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The colored American., 1900-06-09

eiplinary studiss always yield large
results in life, whether professio nal,
Industrial or what not. A celebrated
publicist says, ''If knew l had only
ten years to live, would spend nine Of
them IN getting ready sor the tentb;"
and again. the president OF Oberlin
College says, "Whsn Gsd wants to
make a squash He taxes about six
wee ks; but when he wants to make an
oak He takes hundred years." These
denunciators take the classic languages
as their hobby when they complain of
time wasted *Ws shall not speak of
the over of L attn and Greek in rein.
ing the taste, or In disoipilng the judg
msnt, OF in invlgorating the under
standing; we shall not say how the
treasures Of antiquity, the wreck Of
empires snd dynasties, the monu'
mental trophies and triumphant
arches, the palaces of princes and
temples of the gods would be totally
lost to US without those finished hnto'
ries which still enlighten and instruct
governments In their duty and their
destiny; neither shall we mention, (as
Story puts iD, "these matohless ora
tions which aroused nations to srms
and chained senates to the chariot.
wheels of all-conqaering eloquence;
but we beg to remind our vorthy
critics that until the eighteenth century
che mass of science In its principal
branches was deposited In the dead
languages, and much of 1t still reposes
there, and that the classics are the only
keys that will unlock the vast treasure
house stored with the accumulation of
ages Furthermore, let them Imagine
the jurist ignorant of the ms1lms of
law and equity that adorn the Roman
Codes; or the physiclan without the
knowledge Of centuries heaped up in
the latlnity Of continental Europe; or
the divine content to trust his faith
and hopes for time and eternity to the
dimness OF inadequate translstions
which often destroy the beautiful spirit
of the text. q misinterpretatlan Of
which due to ignorance is almost as
bad as misbelief aud may lead him
and his folio wers to Robert Ingersol's
hereafter. But, Our honorable enthusi.
asts, who try to make up IN noise what
they lack In common sense. may yet
claim that one can understand the
original text from the translstion. Yes,
understand it (aceording to Story) "aa
one listens to the tale of dream twice
told; or catches the roar Of the ocean
In the ripple Of rivulet; or sees the
blaze OF noon in the first elimmer OF
twilight" Some of the factors OF
higher education may seem trivial and
. waste Of time, but they are as potent
to success In life as a single link is to
the entire chain. As an Illustration,
there is place in the Rocky Noun
taius where the waters Of the Columbia
and Missouri flow within mile of each
other; and there is aspot between them,
where q single grain of sand may
change the course Of the raindrops.
% they fall, in either dlrso ten sending
The colored American., 1900-06-09

hing like hurcuiean iabofs, ana Belofe
III higher educated man, the colossal
difficulties and vices Of life fall away,
as The Brisous did before the sword OF
William OF Hastings 1t wss this all,
potent force that trained the powers OF
ulterance Of ID :mosthenes In q cave by |
the sea, after he was hiss I'd from BeDa,
and made him logical giant and the
greatass orator of antiquity. Ii aims
to send the man to hIs life work, o
nigh minded, far'seeing resolute mae,
able to cope with anything either In
thought or deed. The higher education
is in itself (te use the words of Ransom)
'"a victory nobly wo a;''ths corner stone
of state ," In it are centered all the
avenues Of the worlds progress. Hence
1t is prereq aisits to distinguish sue.
cess in any vocation of life, and is as
| important to the successful man as the
propeller and rudder are to the steam
ship. Bulwer Lytton gays: "there
lives not man on earth out Of the Ia
natlc asylum, who has not In him the
power to do good;;" and the higher ed
ucatiou Is the ali.potent force, 'the
angel OF promise and bow Of hope
that both inspires and enables Us to
press onward and upward toward the
mark of our higher calling. It is as the
as ing granite foundation which sus'
tains any upeTstruetufe that may be
erected upon it; and it is sorry strucs'
ure without the foundation.
Take into consideration the high type
OF civilization of today and ask your
self If highly educated people could
be content 90 suffer the idieness of an
cfent times and the ignorance and SUI
perstisien OF medlaevsl sgss. Gould
this day and time stand witness te such
shameless crimes as were pepertrated
in the early eyes of q more limited in
tellsctual development? Gould we be
content to see Socrates condemned to
drink the fatal hemlock. or to see the
Savior pushed barefoot over the pave
ments of Jerusalem bending beneath
his Cross? No, we could not! Could
we be contented to surrender the fair
Virginia as slave. or denounce Gslileo
as hereto, force him through a bap
ti=im OF persecution, and worst OF all
compel him to solemly deny that the
earth moved around the sun? Not in
the anne of higher education.
Let me ask what the werld would be
today without the founders of the high
ep education? Without Phidias, and
art-without Aesohylus Homer and the
author OF the book of Job, and poetry
without David and Isaih, and religion
without Pericles, and statecraft,-
without P.ate and Bacon, and moral
philosophy-without Thaes, Pytha.
oras and Newton, and natural philoo
phy-wlthout civilization which has
drawn permanent truths from these
fountains OF learning; has drawn learn
ing, that which changes, sustains, dis.
solves, creates and resrs, and makes
. man better? I ask what the world
would be without this benediction oj
, the higher learning; and I answer til q,
| 1t would be, as it has been clouds and
} darkness overhAngIng whirlwfnds and
. countergusts of calsmity-an emnlpo
| tent mass OF nonentity-meerly an
The colored American., 1900-06-09

