The sun., 1896-08-23
IIFTINGTHE BLACK MASSES
REMARKABLE GRoWTH OF THE
PURLIC SCHOOLS OF EORGIA.
President Wright Says that There Are
$500 Afro.Americnn Teachers, Sevsn
Colleges, nnd 2OD, ,S33 Pupils in the state.

Twenty-Five years ago Con. Oliver o.. How
ard, then in charge of the inportnnt work
| OF the Freedtn,n's Burenu visited Atlanta
4 and, OF course. made the rounds OF ths
schools then in operation for the benefit of
the recently enfranchised AFRO americana.
In one of those schools. where Ten. How.
ard made tank I, III. nupils So tho story
goes he stopprd suddenly and pointlnq
| the index finger of his only hand M t;,e -.
| tenscly interested urchins before him said.
! "Now, my Young friends. when return
| 10 the North what sbolI r.lI vonr rri,nd.yn
! For n spoce there was deol silcnce Than.
away Oh the back row of sents. II little black
hand shot into the mir
| "weu. what shall I toll ther,a, os,cd tb.
| General his voice and cnn,,ruanc, radiot-
ing with beneyolcnce.
| "Tell 'em we's a.risin," hlurtcd o,,t the
| litre chan
Tho good noct M frcedo,p J,hn CreenIc,f
| Whittier wrote n pnem IN tho Incident c,lI.d
"Uow,rd al A,h,nt, !" IN. ,ri,;rnI ny With
| is now on, Of IN, most cherished, no.s.s.,,,,s
| NJ IN, Httle urcbin lnn,, sinca ,,,o,,, q, ,,,nrs
estate. and who has bc,n ris,rr nnd lifting
! otbers of lila race IN nm rsr and r,,,Icr ,,on.
| hood dpriny tho ma, decade npd ~ bolf Tn.
| little urcbin w,s Richard n wr,gbt now
| President ~ tho Georgto stat. Co,,c,. for
C,o,or,d youths located neor sav,nnrb Mr..
| Wright who has bean tarin,, , sr.cinl corr..
n, ,ho II.rv.ra cr,,,,on c,a, ~ ,.,.
| three mon,hs was IN New yorl tho mast
| week aud =, conyersat,op ,yi,h M. oor,or,tn,,
| III. Growth NJ sducottor a,nnra h,s ,oo,Ia
especI,l,v in Geors,a wbero ho ia rn.orded os
an authority an nh e1ncn,ion, Al mat,ors NJ
Wright s,id.
"J b,vo somo I,,.,o ,ror,,, -, -.
.duc,,,on,, nroor.ss -, ,hn ,,,, ,,r.n;oon.
~ Eonroio 7, "a rov, ,n,,,,,,, 80, st,a.
from the rostrpm NJ er,duation nj Atlanta
1.nivcrsitv 7 y,s ,,r.J 20 ,,t,, -. -,
n grammar ecbool IN ,b. sor,by.s,orr nart
NJ Gsorgi. Tbis schnoI hod haa, as,nh
lshed Inv soma teochors ~ the Annricor
NIssororv Ass,ciotJon ,,toh hara, ,,s
,ror,, % ,roo,Ior &, ,,., -, ,.,s
IN. sr,ol, n, h.,,,a 10, L., 80, 70
wou,d ho exc.edIns,v irtoros,tr,, % ala.
,ho ,,orv 80 ,h..e ,,,o,t, - A..
.,h. ,iJ ,oro ,,,nr,s, 80 1iaon,. -. -
.he stota In f,ct bouo,.or t,,a Co., ,,hoai
,,a. .,,,ol - a. .,,,, -, Wv
n Sbor,oan AVA So,no.'s,. EI,, y, Co.,
,nu ,r 'a - %'n -t .tan .t
hwer,cons MA t. noan,',a. ,sc, ?. a.
