The reformer., 1905-01-28

ern Education Society with head
quarters at Cincinnati, Ohio, Is do
Ing q commendable work among
both races Ia the South. While the
larger part of Its work is among
the Negroes, having begun this al
the very close Of the war, It has al
SO tWenty-one Of It's forty SIX
schools among the mountaineers,
and Is doing splendid work among
this class of citizens, from whom
Lincoln sprang.
As humble as many of these pso
pie are to day, they are notle In
ancestry and splendid In native
character. They are not outlaws,
as many writer's would have Us be-
lieve most American mountaineers
are. but they are descendants large
ly of those Scotch-Irish pioneers,
who, In the early history Of ou1
country, settled In North Carolina,
and whose children drifted west
ward. Consequently, most Of the
society's schools are In Eastern
Tennessee, Western North Carroll
ne, Northern Alabama, and North
ern Georgia.
In this area are about thirteen Of
these institutions, the largest and
most important being Grant Uni
versitv, at Athens, and Chattanoo
ga, Tenn. A large number Of
teachers have been prepared TO
teach among these mountaineers
and sometimes the society's schools
are the only schools In the county
doing anything like academic edu
cation.
Supply Their Own Teachers.
In aiding and developing the
mountaineers many have supposed
that 1t could be done mainly by
white teachers from the North
The socie ty has used and continue
to use quite a number of these in
their work, but its aim is to rais- |
Up constituency among the peo-l
pie themselves who will be leaders,
preachers, teachers and Christian
workers. Prof. ]. S Jones, prin
cipal Of Murphy College, Is South
erner by birth and education, and
Is doing a splendid work among
his people In this section. The
same can be said of Rev w. D.
Stephenson, at Watson, Ga ano
Rev. G. P. Hicks, at Parrottsville,
Tenn.
The society has a system Of mod
elhomes In the South, In which
young women are trained in all tbs
duties Of housekeeping, and giving
special attention to cookiug, plsip
sewing, dressmaktng, millinery,
and all lines of domestic economy.
Training COIored Women.
A large number Of these homes
are also for colored women, and
they are having most careful train
Ing for usefulness and service. In
The New jersey home, connected
with the MorIistown Industrial
College, at Morristown, Tenn
large number of colored girls are
being taught, special attention BE-
ing given to cooking, plain sewing
and dressmaking. Instructors from
Pratt Institute, New York, are al
work here. and everything IS done
on scientific basis DR.. j. S. Hill,
the president, Is being literally
flooded with letters from all sec
tions of the North, for these gill
as cooks and housekeepers II
homes. A large number Of them
have been furnished, IN any Of them
being engaged before they gradu-
ate.
Industrial education on large
scale Is taught In many Of the
schools, the larger part Of the work
being centered at FIVE important |
points, namely, ClaAin University.
al Orangeburg, S. 9 Morristown
Normal and Industrial College,
Mor1istown, Tenn; Clark College,
at Atlanta, Ca; Gilbert Industrial
College. at Baldwin, La. ard WI
ley University, at Marshall, lex
IN Center Of "BIack Belt"
These points, as 1t will be seen,
are In the center Of the great
"black beIt" of the South, and are
at the very doors of the people who
need help most. The largest equip
ment Is at Clahin University whel E
the following trades are taught:
painting printing, carpentry, ma
sonry, blacksmithing, shoemaking,
wheelwr,ghiing, wood work by
hand and machinery, iron work,
mechanical and electrical engineer
Ing, harness-meking, plasterlnq,
tailoring and farming. Sloyd work
(llght carpentry is also taught the
girls, as we'll as the boys, and this
Is a matter of great practical ln-
portance to many of these Negro
girls who hgve been forced to di
rect and help In the building OF
their own schoolhouses, ard with
their own hands have made paTti
tions In the many one room cabins
In some far-away country districts
where they have been called 70
teach,
GaIr Funds by Singing.
DR.. L. M. Dunton, formerly Of
New York, has been In the employ
Of the society longer than any one
OF teachers, having been at this
nne institrta for tWenty-EeVen