The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-10-17
.Staff Correspon

b Washington, ID. c., October 10
when DR.. Booker II. Washington,
W addr essing the great National Bap-
4 list Convention. urged the establish
L ment of central training school for
1.-The education of the ministers who
Y must direct the life Of our people,
!. he was applauded to the echo by TO-
! the. flower of the Negro race. The
I seed soWnH by the eminent educator
did NOT fall upon stony ground, for
1t has stimulated deeper interest
4 An the Christian education, as we'll as
4 the academic and industrial develop
y ment of the young, people Of our race
II has emphasized the plan that had
I already taken shape in the mind Of
DENJam@s e.. Shepard, the indefatig-
able hsid worker among Negroes in
cOAneEtlorl with the International
Sunday school Association, and has
stt2nulated to a wonderful degree
the enthusiasm DR.. -Shepard's project
had aroused among the colored peo-
= pla%of the country, especially among
those who must carve out their des-
I tiny In the Southland. At Hillsboro,
\ N o., on the Southern railway, for.
ty+hve' miles from Raleigh and about
the same distance from Greensboro,
this energetic young man purposes
to establish an institution that will
Incorporate with a necessary indus
trial education and an academic
foundation, the still more essential
$ ingredient of a moral training that
will bring to the highest perfection
the talents and material accomplish
ments of the student, and garner I'M
to the race the very best influences
that are within them. He has issued
a pamphlet entitled The True Solu-
tion," In which is COMPREHENSIVE
stated the system under which the
work will be carried on. DR.. Shep-
ard notes the inadequacy of any siV'
the much-mooted race problem;
hence, as the other phases 6f Negro
training are happily caged for, with
this one link in the chain lacking, he
is undertaking to supply it by pro.
viding a central nefnt. around which
:, MAY radiare the Christian spirit
which he thinks will stem the tide of
racial prejudice and bring all condi-
: tto1ts OF mankind upon common
level of moral obligation and mutual
sympathy. THE True Solution" as
DE. Shepard understands it, will be
reached when the thoughtful student
Ehnds a way to disseminate a practi-
Gal Christianity among the masses,
land when the real philanthropists Of
the nation give Of their means to vi
Gtalize the agencies that will make it
q }business to get hold Of these mass
@fes. No school now in existence spec
Sializes along the line Of Dr.. Shep-
Bard's work, and he proposes a new
institution, the watchword Of which
shall be: Change the man, and en-
$EYironments will be changed by him. -
NO be specific, Dr.. Shepard aims
40 establish amid the picturesque Oc-
Eonaechee mountains, beside the his
torfc Emo river, far from the noise
and hustle Of a great city, where
God and Nature seem to meet III
sweet communion, a great religious
university "a Observation-Disclosures
Bible school, modelled after that Of
. Northfield, to train men in the Bible
: and thus change their inner life, and
with this life changed, to send them
! out to change others, thus rearing up
). 9 new people, prepared to win the re-
.spect and confidence Of all with whom
Il they must come in contact, and to
1share the responsibilities Of the race
s and nation. In connection with the
Bible course, a literary department
I5i#1l be maintained, especially adapt
led for tliiterate ministers. A course
t3s$Wtll be established for the training
5&of Sunday school teachers and home
4 missionaries. Provision will be made
5sS$for the instruction Of foreign mis-
,ss gtonaries, teaching the languages
Ssand customs Of the countries where
SkkSuch workers are most needed, to-
u. Aether with a brief knowledge O.
medicine and the industrial arts. a:
sststho5S uiSoiOudIlSS WIN SuCn equip
ffhant are found to accomplish the
q most far.reaching results. Another
s8SssBpecial course, Of the greatest i'm
IMPORTANCE, will be the training Of mc1
land women to be secretaries 0
Ssfonng Mems and Young. Women
8 sEsfhrfstfan Associations.
s% To start such an institution thre
1{IhiilhinPs will be rennired. 80 90