The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-28
SOUTH'S EDUCATORS
SOUTHERN TEACHERS N SESSION
At HICuMOND.
MANY PROBLEMS DISCUSSED.
PRESIDENT FULTON TALKS or Ne
GRO EDUCATION.
No Adequate Returns Tor the Millions
spent-Ihc Greatest Need of the
South To-day a. Great Institution,
OvrrshadowinE Al Others, f"r
Technical InStruction-Nan, Dir-
uuEuished Educators Present

OvrrshadowlnE Al Others, for
Technical Instructi"n--Nans DiS-
tinEuished I1ducators Present.
Nichmond. Va. Dee q Tho tenth an
nual convention OF the Southern E1uca. |
,loual Association mot here th.H morning
;hc attendance being very good THE hot>
was called TO order by J. L.. iuu. chair
man OF the Local Comml.tee of Arrange.
ments. ana an Invocation was made by
Rov. Corvy h.. Morgan OF this city.
Addresses OF welcome were delivered by
Gov j. Hoge Tyler Mayor Richard II
Taylor and CITY school Superintendent
Fox and responses were made by super
utcudcnt Wooten OF Paris. Tex r. C.
Glenn. state commissioner Of education OF
Georgia. and Superintendent Of Public iu-
s,ructlon }. G.. calhoun of Louisiana. Mr
HM then surrendered the Ravel TO Pres.
iJcut n. q Fulton chancellor of the
University OF Mississippi. who thercupon
took charge of the convention and dellv-
cred his annual address
A. %. Fulton. chancellor of the Uni-
versity OF Mississippi. in bis annual cd
dress as president OF the association. disc
cuzsed the facilities FOR education given
by the south 20 the white ana coiorei
races, and said in each state they had
divided with the coiored racc the funds
raised hy taxes paid almost eutire.y oy
white men. and had given equal educa-
uonal facilities az the public expense. Hs
asked whether 10 had been proven that
tho studies which trnln TO acuteness the
Auglo-slaNon mind were the best to sharp
the MUnmRtfar ar Ha Afflatn lac
lerU Had not blind sontlmtut been aim
ing TO give Augio-Saxon minds To the
negro race instead of Offering that DE-
f-iUptnrnt aud training - hiCh would bees
. meet the possibilities Of that racaf NIL
lions of doliaus had been spent annually
for thirty-nVe years in the Southerl
states for the education of the neefa
race. Had there been an adequate retufn
in Advancement shown II was he add
~. the duty OF rhe Intelligent educators
Of the south 10 study AMI discuss these
problems in all fullness. and with Impair
ilal Interest and TO determine. inform
the kind and method OF education ana
training that should be afforded 70 tho
negro race Continuing. President Fulton
slid IN part:
There are two important particulars IN
which coming chBnEea viii certainly
modify the policies and the work OF our
schools of higher rank In the first place
those institutions which aspire 70 BE- cali
ei colleges or universities must see that
vastly more D. lost than b gained when
thcir rolls are swclied bv the names Of
Immature and aimless students III pre-
paratory classes and when the funds and
energies Of the institution are spent in
| work hat properly belongs to olemcn-
! tary or secondary schools
In the second place institutions intend
20 10 give specially scienuhc or technical
training viii learn that their beet work
is tot done when they attempt 20 be all
things 90 on mcn-to work upon material
that should De- 100 the grammar schools
as well as that which is more advanced
I 20 give classical or literary culture as
well ns tcchuical-to prepare for ultimate
entrance INTO thc profess ion of teaching
az well 1s fer The management Of Indus
/ trial enterprises.
Technical education In the South IN the
] institutions already established. and IN
I those which may be- established will no,
I achieve FOR individually nor for she com
munity. the highest and fullest results
until such education shall be made 10 con-
I form more fully with the law which the
experience OF al tSe past shows to be
the governing principle 10 educational ai-
vnnccmcnt.
'''rhe greatest educational need of tho
Y South today o. al least one institution
]
l mont. Hs means ~ SUPPORT and iie en-
| vironment 10 command and hold without
I challenge the rosltlou of leader IN tech
nical training among the institutions
| about a. No one of the state institutions
l can claim this postlon for our section.
I To afford the material appliances for such
| nn institution aH We need. si.0oWo ls
minimum sum. To maintain It's work az
/ a should be-. an endowment of not less
I than x300G00 would be- needed. one iusii-
/ iusion with ample eqginsaeat frctes!. 10
/ Gated and Organized. could easily be- made
10 exert a guiding ana helpful influence
upon all manual ana technical trimming IN
all schools in the south.
! "Can there not b. found somewhere that
ur ion OF wealth. material with wealth Of
noble Mboruli;y which shall provide IN
the first years Of the coming century Tor
this most pressing need of eduoation 10
the Southf'
The morning session WAS concluded by
an admirable paper read by Miss celea-
/ ia s. Parrish professor Of physiology
| and philosophy at the Randolph Macon
Woman's College OF Lynchhnrg, on The
aubiect Education for Southern Women.
! g. IS Parrish professor ~ philosophy IN
I tho Randolph Macon Woman'a college of
7 LvnchhurR Nn.. presenteA some interest
ing facts Regarding the education 81 w9-
men in tho South. i.ast year about i.fo
Southern women. ne Falas were CONG fNi~
lcge work in recognized institutions
throughous the college year. Although
Tho results of the opening of schools 20
] southern women are. under the cifeum-
/ stances. assonishiugly large. they had been
l divappointing 10 many optimistic people.
| He continued;
"Of course our poverty, the regency Or
/ ,be awakening Of women % self-con-
Z roiousnees and the conservatism of the
I so,th might b. mentioned but the man
| rcason is probably found in the defects
of our socOrdary schools for girls. These
/ sehoois 90 not prepare for
| college and give little or no
| stimulus TO further work. They nave 20
/ endowment. are crippled by competition.
cmplov roor teachers. and ovcrworh them
~ a pitiful extent. They have. ~ rule.
ro laboratories, libraries nor gyrnnasiurns.
/ -rheir work is mechanical OF s'lmuiat-
Ing rnauy-slded development. of creating
abiding Interest. Of the gradual adjust
! meut 40 the spiritual posHesslons - the
rare. OF education nH ftting a student 70
| take nossegsion OF the culture We inherit
I from, the past they have never dreamed.
"Our great need now is good secondary
! schools An important step in this d.
I rcctlan viii be % streng then city hiTh
schools. but even when this Il done. tho'
Z small cities and large country population
of the south will make necessary num-
her OF girls BOARDING. schools II every
| 'femaie college In the South would make