuce the war more than s25 600 OOl
hays been sent south for negro eli ucat,on
but II the negroes themselves are moi
taught self reliance, self help. but little
good can be ccompiished.
The Jemoralizlng effect slay VERY had or
v,au nil INT thav oil, 10.
to think 10 plan Tor ths future. to max,