Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-08

| of the experts and the secretary of the
commission The increased receipts from
| higher rates and enlarged trade should en-
| able the dairymen to pay fees for certifi-
| Gates that would cover necessary expenses.
| But there are good reasons why the
scheme should be In charge of public Of
| ficials and the expenses paid from the COM
| mon treasury. As already stated, the adop-
| ton of this plan would have a decided eff
| feet In improving the entire milk supply,
| which is the same end toward which pres
| ent methods are working. If the general
| average condition of the milk supply could
| be improved more rapidly and with less ex-
| pense by encouraging the best class of
| dafrymen than by discouraging the worst
| there would seem to be sufficient reason for
using some public money in this way"
Program This Afternoon.
| The program for the session this after
| noon is as follows:
| Are We Degenerating?' Irving C. Rose,
| NJ. D.. Washington, D. C.
| Age; Must 1t Enfeeble?' Floyd B. Will
| son. New York
| "A Plea for Rainbaths in the Public
| Schools VIM. Paul Gerhard, c. E., New
\ York.
Suppression of Epidemics." Walter Wy
| man. NJ. D.. Washington. D. C.
| The Genesis of Disease" Elmer Lee,
| M. D., New York
| The Opening Session.
The general meeting of the association for
| 1850 opened last evening in the assembly
| hall of Columbian University. Many promi-
| nent professional and scientific personages,
| not only from this city, but from all sec
| tons of the United States, were in attend
ance. Essays on health, educat ton, art, So
cial economy, finance, Jurisprudence and
other topics are being read and discussed
All citizens of Washington interested in de-
bates on questions relating to social prog
ress, and all members of literary, scientific
and deliberatfve bodies. with their families,
| having been invited to attend the sessions
| of the convention 1t may readily be seen
| that the general meeting is of decided in
terest.
AT the opening session last evening an ad-
dress of welcome was delivered by Dr. E.
NJ. Galaudet, president of the Columbia
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. The
annual address of the president of the as
ISOLATION, Charles Dudley Warner, LID,
of Hartford, Conn, was read, a nominating
committee was appointed, to report next
Friday morning; several announcements
were made by the general secretary, and
other business was transacted
On behalf of the people of Washington,
DR.. Gallaudet extended to those present
last evening a most cordial welcome, to
which response made by F. J. Kings
bury of Waterbury, Conn, vice president of
the association. In the course of his re-
| marks Mr.. kingsbury announced that
President Warner was unable to be present
| He also said the members of the associa-
| ton were certainly glad to meet In the cap
| ital city of the nation. In the future, he
sessions even more interesting than those of
| the past would be held here.
President Warmers Address.
The vice president introduced Rev. JOS
| Anderson, DID,, who, by request, read the
annual address of President Warner on
The Education of the Negro
In opening, Dr. Warner went back to the
| end of the civil war, when 5,Oooooa negroes
were added to the citizenship of the United
States. Then tracing events attending the
transition stages in the SOUTH he came to
| the point where it was recognized that the
education of the negro was a natural Sc
quence to his enfranchisement. The estab-
llShment OF a public school system was
nailed by the negroes with delight, but,
whether from a desire for education or as
sign of freedom. was. DR.. Warner said a
question. Colleges and universities for the
negroes succeeded the common schools and
these institutions were created and stimu-
lated by northern people and societies
While classics and a similar curriculum to
those found in northern colleges were es-
tablished, an especial stress was laid on
liberty culture under the idea that educa-
ton can realize the theory of universal
equality.
These results" continued DIR. Warner
ARE Of nature to lead us seriously to
inquire whether effort was founded
upon an adequate knowledge of the negro.
l am Speaking of the majority, the mass to
be considered in any general scheme and
not of the exceptional individuals
THE opportunity and the disposition to
labor make the basis of all our civilization.
The negro was taught to work, to be an
asriculturist, a mechanic, a material pro-
Queer Of something useful. He was taught
this fundamental thing. Our higher educa-
ton, applied to him in his present develop
ment, operates i'll exactly the opposite d.
rection.
This is a serious. assertion. Its truth
or falsehood cannot be established by sta
flSti lint SYNS,,
ed by experience and the observation of
men competent to judge, who have studied
the problem close at hand.
Schools Must Re Maintained.
Two things are evident: First, the negro
population is certain to increase in the
United States in a ratio at least equal to
that of the whites. Second the south needs
| its labor. Its deportation is an idle dream
The only visible solution is for the negro
| to become an integral and intelligent part
| of the industrial community.
THE common school must be as fully
sustained and far reaching as It is in
the north reaching the lowest in the city
| Sums and the most ignorant in the agricul-
tural districts, but to Its strictly elemental
| teaching must be added moral instruction
and training in industries and in the habits
of industry. Only by such rudimentary and
| industrial training can the mass of the ne
gro race in the United States be expected
n.
/ dressing of culture field with no depth
| of soil may for moment stimulate the
| promise of vegetation. but no fruit will be
produced. 1t IS gigantic task, and genera
| lions may elapse before 1t can in any de-
gree be relaxed.
| The opportunity of the common school
| must be universal, and attendance in IT
| compulsory Beyond this training in the
| decencies of life, In conduct and in all
| the industries must be offered in such in
dustrial institutions as that Of Tuskegee
| For the exceptional cases higher educa-
/ ton can be easily provided for those who
| show themselves worthy of 1t, but not Of
| fered as an indiscriminate panacea
| ITO this end 1t Is Indispensable that one
great evil, which was inherent in the re-
| construction measures and Is still persisted
In, shall be eliminated. The party allegi-
| ance of the negro was bid for by the temp
| tation of office and position for which he
| was in no sense fit. No permanent right
eous adjustment of relations can come till
| this policy is wholly abandoned. Politicians
! must cease to make the negro a pawn In
| the game of politics.
| GEN. GARCIA CAPTURED.
| AguinaldO's Lieutenant Caught nv Of
| fcer of Gen. Funston's StnH.
| A dispatch from Manila saws Gen. Pente-