= .in,,,u rao, ,,a. o., - ~
,o,i,I rss,donco -, ,raaI,hn E,,,.,,.h
T.; ,,h 49,, s, - -,
tbo r,orn,snort - ~ - -,
mn, ~ ,ha Cor,,,i.O,o na"a',.
S,,,. C,,ro,o 90. -nIo..a va,,.,
.w,ha, ~ a., 80, ,,,-
In th.ra 1naa a.
~ rho sIs 10 .froe.,er;onns .non ~ ,ona M
stata who ,o,,d rooi ar5 - a.,, ,,h ''o
cor,d ,.ri,o o,, - 80 49, 80 ,,
Io,,os NOV r,on. ~, a. a.. a., -
,ho s,,o go. -, ,t.., ~
nossos ,,ora ,Ia nrisat 49,, ,;s.io
so,ooIs ,a,,. h E..,. -
~, 10, 80 ,,',,ia -, ao's.,
orcrra,ad l., Gopse,a IT, - =. 81, AZ,
A.. .mor,oon .hoo,, o,-o,Io, % 90. -,
ooo In ,ho g. a., -. So a..m,,
crepsed IN ss 400 q, tb. r,roI ,rhI;, .ohooI
> oeo q, Tho c,,r n,,,I;, .oI,or,, d -. -
o,,a =, 400 shoo, .,,. a,, ~
Amsricar ,socb.rs ,ho hna boor ,ro;,.d ~.
tho y.nl.. ,oanb.r po,s. ,ra -.
w.ra In Tho indenend.nt oIomon,ary s,hoo,.
71a ond In tho hi,b s.hooIs ,na oo,,.,,a.
soo nrn,I. IA 90 ,rr. ~, ~. ,,,,rI;, s,hoo,,
ursre In onerat;on onIv tbr.o rro,tb. &, ,h.
ve.r hu+ ,hs, al, ,oe.dod IN ,ho,, er.t 20, 80.
~, +n ,sso Z, o,r,,I,, A, ~, oon, t.h.
AFRO amar.c,n s,bool nornI,,ion T, ~.
rext "a, y..rs tho .choo, no,,Ia,to,, i,oo..aa
from Io71o5 to o6s soa and "a mar cont ~
,he latter were enrolled IN the nuhlic schools ~
the stare Tbs length NJ the sc,ool tern wo.
incr.,sod from sixtv IN one bundled dnvs and
thars was dacided ,r,nroy.m.r+ In tLn rpr.I
d,s,-i,, schoois 1,hara ~, % soo 49,
Ar.rican school ,oacbars and tbn,, ,r.rs ynrv
urch bei,or nronorad ,ho, o,or Iot,r, for ,h.
work Of te,chtpg In tho cI,v schools thore u,..
n marked ,nnrovcm.nt botb In hu,ldinrs and
In tbe Qualifications nj tsac,ors
" " ~
For tho past six years, perhans for the past
ten wears. there has been n moro systcmatio
ctrort for tho oIuco,io, or At,o A,roricon
% ~ ., va "a VI ~, o-'ii'e l'"i
Youths aiohg lnuustrial hheS, There are now
in Georgia 3, 800 Afro merican teachers and
somo seven ycrv we'll continued coIIo,os
,, 'S''" wy ''i i"''p'u ."It'e'''
Tho Georgia state Industrial College was
organized tive years ago. Its object was to
,t,o ros;dos ooa rrrI;sh ,droo,;or -,
E"e' ooS'ues Soou HhSns" euucatph' ah
opportunity 10 young men to gain such
knowledge OF mechanic arts rs would aid
."s"i w eH'''' '"'e' INV INV 'ui,'"' -'4o' anu
Industrial avenues Inc college also gives
to its students an opportunity TO secure within
&c ,roIls a cor,r,.t, co,loro oau,otior RI.
iS "a''' '"'"p1' '''''N' '""'"'i'" NV
school Is under the pair onage OF the state
OF Georgia, and is fairly well equipped for