The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-04-04
HAS BEEN "PUT NEXT TO THINGS"
The Old Soldier Says He Has Not Told
Half Yet.

JeuerSOu OlIy, Mo', april Z, lJUZ.
"Who got lected" said the old
soldier as he came into the Monroe |
house yesterday evening long
after the reports from all the |
Wards had been received and the |
defeated candidates had gone home |
10 say, "What might have been"
and to wish they had never run.
"You are away behind the excite
ment," said the hotel clerk Gas he !
gave the old soldier a campaign
cigar,) "The polls closed at six
o'clock and the report of the elec-
tion has been in for some time,
you voted didn't you9" eyes |
always vote," said the old soldier
(lighting his cigar,) "But | voted
soon this morning and since that
have been busy plantin' potatoes
all day and wuz most too tired to
come to town but the old woman
wanted to hear who got 'lected on
the school board and / had to
come down to see". "You seem
to be very much interested in
schools here of late" said the ho-
tel clerk, GA few evenings ago
you were here grumbling about
Lincoln Institute" " "No | wasn't
grumblin'," said the old soldier,
81 wuz jest Stain facts and you
know it and there are plenty of
folks who think jest like l do
about white teachers being kept in
negro schools; we have separate
schools in this state and it would
be 'ginst the law fur me to send
my chaps to white school would
it7' eyes," said the clerk but l
think the reason you have white
teachers at Lincoln Institute, it is
because they can't find any of
your race who can do the, work
that those white are employed to
do" 81 see you want to argue
the case" said the old soldier,
$50 I'll jest set down minute. !"
"No I'm not arguing the case"
said the hotel clerk, "1'm only
telling what | have heard. 1"
"That's alright" said the old SOL
dier, ~ jest telling what l know /;
you see l amt no school teacher,
but Pm purity good judge of
them that do teach, especially
when it comes to shop work, and
there amt no use in sayin' that a
man who is jest blacksmith can
teach industrial education. | mean
the whole business and besides
there are plenty of negro men who
have completed an industrial edu-
cation and one of them ought to
be at the head of them shops. "
"Yes | believe as you do about
that" said the clerk, "but maybe
no colored man has ever applied
for the place." "Indeed they
have," said the old soldier, "but
they have only been offered q
place as an assistant teacher. y
"Well, that is rather strange,
said the clerk, "but l thought that
the president of the institution
could always recommend his facul'
ty and surely he would not recon-
mend such incompetent men as
you say they have out there
"That is the, critical pint" said
the old soldier, "most folks think
jest like you do bout that, but
have been put next to some things
that you don't know nothin' about
Page thought, when he worked
the legislature for that money tt
build them shops, that he wuz t(
be president of the whole bizness
but when things didn't go jes
right over there and he tried tt
straighten them out, he was in
formed from a power behind th'
throne that Lincoln Institute wa'
one thing and them Shops wa'
something else" "n ell, that i
news to me-" said the clerk
ayes and it will be news to lot
of folks" said the old soldier
"and | think it is time they wa
knowing these things. I could tel
you some things that would maxi
the hair stand straighter than tina
hut 7 must 90 cause the old woman