Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1910-02-04

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cleared themselves OF debt, others
have erected spacious modern homes
for their families, while all, more or
less, are bending their every energy to
the task Of obtaining good education
for their children to the end that they
may be good and useful citizens.
Whatever complaint may be lodged
against Industrial education, the &C.
complishment Of such results with this
system would appear to all right
thinking people us proof Of Its effec-
siyeness. The principal and teachers
Of the institute, all young, ener-
getic and self sacrificing, become a
part Of the community, and In their
digniied way, living a life Of Chris
tian uprightness, make the uneducat-
ed people about them feel that, after
all, there is something in an education
worth having.
The community school, the extension
meetings, house to house visitation
and the farmers conference all have
a great influence on the lives Of the
yGOlIC w uO COAC 4A AlAllSuAuLC eNOd-
tact with the school. For example,
note the common sense advice con.
tained In Principal Holtzclaw's an
nual address before the farmers con-
ference. He said In part:
The great possibilities OF our state can
never be fully realized until we get out
Of the habit OF moving from place to
place, until we settle down somewhere
and stay there-rnake some place our per-
manent abode. No people that Is con-
tinually moving from place to place can
hope to amount to much in the worlds
progress Health. happiness. even for
tune are all right here at your door.
Too long have we seen the fantastic glo-
ries OF great. possibilities In some far
away place and have been all the while
neglecting the opportunities at our doors.
have seen many parts of the country.
but have never seen spot that con-
slider better place for the Negro than
right here In Mississippi.
There are yet many things that we
ought to have and many that will coma
with the progress OF the years-will come,
In fact, Just about as fast as we can
make the best use OF them But the ques-
tionS that confront us today are !: What
are we doing to help ourselves? How are
we living our iives2 Let us go home and
answer these questions each In his own
way. Go and buy you little home II
It Ii but an acre of land. Build q, house
upon II and make II more than one or
two rooms Plant fruit trees and shade
trees Use some whitewash and paint.
Begin the systematic education Of your
children and teach them how to work.
Let everybody work. for our temporal
salvation Is largely bound up In our abil-
ity to become intelligent producers. by
work. @
/ know you have many things to con.
tend with, but you must not let these
things overcome you. The Individual who
gets up In the world.sjs the individual
that conQuers conditions, that masters
surroundings, not the one who allows con-
ditions to master him. Don't get In the
habit Of going about with q long face, a
hung down head. Just look the world IN
The face with head erect and you will
you. Gi # !: gS
Attending this conference were
large number Of prominent visitors
among whom were: Charles Banks,
cashier Of the Bank Of Mound Bayou
Isaiah r. Montgomery. founder Of
Mound Bayou, the only all Negro town
In the state; J. "A. Martin. principal Of
the largest Negro city school IN the
state. from Jackson: y. Il. Atwood
| president Of the Southern Bank Of
Jackson; John Green. representative
OF the Jeanes Rural School fund g
w. williams. principal Of an Indus
trial school, 1 direct outgrowth of III
4 Utica institute.
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