The Lexington standard. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1892-1912, 1911-10-21

hC SOlllCl GIVE tOOh d IGcGSS
dinner j. Co jackson and wife ente'
bers, - Bishop safer, at dinner
Friday. NYhe press agent of the Negr
race. who is being entertained at tn
home of DR.. and Mrs. T. T. Wendell
was also present at the Jackson
dinner.
The afternoon session was spent il
the meeting of the Mite Missionar.
Society. An excellent pycgranene wa
rendered.
i EMISSIONS" will be discussed Frida!
night. A good programme has beer
arranged Bishop Shaffer, who ha:
visited West Africa, will speak.
Education was the theme dis
cussed at the session of the kentucky
African M. e. conference, THURSDAY
might. A large number cf people were
turned away, being unable to get in
Iside of the church. Excellent music
was rendered by the choir of The
chuI ch.
Rev. T. A. Thompson, ID. D., chair
man of the educational committee
presided, and in calling the conference
| to order delivered a short address,
referring to the educational work OF
1.-THE African Methodist church in Ken
lucky, showing that it stood for the
highest development of the Negro
race. and for manhood and woman
hood.
Prof. C. H. Brown, principal of Way
man Institute, Harrodsburg, KY, was
the principal speaker. He is one OF
the leading young educators OF MS
race in the United States and man
who has contributed literally for the
development of his people. He is
product of Wilberforce University,
Ohio
prof. Brown said that there was no
subject that should interest the mem
hers Of the conference more than that
of education. He referred to the faith
ers. Abby. Burke. Turner and others
who introduced the resolution in 1883
which brought into existence Wayman
Institute, which was an advance step.
The school opened in 1890 at Harrods-
burg in the basement of the church,
and has been on the growth since. He
considered it was a necessity because
the church and school united and
made Y bright spot in the much talked
of and discussed Negro problem. He
considered them the greatest agencies
at work, and the present conGltlon OF
the Negro, his marvellous progress.
was due to the real work done by the
church and school room.
'sThe school was planted by our
fathers, and now it must be supported
1t has been handed down to you. VIE
YOU permit it to die? ] am sure that
you will not, but each man will do his
part. Our boys and girls must be
educated. The biggest curse to the
American people to-day is ignorance,
and it must be wiped out. The masses
must be lifted up through educational
mediums. and l know of no other
method to do this but the school.
.eWaymaa from point of efficiency is
second to none in the State, but then
Il esla-s.rssz GONE tlsis,ss which are e..l-
barrassing that you must take hold OF.
The pressing debt must be lifted and
raid off, and then you must send yolr
boys and girls there. We have turned
out sixteen students as graduates, and
they are out in the world being heard
from
The president then took up the
needs of the institution one by one,
how they could be supplied
One of the first things he appealed for
was a dormitory for the boys and
girls, and declared that it was neces-
sary IN this age of progress. He ,lald
a high compliment to the women and
men, who had from their earnings in
the wash-tub. cook kitchen, in the
fields and other places had contributed
to the education of their sons an
daughters. Concluding, he said:
In these days of giant combinations
in the2gorld of industry and commerce
it has been realized that manifold
more can be accomplished through jul
dicious cooperation than individual ef
fort can hope to attain. l believe led
Grafton and union of churches formed
in practical way and yet involve no
concession in belief or change III
creed can accomplish great things.
What is true in the Industrial anG
commercial world is applicable to the
religious and educational world. 1t is
strange that this valuable principle
has not been adopted in conducting
our schools and thus make their cam
paign for betterment Of humanity
more successful. Why so many little
struggling church schools? Would it,
not be better to centralize our efforts.
combine our money and mske one T.
our church schools equal to Howard.
Yale, Harvard or Princeton?
after considerable investigative
work it has been found that leading
mother colleges of the North do not
want NEGROES and offer no induce
ment to Negroe students. hence it is
now up To The Negro to make his own
or he viii suffer-
Following this came an address
from Pev. 7. c. Anderson. of Louis
vile, XIV. chairman of the Trustee
Pnard nf Wayman. and nastor of
Quinn Chapel. He delivered a strong
schc'arIv address defining education
and then comina' to the practical side
CT the duty of the ministers to Way
r,an ue made an arneal for irma-
6iate j elr and disroura ged the cid say
ing about what the Negro was going
r. do after awhile if he lived and
rothine happened For fear that that
something might happen the speaker
4 clared that the time to do was right
shen end there. and then let the after
awhile take care of itself.
DIR. Anderson said that God was call
ing urop the Negro to isinsr the work
of making a race He said that the
mothers and fathers coming out of
slavery gave their best that their sons
and. daughters might become enlight-
ened. and the Negro in order to keep
tup the good work, would have to wear
! fewer hats aud clothes, and put
more in hiA head instead of on
'.Are we worthy of what our ers
ord rrc4hare ',era racd dowr to u.s. lar
we handle it? We are their heirs. 1
we would have and appreciate an edu