The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-05-18
IN RURAL DISTRICTS sOF J; GEOF.
GIA INADEQUATtIsa AND 81 4
CHILDREN SUFFER- syai
Private Schools '|I! |. {.
In Which the State, Excel. q
Which to Wipe out Ignot,ii 81
are Hampered by Denomfna q tos,ai
Prejudice Of Preachers.
]: NUMBER, |. :! | Xxx;I / \.
Irregular Correspondence.) !

Atlanta, Ca, May .15-Georgia
seems to. be having an educationar
revival: The people of the state .art,
thinking more than ever before,
lIhey are wanting better things In
all particulars. Better schools and
better teachers because. the schools
nave better paid teachers and the
school houses are improving seems
TO be the way they are looking at
things now. d ~
No state in the South has any
more private schools than l. Georgia,
ihey are not any better, anywhere
and they have been. Responsible very
| largely for the new spirit taking
hold of the people now; Out OF the
schools Of higher learning has sdeYe-
Hoped the academy life that is gradn-
ally creeping over the state and
supplanting the inferior schools ANA
teachers provided for the people cx
the smaller cities and districts, y. jfsSsss;t
AT Waycross, Waynesbo oro, Barnes4'
vile, Forsythe, Rome, Fort XaIisy1
Americus, West PointSt = La Grange
and Newman there are small academl:
fes with good 7teachers ,1yyttfu sI6
plying the one great need pB::t
communities and the count les aruslfId
These academies are under the CON
troll of the various ehnrchr; shosfies,
they represent hut in spite Of the do
minattonai. taint ) they .rare$$ doing. as
good work I'm behalf Of allE fhe peo-
pie. - y, ~ - - 81 : T.. ~
1t would be very hard to And any
public school of real worth, ailh &Hlsr-
1T outside of the larger CITIES ;;of
Georgia. That Is -satly these aeadasa-,
les are needed. The pu bic aStS0 06ls4
are usually equipped with 4.,verylt
poorest teachers ina gtaaAl and .al.
large part of them ought To rs Ih
school themselves. F. Thsr$ hsreG safes Asolns
Of them WHO do, nn1,tt 4 ite& }Stss atfiS
ments of their 'languag ana 1 yeb The
people Of the comtifhhitiAs4ar ars4f6fcSd
by the school boards to. accept; ;bhase
teachers to train their children.
They are hedged abplt and g must
take what Is thrust upon them. TO
lrVe in small city. or cpHntrx dis
trict Of the State and bring up chill,
dren there means ,to:condemn them
to lifetime slavery. for their poor
minds are sure to be externally tm-
prisoned as a result Of the poor In
struction they receive. g.. .......... >,...I
The people are seeing the. light
now, however In the deYelopmpt OF.
the christian academies. AT Barnes,
willie, Mrs. Helena Cobb. has estab-
lished the Helena Cobb. Institute
uader the auspices Of the, c.. M r, l..
Church. The school is Ia a thriving
condition and rapidly becoming 4
factor IN the eduoationaf fife of the re-
state ,...> 49,. .'-..,..r'-.
At Athens, Miss Judia. C., jackson
has established an excellent wor;:
that Is making rapid strides In chan
ging the life Of the people In the
surrounding counties. The, school
established BY Miss Jackson is 'iocat-
ed some distance out from At tasns.
TIE General Educationaty Board HAS,
niahe one contribution to 1t. =.
1T Waycross and at 'na1fange, the
A. NJ T.. Gnu th has twd Academies
located. TLey are doing good
work and~a'e-a 70
inferi:- school ACCOMMODATIONS rro.
vidcd 20; tae people f5th,tt { sunny.
:! ."
TIE Mcf'ei;and Academy 'uca.ed
at Newman, Georgia ie one of the
brightest ahd best attempts t. rso-
viir proper eGl tioHal. yfa&ilitie3",or
the colored peop T. OF g. thr ,'ss- set'-
ton. 1t is conducted under the aus
Ices Of tn" Presbyterian Clutch and
has hal an tventful career. The
Rev. DR.. Glenn was the, fop pnder. OF
the academy. Before his death eight
Nelrs, aeo he had the school past lbe
experii"cLt&l stage as q school. 1t
was then Il permanent factor in the
ed ':cational life Of the people Of the
| fou" counties surrounding it but
still n..crac somewhat BY the de-
nominationa' projudicea Of the is-
norant Negroes of the several com
mLrites who in order to stand by
thoir creed would rather see the +
children grow up In ignorance than
have them secure a good STAT
toward ali education under ,Pres,y-
terrain auspices. The B8or : people
were not so much to blame, however
as the good-for-nothing preachers
who were between them and tho
light But the prejudice is finally
melting away and McESlland Ac34
denny Is standing out Hike a beacon
CONTINUED ON PAeS THREB)
ready worrying it's sponsors, In THAT
they want 20 know IL q Chinaman