The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-06
ORATORS CLASH
ON RACE PROBLEM
Enfrancl,isetncnt Of Negroes at
ga Close of5War Colossal Blu11dcr,
Says Nortf1rop. !.
ANDREW CARNEGIE SPEAKS
Discusses Education Of Blacks
and Highly Praises Work OF
'ruskegee.
nv Associated Pross.)

(By Associated Pross.)
TUSKl1GEI1, ALA, April 5.-The third
and concluding day OF Tuskegee's silver
Jubilee was marked to-day by the con-
tinued attendance Of an immense throng
representing tho varied types Of cltlzcn-
ship which are Interested In the .Tuskegeo
Normal Institute. The programme for
tho two sessions of the day and evening
included several notable addresses, con-
Guiding with that Of Andrew Carnegie
! this evening.
rho morning session was marked with
| d spirited issue between President Cyrus
Northrop, Of tho University Of Minnesota,
nnd William Lloyd Garrison. The former
| speaker, In commenting on tho work ut
! Tusltegco, expressed his interest IN the
education OF e. shc people Of tho South.
lilo concluded his remarks by saying:
"Outsde Of education there can be
formed no solution for the race problem.
I do not subscribe to the doctrine that
the moro ignorant Il man Is, the moro
efficient no Is MS worker.
He expressed the opinion that the en-
REIMBURSEMENT OF the mass of the negro
race at tho close of the Civil War was
a colossal blundcr. Sharp Issue was
taken by Mr. Garrison In dramatic ten
minute address. He commended that the
way ~ to teaCn n man 10 8NOlo is 70 put
the ballot into his hand.
Other speakers were Principal Hollis
Burke Frissel Of the Hampton Normal
and Agricultural Institute and Or. s.. G..
Atkins, secretary Of the Board Of Educa-
ton OF the Afri,s.n Methodist Episcopal
Church, of Winston Salem M G: Il VI
Address BY Mr.. Carnegie.
At the night session the principal speak
crs were Andrew Carnegie and Bishop
Charles b. Galloway, OF the Southern
Methodist Church. Mr.. Carnegie spoke
on 1.-THE Education OF the Negro-A Ma,
tional Interest," The very closest at
tention was paid the famous 1lnancier.
Hc said in part:
The quartcr-ccn.enary OF this .rema rkable edu--
catlonal institution for the colored people, not
pses than in our own White race ii tho South
but because we feel that tho problem Is one
q IN the South ees
look for It's solutlon It Is Impossible {that%edts
Gated Southern white people, G0gd nd l n
ali its sweet graccs surrounded by an inferior
race sunk in Ignorance and squaor. Human ,a,,
Of ono part Injuries and lowers the lives OF the
Negroes Indispensable.
rapid q the Sou,h in
produce d decided effect upon the conditions OF
human life With this Increase In wealth must
Improve themselves, for, much OF the refinement
and elevation q ;lle rest upon material pros
osl ses
ltssSalso the root of all sthe%unlver colleges
and Libraries re
Washington from personal experience. that
without prosperity and therefore, I'm IN,
a new day has begun to dawn upon the South,
and. II I mistake not, the mex twenty years
IS to witness an advance, not alone in material ria
perity, in all that elevates, rettnes and rem
dss fs Ss Sora or o%H
than the south but the day e the sonths Il
prorress and mental development the coored
people are to prove an indispensable element.
49, Value AS An Asset.
we some times. but not often now. hear
o. for hs
velopment et me South Is plentiful supply upps
Not only shall tho present Southern popula ton,
white and black. DO needed. but millions mere pre-
e Go ne a and ' other produess tic desire Of
Southern railroads to attract Immigration NJ; slo"s
th1 lines ask an mho ,Sn e expe
give FOR them IN south Africa lnf s,, ns
White VIII labor, the difference g not nearly 50
great between white and black 1ao2r he1e ns
has an asset the value OF whicfIi IS ~
and
hence Improved It Is here to stay and ,1 Gan
be spared Il dou MIR sefey or
profit, to exist in Ignorance Il canno. stand an
still Unless 1t marches forward u must n ion
shail Improvement take. Tho correct answer
has been given BY Tssegee and ana nr a
o ana adhered to BY the Moses Of his people the
principal hero Hooker washington; by prinr
cpa rssel at hampton Inv teashers Of The
e co " I race believe It should be primarily
and fer
nver' FOR iM ali ali Iprofesslons. :
" It is always the few who elevate %, a y ho
orst IN IN acauirng an art, handlcraft reading
writing knowledge IN any 9 sno m Mrd Us
every nerd Of deer has It's leader or leaders;
few In number and what inc mosi auyn The
acquire the follo%ers ny 10
the first motor car gave proof that othef e men
could learn and 50 they nave h ,enrn man II yng g
Who could take telegraph messages by sound a.
oabers have been ddspoSd e s decl hns
ssna a1 i impossible feat One man succeeded
and ho was considered marvel ror ' ,ho
c wuuns began to try, with tho result that TO-
day no one could got a position as telegrapne :
who could not tS go nre %ds1I adaress
Work of Tuskegce.
Now to-day Tuskegee shows sixteen hundred re
,e gro students Taught by ono hundred and nifty
teachers OF their own race the eoored fhee
having done this here and ~ several otnsr
. simiiar colleges and schools In widely scat
q the South ha eo wSSs
hGo,,q ,h cducaton Ito high state OF general
ms our wh1ts r rdGs has nd hsSn
,vho led mo way cleared the path. beck
va hhnir lass r fed hre lhren on and led them