Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-10-27
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:, v.s many years ago. that wave
!. sentiment in favor Of higher edu-
..t,on swept over the race. A fewer
o.r,ber Of years ago Industrial train
10 was brought forcefully to our at
cations. -. II we read correctly the
.,.rs OF the times not many years
$50 the religious training in schools
...abiished for this especial purpose
e., be acclaim ed everywhere a new
senacea for our racial troubles. In
sonpding his religious training school
! durham N. c.. DR.. James e. Shep.
- seems to have originated line OF
EDUCATIONAL work that will take strong
& MID not acne on the negro people OF
America, but on the whites as WE'LL.
n Is d peculiar fact that a. negro
,aader has thought out and popularized
ZACH new possible solution OF the race
,rohlem and each of these movements
IL. been along educational lines. Dr..
q C. Price stirred the country on
IN hea Of higher education; Dr.. B. r.
washington 81 Impressed his indus
trhiism that the whites appropriated
he idea for their own Improvement;
n Shepard's idea Is now being taken
= BY the whites and they are begin
ning to usepit on large sea. !, for their
oRn betterment, not leaving the negro
altogether out Of the movement. how.
ever, It is, then, noteworthy fact
Nat negroes have worked out almost
ialependently the ideas for the de-
yelopment OF their people. while the
wines have furnished most Of the
svlerewith-all'' to put these plans
INTO operation, themselves being infiu-
creed BY the transaction.
Mich attention Is being attracted Just
now to the American Interchurch coll
lexe being established in Nashville.
Tenn, to train individuals for carry
Ing on religions work. The main col
iese, for whites. will be AFFILIATED with
Vanderbilt university and Peabody COL
lege, while the colored department
will be affiliated with the colored col
leges Of the city. The Interchurch col.
lege has capitalization OF 81. 1000, 900.
There win be raised 100000 for the
colored department. making the total
endowment $1,200O00. II
A layman wonders ii a movement of
this kind means that the church il
losing ground and must in this way be
reinforced to be saved itself: or,
does It show that the church has
failed In fulfilling one of Its missions?
II has boosted Of hitting workers for
the Masters vineyard. Is this impor.
taat feature Of church work to be
turned over to religious schools =
Southern Life Magazine.
9 y - source Uf q cop regret TO See
wayfarers among the younger women
"a our city. To see so many of our
young women parading the streets
alone at night, darting in. here and
there bound for good time must
make thoughtful men and women stop
md consider. what Is to become OF our
fsture!
snch actions are not restricted to q
certain class. the ordinary girl whose
home life and environment has not
been the best. whose education and So
dety circles has not been with the
efficient. but this is often seen among
the real .best girls" Of our city. Some
4 them run the streets and are like
passengers as II having no home. peo-
pie or good associates
Just lately some OF the girls of city
were forced to pass the words. I'VE
must drop her" because this girl was
making herself too common. had given
up the idea Of living a clean. respect:
able, decent life forsaking possibly
I'll chances Of taking on the happiness
q matrimony and bringing joy in the
world with the beauties Of home life
The Chronicle aims not to be a,
lie preserver Of those that are hide
bound for destruction and immortality
with all hopes gone. but It suggests
that the good club women of our city,
Individually for that matter, to use
some influence In encouraging young
girls to seek the right paths, to SO con-
duct themselves that they may not
tail and be lost by dissipation and
1nally lost as a respectable member Of
decent and refined people. No race
can rise higher than its women and
4 behocves us to hook these conditions
ssuare IN the face; not merely medi-
ate. but to act with definite purpose
y uplifting. Men and women, let US
ave the wayfarer. Let us put enn-
pnasis on the men. Young men and
ID men for that matter can stop en-
0uraging young women to be out at
Nights. to meet at certain places. such
= winerooms. cafes and buffet houses.
Jur decent young men should think OF
heir own sisters and the respect In
which they should be held when they
q turn invite young women to places
nat lead to drink and vice.
With the wave over the city to stop
'raft and gambling, 1t might be oppor-
une to start q wave to save the young
Vomen. stop the passengers and way.
arers In the streets and turn them In
ne direction OF home life, decency
I'd responsibility. Illinois Chronicle
~. =. 81. Oliver, pastor OF Warren
;aapel N. p church, Atlanta. Ga, sets
side one Sunday Of each year as "Old
'olks day, " when the younger people
9 honor to the fathers and mothers In
krael for their past service and pres.
'nt counsel. This helps to keep the
panger and older elements OF the
10 harmonious touch, and i'm.
' : upon the young people respect
& old age. sS