The Washington times., 1906-02-15
HELP TO UPLIFT
THE COLOREO RACE
Booker Washington on Con-
ditiOnS i'll South.
FOR MANASSAS S C H 90 L
Meeting Held for Purpose of Bringing
Aid 20 the Virginia
Institution.
FOR MANASSAS SCHOOL

Booker T Washington. principal of
Tuskegee Institute. and the foremost
coIored educator in the country. was
the stellar attraction at an enthusiast
tic meeting at the First Congress ga ton
al Church last night in the interest OF
tho Manassas Industrial School, of Ma
ns ssas. Va. Justice David J. Brewer
Of the United States Supreme Court
presided. and made a short address.
Mr. Washington opened his remarks
BY telling Of the work done at the
Manassas school. Touching upon the
race question as 1t confronts the peo-
pie Of this city, he said;
Give Helping Hand
In Washington. l believe YOU have
the largest negro population II any
municipality in the Union. Then il be
comes an imperative duty to feel an
individual interest in any work which
viii help lift the negro 10 the highest
and most useful citizenship. The Ma
nassas school points the way and pre-
ssnts the opportunity.
The demand for the services Of the
negro in the South who is thoroughly
trained in hand head and heart is
something tremendous. At Tuskegee,
fraction Of the demands that pour in
upon rs The South is passing through
revolution ia its industrial and eco
nomlc development, and more and more
am convinced that the negro, who is
ope-third Of the population, Is. and can
De made, a factor in this onward
march.
The speaker then said that from sev-
" come that education not only does not
9enent the negro race. but actually hin
said, was made by people entirely un-
familiar with the existing conditions
ana taking for an example 525 young
men, who left TuskeEce institute AT
the close of the school year in 1904
he showed that their labor had been
sought by white people throughout the J
south investigation. he said. showed !
that tue students commanded an aver |
age wage three times as large as that
they earned before receiving any train !
lnE at the school
In the Southern part of the United
states there are more than eight mil |
mons or my race. who. by contact with I
the whites, and by education I'm the /
nome, IN school and church. have had |
their minds awakened and strengthen
ed-haNe thus had their wants in |
creased and multiplied many times.
Sympathy Between Races.
We are 10 live in the South and sym |
PATTY between the races is vital We |
must convince the Southern white peo-
pie Of the value OF educating the negro /
and this re are doing according to the |
testimony OF the Southern people them
selves
In discussing the question Of colorod
aboT in the Southern States. he said;
W lille there is TOO large a class II
diers III the large cities of the south.
he great mass of our people especially
hose OF the country districts. woI d
lard- Il viii be hard 10 find any other !
class To take sheir places. It is not so
much thA inefficiency of colored labor /
as il is the scarcity Of IL.
Anyone who has had direct experf- |
-ncS with the negro as a Iaborev viii /
tell YOU that there are few classes Of |
.Shorers anywhere who under the saline
circumstances or conditions will give
better service in the same class Of work
as IS true of the black man of the
South
The speaker contended that the negro
8 Al his worst in the crowded life Of !
the city, and at his best in the rural |
district. where he owns and cultivates
the soil In concluding Mr.. Washing
ton said
u wish that a larger proportion of
p hite Americans might seek an oCca-
sion TO see the negro at his best
here axe two races whose interests !
re 10 be considered. The one white and
he other black No two groups Of peo- |
pie can live side by side where one IS ia |
ignorance and poverty without lis con-
iitiou affecting the other The black !
nan must be lifted or the white mar /
Thl be injured in his moral and
'pirittssl life. The degrade ton Of the one
vii mean the degradation of the other.
Visit to White House.
Rev. :. NJ Newman. pastor of the
First Congregational Church, said the
Blessing. The other speakers or the
.vsning were Edward Everett Hale.
harlan of the Senate. and Oswald Gar
-ison Willard
Jubilee songs aud melodies we're sung
" pupils OF the Manassas School. Jen- {
lie Dean. an ex-slave, and the founder
4 the school was OF the platform, and
vas presented with handsome bou- !
tuet ,
Booker 7. Washington and the pupils .
# the Manassas School, called on Pres
dent Roosevelt al the White House YES
eFday They were introduced bv Ed |
, ara Everett Hale. who Is reading
.dNocate o. negro education. The Presi-
rent complimented them on their sing
nE- and said that their peculiar e. pac-
" tor melody would one day develop a | =
instinct school Of American music
MI NaShnEto,- was the guest Of the
Zen and Pencil Club. an organization OF z
'oiored men. a banquet at Odd Eel ;
oWs Halt last night. The banquet vas I
-lNeh IN honor Of Douglass Day." Mr. !
n ashinEton responded to the toast
some ! thoughts on Douglass IL