The Washington bee., 1907-06-22
A GREAT MOVE
TRAINING AND IN
DUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
To be Established in the District of Co.
lambda for the Benefit of CoL0yed
Boys and Girls.

An effort IS being made 10 establish
in the District of Columbia a National
Training and Industrial School for col
ored youths, both male and female
principal grounds and school buildings
TO be located in the District of Colum-
mia, thus making the institution national
IN its significance and scope In con-
nectlon with the agricultural work OF
the schoo,, 1t is planned to operate a
farm school nearby, in the State OF
Maryland, at which dairying, poultry
raising, brick making and the like Will
be carried on; the girls will be taught
in all branches OF domestic science. such
as cooking, laundering, sewing, dress
making, millinery, etc, in short the in
stiution Will do work similar 10 that
done by Dr. Booker 7. Washington
school at Tuskegee, Alabama, and by
Hampton Institute at Hampton, Va. The
school will aim 10 teach such trades, vo-
cations and callings as may best qualify
the students to become self-suppOrting
and independent citizens and, at the
same time. enable them 10 be useful and
helpful to the communities in which they
may reside; It will also send out special
students to do practical and intelligent
missionary work in the District of Co
lumbia and other communities. While
the school shall be non-sectarian, it
shall be conducted on a high plane OF
morality temperance, economy and re-
ligious teaching
The plans for the establishment of
the school have been under discussion
for sometime past; the project has the
endorsement of the leading citizens OF
Washington. and fund OF $4,000 Is
being raised with which to begin the
work of the school in the fall of 1907.
Among the subscriptions so far received
to the cause IS one OF a thousand dollars
by ex-senator John B. Henderson. Dr..
VIM. Z Chancellor. superintendent of
the Public Schools of the District of
Columbia, has stated that such a train
ing and industrial school would do a
much-needed work in this community
which cannot be accomplished by the
public school system, and he has backed
up his endorsement witah a subscription
of $IOO. The subscriptions OF all persons
desiring to contribute to the cause will
be gratefully received and properly ac-
knowledged from time to time.
A mass meeting Will be held at Con-
vention Hall, Sunday afternoon, June
80, 1907, at 3 P. NJ, at which time the
detailed plans OF the school will be an
nounced to the public, and for which
meeting an elaborate musical program
has been arranged and addresses will be
delivered by some OF the most distin-
guished citizens Of the District of Co
lumbia
Rev. S. Geriah Lamkins, pastor OF
Tenth Street Baptist Church, corner of
Tenth and R streets, \. w, Washing
ton, d. c., who has been for some time
promoting the effort to establish a ma
tional training and industrial school in
the District of Columbia. was born in
! Roanoke County, Virginia, June 20, 1857,
OF slave parents; attended the public
schools Of his native county; entered
Howard University, Washington, D. c..
in 1880; graduated with honor from the
Theological Department Of said insti-
tuition with the class of 1885; he has
been pastor in the Nations Capital for
more than 20 years, during which time
he has served as secretary of the Bap-
tist Ministers Conference; vice-presi-
dent and secretary of the Baltist Con
gress of the District OF Columbia; he
has served as member of the Board OF
Education of the National Baptist Con-
vention; corresponding secretary of the
National Negro Young Peoples Chris
tian and Educational Congress; for the
past fifteen years he has been editor and
manager Of the Washington Department
OF the Christian Banner" a National
Baptist newspaper published in Phila-
delphia, which makes him one Of the
best known colored preachers in the
United States; he is sgd degree Mason
and a member OF the Supreme Grand
Council of the Southern and Western
Jur. 4diction, With reference 10 this
effort Rev Lambin said:
There are about 100000 colored peo-
pie in the District of Columbia and the
great demand for well trained domestic
servants, skilled laborers. mechanics.
farmers, etc, not only emphasizes the
need OF such an institution. but makes
a well-equipped industrial school one Of
the most commendable and desirable en-
terprises that can be projected for both
the white people and the colored people
OF the community. While the National
Training and Industrial Institute, in
whose interest I am laboring. is design
ed for the benefit Of colored hoys and