The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-11
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the work has been carried on H..
improvements in farming h9y.
been so marked that Southerr
bankers will not lend money -
men who do not follow the meth
DDS taught by the boards instruc-
tors
OF course the statement with re-
erence to h conditions on Whf.-
Southern bankers lend money to farm
ers is preposterous nonsense, but H.
object at which that sentence "
aimed can hardly be mistaken.
In conclusion l ask attention to th-
following from that ably conduct.
paper. The New York Journal OF Corr
merce, which says:
"A system Of giving which has
its own rules and customs, which
is governed by principles Of Sc
lection laid down in the begin
ming, which ramities throughout
the country and embraces espec-
tally those smaller institutions
that are hampered by marrow
means, is an infinitely more DOW
erful force in the shaping OF
opinion than n single capitalist
who makes separate and often
unconditional gifts to be CONTROL
ed and invested by the institutions
themselves Gould Yer be. AS q
mechanism for controlling acad-
emic opinion there has, perhaps.
never been anything in the his
tory Of education that would
with the board system
Of substituting learning"
For one I venture to express tn
wish that the fewest numbe OF our
Southern colleges will ever be cap
tured and controlled by this. Gen
eral Education Board We can hav-
good colleges, though they be poor.
for there always have been, and Their
always will be, heroic men in tn
to this high interest. But We can
make nothing but slaves and slavery
out Of colleges which have ceased t.
be free, however rich they may be-
come.
Moreover, we owe something to our
ancestors, who founded and main
tanned our older institutions Of learn
ing. We have nc right to bind "a
the offerings which they laid upon
the altar Of higher education in tn
e%nslaying conditions prescribed by tn
Rockefeller Board for institutions I.
which it grants its humiliating doles.
In another communication I will
undertake to show how this board il
interlaced with other bodies and as
make manifest that its connections do
not diminish, but do rather increase
the perilS arising from it. The move
ment to control the higher education
Of the nation, especially the South
is far advanced and has more tina
one corporation to further its ends.
they have millions back of them.
but they can do nothing with their
IT the people awake to what
IS on hand and refuse to be bought
The Active Allies and Ultimate Aims
OF The General Education
Board"
Among the Very extensive powers
granted to the General EduCatiuu
by its charter is the power II
aid, cooperate with. or endow asso-
or other corporations ngage
in educational work within the Uni
ted States of America, or to donat~
TO any sue association or corpora
ton any money or moneys which a
any time may be held by the board
This gives it the power to do through
others n thing which for any rea-
son 1t might not find it convenient t.
directly in its own name.
Ihls provision was doubtless insert
IN the charter to enable il to as
slst and use certain allied bodies al
ready in existence and closely connect
ed with it in history. purpose anc
personal compositions; and to subs
dlz other bodies also, as occasion
may require.
Very Intimately related to the Cen
eral Education Board" is a rather in
definite body called the "Conferencr
or Education in the South" which
however. ear not be called .
conference in the strictest sense Of
the word; for in it's proceedings Their
Is usually small room for conferring
In its annual sessions it is mainly Oc-
c,upled with the hearing of addresses
selected speakers on specific topic,
IN the fulfllment of a fixed program.
Whlch IN the very nature of the case
excludes anything akin to free confer
ence, and brings forward only what Is
by the program-makers. This
conference lii it may be called
such by courtesy has passed through