The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-22
INDUSTRIES OF C0LoRED COLLEGE.
Some of the work That Is Being Ac-
compIfshed.

compiished.
The Teachers Institute at the Georgia
State Industrial College opened last We'd
nesday with an address from Supt. Ash
more, who dwell largely upon the quail
ihcations of persons who present them
selves for teachers. He showed that the
demands upon the teaching profession to-
day are much greater than ever before;
that a person must not only have char
acter and educational qualifica tions, but
must possess skill and the efficiency nee
essary for the proper discharge of the
duties which come to him in the school
room.
The address was well received. The
student body Of the school is stin very
large. There are represented, this year,
in the school nearly sixty counties. Per-
haps the most interesting feature of the
school is its industrial work. Very few
people know the extent TO which the var-
Gus industries are taught in the college.
In the bricklayng and masonry de-
partment number of The boys are at
present at work in the city and il is said
mat they are doing excellent work. IN
this department there are about thirty-six
young men, many of whom have become
good brlcklayers and plasterers.
In the tailoring department clothing has
been made for numerous customers
throughout the city. 1t has made this
year, over a hundred uniforms for the
young men of the school. These uniform
suits are made for about $3.50 each, thus
enabling a boy to make very presenta-
BILE appearance at a very small cost. There
are now in the department twenty-eight
young men.
In the shoemaking department there are
eighteen young men who are doing good
work; many of them have learned to
make first-class shoes. The department
has also furnished shoes for a number of
prominent men in the city.
The paint shop and blacksmith shop
are doing efficient service. The painting
department has done good work for some
of the dealers in wagons and buggies.
In the sewing department there are
some eighty girls; many of them have be-
come very efficient seamstresses. A visit
will convince any one that excellent work
Is being done.
1t is fair to say that the industrial de-
partment of the school will compare fav-
orably with like departments in other
schools. It's facilities are, however, linn
tied. Ii has nothing like the number of
instructors or the number of buildings or
the amount of endowment possessed by
either Tuskegee or Hampton. Each Of
these schools has something like six or
seven times the amount of equipment pos
sessed by the Georgia State Industrial Col
lege, and yet the college has nearly half
as many students are are in either Tus-
kegee or Hampton. If it had the same
amount of advertisement which Hampton
and Tuskegee has had although it is
some twelve or fifteen years younger, the
school would be regarded as one of the
best schools for colored people In the
South.
Another feature of the school is a sort
of intelligence' agency, the purpose of
which is to furnish TO such citizens as
desire them, office boys, and in fact, such
servants as may be desired not only for
the office, but for domestic purposes. The
president of the school stated few days
ago to the students that any kind OF
work that is honorable ought to be ac-
csptable to students rather than that they
should be idle during the summer. The full
purpose of the school seems to be to not
only to dignity labor in the eyes of the
students, but to see to ii that every stu
dent during the summer is engaged in
some honorable occupation. The school
does not want students who are not will
ing to engage in some sort of work; IL
would therefore be a great advantage to
it if citizens desire any sort of service
that they would communicate with the
president He win be very glad to, do what
he can to supply the want
The coming commencement promises to
be one of the most interesting in the his
tory of the school, Bishop w A Cand-
Ter has been invited to deliver the bacca-
laureate sermon The Bishop is deeply
interested in the cause of education
among the colored people. Among the
others invited to be present are: Gov.
Gambler, Bishop w. j. Gaines, Prof
Booker T. Washington and Congressman
George II. White.