St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-08-10
CoLLEGE-BRED NEGROES.
Statistics Showing Use to Which They
Rave Put Their Education.

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Statistics Showing Use to Which The,
Rave Put Their Education
The fifth number of the Atlanta
university publications has appeared
| and is entitled The College Bred Ne.
gro. It's an attempt to study the
work Of the negro college graduate:
| both north and south and to estimate
| the value and probable future Of The
| Southern college for eolored people
According to this report, there have
been about z, 500 negro college gradu-
ates. OF the larger northern insti-
tutes, Harvard has Il negro gradu-
ates. Yale and the university Of
Michigan ten each, Cornell eight, Co
umbiafourand P Pennsylvania four. OF
the smaller colleges, Oberlin leads
with 1913 graduates, the University Of
Kansas 16 and Bates Is.
The bulk of these graduates are
southern born. Ninety per cent. of
those born in the south stay there and
work and so per cent. Of those born
in the north come south and labor
among their people. About ten per
cent. Of these graduates are women.
Most Of the graduates marry between
the ages OF 25 and 35, and while their
families are not large, they are Of
healthy and normal size.
The most interesting question and
in many respects the crucial question
to be asked concerning college bred
negroes is: sDo they earn a liying?"
It has been intimated more than once
that the higher training Of negroes
has resulted in sending into the world
OF work men who can find nothing to
do suitable to their talents. Now and
then there comes rumor of a colored
college man working at 1nenial serv-
ice, etc. Fortunately the returns as
to occupation Of college bred negroes
are quite full-nearly go per cent. Of
the total number Of graduates. Of
], 1,132 persons reporting, over half are
teachers, sixth are preachers, anoth-
er sixth are students and professional
men; over six per cent. are farmers,
artisans and merchants and four per
cent. are in goyernmentsery Most
OF these do not change their occupa-
tions often and stick to their callings
nearly 80 per cent. have been en-
nloyed at their presept occupations
ten years and over Thetota1 assessed
value Of real estate reported is 81, ,342,-
862.5o and the average perindividual
81, AL.
There is most interesting sym
postum on the negro problems and
their probable solution, photography
Of works by negroes and the opinion
Of q number Of prominent northern
college presidents and others on the
higher training of negroes. Innearly
every case these favor such training
properly given to colored students.
It is shown that colored students
contribute very nearly as much to-
ward the expenses Of their training as
whites.
The final conclusions Of the study
are:
|. The greas mass Of the negroes
need common school and manual
training
2. There is "a large and groWingde-
mand for industrial and technical
training, and trade schools.
8. There is a distinct demand for
the higher training Of persons select
ed for talent and character to be
leaders Of thought and missionaries
Of culture among themasses.
4. To supply this demand for
higher training there ought to be
maintained several negro colleges ii
he south.
s. The aim Of these colleges should
'eto supply thoroughly trained teach
rs, preachers, professional men and
captains Of industry.
t is, however, Earnestly recon-
nended that this cbllegework be con-
;entrated il about 12 high grade in
tltutions in the south instead Of scat
cred as it is now in 81 Milwaukee
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