The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-09
Ted and edueatea for the stat, Ger.

cred and educated for the State ser.
 He said that 1ao inssituticps of hirh- CT learning had been revived -or estab- lished. instructing nearly 30.0oO stu- dents: Their establishment and re- sSSiisdins sSis ne dsclaTsd had Sssn lrysia G soctai needs and in seif-relispce and self -sacrince. Today" he said. sthe spirit of research and scientific inves- serve the community in soeial and eco- homie directions, are entering these in- stitutions and are vieing with the more ancient conception of the risid acqui- tive. Tn other words, the leisure class theory of education is being vitaiized by the dynamic theory of education. The educated man must desire and have power 60 help others as well as to ap- preciate and enoJy himself the inher- ttances of civilization.
 Growing Southern universities have truthzseskingg i Dgpysi spirit. so protect % itsfrom materialization, to idealize It's motives in the heart of the seeker. and yet to draw near to the people en the appl- In each cf.these colleges. and in all of the high schools preparatory to them, he said, there may be seen going stead fly forward a scientific movement hav- their curriculum.
 Help for Negroes.
 Owing primarily. he said. to- the pa- sfio5is genius cf samusi chsgms,n Arn select group of patient men and wo- men in both sections and of. Doth races. the two greatest experiment. stations backward race had been established in the South sand . wise direction giv- en to the education of the African ele- ment in our body polite. whose train ing was missing ths mark widely ow- ing to unintelligent zeal for their well fare on the one hand, and q minglinE Of, resentment and despair on the
 The tardy appearance of the south ern States he declared. fin the field of democratic education had given them an opportunity, which they will net pess Fona Py ors S sv0a Rsny tRe s the American community. The South edu- cationally he said. had passed from the stage of public opinion -making to one of constructiveness and technique and the child had become the focus of scientific concern in law and poii- ties. The Southern people have made up their mind not to hesitate nor fal- tablish such system of training as shall be adequate for the needs Sof a great democracy.
 In conclusion. pr. Alderman said:
 it perfectly clear. this conference sup- plies the proof that the South has come to an understanding. of itself.
 "It sees itself clearly as great dis tinctive section. richly endowed with noble, tragic. heroic Traditions, and even more richly endowed by nature, with infinite riches of mind and Held and forest and stream and climate. It sees proudly its relation to the repub- lie as whole. of which it, is an indi- visable part.
 Tt has a vision of it's economic des- tiny and Of the ways in which it must work to realize tbeG destiny. Kt per- ceives that in the future the great Southern financier.s economist. Indus trial leader. will be enrolled among our great men along with our statesmen, soldiers, orators and publfcists. Tho prevailing mood of the South. while self-conscious- of its industrial oppor- tunities, is not drunken with soreide ness nor cheapened by. greed, but aEiow with a new idea of aoeial service. and a fuller conception of the meaning of It's ancient dogma of focal seif-govern- inent That great phrase Is no longer though of metaphYsfcally. alone, but practically. It signifies a practical program of growth at the core of which stands the common map and his child. symbolizing the essential strength of any state waiting to be trained for .ife majestic duties of cit- isenship and service in a free repub-