The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-05
RRAIaIg MeM grArg NoRMAL.
Closing EHercisSg Were Held and At
dresses Were Made


Prairie View Texas. Innp 4 rbe urefrJ,
View Normu aul mdustrnI scbool cloaaa
today and twenty siy negro BOYS ana piris
received Diplomas ANA large punber ~
cetvcd nrsi and socoud eindo certificates
which will cnhtle them 10 teach m tbn
state This Institution Is doing much for
the elevation Of the negro. giving him i1at
what he needs In order To- ouIir an homes.
living In the country. te1rhinr him inans
ttN. honesty ma reliability
lfnt- ~ IT, Hiaoksh"nt ia opening me
commencement exercises said.
'lhls institution spcRks the srnthueni az
| q generous peorle respecting the plucAt ion
| 81 tue negro ieXHh believes thar tne NJ.
gro actual condition ana needs mike Tho
iace problem primarily nu economic and
cducaiouHl one ma mai the chipt conccrU
Of The negl} naw Should ha To lcnru,elyil.
cations elemental lesson: To earn living
intclNEcntly; 10 Hive wlgrlr; To cultlyHtr
the home NE, attain peisonRi character
and economic efficiency 10 develop moral
sentiment and acquire material lndepend
cuCe.
Texas believes The beet way to hrlp tue
| Negro Is 10 encGnragr him 70 help hlnsriG
and hence ~ VcNHs The doors of opp "a uni,
~. educational and Industrial are oprn 10
the col0red mgn
The public school fund Is ln,pariiully
dstributch. ono hundred ana hny-nlnf
thousand and sixty Seven negro children
received a per caWtl nppurtlnBnen, ~
81 -, Sd7J.054.75. ,rhis army OF chiflre1
\
as believes thar colored children can best
be- educated hy cnorrd teachrrs
"Nor II higher education neglected. The
/ STATE legislature recently passed ami the
I governor his approved u hin maugnrntlug
! collegiate studies 9i Prairie View whit, IA
/ the denominatipual institutions for cp0red
| youth 22i2 pupils are enrolled under nine
/ IS SIX instructors
! .rhe Prairio vicW Normui nnd Industrial
/ College. Win enWpici1 corps 90 . "a
I icnchrrs. has entered upon the third Do n &
] ~ mission Ina NfNnHFtflN fp1flIfFa
| the coiored pnhllr Ech1nlf, and its grtdd
| ntos are leading useful lives IN the com
Along With Intellectual training 4 given
! training 10 carpentry. hlacksnlthihg, broom
/ and nhurcss making. gardening, laundry
/ work and sewing The educntirn receive
/ IN Prairie Vlsw Strengthens the connecunf
| III The c0lored boys uud girls With the use
| ful ia the lfe arHund them.
! "In this institution l5n students, anpuint
ed one each Wy the members ~ the feyal
Legislature, receive prnciicall3 FREE schollr
I ships and every year from ifs wallis q
forih scores o. teachers g help enllghtei
/ rolled in an departments
| I'VE love our school and our state. Tn
/ uoople 81 Te1Rs are friendly 10 ihp eub
stantju Arrangement ~ the coorel rarp
/ Nryhcre else IS there greater v equal, en
! cGuragrmeut no make thai titiEcnship val
mhie 90 the coiored man ana useful % ~
o'tiro our graduates who 90 out to-day froa
those walls I Will simply say. Join tiif 81
i lent nnIiNMA on yum NNfN NNtfA lN Wit u
! soitprce nn street CORNERS on H. chat
gangs hnt in hpne, church aud Achopi
dsiI shop and factory Il working pui
nsefa dastiur Remember, there Is ~
royai road 10 the higher CIVILIZATION. %
,bfu cnt across lata You must a. 20 q
,br straichi roie ~ tol nud SELF denia
h,st M an ofher individuals atd pcc pic
tx. dons who have attained sncrese
''ro my oWn people here ta.lay ! w2gl
say II NE have cherished faee pfflnalfr lp
~ iat asb,e 10 last yesiigc' ies ny love ol
Whife brother, Wseihel North o. squtA,. 81
n fba Nafih gave no freedom. the anath
40 Ming 49, n make thii freedom elec
M sa u We have been ciuse " dif 7
-. ia "a berome hand ~ uniun.
~ image ~ the Amehcgu renuulir ~
been pai.t Iron ara parf clay mn We Va
ist shall we not, fellow citizens Of W
AVA race. cease - be ne Clay y veal
s ana disorder and permit tiie conpie'
st,sogih ami unity ~ tn repni'lir 70 Z
hrhieyedt ,4i... Af-it, ..,et.,
,r ,isb or Will emrunpafe1 ~ pnW'
nSt ouraelYce. .aud ,hris ~ t',il a.,
r,'eer a. an alien oiemeal intn Ameflra
pi,'..rshin The responsibility fof t1r pro-
.ms arisiug out Of euf presence rest ~