The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-12
PUT IN A BUSY DAY.
EDUCATORS HELD MANY MEETINGS
IN CHARLESTON.
CROWD HEARD WASHINGTON.
COLORED TEACHER SPOKE ON
BOTH RACES IN THE SOUTH.

Presidency of the Association VIII
De Decided To-day-A Californian
and a New Jersey Man Are Mem
uoncd-Cincinnati and Detroit
sun Keen After the Next COnven-
ion-Many Educational Papers
Were Rend.
Charleston. S. c., July 1.-THE members
of the National Educational Association
put in a busy day, two sessions of the
general organization and many meetings
of the departments taking up their time
Booker T. Washington. the negro .edu-
! Gator, drew the largest crowd of the con-
Vention at the Auditorium tonight speak
ing on the advancement of the negro
along educational lines.
The Nominating Committee will meet at
noon tomorrow and decide upon a can
didate for president. California is ex-
pected to present The name of Prof Fo-
shay of Los Angeles, but the sentiment
of many of the delegates is that. the honor
should go East Prof ]. M. Green of
Trenton N. j., has many friends, and al
! though he is not pressing his candidacy,
the chair is likely to go TO the New
Jersey man. Prof Parker of Chicago will
probably be made vice president
Cincinnati and Detroit are claiming the
next convention. The matter will be
| considered tomorrow by the board of d.
rectors. st. Louis has put in a bid for
the convention in 1893, the year of it's ex-
position.
The delegates are improving their odd
hours by wishing the numerous island re-
sorts and the many historic places
| around Charleston
| The attendance al the morning session
was not large. The topic up for discus
sion was ~ he Contributions of Re igious
| Organizations to the Cause Of Educa-
on"
! Presid mt Cofson anncur ced that as It
was mrossible 10 have al denomir ions
take Part, he had asked the Ca holi5,
BAPTIST and Methodist churches to par-
ticipate
Rev. H M. D Bose general seer atary
OF the Epworth League souta, was u1-
able to be present. and Pres mt scar
! H. Cooper OF Baylor University Waco,
Tex, poke Tor the zap lists. Mr. cooper
gsve an elabo al. aistory of the Baptist
church, which was followed by a recital
! OF t. part III American educa ion. The
hap'st Church, Mr.. Cooper said, stood
at oil times for fire. d m OF religion wor-
ship freedom Of speech and freedom OF
| the press
Or. Conde b. Palen of ST. Louis spoke
for the Catholic Church. DR.. Pallen, in
the course of a scholarly address, said
| he would and 1t impossible to crowd the
educational history Of two thousand years
into the short time allotted him. He
sketched education" at the dawn of his
tory, and coming rapidly to the pres
ent day, told Of the establishment OF
home schools in 4he new country, which
were later superseded by the church
school, which is in vogue to-day.
Booker Washington Spoke.
Al the night session Prof. Booker T.
Washington. president of the Normal and
Industrial institute of Tuskegee. Ala.
| delivered an address.
| He said in part:
In the South both races have had to
| contend with problems and difficulties
| such as no other people have had to meet
| When we dlsarm ourselves Of passions
and prejudices we must acknowledge that
the South owes much to the negro. The
| negro owes much to the South. The
black man is bound to the history, the
! customs the people of the South by ties
which few can understand and appreci-
ate. Here 1t was that we came three cen
turies ago in our heathenism; here we
were taught the religion of Christ, here
we came without a language, here we
were taught the Anglo-Saxon tongue,
here we came unframed hands, here we
were taught industry and thrift
my race has further right to love
and cherish the land of the South. In a
large degree 1t has been our Drawn and
muscle that have cleared the forests
opened the mines, built the railroads, and
I grown the rice, cotton and sugar that
have enabled the South TO become great
and powerful. Here side by side, the two
hnKF ~.
Of God. and here in my opinion they will
remain.
In order that the two races may live
here in peace and prosperity. one of two
things should always be kept in mind
The white man should always remember
that he owes peculiar and sacred duty to
the negro-that the negro has a claim up
on the conscience, sympathy and generos-
ity OF the Anglo-Saxon that no other race
can have In all discussion and legislation
bearing upon the presence of the negro in
America, we should not forget that we
are dealing with people that were not
only forced to come here against their
will, but In the face of most earnest pro-
test But in spite of this the black man
has earned his right to the title of an
American citizen by obedience 10 law. by
patriotism, by fidelity, and by the millions
OF money which his strong arm and will
ing hands have added TO the wealth OF
this country.
"Mo-e-and more hope the white peo-
pie OF this country will learn 10 measure
the worth of the negro by the
best types Of the race and not by the
worst. In larger degree we should judge
by those in the school room, not by those
in the penitentiary; by those In the shop
and field. not by those in dleness in the
streets; by those who have bought homes
and are taxpayers. not by those in dens
of crime and misery; by those who
have learned the laws of health and are
living. not by those who have broken
health and are dying.
Keep the searchlight constantly To-
cused upon the weaker elements of any
race and who among them will stand
the test that indicates success You
judge the English by Gladstone, the Ger
mans by Bismarck, the French by Lou
bet-by those who have succeeded, not
by those who have failed and are in the
gutter.
THE real worth OF a race like an indi-
vidual is tested by the fact whether or
not II IL able TO make itself OF such value
to the community in the activities Of hand
head and hearb that the presence of the
race is indispensable. II should be the
high ambition OF every negro to make him
self not a burden but a helper, not a re-
ceiver but giver not a destroyer but a
producer. With the prodigious Industrial
- -. l. A.