The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-08

| tbn health. happiness and prosperity Of the
| FAMILY so much depend Is another urgent
| need Scientific cooking has been hxen
| part Of the curriculum In tho great manna
| training institutions Of the country, aud Is
| a mart Of the public school course IN many
| of the Northern schools being taught to
both boys and girls
NEED FOR A DAIRY.
An agricultural college without dairy Is
misnomer and n contradiction IN terms
In this day Of diversified aud scientific
farming Yet at Prairie View there is no
dairy. Surely no more useful addition could
be made than dairy where limited
number OF colorcd BOYS and girls could learn
butter making In this connection 1t Is
noteworthy that the agricultural depart
ment has at its disposal q legislative ap-
preparation Of $1,000 for the purchase OF
graded cows which money is available aud
must be spent before the close Of the pres
cnt fiscal year, September /. II is difficult
to see why a dairy has not been innugur-
atcd at this school No doubt a com.
petent colored daryman could be secured
at tho Hampton or the Tuskeegee insti-
tuteP
Printing is an art that Is taught with
great success at both Hampton aud rus.
keegee, and printing onlce could be made
a useful adjunct to the normal and indus
trial work. Lenfets and booklets on vari-
stock raising and home economy, could he
printed without cost and distributed among
INC negroes OF the State
Poultry raising Is a useful industry at
Tuskeegee, which could easily he initiated
at Prairie View. The reporter was aston
ishcd when he learned 1t was not n feature.
Considering the love of the average colorcd
person for chicken. aud considering the
immense fields tceming with grasshopprrs
and every insect which the chicken loves.
TO say nothing Of the mass Of fcedstuf
which annually goes to waste, the omission
OF poultry raising Is very remarkable.
When at Prairie View some years ago
Booker T. Washington remarked that what
impressed him most was the possibilities ~
development IN 1g iculturc, and in all that
WIS embraced In the term modern agricul.
tureN An experiment station on simple.
practical lines dairy. inc herd Of thor.
onghhrGd COWS, model poultry yard all
these Improvements are conspicuous nv
their absence mud would 70 FAR, II adopted,
toward realizing the possibilities of the
WORK. But II is in the trades and manual
training that. the colcred youth shows
special aptitude. They are extremely fond
% the trades Tho majority of them pre-.
ior carpentry. h.ncksmIthng. shoemnking.
laundry work, erc. The demand for al.
up,ISSIon 10 me Snops IS always greater than
the equipment will allow.
There Is strong and well defined opln.
ION 81 the school thar the industrial work
IS not developing as rapidly as 1t would.
LOW notM Standing the progress already
hoted. owing 10 certain glarngly rcpres-
siye Influences. The growth n the school
Is being seriously hampcrod. 1t seems TO
nave outgroWn some " those TO whose
hands ono or the other phases Of tbe work
has been intrustcd II was not untiI Iost
raj! when 4 legislative committee visited
one Of IN" Industrial departments. and
n ma that shooting Of horses AMI gen
'ral repair work was done IN HpmpstraH
or Waller by hired labor. threatened to
recommend cutting down or cnttir ont
certain appropriations for these dppart
Im % rs thar there was a partial awakening
ll such repairing has been done NJ the |
institution as should always have been the /
case There Is feeling SIN that Tho |
33tudents can do and should he allowed to |
10 the practical work ~ the place At
Iuskeegee all tho work of building aud re-.
1air is done ny student lnhor. II is cyj |
dent that there Is something or somehow
~ INC way of the development Of the in. |
Ihstllal work and that the hindranrr. |
or whoever It NAV he. shnnlS bc |
u once removed. Tho proper growth of |
ne school mems much TO both negroes |
rna whites OF Texas, and the industrial |
work means too much to the students and |
% me STATE to permit favoritcs TO dwNrf |
VI check the splendid growth which he |
eho"l could make 1t is evident thai |
,nc re re tnoSc IN tho school who have
zen allowed such a free hand and such = |
onS run without suitable and constant
'ronntnhility, that they are using tboi,
pIehdld opportunities To aggrandizc them
bbt a - "t me expense of the State and
ne nest interests Of the school At Tus
zee chairs. wash stands beds and tohice
re MADE for the school nv the Students
ne students at Prairie View are not pcr.
.uIinltorles arc utterly lacking In the
nenneSt comforts. and strinrs az
trGtched from wall 10 wall unoo vbicn
"op nSuT u"thlng, The furniture NJ tho
uuuS is entirely inadequate. and this * |
n important need, considering maj IN"
iud'ht can not progress far above his on
Irohment The students would eagerly A.
M ner M tHo WORK of furnishing the rooms
V was aSccrtained that the thrce ror
olaEeS erected by contract labor on tbe
anlpns could and should have hcen erectnd
;cch hsqden, amor under direction Of tho
ikPayers very considerable sum Wv
~ was also aSccrtained that n prour ~
u,tnceu mechanical students whom Ton.
, vorl ,napin s wished Ia hire aud set
,,, M"'e on a irame building were percrnn-
, r,,E ordered on by Superintendent anI
ltnitect Holmes Investigation IL b.diu
g ,Ss1s a. stlong tes line. such is The COZ" con-
earhcrs Of tho older aud moro tbonrtttfn,gi
.ulentS' the alumni aud the friends "a
alrons Of the school '''"pS ana
ne aadltlon ~ tho two industrInl bui,d
lEs, thc enlargement Of The onnort,,,,i. |
VI practical experience. n rnmov,I ns KY
! noes ana n more Thorough orrnpi1atia |
nc dlucrcni departments, ana n str,n,
Illumination ana accountability NJ ali J.,
~ competent local head of Tho s"booI !
"".u 'uAnge results In short order IN, |
g. iue needs Of Prairie View which - ,,, =
suits '' WI" HuS analSzcd
As one q the teachers cynrossoa :. I
- II" niuEntnde ~ the interests involrod .
= cnorlnouS amount Of money diehwrssooHH'
~ s'oWlhg number Of teachers 1nd 80 !
.miH, nemand compact, busInessiii' SUI
n'H"ylnn aud wise hrm rontroI VI,
~ utIrctS are rcmcdcd tho roiIoa, al, '
sN.v rams among the negro cdncs,ia MI G
"a ~ ultunS commensurate with tho grnn1,hi
"a greatness Of Texas" N' ~'o"lh
PRINCIPAL BLACKsuEAP =
inc dominant spirit Of the school :. -, i
utSe the principal, /. Blarksbc,r ~, v
ooker I Washington II the wcs, rSo 4
porter spent an hour In conversation n,t, I,
No. ana his modcsty courtesy and loara !,
: impressed him most favorahIv 10 Il
INC OF MS life work with psthctlc .ar, Z
,uVSS' almost with tears as no mentlonoa :,
lam oepiorahle occurrences for which
wuoie race is blamed. and h, oc.rnu,'
scu ,not he often felt disheartcnrd w,on
teHewed the faults and folhles =, 49,
S'arree negro race. ana coptcmnlo,od ,ns
's"''upe OF the task Of enllshtenln, ,,o,o
Vs. wun some seemingly satisAedl ,n
an estate. IL 49, ~