The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-11
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the first suggestion Of a General Edu-
cation Board" when what is now
called The Genera Education Board"
was organized, Mr.. Baldwin was elect
ed IS its first president. Mr.. Baldwin
advocated also government aid for the
education of the negroes through the
medium of the General Board and at
its neNt session The Conference for
Education in the South" adopted a
resolution calling upon the Federal
government to assist the Southern
states in the work OF educating the
negroes and the poorer whites OF
the South. In those early sessions of
the conference sue men as William
l.. wilson, eagerly desiring to do
everything possible for the education
OF our people, We're present, and that
very able and incOrruptible statesmen
opposed the resolution concerning
federal aid to education. which was
in effect a proposal to revive the dc
Blair Bill" On ~accoun of Mr.. Will
sons opposition to It. the resolution
was recOnsidered and referred to an
executive committee, which has never
reported faVorably or u~nfaVorably
upon it.
Dat of the Conference for Educa-
ton in the South has emerged also
what. is called The Southern Board
Of Edueation,' and the Conference
may be regarded as the popular as
ctIfi DtS IhIOuSH WHICH 1t is sought
to nak sentiment in furtherance of
the two boards which "a thus
issued from it,-'The General Educa-
tion Board" and The Southern Edu-
cation Board"
Tn cooperation of these two
boards was insure 1t the first by
the appointment of seven men to
membership in both. and at this time
the treasurer of both boards is the
am man, and four members of the
General Board are members OF the
"Southern Education Board" and Mr..
Robert c. Ogden, who is the presi-
dent of the conference for Educa-
tion in the South is chairman Of the
southern Board of Education and
also an influential member of the
General Education Board"
The work of the Southern Educa-
ton Board" is that Of a propaganda
to Influence public opinion and to
influence legislation with reference to
the public school systems of the sew
eraI States. The object of the Gen
eraI Education Board as published,
is TO promote education in the Uni
ted states without distinction of race,
sex, or creed, and especially to pro-
mote, systematic, and make effective
various forms Of educational beneVO-
tence." The General Education
Roard' is the heavy weight among
III 50. dllfCt JULIO II iofo IN -
or Of the purse with all that fact i'm
plies. 1t can make appropriations tor
the Conference for Education in the
South" and for THE Southern Educa-
ton Board and has done SO; but
they have nothing to give to it ex-
c"pt The aid of the propaganda which
they constitute. This return for the
boards help, however, may mean very
much on occasion. The names OF
leading educators of the South among
the officers of these bodies. and the
presence of other Southern leaders at
the conferences and on it's programs,
might go a long way to forestall criti-
cIsrn and allay distrust while the
~Hfeneral Education Board is adj
Nanclng its plans to determine the
character Of American ~education.'
1t is known also hat the Of
1ceTS Of The General Educa-
ton Board and the officers of
The Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of teaching cooperate
with a very good understanding be-
tween them. Mr.. Carnegie is now a
of the General Education
Board," and the comment of Mr..
rockefeller on the fact Of Mr.. Carne-