New-York tribune., 1907-01-27
WcrE Auone Poor Southern Whites.
Achieved for the Education of Children
i'm Georsia-ScholarsEps Necde

Of leland stanford J Tniyer5y 55d y hsvPs hS Ing
oHersI her sedXces, IouLtn RaS R auau % ,soIated %
neghborhCod, twenty miles away.
ea le ien' as the Tl' OF aTer f2gr aourshing
schools each social aEd educational centre Tor
some some scatltrea helghDorhoou' SuIl MISS Dei'S
4 saw that what they really needed was to be
taught to Do the practical things OF life IN the pest
possible way-to scrub. cook, farm. build houses
ana save thGir money The good we were ape 2I. 70
influence. and the six months vacation was so long
deal We had given thela. The homes they came
from were but of logs, smoky and dark inside;
for the only bearoom These people are poor-some
OF them desperately poor, o,o,
What 1 especially wanted TO see was school
to meet the needs OF the boys Of these fSmhes nif
ing in 1902 on a plot of eghty-three acres near
Rome Ca which gave for the purpG,ssssi Ip!,ssir At ,na a
cuding a dormitory. kitchen, dining room and II.
the % Boys anS Of the surr62Saan 2sasg 4" pura dc
Each boy had TO pay 50 month for board board % or
work Two hours of work a day were required Of
every student and the way the boys workea[ 5
ing roads. clearing land. carpentering-Was oeau-
titul Illus ion Of their genure interest in their
school ana their keen desire pull themselves up.
HELP me to tie man they seemed 10, 10 he e cry ~
manifest spirit they helped erect "a WORKSHOP dairy
few friends a csrpenter was engaged from the
neighborho3d to come few days each week, ana
without any aid from hired help.
sfaduaes , o. ms seg2i are ar eoTrs h9w morEn @
of them, WHO Is Taiter IN fraternity mouse. IS
president of the Young Mems Christian Association.
Another Is studying IT Mount Hernon College, IN
Massachusetts. Others teaching in the district
schools. where they real missionaries Of higher
education. Many of the lads stay at school
only a year two. then they drop out, earn some
money and so back to graduate And almost more
important than the book and trade instruction they
the home life. and the discipline II gives
them in courtCsv speech and the training OF
a gentleman. Ii is the pupils who ask the blessing
al mealtime U1o conduct the evening prayers ana
the singing. The teachers and pupils come into
advantage Of the boys',' '''''
Last year there a hundred pupils. ranging
- ago from twelve TO twenty three wears School
closed In May. and the Governor of Georgia was
invited make address and hear the boys
speak. The schOolhouse crowded with people
who had come from thirty miles around. Among
them was a poor woman who had sold her only
milch cow keep her boy a school. The boy took
This wear there are two hundred OF the old class
enrolled and applications are coming In daily from
others. Miss Berry needs more room. more teach
ers. and more money pay her teachers A fund
firm foundation and relieve il from the yearly
struggle to raise current eXDenseS. Among the other
important needs $40 009 for trade school $4,000
for large dornitory. $4,000 for library building
dining hall. S5.C01 for farm machinery and harm.
and 5000 for laboratory and chemistry and ag-i-
cultural equipment. Especially scholarships Of
$50 each needed To put the industrial school with
washing and tuition for the school wear has been
placed ~ $40 AS this covers only nue-half Of the
actual Of each bOv TO tho school the insti
tuition itself hrs TO meet this deficit ~ raising
il is voluntary contributions Il finds
Pift small 20 10 cf John J. EagaD. Al
lanta. Ca. is the Tresidcnt and John IT. Reynolds
Rome. Ga. IS the treasurer.