Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-13
A PROMINENT PART
TAKEN IN PROCEEDINGS or
MEETING OF NEGRO
TEACHERS.
Al 8aitimo=e by Prof, Ft5aer Of tie
Braneh Normal College,
Pine Bluff
orr IMPORTANT COMMITTEE
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tuition of learning for NEGROES Of Af-
kansas.
Prof. Fisher was reelected secretary
Of the association. ard he stands very
high in the estimation Of the M mbers
OF the organization, as Was evidenced
when the extreme advocates Of indus
trial and higher education, respectively.
came near clashng on the floor in d
disfussioh on ind'I@tral education.
| The presiding officer introduced Prof
Fisher as a teacher of broad ard c9r.
| rect views on negro education" and
asked him if he would not show that
industrial education is not opposed
to the higher training df negroes.
The audience was very enthus. .astic
over the address then delivered by
Fret. Fisher.
There were present at the meeting
many teachers who took ground that
the negro needs no form of indus
trial training. as well as others who
were extreme in their support of this
particular form Of education. LIZ his
remarks Prof. Fisher said: The eye
is part of the body and Sc is the ear
but no same man claims that one is
better than the other The same is
true of industrial and higher education.
They are compliments of each other.
The negro must and will have both,
and We must not waste valuable time
in discussing trifles. have a word
Of cheer fer the advocate of higher
SuuSo'OH, uoH Hly HdI " TIE dpOS-
ties of industrialism, but have a
Whole-hearted sympathy, and | will
give my personal aid to the man who
is losing sight CT these petty differ
ences and is amid discouragements.
heartaches and oppositions laboring-
not to advance any particular kind of
training, other than as means-but to
help the race in this, its time of need.
Let's bury our differences; let's fight
each other no more, but instead labor
for the uplift Of the black man"
In response to the address of well
come made by Supt. Van Sickle, Prof.
Fisher referred to the burning of
Baltimore, and among other things
said: "It was only yesteday that the
news was flashed around the world
that the fire demon had lighted the
torch and laid much of the city in
waste. The world gave you it's SYM
pdlny out waited to see II this great
Baltimore deserved to live again It.
did not have long to wait Before the
smoky pail was lifted you were
dreaming of a new Baltimore which
should far eclipse the old, and today
you are making that dream a reality
Whence this civic energy? III tell
you, Mr.. Superintendent. 1t was
the teacher behind the desk, encCur-
aged by the superintendent behind the
legislature, who taught the boy and
girl behind the book of lessons of
civic pride which speaks so we'll today
of the people of your city. The last
word in education has not been said,
thank God. You, Mr. Superintendent,
in the schools Of Baltimore, our south
ern white friends who are dividing
with us the bread of education, and the
consecrated negro teachers of the
whole country, are going to say
whether this education shall pay back
large dividends to the commonwealths
which provide it. The experience OF
the past proves that education, true