The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-10-09

while part of the citizens of Ten
nessee are rejoicing over the news
contained in the dispatch from New
York of October 6, to the effect thar
the trustees of the Peabody Fund
would assemble Thursday for their
ntty-tirst annual meeting, at which Il
Is more than likely that the final dis
position OF the main fund, aggrega-
ting $2,500,000, would be made An.
otner part almost as large quite as
Industrious, and really as good cIti.
zens, tax-paying, law-abiding were
sau' not because of the decision that
the entire sum was to go to educa.
tlonal institutions of the South. of
winch the Peabody Normal College at
NASHVILLE was to be the beneficiary
10 receive as her part $1,OOO,0O with
the proviso that the State of Tennes-
see, cit yof Nashville, and County Of
Davidson, raise a similar sum. hut
because of the total disregard of the
main proyiso in the bequest of this
1und, and because only a part Of the
children OF the state, counties. and
cltles, whose parents are law-abidine
taxpayers, are being deprived of the
DEMENT'S Of this great educational
fund, which was given to the "deserv.
ing youth" of the South. The nuea-
ton is now being asked, since the
news leaked out that the final distri.
Dutlon will be made, did the trus-
tees make no proviso for the Negro
children in Tennessee?" The state
seems to have closed it's eyes against
the condition that really exists in cd.
vocational quarters. They are max
ing no appropriations for State
Schools or Normal Schools for Ne
gro children. It has often been point.
ed out to the officials as well as to
the superintendent of education Of
tennessee that the State is woefullv
and seemingly Intentionally blind
A committee waited on the education.
al committee of the last legislature
ana urged that an appropriation be
made for some school, making It a
State institution where Negro chill.
dren could get the benefit of an ed
ucat1on, aided by the State as the
other Southern States are doing. The
cltles or tennessee, proud as thew
are, loyal as they have proven. enter
prising as they are showing them.
selves to be, are not ready to admit
that this great commonwealth would
refuse to do for them as other cities
OF its sister States are doing for their
laW-abiding citizens. It is not abso-
lutely certain what is to be done this
rail-, but up to the present there
seem sto be no one in position to
say what arrangements will be
made for the education of the Negro
youth Hundreds of families are not
particular about sending their chill
dren to denominational schools. but
in Tennessee, if they 90 not send
them to UNCONVENTIONAL schools they
viii be deprived of both a higher edu.
cation and a competent industrial ed
ucation, as there are none but demon.
national colleges and academies in
the State of Tennessee operated for
Negro children. After they leave the
city schools, which is possibly the
best showing that can be made, they
must either go to PRESBYTERIAN
Methodist, Baptist, Congregational, OF
some other religious educational in
stitution. The declaration has often
been made that Tennessee and its
lawmakers were above such small.
ness and prejudice, which have been
attributed to their failure to make ap-
preparations. And yet the good PEG
pie of this great Volunteer State.
having q member of the Peabody Ed
vocational Board not only has not rep.
resented all the people in this in
stance. but has failed on all occasions
so far as the Negro youth Is ron,