Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-10-16

asked 10 carry anything.
During the time this experiment
IN educating the native African was
going on / followed its progress
through the accounts I received from
students on the ground and from the
reports of the German Colonial So
ciety, with close attention and in
tense interest. II was the nearest
q mad come. up to that time. 20 any
thing like practical and intimate
acquaintance with the African al
home"
We regret that ne failed 20 give
the result OF this experiment up TO
date. That he f. fun of common
sense principles is further illus
trated. He is now trying 20 have
his readers see first and believe aft
erwards. Here is what he says.
Among the first things the Tuske-
gee students did iu Africa was to
build for themselves comfortable
houses. TO supply them with we'll
made but simple furniture. 20 put
i'm these houses not only the necessi-
ties. but some OF the comforts of
life, I was interested 20 note that
within a few months the natives. and
especially the women. had the no.
. ton that they wanted the same kind
of houses and sohe of the same kind
OF furniture. Tho women naturally
made their wants known TO the mon.
and before these students had been
In Africa half "a dozen years the ma
tves i'm their vicinity had reached
the point where. with the training
they had received and with the de
sire they had gained for better
homes 20 live Boz. better tools TO
work with, and for an the other adj
vantaEes which The black man I'M
America seemed Co possess over the
black man En- Africa, they were per
forming about as satisfactory serv-
ice as the same class OF human be
incs would have performed I'm any
other part of the world.
Native Africans have been sent
from Africa 90 Tuskegce. Our Tus-
kegoe students have returned from
time 90 time and made their report $
of successes. Thus in very vital
and practical manner has our insti-
tuition become connected with the
progress and civilization OF our breth-
rem in the darker continent
Some time ago. i'm looking through
the pages OF some magazine or book
or science. I ran across a statement
that when men first began 20 study
the stars systematically and with tel
escapes. they discovered a certain
class OF errors in their calculations
which were due 90 the personality
OF the observers. one mans brain.
acting quicker. would record the
stars as moving more rapidly. anoth-
or would record them as moving
more slowly, than their actual move
ments. To became necessary. there
fore, In order 20 make the calcuIa-
tions correct, 90 study and take ac-
count OF these personal alterations
III has occurred TO me in the course
OF my reading about the African
peoples that A. would contribute
much 20 the accuracy or our knowl-
edge If some study were made OF
the sort OF errors that Green into
our observations OF human beings
important as 81 is that We should
have a correct knowledge of the
stars. 10 is more important that We
should have an accurate knowledge
OF men. For instance. I hare noticed
that a man born and reared in the
southern States invariably looks up-
on the Negro with different ewes than
the man born and reared in the
Northern States In their reports
and interpretations OF the SIMPLEST
facts they are often widely divergent
m their views. Even when thev
agree with each other about the Ne
gro, for instance. 10 has often seemed
10 nae that their agreement was due
20 a misunderstanding"
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