The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-04

opportunity. We must study our en-.
ployer's interes.s ana be WIN be more aps.
TO study ours. Tia black man 10 thrust
into the arfsn1 - ern.pesisicn and in the
struggle for ayistcnEe must stand or FAD.
sink or swim, A., ssie~ N his opeortuni-
ties Nuch 81 III, W. seArsed from 'ss>o his,
tory Of otfns rkSsS. rs 10 tho ssrrcss 81
racial and 6nas1aHal stsength and growth
the experbaee,}sr sw tns past ~ before
u n &c. -
We must learn aad. o, zctise well she
laws Of personal and social morality and
hygiene. There is no lodging here. This
Is Imperative. As black men we must
learn voluntary and intelligent ohs-
dience TO the great laws OF personal aad
socisl well-he.ns progress. We must rise
10 conscious recogojtion OF che relentless
power OF the siicn; forces OF civilization,
obedience to whsc5 "a the parent o, hus
man progress. We must be less tak.s
up with the immediate present, less o.
cupied with the data OF the senses; loss
moved by the impulse OF emotion and the
obs'inacy of praiudice. Rather must we
heed the axiom ~. good Judgment, the
dictates OF EJppd reason and the i-cncr-
atives OF enlightened conscience
We need more asd more Z sr-c.weI.
balanced education. an education that Is
Of once practical. intellectual and morai.
nor should the religious phase OF educa-
ton be neglected. The religious sus epti-
bility OF the black man Is q key 20 his
destiny and any scheme OF education that
omits the training OF this susceptibility
Is fatally defective. Mr.. Washington, our
great race leader, recognizes this. Him.
self modestly religious, he sees 10 II thai
the religious side of education at Tuskef-
\ gee Is not overlooked.
The education of the black man must be
symmetrical. The susceptibility OF the
negro TO the formal processes OF tie
schools is unouestioned and this danger.
So. my friends. in my judgment the in.
tellectual education OF the negro should
progress carefully and thoroughly. AMT
right here / wish 10 say that no peor;e
suffer more from mere rote aud mechanical
! teaching than do colored people pcs
sessng possibly less spontaniety and ir,--
itiatiye Journalism, whether in edncat;ng
or religion has most dsaden,ng eIedtl
on the negro mind The negro needs 1.-Two
earnest. well-traine9. conscientious moral
teachers, with something akin to. or iaeaE
teal to. a. Christian conservation to thai
duties. No other teachers actually do any
good in colored schools. Texas is spend
ing much money in the public eiucati,,i
of her colored children, and this is right,
but greater care than ever nseis to be.
exercised to see that the RICH. kind a
teachers are placed in colored school,.
The wrong kind are only sowing seei ~.
future trouble for the negro and the colt
monwealth. Il is true that the MORT
qualifications should be looked, into clos.
tly.
! In this practical age and in case or ..
! people SO elementary in economic develop.
ment. II would seem that there should tie
a practical trend 10 the education OF ~ :,
negro. especially when this can be
achieved with 10 necessary detrlment t
/ his intellectual and moral training To
have a knowiosse OF simple accounting,
/ some ideas OF Business usage and business
morality. and to be in possession OF The
knowledge and skill connected with so.r.
one OF the fundamental useful arts in
!. mechanics or agriculture--arls which ,re
the basis OF ciaillzati5ffs >fnateiSs,i -s7,,,.
would be distinct a.rantage 10 the ii
Gated black man. Herein Hes a stt5.;s
danger that he may become warped ans
unbalanced !nst as he Is coming ellwiy
] into the intellectual ard moral colscous
ness of civilization that he become at.'rut-
mally self conscioas and nesslmlstc, Ills
native disposition, his chdef'ulress. HIS
/ hopefulness, enthusiasm, his Iumapitr--pr
i people possessing more OF the milk OF be-,
man kindness and sympathy than tco
negro-are his best tributes 10 civilization
and their value will yet be Appreciated
A wrong education would spoil all OF this.
and so / say. give the black man we'll
rounded education. that he Develop bis
own native Inherent traits and MOI bea INC
mere caicsture OF The white man and u
useless appendage TO civilization,
she intellectual Training Of the hfg'r .
important; here Is less and less 10. u
civilization for ignorance our co,ar.ss--
cial and industrial systems demand
creasingy intelligence everywhere, \
sound intellectual training w u necessity.
The key 10 this is thorolighness gp
slowly sut surely The American Mission.
airy association. supported ny the.4cngre.
gationsl churches OF tho r.d,el Snlcs, has
been the pioneer in the a1ueaicr clio
mentsry. industrial and higher O. 10
negro in the South Their courses OF study
and methods of instruction NAV be IA tel
as models Ia the field OF intell actual eiu-
cation for the negro Their motto has
been mot how much, but how welt. We
are in great danger in our colorei sctJ1ls
of allowing our pupils 10 acquire mere
word and book terms-a verbal altnsss
that has no real power beneath l. our
very imiiatiyeness enchances. This SOFT OF
practical training has aside frcm II mo 1ey
value. II gives soundness TO indgm n
and seriousness to character. waut NJ n
a purely abstract training, ani much
needed hy he young negro IN his cG rio
ct making his way into civilization.
Prairie View aims to Impair we'll
re- 4ded education 10 those who IRE IN
teach our race il TEXAS. Tire State a.
Texas fosters this school as rrans of
educating her col red children. and he
institution stapds as concrete witness
OF he real frieniliness NJ the Southern
white man for the Southern Black man.
and it is the hope Of thore whl shape The
policy OF that school that # shall d. a
great work in elevatrg the c-lored peo-
pie and bringing about greater harm,ny
between the whites and blacks Of Texas