The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-25
AGAINST NEGRO COLLEGES
Governor Gambler. of Georgia,
FayOrs Manual Training.
Believes That Higher Education
Makes the CoIored Race Unhappy
Agriculture the Proper FieId-Mis-
taken views of Phiianthropists.


Makes the CoIored Race Unhappy
Agriculture the Proper FieId-Mis-
taken Views of Phiiantbropists.
SAVANNAH, Ga. April A.-Whlle IN
Savannah last night Gov. Allen d. can
Cler was asked what he thought of the
present trip through Atlanta and the
South of the party Of millionaires and
others who may give some money to
colored educational institutions. In the
party are the Rev. DR.. Parkhurst and DR..
Curry. the agent of the Peabody fund.
The travellers are the guests of o. c.
Ogden. and spent Sunday in Atlanta.
Governor Gambler was asked to meet
the visitors, but declined. When asked
what he thought of this trip he said:
II don't think much of it. This man
Parkhurst is a crank, as everyone
knows who has followed his course.
Booker 7. Washington was the best
man in the party. Washington is a
coed negro, and is doing good work. 1t
is to his interest to get these Northern
ers interested in his schools. He gets
money out of them. and 1 don't blame
him for that at all DR.. Curry. the Pea
body agent, is a good man, but l don't
know much about the others. The ne
gro colleges of the South do not need
the aid of these Northerners very much.
DO you know that you can stand on
the dome of the Capitol of Georgia and
see more negro colleges with endow-
ments than you can white schools? We
can attend to the education of the
darkey in the South without the aid Of
tLose Yankees, and give them the edu-
cation they need most, too. l don't be-
lieve in the education of the darkey.
He should be taught trade, and edu-
cation makes him unhappy.
You know you can make a white
man unhappy by educating him above
his station in life. He begins to yearn
for things that are not in his reach, and
the same rule applies to the Southern
negro. l think the negroes should be
taught the industries, such as carpen-
try, wagon making, and kindred
trades, but by the effort to educate him
10 higher things and remove him from
his proper sphere and fill him with de-
sires that he cannot satisfy he is made
unhappy L bpptStu W puItluS
groes in factories and offices. When
you do that you will cause dissausfac
tion between the two races, and such
things might lead to a race war.
THE field of agriculture is the proper
one for the negro. That is broad call
ing, ana there is room for both races in
it. The Yankees who die and leave
their money to negro colleges do not
understand the local situation. 1t may
be right for them to send their money
back 10 the South in this manner, for
in many cases the fortunes of the North
were laid by the carpetbaggers.
i recall only one instance where
Northern white man has given to the
white colleges of Georgia. That was
George Iseney, and / think he was in
spired to do this because there was
some Southern blood in him. his grand
parents having come from the South, ii
my memory is correct l am not sur
prised at Atlanta lionizing these people
They will lionize anybody in Atlanta.
All comers are heroes in their eyes.
You know they made hero out of
Sherman when he came there"
ATLANTA, Ga, April 24-One mil
lion dollars as an educational fund to
provide schools may be given to the
States of North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia, and Alabama within the
next few days by Northern philanthro-
pists. II is reported at the Capitol to-
day that such A movement is foot,
and that the Georgia Commissioner of
Education, G. r. Glenn, will be one OF
the trustees.
party since it has been in t.,e South
and while at Winston. n. c.. several
days ago, he addressed large aud !
ience. ,.-t-,nsifM |
Mr.. Glenn is out of town today, and |
could not be seen concerning the report, |
but it is stated on trustworthy authori- |
ty that the pioney is to be raised by |
subscription for the benefit of the white |
children of the South, not the negroes.
and that the details Of the plan Will !
soon he made known. Whether the |
money is to come from the Ogden party |
alone is not known. but IL is said that
several wealthy New Workers are in
terested in the movement, and num-
ber of subscriptions have already been
made. The plan is to give the amount |
:" the Southern schools, to be appor-
arri States.