The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-01-10
THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS.
TRAINING SCHOOL.

Il The negro of the south is solvin
: his own problem. BY this We mea
those who have pride of citizenshi
about them, and wish to be benefac
tors to their race. and raise stand
ard of correct. useful living. that vii
: be standard for the shiftless ones
and shining example of encourage
ment TO the lower strata in thei
race. The Durham negroes hav,
risen far above most communities il
their high standard of morality ant
Il thrift. They have extensive husi
nesses here that are wonder to the
Ianinitiateas~ They are uplifting en-.
deavors for the colored man, and are
salutary in their influence and re-
suits.
Booker Washington. in planning
and operating great school for the
mechanical education OF the negro,
has wrought well, and his work is
Of national fame. There is in Dur
ham a negro, Dr. James <. Shepard.
who has gone step farther and
higher, and evolved a great system
for the uplift of his race--the re-
ligious training of the religious
teachers and religious workers of the
negro race, and by this religious cul-
ture awaken the sluggish dormant
energies of the individual and turn
them into channels of usefulness and
service, A religious training will
tend to the care of the educational
and industrial side of life. This is
the fundamental idea Of the National
Religious Training school, an institu-
ton. beautifully located near the city
of Durham, and where its property
now totals over $4,000. This school
is rising as lasting memorial to
the thought and labors of Dr. James
E. Shepard. who is one OF the fore
most men fhis race in the south
today.
This school. as its name indicates.
is national in its field; is interde-
nominational in character; thorough
in intellectual processes. evangelical
in doctrine; reyerent in spirit: peda-
gogical in methods and practical in
aim. 1t is unique in its idea and
particularly practical in operation.
There are already four large.
handsome buildings erected on the
grounds, and the school is in success
full operation with l35 students. The
summer school. the past summer.
was largely attended, and was visited |
by some OF the most distinguished |
educators in the United States, white /
as well as colored.
The needs of the institution now {
are $4,000 for buildings; s., 900 for
extension work; $1,000 for water; .
$1,000 for equipment; $4,000 for
the erection OF medical missionary
building. All that has been done
has been By generous donations here
and elsewhere, and these present 1
needs will be supplied when the char
table people learn what this Durham
negro and his associates are doing.
DR.. Shepard will soon 90 out on
j mission in behalf OF this school to
awaken new zeal and interest in hts
work. Beginning January 18th ex-
Gov. n. b. Glenn will 90 on a two
weeks tour north, making speeches
and telling OF the work. For one
week. beginning January 10Th. Judge
letter g. Pritehard will 20 New
for the same purpose. ThespF
are significant facts. and show thst
the southern white man--especiain
North Carolinians-haye faith In IRE
work. and are willing ma
lend him a helping hand: eoi
How many III the north, and ! url
England. wi. join hands with
Shepard In his great work?