Evening star., 1911-08-30
HOPE OF THE NEGRO
His Future Declared to Depend
Largely on South.
VIEWS OF PRESIDENT TAFT
Address in Introducing Gov. Mann
at Meeting in Interest of
Hampton Institute.

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BEVERLY. August 3O.-President Taft
at Manchester, presiding at a meeting at
the house of T. jefferson Coolidge in the
interest of Hampton Institute. took oc-
casion to declare his opinion that 1.-The
negro ought to come, and is coming
more and more under the guardianship
of the SOUTH" He said he did not seek
to curb or criticise northern generosity
toward the negro and negro education,
but added. Those of us who study the
question know that the hope of the negro
IS in his white neighbor in the SOUTH
The Presidents speech was made in in
Producing Gov. Mann of Virginia, who
was present as the representative of the
commonwealth under whose law the
Hampton Institute has prospered and
done that good work which the Presi-
dent viewed as pointing the way, per-
maps, to the solution Of the negro prob
lem.
Presidents Address.
Among other things. Mr.. Taft said:
Hampton Institute. as you know, or
ought to know. is the first large success
ful vocational school that was ever or
ganized in this country. 1t is an inter-
esting fact that the industrial education
of this country began and grew out of
problem which was presented to Gen.
Armstrong i'm his attempt to educate and
put on living basis a great number of
negroes who had collected in Virginia
and were dependent upon him and those
who would work for their well-being He
concluded that the only thing that he
could do was to teach them how to be
useful in their communities how to work
ana to work to purpose. AID he estab-
lished. with great effort and persistence,
this school at Hampton
LAS President Elliott said at Hampton
Institute was established the first sue
cessful industrial school in this country.
Now at its head is DIR. Frissell, who sue
ceeded Gen. Armstrong. and he has to g1
to support that institution. I always
come in with a living protest-a protest
of indisnation-that an institution so use
full as that is throughout the country,
forming. as it does, the basis of our in
dustrial schools, and suggesting a remedy
and method of meeting the negro prob
lem, should still be On a basis necessitat-
ing the organization Of such meetings as
this and the begging By such men as
you see before you for money enough to
run 1t from year to year.
Institute Should Be Self-supporting.
1--WE have lots of millionaires in this
tions be sufficiently large to put such an
institution as Hampton on a basis that
shall be self-supporting? Hampton gradu-
ated Booker Washington. and, as some
body has said, if it had not done any
thing else that alone would entitle 1t to
the gratitude of the country. Booker
Washington established Tuskegee, and
from Tuskegee have sprung many schools
of similar character throughout the
south Now Col Church is here in order
to plan for the spread of education among
the negro children in the south of a
character that is commencing itself to
all the southern states.
Northern generosity and donation with
reference to southern education and the
education of the negro have, of course
these fruits, and l don't want in any way
to diminish the desire of those who wish
to give to give. But those of us who study
the question at all know that the hope Of
the negro is in his white neighbor in the
south Our interest grew out Of the war
grew out, perhaps, not of the real preju-
dicei. but of the deep feeling engendered
by that contest, with our interest natural
ly for the negro. The negro is a citizen
of the south, very important part of the
industrial makeup of the south, and the
negro. therefore, ought to come. and is
coming, more and more under the guard
ianship of the south. :
Compliments Gov. Mann.
"One of the states which has this prob
lem in hand and is doing great work in
it's promotion, the state in which Hamp-
ton Institute is, is Virginia and nothing
could be more significant of the interes.
which is being taken in this cause by that
state than the fact that we have here
today the governor of the Old Dominion,
Gov. Mann, to speak upon that subject
1t has fallen to my lot to come into as
sociation with Gov. Mann in many ways
and | know l cannot speak too highly of
his general interest in the improvement
of all the people Of Virginia, and especial
~ OF that race the welfare of which is
much bound up with the state of Vir-
gina and all the states of the south. 1
should like to introduce Gov Mann to
you as the first Virginia governor whom
we have caught in New England and
brought up here for this purpose
Maine cruise to which he had been look
ing forward with pleasure for months.
and which he had tentatively abandoned
last week. will be undertaken The
start is to be made from Beverly on the
United States steamship Mayfcwe- Fri
day afternoon Then the big Yacht. whjc,
has been tussing at her moorings of
West Beach for a fortnight. will head out
from Beverly farhor and sail away for
Islesboro on the Maine coast where the
President and Mrs. Taft will spend the
week end with Mrs Taft's sister, Mrs
Thomas Nick. Laushlin of Pittsburgh
Miss Helen Taft left last week for a stay
with Mrs. Laughlin. and will return with
the President Monday morning.
Engages Charlie at Golf.
The President Yesterday played a three