There Is but ne question in the
world: how to make man be er; and
but one answer: Education. B=oaus-
educaion is ne develops pmsnt of the hui
man faculties tending toward the per
feetibility Of the humaa race, tue high
est mstive, and bringing man nearest
to God. Therefore, education is the
fierce which answers the only question
Ia thi, world, and 1t behooves us who
have been engaged Ia educational pur
suits and whose duty 1t is hereafter to
endeavor to make man better to censid-
OF well this answer, al; )tent force at
our parting and farewell.
Our purpose Is to show wherein the
high education contributes to the ag-
grsgate ef qualities which oonstitute
msnheod calls into play The highest
pewers OF n ans being, and best fi.s
hln feK his life work. II bis vocation
10 to be a professional one, he needs the
higher education; if 1t 1t Ia to be along
ssrving long sratuitess apprentice.
ship In the higher schools. This rule
applies to every man alike in his re
specsive class. and not as DR.. Warner
would haveus applyit to the Caucasian
and deny 1t the Negro. Ia short We
wish to show bow the higher g. ucation
tells most powerfully on any and every
mans life, Irrespective of his raee.
Every man has or ought to have q
mission. Men of purpose have some
thing % live for, and IL the object be a
high and noble one, something to die
fer, seoondly-man was made for. man
and his one God like function in to take
knowledge from she eternity of truth
and put 1t inio the eternity of human
life; thirdy-every nobler creature is,
as it were, the basis and support of
muItitudes that are his interiors, con-
sequsntiy there sheuld be more nobler
creatures to support and elevate the
maltitudes Of interiors, and thus to
make man and the world better. Now
the question arises, what does man
q cd in this particular age of material
prosperity, when only men of great
genius and character and training can
meet with dlsting success, 10 beet
perform the duties incumbent upon
him? He needs possession of and con-
tIol over his whole nature. He needs
''enduring fiber and lasting sinew."
He needs latent power to deal with men;
hureulean strength, lnexhaustive vim,
great intrepIdity OF heart, and the high
est powers of MIND. How is he to de-
vslope these powers? By the. higher
education; that which seeks soul, brain
and Drawn: moral completeness or VIZ.
tue: intellectual perfection or wisdom
physical excellence or health. The
mind snd will are the truly regal par
Of mans nature; and the higher eduea
tion eeeks not only to develope asouno
mind In sound body, but to stimulate
the will snd train the heart, brains an6
hand to obey 1t, Thus 1t inspires the
stout heart to love, whioh is in itself thu
very wine of existence; the cultured
brains TO perform wonders untold; the
skilled hand, II 1t be Of the painter, tt
clothe lifeless canvass with entrsReins
form and bewitching beauty; Of ths
sculptor, to BREATHE into senseless nsar
The colored American., 1900-06-09
HIGHER EDUCATION.

A Howard Graduate Contends For 1t and
Delivers Some Powerful Blows In Its
Defense Beautiful Word Painting and a
Nest Eloquent Peroration.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-06

citizens be arrayed? For which plat
form and which men must patriots
vote who desire general prosperity,
equality Of opportunity, and honest
government at home, and justice, fair
dealing, and consistent respect for the
lives, liberties and happiness of those
whom the fortune Of war has placed
at our mercy?
believe If we are to remain true to
the policy and responsibility marked
out by the patriot fathers, and con-
sidered by them coexstent with our
destiny; If we still desire to remain
free and independent, and to grant
to others the same rights which we
demand for ourselves. to recognize the
equality of citizens before the law and
to oppose artificial nobility whether
political or Industrial; to keep from
entangling alliance with monarchical
governments, and do the right as God
has given us power and conscience
to see the right We must choose the
platform of Democracy, and vote for
the peerless patriot, William Jennings
Bryan.
l think no man believing in the Dec
laration of Independence and the fun
damentals of human rights and lib
erty, willing to grant self government.
as we'll as to demand it for himself.
endowed with ordinary intelligence.
not dishonest or controlled by fear of
some monopolists power, and not
bribed by the spoils which the party
of mammon has collected can do 9TH
erwise than heartily endorse the Dem
ocratic platform and work and vote
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-06

