The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-31
NEGRO IN THE SOUTH
SUBJECT DISCUSSED BY THE EDU-
 GATORS.
Bliss NimRao Greene oF NOhtgOpaery, and pr. PhiIstps of BIFmlnghsm
 On Program in
 Atlanta,

Atlanta. Dec. 3o.-The negro in the South was discussed at the mor1tng session of the Southern Educational Association Convention here today. Educators from. the North and South spoke.
 4 paper by Chancellor David Barrow of the University of Georgia advc- cates taking advantage of<the emo tional nature of the negro and his love for music. Mir. Barrow suggested that tAe negro's morals be trained through music, saying that the negro slaves originated their corr. and work songs. Along with the elementary branches of common school studies. he said. the Ten Commandmefts should be taught them fss
 Superintendent J. H. Phillips of the schools of Birmingham, Ala. read a paper on the "Essential Requirements of Negro Education," in which he said that the question of the South is not whether the negro shall be edncsted, but what kind of an education will prove most helpful. He advocated that negro teachers be employed in all negro sch ools. holding that mo white teacher Is competent to teach an elementary negro school.
 Negro Rural Schools was the sub ject of pr. J. H. Dillard of New OF leans, general agent of the Jeanes fund, who said that much of the money now being spent on the education of the negro Is worse than thrown away because of the careieksness in employ ing ignorant teachers and in the mat ter of supervision.
 Discussing the results of the at- tempts at higher education of the ne- gro by President C. F. Meserve of Shaw University. pr. billiard said that the negro schools sh ould be To- cated fifty or one hundred miles apart and in the country.
 The Past. Present. and Future of Mission Schools in the South for the ject of a paper by DrS G. S. Dicker- man, agent of the Slater Fund.
 , committee was appointed to con- fer with the Conferenee for Education In the South. an organizatio slmiIar to the Southern Education Assoeia- tion to ascertain whether the 1909 meeting of the two cannot be held at the same time and place.
 The afternoon was divided into de- partment meetings. In the depart ment of libraries. Miss Frances Nfnlmo Greene of Montgomery, Ala, led the discussion. She was followed by sev- eral hve-minute talks on how to se- cure school libraries.
 In the department of higher eduea- tion. The Teachers Place in the Amer ican Commonwealth" was the subject of a paper by pr. A. P. Montague. President of Howard College. Rirming- ham. Ala
 GovernOr Smith Speaks.
 The first step toward the develop ment of the negro is the elinipation of friction between the white man and the negro. The negro's chsracter and capacity must be built by his white neighbors and white employers. The negro universities are all, right. per haps but we must not forget how few negroes ever get inside these colleges These schools just touch the superb cfal edges of the problem. The real problem is among the masses" Thus spoke Governor Hoke Smith. of Geor- gla, today when called upon to ad- dress the Educational Association. Continuing, he said:
 The real educational problem of the ! negro is to teach him to do well that which he has to do. I do not believe in prejudice and hatred but I resent any denuneistion of race prejudice which denuncistion really aims to eb' literate the lines of distinction be tween tho white and negro races. The great bulk of the negro raet Is engaged. and must continue to b'