New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-06
APPEALS FOR THE NEGRO.
oovFR T. WASHINGTON SAYS HIS PEG
PIE MUST LEARN TO WORLD
nPrss OF ROBERT e. OGDEN.

,,.- r Washington principal Of Tuskegee
-. Alabama: H p. Frssell. principal Of
---r,+on Institute, Virginia. and Robert c. Ogden.
.fsen- Of the board Of trustees Of the latter
t,bool. spoke last night at Carnegie Han in the
+areet Of the TWO institutions. Bishop Potter pre-
~ a. the public meeting and chorus Of Hamp-
- students sang plantation songs. The meeting
&c held under the auspices Of the Armstrong
.soc,stlon. which Friday evening will give
T45,Iora concert for the benefit of the Hampton
1s,itute al the same hall It is hoped that Prince
80 will be present at this concert There was
,-cs audience in spite Of the lnclemert weather.
Mr. washington said. in part:
II We would discuss what is known the race
iestion with any degree Of benefit, We must reach
Sbe point where we can so far ria ourselves OF
sectfonal and racial prejudice that we can in
soStbern white man. and at the same time put
ourselves in the place Of the negro. Nothing will
country by bitter attacks and criticism.
has twelve hundred students and eghty-siX IN
structors In addition 10 training in religious and
saSeT1ir branches we give constant instruction in
41centv-eight Industries and all of them are indus
tries at which our students can find immediate em-
al Of them are industries which are greatly in de-
mand in the south. ! ne annual expense OF carry
endowment fund Of s2@00 An increase Of this fund
and money for current expenses are our greatest
The salvation Of my race will. in a large degree
F P SKIN and dignity into the common occupa-
tons Of life IN proportion as II learns 10 DO com
noa Fera sboT viii ecoT in the eve Of the
individual beautiful and dignihed. For two hundred
wants to learn now Is to work 1t is not the negro
mo has been properly trained in hand head and
heart who commits crime. It is the ignorant shift;
less negro who has no regular occupation. who had
NOT learned 10 love labor and who does not own
home. VINO is usually the criminal
chow that az the close Of the last year the negro
t5 upon property to the value Of over SIS 600 900
adding 81 10000 the taxable value Of his prop
e are equally encouraginF Other southern States
show much growth in the same direction. Agr-
culture VIII prove salvation, and the race
Who would help save my race should use their in
ensnoe 20 keep the negro out of the large cities.
and especially the cities Of the North These are
Institute are constantly teaching. Provid-
ing for education in the South is not matter of
Of business that concerns the whole country.
The South is not alone responsi6ie for wnat Is
problem. because the nation, whole,
when ali Of us black and white, North and South.
should in broad generous. unselnsh manner 90
our part in making conditions more happy FOR all
concerned.
Mr.. ogden said that It pleased him that DR..
FrissaN and Booker T. Washington should call
themselves principals Of schools rather than presi
dents a colleges. He thought that the simplicity
of the title represented in a way the simplicity Of
their character and purity of their purpose. Con-
tinung. he said in part:
The most striking thing about these two institu-
tons = the moral power WnlCn undeTneS l1eIn
both While they differ in some details as TO their
methods OF instruction, they are both led by
strong wholesome men devoted 10 the cause of up
lifting a race. ] the last Of the old guard
which associated with General 5. Z. Arm
strong who in 1865. founded Hampton Institute.
General Armstrong; remember him weIl-was one
OF the men who squarely and truly how the re-
leased ba cks might be brought into true freedom
7 can remember well his tremendous energy, ana
the day when Bishop Potter and ! were present
when he laid the foundation stones or three school
buildings in day. The memory OF such a strong
factor IN the civilzing OF mankind should be Kept
ever green. The greatest power Of these schools Is
the spirit which pervades them: they are the most
important channel through which the white can
help the black race. These schools send out many
teachers to propagate the seed of learning through
out the South But need there more trained
men and women 10 cooperate with them, TO help
these splendid before you in the great work
Of moral and intellectual redemption, TO which
cause they have cousecrated their lives.
One has but to meet the summer meetings con-
Quoted by these schools 10 how they are train
ing their teachers TO do even better work through
postgraduate courses
Hampton and Tuskegee need endowment fund
g G1l000 bad that the fear OF indebted
should hang the officers OF these institu-
tons They are doing Gods work. make an APP
peal 20 you 10 help them IN every way you can.
Mr. Frissell made eloquent appeal for the sup
port Of his school. The audience showed its SYM
pathv with him as with the other speakers by
spontaneous outbursts of applause.