The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-19
institution IL America

Business methods have been applied
in the matter of student-labor which
enables the institution to conduct re-
munerative enterprises.
1t has already accomplished the
seemingly impossible in matters of in
dustrial betterment.
It is a powerful friend to both labor
and capital-as both gladly testify.
1t is specially adapted to the needs
Of ambitious grown illiterates.
1t teaches practical cooking, sew
ing, housekeeping, sanitation, horti-
culture, dairying, agriculture, etc.
1t contemplates thorough courses in
the textile branches; also courses in
carpentry and other trades.
1t trains Christian welfare work
ers with special reference to cotton
mill communities, etc.
There exist no greater humani-
tartan institution to meet the wants Of
present conditions in society and the
industrial life OF the South. Hospitals,
infirmaries, etc., relieving immediate
suferings OF humanity are indispensi-
bic from a Christian standpoint But
this institution embraces the far
reaching purpose and practical effect
Of uplifting the army of dependent
workers from otherwise degrading
conditions of ignorance and subser-
viency, to the dignity of manhood and
womanhood in service and usefulness
to society; and ultimately to the re-
moval of the miseries of pauperism
BY this the writer does not mean to
say that greater advances may not be
in store for the uplift of poor work
ers in the near future, but that this
move is of greatest value at the pres
ent time for existing conditions, and
also will prove a mighty factor in
1Odo1AS W any OIuS1 USIlcl u1e1l VI ST.
ciety yet to be.
The speaker vividly portrayed
through living examples how much of
worth and nobility of soul exist in the
most ignorant, and in the eyes of So
ciety degraded, boys and girls among
the toiling poor ndA to what heights
of education their ambition has made
them save where the opportunity first
offered opened to them a vision.
Friends, how can any close their eyes,
or their purses, to such opportunities
as are offered by the Southern Indus
trial Institute!
One may prefer to spend his money
nearer home-but there is no better
way of bringing it nearer home than
by enlarging the sphere of usefulness
of the first neighboring experiment.
God be praised for the fact Of success |
that has taken this enterprise beyond
the borders of experiment! But help
it upward to shine as beacon light
to neighboring States-yea to the en-
tire Southland, to guide the wander
ing footsteps Of reform and of hu-
to this most propiti-
tious and fruitful enterprise that it
may be established within the borders
Of every Southern State.
A beautiful feature presented by the
speaker is that the presidents OF cot
ton mills and other officers have con-
tributed literally to the Southern IN
dustrial Institute as a benefit to the !
nill-workers; and they help in other
ways-in hours of lab or, etc., to afford /
every opportunity possible to the as
pirants for an education, on whatever
lines they prefer. What contrast to
that policy pursued by the Northern
manufacturers to inaugurate indus
trial schools Cat the public eNpense) !
III connection with the public school !
systeal-but-"O tempora. @ mores!"
that each child should be taught
only one special feature in the manu-
featuring process. Do you see? And
thus become a part Of the machine, a
labor slave, dependent for life On that
one fractional part of machinery, ig- !
norant Of everything else cut off from
all choice in case of necessity, tied |,
down under the will of master as to
wages, hours OF toll, and conditions of
environment, perhaps the most un-
sanitary in the world Could any one
imagine in these pupils such vision
as has come to the workers in the in
dustrial school at Charlotte? An in
spiration which has even led to gra-
duation in the highest colleges of the
South, such as Wofford-and that, too,
in instances of ignorance Of the alpha
bet when first taken in hand while far