The colored American., 1901-11-09
PROF. VIM. Il. H. HART,
Sands by the COlored Ministry Who
are Doing the Most NOBLE and Effec
tive Work in the Redemption Of the
Race.
tArticle in Post of Thursday. Oct s1st, 1901 }

concerning the Hart Farm ScnO-l i. most
mpnmeDtary OF the Work OF he
principal, Prof. w h II. Hart, was re-
printed III lh9 last Issue OF the Sunday
Post. IC paid nign tr.bute TO the IN
stiJuGlOn and It's founder. Prof Hart,
however, IN sLige of the hign praise Uf
him and his methods, takes exceptions
to The Tribute article. he says il Is
miscbieVCus, false, and damaging"
and, indeed, calls IL an "UuUIageOus
slander." To correct the wong done
hi a personally, and professionally"
by the publication OF tniS cOmpnmeut
ary arIIcie concerning ms scnUOl Ia the
TI1buae I'D It's repuO ica.iJn III The
P0s5, PfO1. ID arl Ks tha- space be CIV
Ell TO the following sta tmeut Prepared
by him:
My attention has been ca u to an
articl3 ii Sundays Post re erriDg 10
myself and the Hart Farm SchOOl and
Junior Republic Dependent & lored
Boys, IN which there are HOm5 errors
WhIcn 1 yeIy much &c ire to G1Trao5.
because they do not represent nav sem
timengs Or Ine policy OF the insuIu.iJn
Wnicn I had the hOa0r to fOUnI and
carry for ward TO the present tims. It
is fact that purchased and h0d 700
acres OF land adjoining FJrC WashtUg-
ton, Md, fJr tuIs WORK, and nave eX-
pended up to date in ts development
not $50 0 D, but more than So 600 of
my own earnings and saving. NV e.
fOrG b As been TO give the dear Children
com mIEted TO my care careful training
IN the elem enJs Uf an ElgI 4 common
school education through Q gnt grades
of .udy, as esJabisGed Ia the common
schools OF the District Of CUIIm bia, to.
&c ehsr Wi elementary training IN
blsCksm1thing, WheeIWTignuug, the
care and management If farm stO3k,
darylng and poultry, Raising and tx
nausLIVe training IN GARDENING and
general agriculture; ana while [ have
not thought 1t best TO MAKE the Ilsti.
tuition secCsrian, have lrled every yyay
TO apply WnCl-sOme Christian 1 fl l.
snces and dOCIrtues to the mOral and
, ritual development Of the character
our pupils. The beautiful and WIZ
ONE lIf5 o. Jesus is the type constant
" held up before these lILE G ones for
emul alton aLd imitation, and the child
life OF DAVID, SaNutI and JCs ph are
models by which their little lives are
sought 10 be nodded. The Zen Com.
m9nOments constitute their code They
ali know 1t. The faculty of teachers
are deVOut Christians. i he euperin-
tendent, Robert j. Evans, graduate OF
Hampton Iusti u e. Is most CeVCut
Bap1sl his assistant IN the EC1OOl room
for several yeaIs past a Catholic. l
believe IN religious principle as sane.
lion for mOrals, and my policy snd
practice are founded on this bslIef. [
nave welcomed the cOIOTod and white
cltrgy at all times to the schO,I, and
have regretted that so few have N AMI =
Test ed interest IN the work l am trying
to do, l have no choice bet Ween the
several secls; L IT SpsCt and value them
all alike, SO Tar IS they rOmLt8 pIre
moral and spiritual deY, Dpment and
establish and confirm nObls and uE-
right human character. We have not
al .ered nor varied the Lords 7. aver
We simply try TO interpret it by living
it's divine life ana trying TO have His
kingdom come IN this world and II s
will done in this WCIll as it is done in
heaven.
do not know who The auth Of your
article il l never saw il until | saw it
In print. If bad seen it l should not
have authorized it. Whoever the au.
thor may be, he no doubt meant to
com | ment me and 10 serve me but
he erred in attributing 10 ne views
touching the worthy DCdy OF colOrsd d
cleTgymtn which GO rot tn.ertain !
have said in the past that the 6duca,
ton OF the chiIdTen-Of our common
country is far tO0 imI Ortant to society
to be left to private charity or 10 & lris.
ti6n beneYOIenC3. It is the most far