- = ~oO9teV A~e.
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In Cuba, the increased and omnious
army, the decay Of civil service, the
secret treaty with monarchical Eng
land and the ship subsidy bill, mute
but powerful evidence of the unpatrl-
otic, un-American and unconscionable
policy of the Republican party and the
Administration?
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM AND
The 1900 Democratic platform re-
afiirms and endorses the Chicago plat
form of 1896. the most progressive
popular and righteous declaration OF
any platform of the century. The
1895 platform exposed the iniquity
which has existed since 1876 by which
the wealth Is steadily drained from this
nation to the Golfers Of foreigners, it
proposed to right the wrong and make
this country industrially Independent
of England as we boast we are politi-
cally. No rabid, piratical means was
proposed, but simply TO restore the
money of the constitution which had
secretly through bribery been demon
etized. That issue is still at the front,
and though another danger is more
pressing because. of its disastrous
consequences to our form of govern
ment, to me 1t seems that imperialism
is hut the logical outcome and effect
of the gold standard legislation. When
you endow monied class with i'm
pcrialistie attributes and privileges
you pave the way for them to establish
In form what you have already per-
mitted them to assume in substance.
Imperialism, then, whether the re-
suit Of the gold standard, or some
thing in addition to this legislative
iniquity, is the paramount issue and
declared against in the Democratic
platform. BY paramount, we under
stand simply that it must be dealt
with first; that our republic must be
freed from the stain of tyrannous
methods abroad before injustice and
robbery at home is corrected and pun
ished.
In those magnificent words: eve
hold that the constitution follows the
flag. We assert that no
nation can long endure half republic
and half empire, and we warn the
American people that the Imperialism
abroad will lead quickly and inevita-
bly, to despotism at home," is n declar-
of a policy as honest, as lofty,
as ideal and American as any voiced
by the founders Of the republic. And
it contains a warning that shows that
Democratic statesmen kecnly realize
the rocks and shoals upon which the
republics of the past met their fate.
There is no anarchy in those senten-
ces; no rampant radicalism that threat
ems to spbvcrt cherished institutions.
The Democratic platform proceeds:
I'VE demand the prompt and honest
fulflment of our pledges to the Cuban
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-06

for the men who have the courage TO
stsnd upon 1t and who are pledged to
carry it into effect.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-06

You get today's happenings today
in the Democrat.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-06
THE MEN.

This platform is to be carried out
by William Jennings Bryan and Adlai
Stevenson. or the latter it may be said
that he is honest, fearless, consistent;
man of the people and always for
the people. A man whose life and
public service is consistent with his
present stand and beliefs. Without
the inordinate ambition of Roosevelt,
lie has won distinction and honor in his
party by his merit, intelligence and
consistency.
or Mr.. Bryan, nothing that I can
say, or that any one can say would
sufficiently describe and exalt this
peerless leader who has come to the
front in the hour of his country's peril
Demosthenes was an orator, Brutus
a patriot, Gladstone n statesman,
Washington a general and Lincoln a
lover of the common people, but Bryan
is all of these and more. 4,
In no time or age has a single voice
done so much to stir and quicken a
nation to a sense of the wrongs and
secret perlls that p0rtend; never has
a patriot struggled more valorously to
resist oppression and to defend the
rights of his fellow men and the good
name of his country; no statesman
ever contended more successfully
against organized injustice, or general
marshalled more skillfully the hosts
of the people in the terrible conflict
with class privilege and monopoly; no
friend OF the people has loved with a
purer and more steadfast love the toll
ers of the fields and shops or done
more to relieve them from the oppres-
sion of their task-masters, or borne
with more Christian courage and forti-
tude the abuse and ignominy of those
whose greed and sellishness he exposes.
Upon which side and for which of
these Presidential nominees should
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-08-06

