The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-04-06
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cause s>fresent trouble and lIsgis
be the Beginning of Distur 5nnse
similar to Those Which DisFs,pss
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Atlanta. Ga. April .6-Becsa.,nss,t. \ y 4
n,atron' Mrs. Poole, OF Clark univeTa,
slty had a special table for herseIfs
and some OF the white teachers ats |
the institution and did no sav
please, when asking .thes colorefi Il
teachers to chaperon} Sha, Young, lady
students OF their race, onlt1ieir shop-%
ping days down town, the new admin
lstratlon of Clark Universityfhas han p
trouble but the school has a strong &
and able president who had. the 3fes4s IS :
sight to adjust; the differences ,and, /
thqs avoid adding another chapter fi, Il, !.
the series of,soeial and moral ernp-. 4,
'ons OF the past at the Methodist 4;
school Of learning. Ii, q, NJ. u: .i5 4, 81
Clark University has had-its, mis-,
fortunes In the past They have ali Il
oeen OF serious nature and sniff.
clent to impair the usefulness of tbs (
school and cause it loss Of prestige
ana power as an institution for The
hfSher education of NegrOes. tts hia-
tory In this respect has been wrib+3,;5
ten and Is well known by those vpp3,r, q
nave kept in touch with the nfe Of
the institution. In addition ~
social, moral and student reyolus
uons, the school has been handi-,
capped In doing it's work because of sa.
constantly changing faculty. ,5%.
The recent outbreak ak--was d,,,xs4s,z
more to petty jealousy and short \
slghtedness than any, other cause. nv
may probably be the beginning of y
another seige of trouble that NAV
nnally land the, school on the .bot-
tom round Of the educational ladder sss
me friends and loyal graduates Of
-Lhe-sehool are hopeful and believe
1trmiy that President Idleman Is the
man TO restore the power Stf the: Ifl-
stitut1on and place it again. ION the
nigh road of education ana fii1anciaI
prosperity ,1. - -. .,:EEH. - ~ sf it2344z5
- Ihe students have been somewhat
In the habit of running : things at
clark according to their own notions.
Ihey either outthink the faculty or
Keep the teachers afraid to, stand Fun
and conduct the affairs OF the Unl-
yersity in the way they onght to HE.
Ihere Is good deal of sense in 10
student body sometimes and sol,iaB
nonsense at others. Students carr
do one thing for any school. They
can and will run 1t In the ground sfgg
allowed free hand in debating fds
The faculty how things should baS
carried on. ..sJ - J.. ~
In the recent outbreak at GIaTk57ss-
the student body drew up set of
demands" and presented them to
President Idleman for his signature
lie signed promptly and seemed, to
know his business on this particular
occasion. The boys and girls of
Clark did not like "Jim4 Crow" at
meal time. What Negro could !swal-@
low it with a relish. while living
where a better diet should be exs,
pected? If the facts are true az
put by Clark students, no sane per-
son could blame them for displaying
their race consciousness on this 'oc-
casion. ....... -. e.. u {
1t is reported that all the colored
teachers boarding in Warren Han
were In sympathy with the. student
movement to regulate the 'scolor
question" in the Clark dining, hAil as
we'll as the other points touched up2s
on In the resolutions President Idle
man was required to sign. AS a.
matter Of eternal fitness, IL the col-
ored teachers had any grievance
they ought to have taken them up I'M
the faculty meeting and settleda them
here. Such course would. have adj Z
ded to their strength. AS 1t, is, by
giving silent consent to student4regn-
lation OF affairs at Clark they have
lost ground and have possiblyfin an
innocent or willful way added fneI to
a fire that may break out again at
any time unless the authorities high
er up In the Methodist Educational
Board use firm hand 10 regniat ting
the faculty differences that keen
rising up at Clark. The trustees
once took hold of matters In this
respect. They may have to do so
again. .......... ~. e. .....' s.~.s -33s1-. 80
| 1t is reported also that the Gam
mon Seminary teachers do not seem
to be thoroughly In accord with the ad-
ministration of President Idleman. .t
| The dissatisfaction is said to- exist.
| among the white members OF the
faculty. 1t is thought that It is Due
to the fact that sone one Of them ex-
pected to be chosen as President of
the united institutions when Gam
mon Seminary and Clark Universsty
were merged. The Negro teachers
as rule are standing faithfully by,
the new President of CLARK Uniyer-
sity and their position In the ysacsne
out break Is not considered e gem
eral disposition OF the teachers IN
their relation to the new administSa.
ltion.
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