The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-08

nssa s,. for s ssssson r ss vHss vHshoss Episcopal Church, souths n Hate late .In. iSs- concern for the poor nsgre, sus ;sse's mols @ upon % ms that M better facintfes for edu- eating the white people ot the soutn will best help forward the interests oi the negro" - S..,. ... and rhe of ~niss nisht peoph olpsht to Se. the best friends of the negro. They must nIt them up. President AAderuen,Of Tulane University, says: 'The educanon oI one it is clear to him that knowledge ana not prejudice must guide his conduct, ane that, for the honor of his name anu country and his posterity, he must aesl ness and Christian forethought, Is worth more to the black man himself than ln the education of ten of his own race.
 Colleges and universities, stroheno.as of everything which can make life strong. CT. richer. nobler, must be orougnt ahn ,a,, kept to the front. The Caucasian VIII have the directive control In thas iaho' Excluding all race considerauens, nr r,,a colleges and universities will furnish the leaders in the professions, in Literature, In science, in government. For every ture development, nobier civilization. to free institutions, the negroes must rey mainly on the most intelligent white peo- pie. 1t can hardly be questioned that veal, the development of the highest types of character and citizenship, de- pend upon the white institutions Tor higher education. Frsemen must pc en, lightened to enable them to use e, tne,r freedom to the public alvantage. rMl. anthropists and liberal bensfactors ana religious denominations have done gen erously for the education of the eisck S man. for which grateful praise is inSeeMa M due. Such as these have been moved " helpfulness to fit the negroes for the cN- izenship and suffrage suddenly thrust up. on them They are not see so easily ns moweu asr,1a ing to fit itself for the noble discharge of an unparalleled duty" If Southern colleges and universities could. in en- a better footing. their power and utility
 Crying Need Today.
 At the South. since the war, these hi. stitutions have had hard struggle to provide necessary facilities and means gifts and aspirations, to keep pace with rivals, to heed the pathetic appeals Of young men and young women hungry for an education; and the, have, m incredible While Northern and Western institutions have been endowed with prodigal munificience. and negro schools have received from the national Govern vidual benefa ctors many millions, tho South has received, from beyond Mason and Dtxon's line, not probably, all told. the the noble Vanderbilt sift, where a South. ern woman is supposed to have had some healthful influence The University of Virginia, Washington-Iaee, Richmond College, Roanoke, sewanee. and few others haVa had acCentaDle E1flS, but, as stated. not as much as a million. The Philadelphia Record periodically bemoans the strange fact" that, while West, very little has gone to Southern colleges. Tt is to the interest of the whole country that the heroic efforts which the Southern people are making in behalf of education should be aided by those who are seeking to place their money where 1t will best advance the cause of learning"
 , 6T The Hope for the Future.
 There is much uncertainty and dark ness connected with the congestion Of tho African race in. one portion of the Union. and one having the provision to forecast an early and satisfactory set clement. Dark as may be the pathway front of our feet. If Christianity and proper education. combining with the usual rudimentary, manual and indus trial training. and ethical and religious culture. do not help us out of all dark environments. then we are of all men most miserable. It may be permissible to append an extract from an address mado by the writer at Capon Springs in 1S9y. as a not unfit conclusion to this paper:
 '1t behooves good men and women ev- anywhere, in self-examination, charity toward others, in catholic patriotism. in courageous purpose. to do right, in help fitness for those less favored, to com bine all influences that the republic may come to no harm. Our history fills our hearts with exultation and pride. Its great examples. Its general teachings, the splendor of it's achievements. the ad- vance in all good arts. the peace and prosperity. the open door for individual and national development, the conta- giousness of the success of Freedom, havo made the boast of American citi- zenship to be more real and far more universal than that of being a Roman, These representative institutions must not perish, nor be set aside as vain ex- periments. nor replaced by forms or re- alities which deny popular sovereignty, {, and the blessings of a written Constitu ton. We must all feel that in us and in our republic the highest life of man is vitaily and inseparably associated. out country is the glory of earth, the reali- zati6n of the dignity of man as man, the fulhllment of the dreams of all who have built their hopes on human capabilities and human liberty. and nothing can sur pass the duty to omit no eRertion or transmitting. unimpaired. all these bless ings and hopes to those who are to come