tPNNf'Ns we IhFOT IN ln-
mediate declaration Of the nations
purpose to give the Filipinos first. a
stable form of government, second, in
dependence, and third, protection
from outside interference such as has
been given for nearly a century to the
republics Of Central and South Amer
lea.
when trade is extended at the price
of liberty the price is always too
eve are in favor of extending tho
republics influence among the ma
tioDs but believe that influence should be
be extended, but by force and violence,
but through the persuasive power of
a high and honorable example. We
oppose mllitarism. 1t means conquest
abroad and Intimidation and oppres-
sion at home. 1t means the strong arm
that has ever ben fatael to free insti-
tutions.
Private monopolies are indefensi-
BILE and intolerable. They lessen the
employment Of labor and arbitrarily
| fix the terms and conditions thereof,
and deprive individual energy and
small capital of their opportunity for
betterment. They are the most eff
cient means yet devised for appro-
prating the fruits Of industry to the
benefit Of the few at the expense Of the
many, and unless their insatiate greed
| Is checked all wealth will be aggrc-
| gated in few hands and the republic
destroyed.
"The dishonest paltering with the
trust evil by the Republican party in
state and national platforms is con-
elusive proof of the truth of the charge
| that trusts are the legitimate product
of Republican policies; that they are
fostered by Republican laws, and that
they are protected by the Republican
Administration in return for campaign
subscriptions and political support.
1--WE pledge the Democratic party
to an unceasing warfare in nation,
state and city against private monop-
oily in every FORM"
These declarations together with
denunciation of the trust tariff, unkept
pledges, and general dishonesty and
trickery of the Republican leaders in
their dealing with the people, and
resolutions of sympathy for sister
republic being crushed under the iron
heel of greedy monarchy comprises
a platform of principles and policies
that is worthy the support Of every
honest American citizen. 1t declares
for justice and free government rather
than class privilege, arbitrary govern
ment and empire. 1t is constructive
along the lines of our past ideals and
policies; it is destructive only of i'm
perialistic and monopolistic legislation
that has been forced upon the people
by the bosses that control the Republi-
can party.
THE MEN.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-01-26
A MAN ABLAZE.
The Narrow Escape Of An
Alliance CitiZen---GaSOline
the Cause.

Alliance, Jan. 23.-While w Fl. Scran-
ton was passing through the alley be-
tween Main and Market streets he was
startled 10 see a man partially ablaze
with fire coming running out of a tin
shop and call for assistance.
ar. Scranton was quickly at his side
and by vigorous aid the two men soon
had the flames eXtnguished. Then they
ran into the shop, for the timer inform
ed Mr.. Scranton that there was danger
of the building being burned. They
found a very threatening fire in pro-
gress, but four buckets of water
quenched the flames, and the danger
had passed
The timer was c. E. Cappell, and his
left hand was very painfully burned by
the flames which drove him in desper-
alton for help. The burns on his hand
and arms have caused him intense suf-
fering.
The accident was caused by gasoline
lgniting as Mr.. Cappell was transfer
ring some Of it from a tank to a small
stove or timers frepot. He certainly
had narrow escape from being burned
to death.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-01-26
NOT A CLOAK MODEL.
Mrs. Annie E. George Is In Can
ton and Not In New
York City.

While it may or may not make any
particular difference to the public
whether Mrs. Anna E. George has or
has not become a model woman, it may
be stated that she has not become a
cloak model, nor is she in New York, as
press dispatches would have it yester-
day. Mrs. George is in Canton and is
at the home Of Mrs. Murphy, who was
one of her friends during her troubles in
connection with the killing of George
ID. SaXtOn. Mrs. Murphy resides in the
vicinity of the Valley railway track and
South Market street. Mrs. George is
making dresses.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-01-26
CHARLES A. TiCE
PASSES AWAY.
Former Police officer a Victim
Of Bright's Disease.
HE HAD INNUMERABLE FRIENDS
Who Will BE sorely Grieved to Learn of
His Demise--something of the
Useful Life which He


Another home has been made desolate
by the death of kind and loving hus-
band and father, when, just before the
dawn, at 4:55 o'clock Tuesday morning,
Charles A. Tice died at his late home,
11O6 East Eighth street, surrounded by
the members of his family. The imme-
diate cause of his death was Bright's
disease.
Mr.. Tice was born in Cleveland near
ly 46 years ago, and at the time of his
death was 40 years, months and 5
days of age. He was married to the
wife who survives him at Warren, Ohio,
December 80, 1875. He has been a resi-
dent of Canton for 16 years. Was for
merly employed in the capacity of yard
master of the c. T. & V. r. r. at Akron,
and for eight years held a similar posi-
tion with the w. & l.. b. II. II. in Can
ton, which position he resigned and was
appointed freight conductor on what
was then known as the "Massillon rum"
After serving the company two years,
he resigned to accept a position as an
officer on the Canton police force where
he served the city four years, and at the
time of his death was patrol operator.
He had been failing in health for the
past 10 HlOulnS ana at inherent times
was obliged on account Of illness to re-
main away from his duties. About three
week ago his condition grew so serious
that he was obliged to remain away
from his work and since that time had
been confined to his bed, where he grad
ualy became worse until death brought
an end of his suffering, which he bore
with great fortitude. He was ever pa
tient and pleasant with every one about
him. His wife, Mrs. Susan Tice, and
five children survive him. Mrs. Emil
E. BaeChel, Mrs j. A. Bessire, Matte
Charles and Marguerite, all of whom re-
side in Canton. He was a member of
the John A. Logan Council of American
Mechanics, which organization will take
charge of the services which will be
held at the late residence and will be
private, at l o'clock p. m. Thursday
Afterward, at 1:3O p. m., the funeral SER
vices will take place at Calvary Presby-
terian church.