The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-25
NATURAL .EL0QUENCE
The American Citizen Of African Descent
a Born Orator.
CONFERENCE AT HAMPTON LAST WEEK.
difference Between tho white and tic
Black Speakers Dfncr rs TO the
Relative Advan tagcs of Industrial
aud Higher Education for tho
Coiored. Youth.

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The enthusiasm OF The conference con-
tinues to increase. That eloquence was
one OF the natural gifts OF the negro
was proved both last night and this
morning. III i meeting Of white people
every speaker and every person in the
audience seems to be surrcunded by 4
atmosphere of reserve,
but not SO in 4 colored convention.
There is no GOODNESS. no embarrassment
or reserve. Every one has perfect con-
fidence III everybody else, and the
speaker especially has that perfect case
that makes Ellen Teny so irresistible
Oil the stage.
Besides this, The subject Of discussion
are vital to them. They know they are
being crowded TO the wall in the oc-
cuDatons on which their lives depend.
They are fluent speakers and impress
sionable listeners so that the only diff
Guilty Is found In ste1nninG tic tide Of
eloGuencc and finding time to hear all
sides.
All the speakers are colored men and
women. who speak from their own OK
pcr!ence. their own thoughts. without
fear or Discrimination.
Last night Prof. NJ. Brown. of Howard
University. spoke for industrial Edu-
cation" He said that the great differ
cncc between q white man and Il Block
one was Il difference OF development
@ii% Wiz iIititl Ctlll SEC more III ttit
ocean. Harvard now has 1853 courses Of
study. showing that they have learned
mat man Was not made for Il course
or study. but Il course OF study was
made for man." -At Harvard the white
boy has only to choose, for all fields
are open to him. Not so with the black
boy. Very few fields are open 10 him.
lie is welcome to be barber cook
nurse. hostlcr or trader. Let him then
be q first rate barber, cook or nurse
Ht the boys who, after emancination
hrSt went TO school could have returned
to the farm to tell their fathers what
Air. Goodrich told us this mornin;: their
latAers would have Iiccui,iu 10 hes;
farmers in the country and would have
made fortunes" The higher cduca-
ton puts the negro out OF touch with
ms ncope. When We 20 South with
our University education we don't find
the soil in which We can grew SEQ 20
IT, said he IN conclusion. that YOU rct
hhoWleaSe or what Your parents are
uolhS now and learn ia do il better"
i'roi. Kelly Miller. Of Howard Cniver-
sity. took issue with Prcf. Brown, ana
SAD that Prof. Brown himself showed
Inc advantages OF the higher cducation
There WAS need and demand not only
Tor cooks ana BARRIERS, but also Tor min
listers. doctors and lawyers. They must
meet learning with learning, ana cl0-
duencc with eloQucncc, ana above All
,heS Hecned wise leaders. II the white
ooS h1eaS eGucaion, MUCH moro does
the colOrcd boy need H.
Iroi Mitier's arGumrnt was cnntln-
ueu ~ ~. lou who said that places
W. wing lor al colored men with
d university education. The negroes
.'ha heeh deprived or It long enough
~" win good reason. No doubt there
was also a reason now why they should
osed NC "o nEi fn, 10, OF i, pvt let the col,