The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-11-21

T cation is what the BULK Of Z i the ;'' race
most need FOR some tine, to- come, 4
1871 certstn,;. bat there, Is not ONLY
/ r2onnl, bit need for such q university
r. as this for the tratnins OF men OF ex.
! ceptional gifts who ought to receive
xstae oest % instruction our modern
world can give, and who, though not
numerous as they will be later,
outd%he provided for now. -
Nlr. Carnegie "Hrings Down the
| House." -.
| Inc vast audience rose as one indi-
! vidual when mi. Andrew Carnegie,
tHe worid-famous "Ironmaster" and
| StNer of:itbraries, was introduced. He
Was given the Chautauqua salute. and
all remembering his recent tribute
ito the progress of the American Ne.
sro In his great address at Edinburg,
made the welkfn' ring in testimony
Of their gratitude.
J. Mr.. Carnegie, when he could make
himself heard, spoke as follows:
, Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gen.
etemen: IT almost seems that some
higher power than myself brings me
mere on this occasion. It Is not my
kdoing. i was wholly unconscious Of
fYour, meeting" when requested to
Econes Ito ny ashington,' and it does
tseem to ME nov that it would almost
pc proper to say, Now have l seen
the glory OF the Lord ..'.
Only a few days ago, as the Am
tbassador to my motherland has told
tYSu,''it was my :priviIege to address
Fthe Phtosophic Society Of Edinburg.
Fine expression of surprise they made
as / told them of the progress of the
Negro In America was startling.
They came and took me by the hands
Eahd said, You have revealed some
thing to me I never dreamed Of -.
t'zh'This republic Of ours has never
failed to solve any problem coming
before them-and she-is not going
/ to. fall In regard, to the Negro prob
lem. I believe in the triumph that
our Republic is going to make in
! raising her slaves that were, to the
men that are to be, and that is, as
Burke said of Britain's gift of liberty
ITO her colonies, will make her vene-
| rated In future ages. My study Of
the Negro problem leads me to echo
what Lyman Abbott said I know no
man who has done greater service in
solving this problem than he No
race ever made such progress, mate
rally and educationally, in forty
years as the, Negro has in America
II thank you, Mr.. President, for
permitting me to say these few
fwords. l can delay you no longer
! Don't be afraid. The problem, less
/ than fifty years ago was, What shall
we do with the Negro?' And good
| men sDeculated upon Liberia and
other places. Look how problems
solve themselves! Listen to this, anx-
ious politicians and statesmen! They
are always worrying about what is to
happen hundred years from now
and before the hundred years come
10, the problem is gone! .s,.-~ i.
~ THE problem was What. shall we
do with the Negro ~ Now the prob
lem Is How can we get more Of
them?' They are indispensable
| wherever they are The President
has told you that 1852 900 now own
or cultivate farms covering an area
| larger than England and Wales COM
| b1ned, and they own territory larger
than Belgium and Holland combined.
A race that forty years ago did not
own an acre Of land, and in forty
three years acquired territory larger
than Holland and Belgium combined!
Just ponder over that! | say don't
worry about the Negro! He's all
right" ~
| The "Ironmaster" was delighted
| with the music of the University
choir, led by Miss Lulu Childers, and
was happy to see sucn undisputable
evidences of the truth of his predic-
| tions-~and the race he extolled SO
| highly, wanted to take him off the
platform and embrace him as dem
onstration Of their affectionate. re-
J gard.
commissioner Of Education Elmer
b. Brown dWelt instructively on the
tWo-fold nature of university, as an
institution of learning and Of profess
sional training. ...
| secretary Of the Interior Garfield
a young man of impressive personal
E1ty, who greatly resembles his dis
| tinguished father, the official under
whose supervision Howard Univer-
slty comes, gratified students and
faculty by declaring that it is his de-
sire to make closer the relation be-
tween his branch Of the federal Gov
ernment and the institution Of learn
ing. 1t was his opinion that that
education has not received from the
federal Government the aid which 1t
should have, and that the Govern