Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-03-26
SGtyURDAY
MARCH &c. 1905
ZDG. j .iIRKIFLD SPOKE PLAINLY.

An HontInGing his convincing address.
$50 |'Tha Industrial ard Higher Educa
SSasz~ of she Negro" DR.. WILBUR p
,EzaNSJELD said:
The Negro race needs men of higher
manning for the professions. Broad
saJsAasd men of the South who have the
-ress interests of both races at heart,
-snsnaynize this fact. The Montgomery
.&GgETx1IsRR in a recent utterance is n
generation behind the times In
eGsaEnxnenting on the sort of education
ssAnt she South will permit, the ADvER-
r7znzsa says: ITO educate the. Negroes
fsez doctors lawyers and the like,is TO Law
zJay sro1ble The white peop'e of the South
SxssSs=termined TO control in the learned
professions. To educate the Negroes as
aHGscheTs, physicians, lawyers, and other
oG.s lions of that kind, is to invite
2sAiAxre and insure disappointment and
EscEEably something worse" This does
Hnss We present the intelligent South that
4Snn SEs face TO the future. 1t must be
sgss%eTldentthat a race Of millions of
sr.nsS& thousands are gaining wealth
1ssrra property, must have legal advisers
-&ssSssg their own people-lawyers who
7STSSa s.each them to avoid litigation in
SsSssr& they love TO indulge. True.
ScAheSsS lawyers intent on prote citing them
q s sSedr ignorance and helping them to
HSaE-r rights
Ale said further:
&oC physicians the race needs the best
asn0s scholarly men with clear heads,
FsSsln<sd faculties accurate Judgment,
SszH9ced powers. To gain the confidt nee
Sk sheir own race ito command the respect
81 white physicians, the highest abilit,
sSESN szalD1ng are demanded. Scores of
graduate physicians by their skill and
'srccth have won the confidence of the
5ss,sZe9s1on. Broadminded white physi-
ISzrTSs hold consultation with them.
sf-asy G1 them are called into the homes
q ogHite people. The intolerance and
1sr..rS wness of the Ind'anola doctors is
,.Ssas exception. They thus are becoming
s'SS9aiators between the races"
Ea aneaS5ng of the ministry, he boldly
9 &soI.S=sd Che necessity for thorough
zEcAsss ing Of the divines. He ed the
's8asFs7lng Language:
Zinc demand FOR trained and con-
-;H-Gr2teG ministry lis imperative. The
a-SEsG eerio2s problem before the race is
2sS Sssaad the progressive, aspiring Ne
sseSeS or the rising generation to the
SE2sTch. through ministry, the ma
SSSsf.y OF whom, according TO DIR. Book
A<-E W ASdINGTON, are not fitted morally
ar SNsellet taally for that office. The
iczsS2aagt q ualities of leadership are re.
s0z5.saA &c meet the demands for the re.
assscGs, civil and social reforms that
EInzeE% come for the redemption of the
Tsses- The minister is the center of
sorS4sr. The preacher now is their con
,-szz1oSed leader. To hold this leadership
q srssEAnds a ministry that proves by its
SSkssEsssrful grasp and brave treatment of
n ~ questions that make for the civil and
ss1szss<ks 2plift Of the people, its right to
szsaNs9seS1ip. AS teachers of the Word
Izsstazss Seaders of their people into larg.
* SsAas4 ald truth and righteousness O
lis EsszAisters of intellectual breadth
q szlS& spiritual vision are needed"
e2c2 sgain:
as view, then, of these impressive
S4cSS and arguments, which show that
sOa she higher education the very exis-
zsaaae OF any education depends-that
eSaoeaa the best interests of industrialism
ssszss So1nd up with the higher training:
TsxSas collegiate discipline and culture are
\ vzs.ssssssaary for the raising up of a train
ga &aa2ership for the emancipation of
SSsss masses and for skill and success in
M Trofessions-let US again ask, to