The Washington bee., 1902-05-10
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.
ssrrow dauge Institutes.

The frenQ OF
the whites Of this couAtrY, upsn
the subject of sdn ation, As app'ed
70 the eolored peol ls is anomalous
m the extreme. Ii wsRid seem
that the utility Of schools Is to be
measured by the output of trained
uecb,nics and trsdesmtn. As q
ronseouence. the effor's. and thsO-
r;as ~ which POOker Washington
!, the ack. owledged exponent are
landed and endorsed sy majority
q the whites As the sine qnG non
and that all educational msthods
and toe,ries not ofimnediste utili-
tartan value are insppicable, CHIN
eric i and absurd
This color of sentiment which
seems to be applicable only to COL
Ored persons. is out Of al harmony
with The established theories applied
to the whites. and implies that
uvstem Of education which COM
prsbends the means Of the highest
and spseliesr development OF the
whites is unsuited to the condition
of the colored people.
And if we are to accept the tul
some newspaper comments and
s0lf-appointed spokesmen who are
exploiting the Washington idea as
an index of the hopes aud wishes
Of the whites, We are to cOneluds
that the coIored people are u be
vnly, lhs laborers Of the country,
20 buid houses and conduct farms
upon plans, specif ,ations and dirsc
tiopsoonceivad and elaborated by the
inseauity of the whites. In other
words the realm of thought, self
orig mating power, and invention
Is to be the exclusive property and
province Of the whites, ". lie the
colored people are to do as they are
told.
This classification based ss it is
upon col)r or race merely. will
prove 10 be futile, for the reason
that, like other races, the colorsd
people inherit certain tendencies
aud endowments which cannot be
diverted from their Legitimate
channel without material injury to
the Individual as we'll as TO sOcisty.
Tins &C ,ou ITS III great par for the
hundreds of people who leave
school with smAttsring OF trad G
and with no definite purpose and
no suitabls ability to make thsir
headway in the world.
The hi.tory of thirteen colorsd
Industrial Colleges in the South,
furnishes the result, according to .
recent report Of the Commissioner
of Education, that out of 1243
graduates, bar t1oeloe farmers, t'0O
a.echanics, and one carpenter adopt
ed those trades for their business
In life. while the remainder pu--
sued Yo1ations not contemplated
by the curriculum Of these colleges.
This fact would seem to indicate
that the large sums annual J spent
in colleges for the purPAse OF supply
ing trades are wasted, if We are to
regard the output Of mechanics
and farmers as a fair measure.
It's true that the academic train
ing of the pupils constituted a
great help in the prosecu ion oil
the other vocAtions and professions
selected by the majority. But had
the same amount been expended for
academic Training only o: for indus
trill educ alton of persons whose
desires and tastes fayorodIts reeep
ton, Jhs results would have been
FIR m're satisfactory.
Moreover, the expend ture of vast
sums for such Industrial Institu-
tes as are generally pr ,vlded for
pupils, see ns to us to be unpro-
duotiye OF any considerable good
Such trades as carpentry, black
smithing, nsmiths, farming,
q ing, sewing, lAundcrlng, cook
ing, and nursing, while useful and