The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-03-12
Praises Work of North
Carolina.
Ray Stannard Baker a Visitor
to Raleigh-Interviews MIR.
Ioyner-Discusses His I'm
pressions Received Here
This State First in Educa-
tional Work.

Raleigh News and Observer.
Mr.. Ray Stannard Baker OF New York,
noted as q magazine writer and men,
Der of the staff of the american Naga-
zine. is a visitor to Raleigh having come
direct from the North to this city, begin
ming here a critical study OF the educa-
tional reconstruction, ''or revival he
,oujcklv substituted for the word with a
history of the South. He believes this
revival is very significant, and it will be
with feeling Of qualification and pride
to the people OF this State that Mr..
Bakers estimate OF North Cardinals
work makes this State lead the South
not only in educational progress and in
the production of educational states
men, but he stated that there was high
er degree of democracy in North Carroll
Ma than had been seen in other Southern
states.
Mr. Baker is author OF a series OF arti-
cles in the American Magazine bearing
upon the perplexing problem OF the negro
both South and North. He has dealt
with conditions as he has observed them
in both sections, exciting interest uni
versally, but meeting his share Of criti-
cism, his stories about the negro in the
North being more acceptable to the
South than his stories of the Southern
negro. -
Mr. Baker came to Raleigh to see State
Superintendent j. \. Joyner, "whO is
well known in the North said Mr..
Baker, "as a great educatiOna leader.
He is what | call one of your Southern
statesmen. You have u group of very
remarkable men in the South doing your
educational work." and he led the list
with a North Carolinan and ended with
a native of this State.
Mr.. Baker in speaking of his interview
with State Superintendent Joyner. said:
II was much interested in Mr. Joyf,er's
talk about the South before the war.
This is one of the few Southern States
that had any sort OF an educational
system before the war and | suppose
that is why you have such educational
statesmen as these Mr.. Baker stated
that one of the most surprising asser
tons of Mr.. Joyner was the fact that
North Carolina is paying more per 500
assessed valuation for education in North
Carolina than they are paying in Massa-
chusetts; though he remarked, that North
Carolina does not pay as much per CAPT
TIA for education as the citizen of Massa-
y
ing and surprising fact to him, said Mr..
Baker, land very encouraging.
Another matter that was of especial
interest to Mr.. Baker was the rural high
school campaign, 1876 high schools hav-
ing been established in this State in one
year, which Mr. Baker declared was a
remarkable showing "We'll send North
ern delegations down here to study
your Southern educational system ifyou
keep on this way" he remarked. He
complimented Mr.. JOyners plan for
school houses, which brings uniformity
into building of these houses and causes
all to be constructed upon scientific
principles.
Mr. Baker has not observed the negro
in North Carolina. and consequently had
nothing to say relative to the problem
in this State. except to assert that in
education was the solution Of the negro
question, and that he believed North
Carolina was solving it, The reason
why he did not visit this State when he
was studying the problem in its home,
was two-fold North Carolina having
no trouble with the black man, and Mr..
Bakers studies were where the black
population was most dense.
MIR. Baker in response to an inquiry
admitted that he believed the two races
were getting farther apart, that as the
North had got along with the Hebrew
living by his side, without amaigama-
ton resulting SO the South would get
along with the negro, without miscege-
nation. He thinks that the mixing OF the
races is less than it has been and it is on
the decline, except in sections like those
OF the Delta regions OF Mississippi.
where the negro population is most
dense. He is unwavering in his convic-
ton that education is the solution OF the
question; believing with Booker Wash
ington that if the negro is kept in the
gutter the white man must remain with
him to keep him there. The negro rises
to his greatest usefulness only when ed
ucated, and he confirmed an interroga-
tory statement of the reporter OF the ef-
to the white man when educated.
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