St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-05

our system of public school, high
school and university instruction.
The problem with which Prof Wash
ington has been graphing, with results
that are wonderful when we consider
the short duration of his labors and
the material that he had to work with,
was the condition of the colored PEG :
pie Of the South. What could be done
that would help them most in the
work of life? How could instruction
be made practical to them, at the same
time that it was directed to the widen
ing of the mind and the awakening of
new ideas and higher ideals? The
Tuskegee institute is the answer to
the question. 1t combines industrial
education with literary training Il
takes life as a whole, accepts the col
Ored people as it finds them, and aims
to do for them that which will most
surely help them, along all the lines
on which they are capable of advanc-
ing It's normal department furnishes
teachers who are to carry its fame
and its spirit far and wide It's literary
department plants the seeds Of educa
ton where industry and determination
may bring them to termination and
to fruitage. It's Industrial departments
see to it that the young men and WON
en- who go there shall not be turned
loose upon the community with moth
OF IN q
makes them feel themselves too good
for the field or the shop, but shall be
fitted for the actual and practical
work Of conquering independence by
honest and worthy labor 1t is rare
combination of ideals and common
sense; and the man who has been so
large part of it's success is no ordi-
nary figure.
We think that there may be interest
and profit in what Prof. Washington
has to say Of his work not only foE
those who are interested in the problem
of the future of the negro, toward
whose solution This man has contribut-
ed so much, but for the prouder repre-
sentatives of a less humble community.
1t seems to US that this educational
enterprise, in it's intense practically,
in it's absence of theory except the in
tent to adapt instruction to actual life,
in the influence that it is eXert1ng
now upon the daily lives of thousands,
may carry another lesson with it, and
1.an M a
other record to thinking. Does the
educational system of which we
are so proud fit as closely to the
real needs Of the people as this eX-
the practical benefits as large? May
it not be that this enthusiast, ham
pered by no reverend systems, has
struck out by the mere process of Gre
that it is set to do, a larger idea; has
given to his brothers of another race
something to think over, set them some
discoveries to learn? The Indifferent
in our public systems Of education
would seem to require an answer in the
affirmative.
All of these considerations combine
to make the visit of Prof Washington
to this city where so little has been
heard and known of his work, a most
interesting occasion. There will be OPP
portunity to see and hear remarkable
man. There will be some further de-
scription of his more remarkable work.
There will be the arousing of an inter-
est and Intelligent sympathy which
will, no doubt, find expression in larger
aid to an enterprise still in its infancy,
and largely dependent upon the gen
crosby OF philanthropic men and Wom-
en- who desire to help the cOlOred race
in working out the tremendous prob
lem that is theirs and ours alike. And
there will be the inspiration of a new
and practical educational system
which, though it deals with different
conditions from ours, is yet still nearly
enough in touch with them not to lack
suggestiveness. For all of these rea-
sons the forthcoming meeting and ad-
dress should be looked forward to with
great interest by the public-spiritad
people Of St Paul.