The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-02
A Great Technical
University Needed.
Something Which Will Rep.
resent the Entire South,

o~~' oooSoostOu Ot Tue S00t06tO
Educational association met here this
moroiog, the attendance being verv
good The body vas called to order
by j. l.. Hill. ohairmsu of the local
committee of arrangements, and an
iovocstion was made by Rsv Carey E
Morgan of this city.
Addresses Of Welcome were delivered
oy Gov j Hoge Tyler. Mayor Richard
N Taylor and City School Superin,eu-
dent Fox, responses we're made bv
Superioseodeot Wooteu of Psris, Tex {:
n q Glenn. State com missioner Of
education. A,laeta Ga. aud superin.eu. l..
dent of Public Institutions j. G. Gal.
hpuo Of Louisiana
Mr. Hill then surrendered tho e.vel
to President K. B. Fulton. chancellor
OF the University of Mississippi, Who
tbsreupoo took charge of the oon veu ,iop
and delivered bis suoual. address.
mr Fultoo spoke Of the facilities for
sdnostioo sivso by the south to the
white and eolored races, and said in
eaoh State they had divided With the
coiored race The funds raised by taxes
paid almost entirely BY white men. aud
bad given equal educational facilities
at tho public expense. He asked
whether il had been proven that the
studies whiob train to seu,eness the
Anglo Saxon miod we're the beet to
.harpeo the Moosoliso or tho African
intellect.
He'd not blind sentiment been aiming
to give Anglo Saxon minds to the negro
instead Of Offering that developme q.
sod training which would best meet
the possibilities Of that race {? Millions
OF dollsrs bad been spout annually for
80 years 10 the southern States for the
edocstion Of the negro race, Had these
been % adequate return 10 advance.
nsot shown : It was, be added, the
dasy OF tho Intelligent educa.ors Of the
south TO study aud disouso these prob.
lens 10 oil fallosss snd With impartial
interest. and 70 determine, 10 form snd
kind and method. The education and
trsioiog that should be sEorded to tho
negro rsss. Continuing. Prssideo.
Falsou said 10 part:
There are too important par.ieulsrs
10 which coming changes will eertsisly
modify The policies sod The work Of on,
schools OF higher rank. In tho 6rst
plsoe. those Institutions which sspire
70 Be called colleges or universities
must eco tbss vsstly more is lost .bso
10 gsioed whes their rolls are svelled
BY the nsmss Of immature and simless
students 10 preparatory classes, and
when the fuuds aod energies OF the
institution are spent 10 work that
properly bslosgs 10 elementary or SEQ.
oodary schools
"lo ,be eecood place. institutions
intended TO give specially soisu.ido ur
tecbsicsl training will learn that their
best work is oot done when thew
attempt to be al shipgs to all men to
work spoo material that should DO 10
the grammar schools % we'll az tba,
which 10 more sdvaoced; to give
or literary culture ss veil as
'eehoiesl to prepare for ultimate
entrance ioto tho profession OF tesobius q
~ we'll ~ for ths usosgeuso. Of indus.
trial enterprises.
"Teshbissl education 10 tho south, 10
sbs institutions already established. aod
10 those which may be established. will
not achieve for iodividusls. nor for tho
sonuanisy. The highest and fullest
resulss sasil suoh edues.ioo shsll be
usds 10 soofo'm moro fully With The
lev. which The experience Of oil tho
past shows 10 bs tho goveruioR priu.
oiple 10 educational advancement.
The greatest educational need Of the
south today is at less, ono institution,
presmiueutly fitted by i,s material
equipments, ito means Of support, and
its environment, to command and bold
without challenge the position Of leader
10 secboical training among the iu.ti,u-
lions about it, No one Of the State
institutions csu claim this position for
our section To afford the material
appliances for such 40 Institution az We
oeed 81 100000 10 a mioiomuu sum.
TO maintaiD tie work az should he On
endowment Of uot less than $3. .OOO, 900
would be needed. Oue institution With
ample equipment, properly located aud
organised, could easily be made to
exert . guiding aod helpful influence
upon all mauusl aud tech n,csl training
10 oil schools 10 tho south.
"Can there not be found somewhere
that union Of material wealth With the
wealth OF noble liberality which shall
provide in the frat years Of the coming
century tor this most pressing need OF
education 10 the South 7"