The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-14
WORSE AND WORSE>-A REPR0ACH TO THE
STATE.

f0fmaJfOn is correct, anu Ill CORRECT, "
request you to state explicitly the du-
ties and powers of this negro politician
over these unfortunate white children.
Replying in the issue of August 18th
it was shown that Jim Young's tool was
officially chairman of the Board, but
that Jim Young ran the white institution
for the education of the blind just as
he pleased.
Further investigation into the powers
of Jim Young over the teachers and
students of the white institution shows
every respectable man in the State hang
his head in shame. Article of the by
laws of the institution confers this
power:
at shall be the duty of the Committee
of Inspection to visit each department
of the institution twice every month,
and make Il written report to the Board
as to their condition and the manner in
which they have been conducted
That is to say that it is the duty of the
negro Jim Young, twice month when he
is on the Committee of Inspection, to go
into all the rooms and departments of
the institution and make an inspection
''as. to their condition. Is it not a
shame that Il negro is thus given power
and directed to inspect the apart
ments of the white teachers and white
pupils? Not even i'm 1869 was such
power given to a negro. 1t is Il power
that shows the depths to which we have
fallen in these days of the worship of
the negro. 1t is the custom to appoint
the members by turn OH the Inspection
Committee. as provided by section s,
article2, for it provides that the Inspec-
ton Committee ''shall consist of two
members, who shall be appointed by the
President at each regular monthly
meeting AS these inspectors must re-
port on the condition of the rooms, the
bedding, and everything else, and as the
members of the Board serve on this
committee by turns, the powers and du-
ties conferred upon Jim Young in the
female department. of the institution are
such as to show that we have more
than reached equality, and the negro
director is made inspector of the rooms
and apartments of white ladies. Is there
any worse degradation to which white
girls and ladies can be subjected?
But this is not all. The Committee on
Education is composed of three, Jim
Young, (colored), Geo. Tonnoffski
(''George" rs Jim Young calls HIM, and
Chas. Mcnamara. What are the duties
of the members of this committee?
Their duties are PRESCRIBED in article 3,
to the principal and teachers on all mat
ters pertaining to the literary work of
the institution" Think of it! a negro
politician is given position on advisory
body ION all matters pertaining to the
literary work of the institution. This
negro helps to select text books, and with
dHOlHeT committee, SHdil endorse OF
prescribe all rules or regulations for the
GOVERNMENT of pupils" Here this
negro is given authority to control ''the
government of pupils is the white
children at the white institution must
be governed by regulations which are
subject to the approval of this negro.
What do the white mothers and fathers,
who have children afflicted with blind
ness, think of this degradation? The
following extracts from the bylaws show
the further powers, that this negro has
over white blind children:
''Sec. g. All questions Of discipline or
of misunderstanding between pupil and
teacher, or between teacher and princi-
pal, that cannot be settled satisfactorily
by the principal shall be referred to this
committee for decision, and both sides
shall be fairly represented and consd
cred.
Sec. 4. This committee SHALL in CON
junction with the Principal, prepare and
conduct the examination of teachers, but
the Committee may secure the services
of other competent persons to act for
them in this capacity.
Sec. ). The principal shall report to
this Committee annually before the cleo
ton of teachers upon the work of the
several teachers, their relative efficiency,
and of their Improvement professionally.
The report shall be written.
The ladies who teach in this institu-
ton, as well as the pupils, are thus
under the control of Il negro politician in
this year of grace, 1898. Not only are
these things true, but section 10, article
10, even confers additional power upon
this negro who, by appointment of Rus
sell, is put over the ladies who teach the
blind:
Teachers shall instruct their pupils
under the direction of the Principal and
THE EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE.
tJim Young is the committee), and
PERFORM SUCH OTHER DUTIES
AS THEY MAY PRESCRIBE"
What do the white people of North
Carolina think of thus putting the pupils