Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-07-23

1hC IN" SNHOOl law uniformly WlLu
the white schools, with it's opportu-
mites and privileges and it's benef-
cent taxation, buildings and accom-
modations-and a white trusteeship;
or Cd The colored schools will force
upon the lawmaking body of Ken
lucky the antiquated three-trustee
system, with its vicious tendencies,
its poor schools and houses, its beg
CARED teachers, its waste of State
fund, its no supplement of tax--and
a colored trusteeship.
Success at Ashland.
have faith in the negro of Ken
lucky who will herald new era for
the colored schools-whose leaders
will champion the cause of a larger
and better system of education for
their people. AS superintendent of
the public schools of Ashland, KY,
was, for eighteen years, in charge
of all the city schools-white and
colored. For these years the color
ed schools have had a real part in
the system. Eight white men have
composed the board of education.
The superintendent has supervised
the work. A splendid building has
been erected. Teachers have fol-
lowed the regular salary schedule.
The course of study has been enforc-
ed in every department just as it
has been maintained in the white
schools. am proud to believe that
the colored department of the Ash
land public schools is the peer of
any colored school in the Common
wealth. Many cities of the State
conduct their white and colored
schools just as Ashland has conduct
ed it's schools.
Ashland is no fairy tale. Under
the new law--the county school dis
| trict law-every colored school in
| Kentucky may become a modern
school. The management, to be
sure, shall be white management,
but the management shall provide
the needs of the Individual schools
| for white and colored pupils-build-
| ings, Improvements and equipment.
supplies, payment of teachers and
extension of the term. / counsel
the negro to eliminate all friction Sc
that the new law may have an op'
portunity to prove itself. l counsel
you not to worry about white trus-
tees, but / urge that all alike select
clean, square, good white trustees
, | l repeat a sentence from Bulletin No,
4: Under the new law the leading
negro educators of the State voice
with DR.. Wood, one Of the repre-.
sentatives of his race, in an editorial
of the Torchlight: about the only
AFFECTION urged by our people against
the bill is that it may rob the negro
trustee of the honor of the Office;
but this honor is so Insignificant,
when compared with the good of the
child and the future of the State
and the race, we do not think il
worthy of mention in this connec'
ton"
| l ask every county superintendent
and every official to weigh we'll the
considerations herein given in sup
plement to Bulletin No. 4. Will yor
follow me in this lead of uplift anC
general education for the good o.
mankind and for the betterment Of
old Kentucky? Will you forego per
sonal prejudice and personal notion
and personal rights in the common
cause? | repeat: We are inaugur
ating here and now the biggest for
ward movement of the schools il
Kentucky since the past forty or fiji
ty years. Join with your most rep
resentative people, both white an
colored, and let us make it unani
nous. By amendment during tn
next General Assembly we can evolv
really great school system, adapte'
to Kentucky's peculiar needs.
j. G. CRABBE,
Superintendent of Public instruction