The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1902-02-21

RI idas Industrial School for
ColOfsd People
WORK AT The INSTITUTION
What is Being Accomplished for the
Race at this School.

EDUCATION is the lever that moves the
UNI Prise. It is one Of the requirements
OF 8Od citizenship. A man may be a
goOt citizen, and not possess a great
amtAnt Of learning, but with knowl-
edgehe is master Of broader field, and
can abe a better citizen. There are
mans self-made men, and everybody
likes and respects them. These men
atta1nid certain degree of success, yet
there s no telling to what heights they
might have reached had they received
the advantages of an education.
By education is not simply meant a
superficial bOok-learning, although
/ such Vnneering adds polish to the
wearer. Bacon said: Histories make
mep wise; poets, witty; mathematics.
sub tie; natural philosophy, deep; NOR
alsl grave; logic and rhetoric, able to
contend" Education means, properly.
to draw out. It should have it's begin
nlng at the mothers knee. Early sur
roundings and associations impress
themselves on the infantile mind. II
is an old and very true saying that ''as
| the tWig is bent the trees inclined" and
eV9ry word spoken in the presence of
little children plays a part in the for
nation of its character.
The education of the youth of the
/ land is a question that should receive
the hearty cooperation of everybody
for in future years the reins Of govern
ment will fail into the keeping of the
boys of today. Our institutions OF
fearning must turn out our lawyers
idOctorS, statesmen, merchants, me
ichapIcs, artisans, farmers, citizens, anC
IN order to secures the best results
'must have the hearty support of all
4 The reformation of the young mind is ar
Undertaking that should be in thu
handS OF our greatest men, morally ant
mentally, for, said Wendell Phillips
education is the only interest worthy
the deep, controlling anxiety of ths
] thoughtful man." This is the more
forcibly brought out when we consider
4 that education alone can conduct us tt
a complete and proper enjoyment of al
that IS best in this world.
L. Industrial education is matter of a:
apce as. attaining a knowl
ledge OF the arts and sciences. In fact
lit is of more value. What we want is 2
tcitizenship able to turn its hands to the
trades. We want wives and mothers
who know how to look after household
affairs inteTligently, and servants wh(
/ :an do their work economically anf
we'll. The way to reach this goal is
through industrial education.
Unfortunately there are but few in.
duStrial schools in the South, and mos
Of these are for the coiOred people
| Still, if there is one class of people
more than any other, that needs an in
dustrial education, it is the negro n
majority of the race have nothing, anC
must make their living by manual
labor. A knowledge that will enable
them to do this work most economi
ca1ly will make better citizens of them
Alabama has its Tuskegee, and Flor
ida has it's State Normal and Industrial
School for the cOlOred people. Tbs
writer recently paid visit to the latte,
institution, and must say it is doing Z
great work. The school is beautifully
located on high hill just south of Tai
lanasSee, and embraces tract Of abOu'
$50 acres of rolling, fertile lands. Prof
N. B. Young, a graduate of Tuskegee, is
president. He is man of edutation
and intelligence, and is assisted by q
corps of able educators. L. D. Hile-
land, also a graduate from Tuskegea
has charge of the industrial and me
chanical drafting departments.
> There are seven buildings on the
grounds, all arranged for the cOnVeG-
ience and comfort of the pupils. The
first one of these visited was the old
Duval mansion, erected for the first ter
ritOrial governor of Florida. The ma
teriaI for this building was all hewn by
hand. 1t was cut in the woods Of New
York, floated down the Hudson river.
loaded on ship and taken to st. Marks,
from which place it was brought to Tai
lahassee over the st. Marks road, the
first railroad ever built in Florida.
In the basement of this building will
be found a neatly arranged little print
ing Office, where ali the stationery, pro-
grams, ETC., are printed. 'The College
Arms" a monty periodical published
in the interest of the school, is printed
here. l. A. White, of Mariana, will
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