Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-12-10
THE CoLLEGE-BRED NEGRO.
Results of the Recent Atlanta Confer
cnce on Negro Problems.

far held. came off during commence
!nent week at Atlanta University
These conferences are unlike those held
ut fuskeEee. Hampton, Capon Springs,
Montgomery and elsewhere. in that
they are really scientific Investigations
III actual conditions. and the usuai
resolutions. instead Of being recon-
laendations, are actual findings. Thcy
are OF immense Importance in secur-
ing reliable data upon which to base
q solution of any OF the phases of the
complex negro problem
The Investigations have been con-
Quoted under the direction Of w. r. +.
Dubois. professor Of history and
economies at Atlanta University. as
sisted by Il reliable corps OF workers
scattered throughout the South. Previ-
o,,r conferences discussed Some
Efforts for Social Betternlent Among
American Negroes The Negro in
business" The Mortality If Negroes
etc. For this session the subject was
THE Career of College Bred Negroes
information in this lire being greatly
needed because Of misconceptions as TO
what the negro of superior ability does
with himself after graduating. Printed
slips were sent out u as many college
graduates as could be found, asklna
information as TO their age, conJuSal
relation. enjoyment of suffrage, occl-
nation. property assessed for taxation,
birthplace and present residence. 1he
replies to these inquiries We're then
summed IN on large charts and nlaced
~ the walls Of the college chapel. and,
together with addresses upon different
phases of this work and discussions
constituted the conference. As VIII D."
readily seen. the whole thing is an ad-
lniral combination of fact and opinion,
ana d conclusion reached mere mas
about il the weight of 4 logical deduc-
lion. At this conference represent !
tiyes We're present from Georgia. Ma
bama. Mississippi, Texas, ConnectlCu''
Virginia. Massachusetts. Tennessee
ana North Carolina.
There were three sessions, one pelhS
a mothers meeting and dealing eXclu-
,ivelv with the question of homes an"
the training Of children.
Among the most significant statistics
IVA TINT the greater part OF college
bred negroes yet supply the primary
,,...t 1f the racc-that OF instruction.
oat of ! .223 who replied 10 the inquiry
What is your occupation?' 6i5 are
teachers. 20 are ministers or workers
in that line while the remainder con
shutting about twenty-five per cent. OF
The whole. made living rs lawyers
physicians. farmers. business men,
artisans and government en-
pioyec-. Perhaps the best t'sti-
nIonv ~ b. derived from thlS
chart is compiled b. Professor DUBOIS
vas that all Of them made 4 hN!ns-
Siytv-scVcn out OF over 1.2UO We're gov
eminent employees. which shows lhal
the negro does not come w 70 lh''
average Americana lust for office. 4 ne
Investigation showed that threc-
rourths Of all living graduates were
un5.r forty. out Of 200 replies 10 th'
Question WHAT is your age On Sraut :
ati7rn" 561 We're that they graduatei
before they reached thirty. C"htra.S
:, puhIir opinion upon the matter. the
,un,ber Of college graduates mas no.
decreased within recent years
t,rar,, 1So6 L. the present there We're
.!14 negro graduates They aNtEaTt
ouc for nearly two years up % leo'' ~
after the war. beginning with I>'N'
there was Il great forward muNeIil0H =
for in that year ten We're Erauualeu'
IL ,bnsA earlier days the age average
,,-as high but it kept dwindling down
until n present the greater portion
Graduate between the ages ~ t"eh'!
and twenty-five
lincoln University has sent out more
colored graduates than any other cui-
1apa HI. total number being 616 Inc
1ext group Is made up Of sucn colleges
as FISK. Biddle. Wilberforce, oberHn'
shaw and Howard. These haN' e2cfl
graduated between one hundred an"
TWO hundred students. Atlanta I'M
ynrsitv has graduated nearly q nun
bred from the college department. Prl :
hans the most complete VindiCation OF
The collcge-bred negro from the al
lacks made upon him as a worthless.
idle parasite, is TIL returns made NJ
reoI estate assessed for taxation. IN"
yvarape amount was Very nearly $23'u
Tor the seven hundred and NOR who
REPLIED to this query. the tota! l""tihS
m nearly one and half millions.
There is uD to this time only one negro
college graduate for every sixty thol-
sand Of negro population. ana yet TINS
one cultured man had become IN most
instances the center Of the progress
ana culture. of the race Tor ms co!l-
munity.
Ninety Der cent. Of those who grad
mated in Southern colleges renamed III
the South and worked for the race, ana
at least fifty per cent. Of those VINO
were educated here at Northern COL
lcges. returned South or came ana cast
their lot with their race. This IS O
much importance as indicating de-
sire on the negros part to assist IN the
civilization of the race.
To the query. Are you hopeful i"r
the future Of the negro in TINS couh-
trvo" Seven hundred and thirty re-
plies were received. Six hundred ana
forty-one said yes. Fifty-two said no.
The others were not prepared TO say
what their opinion was. THIS IS OF
tremendous Importance, because race
whose ablest men are without the IN
SEPARATION born from hope would soon
become not only unprogressive, but
dangerous. The natural cheerfulness
Of the Negroes disposition comes here
into play and counts for much just
now when his future seems s0mewhat
uncertain Over five hundred out ot
Il