Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-19

| Mr. Benson's wise management. In the
heart Of the wilderness ara the begin
nings of a model village. with store. post
office, sawmill, turpentine factory, etc.
The meager Industrial training received
here has stood him in good stead, said
President Thirkield. But If along with
his college discipline he could have had
courses in civil and mechanical engineer
ing. with practical training In industrial
shops equipped with the best technical
appliances, 1t would have been Of invalu-
count Kowafga. however. as one Of the
most hopeful enterprises for reaching and
uplifting the race. 1t touches the people
right on the soil where they live. and gives
them better houses, better children, better
farmers. better lives. 1t deserves the con-
fidence and support of all people interested
in the uplift of the negro race. Would
that there were more Howard graduates
who would go forth into the dark places
to multiply such enterprises
Nearly Thousand M. DIS.
1.-The School of Medicine of Howard
University was opened April 10. 1885," re-
sumed DR.. Thirkield. land from it the
largest number Of graduates of any de-
partment have been sent out. numbering
912. These graduates are scattered over
the land from Texas to New England.
From the beginning 1t has had a distin-
guished faculty. large number of the
professors being white men who, with
EiSn luedlS ana cOnSeCTdteQ PURPOSE, nave
given themselves to this work. DR.. Robert
Reyburn. who was one Of President Gar
fields physicians. and is a warden Of old
st. Johns Episcopal Church. has been the
eight years. Others have terms of serv
ice almost as long The school stands
high in the medical fraternity. Its grad
yates stand with those of other schools.
nection with the Freedmens Hospital.
The completion of the new plant for
the hospital, costing nearly half a million.
will give it fine clinical faculties as
has been opened this year a post-gradu
ate course. having among its lecturers
some Of the most distinguished physi-'
clans of Washington. The liberal endow-
ment Of such school as this that sends
forth over sixty trained physicians each
year. who are to minister to the ever-in-
creasfng millions of cOlored people, would
be signal service for the race. In the
city Of Charleston. 8. c., are eight colored
physicians every one of whom Is an alum
nus Of Howard. DR.. w. d. Crum, for sew
eral years collector of customs, Is an
alumnus. In hundreds Of cities and towns
doing excellent service In checking the
threatened physical decline Of the race,
and thus adding to the effective economic
and industrial strength of the nation.
Colored Lawyers Make Good.
"The law school was opened in 1868.
Senator William NJ. Evarts was much in
terested in this department, and his liberal
gift made possible the fine building that
stands on Judiciary Square. Careful in
vestigation shows that these graduates
are generally successful and useful men
in their communities. Replies to nearly
100 letters show that they have good
average income and have met with uni
form courtesy from white fellow 5urists.
o>iC, no
alumni Is D. Augustus Straker of De-
troit. Mich. who was twice elected to
judiciary position by the white voters of
that city. He Is the author of several
law books of recognized merit. and is re-
garded as one Of the strongest members
Of the Detroit bar. Prof. George M. Cook.
another law alumnus. has recently been
appointed by the Commissioners Of the
District Of Columbia to take charge of
the new Industrial school for INDECENT and
incorrigible youths at Blue Plains, D. c.
He has for years been a valued member
of the District board OF charities.
"The school of theology occupies a
unique place. 1t Is entirely undenOmina-
tional in. character It's faculty and stu
dents represent the various modes of be-
lief and forms Of worship that prevail In
the Protestant. church The outcome of
this Is that young men are trained In the
spirit Of tolerance. Special emphasis Is
laid upon instruction and training In the
effective use Of the Bible in pulpit. pray
err meeting and personal work. Hundreds
Of graduates have gone forth throughout
the south and have become influential
members in different denominations.
Scores Of them are now in the West Indies
and Africa. At Kowaliga Institute one
Of them is chaplain and principal. The
missionary spirit Is characteristic of these
graduates
High Standard Of College.
while Howard University has stood dis
tinctively for the higher education of
YOUTH continued President Thrilled. land
has maintained high-grade college course
that ranks well with New England colleges
yet tn the forty years only 1873 graduates
have gone forth with college degrees. This
shows the high standard of the college and
also emphasizes the fact that one of the
dangers least to be feared Is the flooding
Of the country with cOlored men from col
ored colleges Howard University believes
that the elect tenth should have the best
training assimilate the principles of cul-
These graduates have gone out with the
purpose of forming centers OF civllzatlng
Influences among their people. 1t is be-
lieved that men with exceptional endo~
an opportunity to develop the highest and
best that Is in them
Standing as 1t does In the capital or the
nation and related to the government said
DR.. Thirkfeld. in conclusion. lit seems to
me that Howard University should become
the great national university for colored
in its organization and work should stand
as the center and elimination of the entire
system Of schools for colored youth through
out the nation With the teaching staff
rests the future shaping of the university.
Nothing can take the place Of the directive
force and creative power of the faculty.
They are to teach living as we'll as books
The personality of the teacher Is supreme
The character-begetting power In a teacher
stands first. Education must be a prep
aration for complete living, and therefore
the development of the entire man. 1t
should be broad training to fit men for
adjustment to the complex relations of our
modern life The aim should not be cul-
ture for it's own sake. but for the sake of
service To so equip men. through teaching
and the power of example, that they shall
20 forth to further. unselfshy and with
efficiency. the progress of a free people
should be kept in view. This institution
stands for the higher education; for the
training of those who shall be the leaven
of a race. 1t Is good thing to train men
TO make a living; but work that shall mold
future generations is the training of men
to make a life"
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