The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-20


deep things of Heaven and earth as he
piled his trade in the humble shop of the
carpenter Joseph.
But the argument Is entirely needless:
the industrial hope of the South, we all
know, is in a wider dissemination of sci
entific and manual education. univer-
sal knowledge of the forces of mechan-
les, and of the great material resources
that lie slumbering in the depths Of our
hills and fields and forests-this is the
supreme need of the impoverished South
land of ours.
And not only at the top must we have
this industrial skill, but diffused through
every part Of the common life. Not only
do we need the expert captain of indus
| try, the employer; but the workman as
well, the man in the ranks. he too, must
have high intelligence and training that
gives that elasticity and alertness Of
mind, which brings adaptibility and pow
err to get command of all new methods,
appliances and labor-saving devices. It
Is this power, says our American consul
at Liverpool. that makes the average
American two or three times as efficient
as the average British workman.
There Is no more thoroughly establish
l -, -, 80 ..s,,.N ~. /.
Eisrt,os. da,,,, Ga e a,o,. 1,,,,ero orc +be
best and highest paid schools. Massa-
| chusetts expends 100000 more on
schools than does Alabama, and Massa-
| chusetts produces annually $400, 000, 900
| more of wealth than Alabama. Alabama
with Al per cent of illiteracy, averages
$3.50 worth of property to each person
lei 49, oort - ,,Iitorao,, a;,era sss
| =, goo r. -, - so,,osS,, Aiaha No
Is almost nil while Massacbusetts boasts
| one and a half million depositors with a
denosit of 1894 OOO. 900. or an average of
S25S per CAPITA. It has been well said that
| Alabama cannot afford to allow another
generation to grow TN in Ignorance of
| tools and industrial education
Being in the formative state and un-
hampered with established prejudices that
| have to be unlearned. the Southern school
system offers an open field for full and
| free annIication of Industrial training:
and I prophecy therefrom immense re-
suits for good within a few years. 1t is
no longer a question of debate or expert
mentation as TN whether Industrial edu-
cation ts the most practical and potent
ogenc,, For the educational and economic,
deveIonment of the negro race. Certain
lv in orr own state the Justly famous
Tuskepee Jnstitute and MANY smaller in
stitutions established through its influ-
onca F,,rn;sh incontestal3Ie nroof Of the
!, bo,esoroe eIevating influence Of this
go, os a5,,oatio,, NOV the negro race
IA ao,,oI,,, dos,rabIe 7 hoId ia this IN
d,striaI ad,,catIor for vast masses of oii,.
o,,,,, ,,,bi+o race The trained hand and
tha +raIned owe ar brain in hand mir
une ah;id-a,, ro,,st hsva or oraduaIlv
h,,t s,,rsi;, will all forms of Industrial
ooo,,rotton ,ass from theIr centred
Tna,,s+rSaI 7-ra;uirc in RuraI Schools
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a oroao anu nus iiisitne Leu ~, ,,os
elementary anu
III tnal oaeH ,. iaIiu y, Wv s.,,e
yond our cues. vi,lases anu i..ene "a
slons' aions tne Ilu tses anu ~ 80
caves Vi tne 8. ca .4o.,a,. t,.-s,,s,, ~
laciiah ~ -s',. 4 tg.ts.-,.ae7
Stdte' nc Poor w'es, IN ~ 49,
the NracheIS' as my al t'. - -
ihgIy calIeu' by nalu,e lhey ae sn rNnN..
co WIN many aul, .4ets, u 80 49,.
ana MN. penaIti 10y 81, 80,
teous N.t"o1s, pa' -o'le' az t.,,e 49, 49,
.heih TO pc put Ii@, wv pIe1uuioeu' liieit
,oli1ol hai ~, 80
their siiel' INNS ny ia'e az 'he sSu
iiInita'ions ol Cent'i re VI ,slloi aiice' An
tne rough they nave Tue tnaAihs Oh spien.
olu cl'lNehs' pto'I 80. ~
young ana put 10 some sort OF ln ., aon
training. In our Stale mere are ol'oOV r Oh
these lillterate wnites 80 oi votins age LOW
IN one County ana l'VoV IN ano'n rr Ine
situation stlrs our cohse'ences ne men
VINO a1ord tne means ana ProJec. the
methods TOT reaching tnese stranueu ana
oelated people may justly De calieu pa
trlots. ..,-
And throughout the enure system OF
rural schools there snould De introduced
the same principle OF Industrial and ar
tistic training, Carving as is practiced
throughout Switzerland by the country
folk, basket making carpentry and many
other forms of artistic handwork can be
taught. And surely the principles OF ag-
riculture. Horticulture, horticulture, all
forms of nature study, habits OF BIRDS,