The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-29
NEGRO EDUCATION
DR. BAnRfNGIsu's SPEECH TO
SOUTHERN TEACHERS.
ISSUE STRONGLY PRESENTED.
A MENACE TO TIIE WHITE MAN As
WELL As TuI. NEGRO.

of ita Abiest Educntors-Iioth EAa-
cstion Rnd Franchise for the Ne
are Condemned-Teaehe Adjourn
After i1l-ctinE Gienn OF GeorEla
President.
Richmond. Va. Dec IS The Exocniivs
Committee of the Southern Educational
Association met this morninw. no general
session of the association being hed until
Tonight and were addressed by United
States Commissioner of Education Harris
on Relations 81 Universities and col
leses to Public Schools" and Prof Wood
ward OF the soush Carolina college on
Drawbacks 20 Educational organiEa-
ton in the South"
President r.. c. Woodward of ths
South Carolina college. Columbia. s. c..
spoke on "Drawha 20 Educational Or
ganizatlon in the south" lie said.
Systematic organization OF educational
Work is prime necessity. The rcalizs-
tion Of this Ia the south il slow. mainly
due 20 the indifference Of the various
branches OF the would-be system 20 need
~ correlation. and 60 the lack OF ac-
krow,eigod leadership
There a. ll3tl- connection ainosir the
schools from lowest 20 highest The sec
ondary schools are independent petty re-
pubiics Of letters with no acknowledged
obligations 90 any common standards. ami
No accepted direction OF any common
head The colleges are almost hostile
rivals All are apparently incitcd BY tho
commercial spirit 20 take the ncld for pal
pahie results. TO surpasa in uumi-ers.
equipment. uotoriety. There is too little
emulation in qood works. too much striV-
ms FOR material results. too little co-ftv-
airy in scholarship and culture too much
Industrial antagonlsm aud envy. too much
seeking after palpable gairs. 90 tne nee-
lect OF the unseen eternal things. Hence.
tho temptation too little resisted. 20 ac-
commodatc standards 20 popular fancy.
Each school ana college tries 20 he self
sufficient An are in the graduating di-
plomn- giving business. Swarms % A. BIS
huss forth yearly from the universities.
colleges. collegiate institutes. almost hieh
schools. 20 fatten on the body polite. IN
stead Of providing ier g.
'-rhe resulting false estimates ana ideals
encourage uIetension, auPernciaiaty,
charlatanism. There ls dIsorEanixation
Instead % organization There h provs-
lent Indifference 20 liberal stueiiee, a sort
Of modern acoru Of culture thar scouts
ita regimen. The Industrial awakening
n "a dangerous prosperity that menaccs
revercd traditions. threatens established
Institutions and ignores the highest aHps-
rafions."
These addresses were discussed by tho
members.
The report Of the Organization Commit
tee appointed two years ago for the rc-
organization Of the association, was con-
tinued until next meeting. a year hence.
The Afternoon was consumed ia the meet
lngH Of departments.
Ia the department 81 higher education.
Prof. Addison Hogue 0f Washington ana
I.ee University. SPOKE on Tho Greatest
Need OF Southern Eauca;ion." Prof Har-
rison Randolph of the College of Charles
ton. s. c.. on THE Private College and
Public school," and Chancellor Kirkland
Of Vanderbilt on ''The State 10 isduca-
tion."
In the department Of normal schools.
Prof. 4. r. Ciaxton Of the state Normal
and Industrial College of North Carolina
spoke on '"rhe Function Of the Normal
School" Some Of the departments did not
hold meetings.
When tonight ssss association convened
N general session. tho largest crowd yet
assembled was present. Prof. @. r.
Winston of the North Carolina College
Of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts spoke
on Industrial Education az the South"
President Winston referred 10 education
OF m0defn ufe and said the south for
ioo years. maintained an Industrial system
that rendered the fun employment of
these forces impossible The long Sec
tional contest that eliminated IN the civil
War was neither political social nor legal
but a. bottom industrial a struggle
between the educated Yankee mechanic
asfride the steam egine and the cducafesi
southern planter carrying on his shouI-
ders che ignorant negro slave. Had the
South possessed equal resources and skill.
he said. the boys IN gray under Lee and
Jackson would have ben lnvincfble not
only by the North but by the world. Tho
post belium recupersfion Of the South
had elected the worlds admiration and
wonder. Bui he real emancipation of the
Southern white Was ghe negro slaves np-
parent emancipation. He continued:
The South Il now educating her own
children and those of her recent slaves
She Is converting into wealth her iarxe
anu varied resources. But It's develop
ment = only begun and IS products are
stlii cisher raw material or cheap fabrics.
It. only safety is IN skilled labor and the
nnest products"
'~rhe negro" he said "is our labor unit
% present and he Is less skilled than
during slavery To increase HIS skill ami
productive power there must be united
effort Of the North and South. through
government ana philanthropy. education
and religion and domestic. social and In
duetrial influence. National manual
training schools should be established.
'-The need % Industrial training Tor
Southern whites Is scarcely less than that
for negroes
''Our educational system needs 10 b
reconstructed and aluloet revoiutlouixed
The universal Southern schoolboy dream
o. statesmanship must yield 20 desire Tor
workmanship. Supply Industrial SKIN ana
the south win he the paradise Of this
word
Or. Paul ~. BarFlr9er of the Universi-
~ Of Virginia spoke on Education OF the
Negro in the south"
The most Significant address made he.
fore the association was that OF Prof.
Paul r. Blrriuger. for many years and
until a few days ago. the chairman Of
the faculty Of the University of Virginia.
His subject was Negro Education IN the
South" In considering this theme the
speaker took wide range and touched
upon the political. social and cdlcaflon-
al phases with great vigor
Discussing the enfranchiscment Of tho
negro. Prof Barringer said; 'rhe at
tempted degradation % a proud paople
was simply sectional crime. hus a brake
on the wheel OF national eNDaraion IA ff