Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-24

WIN be done SHOULD he not only In.
duslrions. hut Intelligent
III. You want those who are to bc
the leaders in the daveIopmcn, n,
your resources. the EMPLOYERS I'm civ
and country. merchants. engineers
aud professional men AS well as Tho
manufacturers, TO have ma sicry or /
commercial methods ana TO comprc
menu the scientific foundations OF in |
dnstry.
When SEQ wnar has been done for
negro education and what negroes
nave done for themselves in acoulr
ing proncrty and building up homes
during these forty years. there Is no
ground for 1iscoura6cment.
whether the Importance of sys
tom of High Schools also Is fnlls.
rcaiized do not knew. But the truth
Us mat the progress of a people dc.
pchdl moro largely on the numhor ana
cxcellence' of tho secondary than ~
docs on the abundance Of tho pri
mary schools. II Is nv capable minrs
and vigorous Wills that nations I'd
vance. An education higher than tnn
elementary is needed to enrich tho
"nnn'r" With mon whose vision az
tends beyond the detail of their daiIy
work
National efficiency depends on rn
liEhtened leadership no less than mon
the steady industry of the mskillcd
iaborer ana tho practisnd apiiinic q,
! tho skilled laborcr. Tho lntclIiInc.
aud skill of your ncopc are Tho mos,
abundant and inexhaustiblc OF all yout
natural resources.
National efficiency depends on on
tional resources should he dcvclopch
that wealth should I've different among
the whole people that want and mis-.
orv he removed. that comfort lc o.,
largcd and life made easier for all
But there arc other things which YOU
in this favored land have righi.to
cvpeci Won desire 10 have mo-,
whose wisdom and skill III them for
tho work now far moro difficult than
t. ever was before of. administering
tho government q fthis gigantic Re.
nullic and of Tho states that compose
I IT. YOu desire to adorn that Rcpnh
lie with the rlorics Of literature AMI
| science and art. For this rrrposc Won
| must have not onlv schools but uni
4 versities also. There arc nleniv ~
universities In tho North. and many
! excellent ones But vnu arc entire
1 " right in desiring to have plenty nr
/ COLLEGES and universities hero also aud
10 improve still further those which
| ycn have
Superintendent EooIeston Speaks.
| "a meeting of state superintendent
occupied the attention OF the confer
epce this morning.
| Superintendent j. Y Joyner presid-
F, cd. Tho movement for Southern cdu-
cation has been emphasized IN re-
cent years OF the need of high school !.
more educational funds. better train
ing and better pay for teachers and
more adequate supervision, he said.
: The superintendent dwelt upon the
progress made along these lines. SUI
pcrintendent ]. d. Eggleston. of Vir-
glnia, told of The new high school sys-
TEN of his state which is only JUST be-
ing appreciated. Speaking OF the edu-
cational progress in Virginia. Super.
intcndent Eggleston in showing what
:, is being done on historical war sitcs
said: ''The first battle in January last
was for a state normal. This wen.
10 Fredericksburg. also historic III
warfare. Now Manassas comes for
ward with an offer of s25.O0D and IL
acres OF land to secure this appin.
priation Historic Appomattox has
raised $4,000 and will erect building