The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-02-16
FOR, LEADERS OR NEGRO RAC
ASSURED BY APPROPRIA- -.
TON TO FISK.
New: w2:Iaspiration
And encouragement is given higher
education movement by tic reco1i'
structlon policy Of President Gates
and his assistants. ~.-.~. E

recent appropriation Of 100000 by
the General Education Board has
attracted new interest to- Fisk and
encouraged the colored people in
their belief that the Board still has
faith in the higher education Of the
race. The gift was made at a/time
when it was most. needed and Will
no doubt be large incentive to 9TH
or who are inclined in their SYM
pathies towards the work being done
ut Fisk. 1t has also increased the
public interest in the administra-
tion of President George A.. Gates
who has become such an important
factor in the higher development Of
the Negro.
Fisk seems like an entirely new in
stitution under the influence and
guidance of its new executive head
All its honored customs and ideals
nave been preserved but all that was
useless has been discarded or torn
away as If it were done over night.
President Gates did not wait on
time but proceeded vigorously from
the very beginning to readJust the
work at Fisk to the needs of today.
He had the experience and under
stood the situation when he came
to Fisk and so he did not have to
wait to become familiar with his
new responsibility. The result has
been a most decided change for the
better in all phases Of tire work at
the institution. ls... -
What the Fisk student body rieed5
ed was more work to do and more
to think about There was too much
idle time on hand. That was appar-
ent in the past from the tremendous
stress placed on social activity
among the college gentlemen" and
"co-eds". at Americas foremost Me-
gro Institution of Learning: 1t is
all thing Of the past. now. The
courses of study at Fisk have been
SO revised and reinforced that the
faculty, and student body are kept
busy from sunrise to sundown'' at
hard work. Any student going H. to-
Fisk hereafter will have to 60: well
prepared to do the work required. to
get the Fisk diploma and to fall
peacefully in line. ,Withe the new pol
icy of the authority at the school. 1t
is certain fact that student fail
ures IN any particular will not be
tolerated any longer at Fisk. The
school is over crowded now and the
outlook OF the future bears all signs
that the administration will choose
very carefully the students who are
to receive the benefits Of the advan-
tages at Fisk
There are a number Of strong per-
sonalities among the Fisk faculty
who are pushing vigorously with
President Gates In his determination
to raise standards at. Fisk. =, Their
influence is noticeable in all the &C.
>tivities Of the faculty and student
body. Personalities are strange
things anyway Their good or evil
can always be felt. Very happily for
Fisk it has a. strong array Of talent
to replace The, Old Guard" that has
been passing away so rapidly. They
are destined. to be factors for good
in -shaping- the future of the Negro
race. Fisk has the largest. the
Droudest and the most advanced
student body in the world of Negro
education, Most Of the best and
most intelligent homes among the
race in America are represented by
the graduates and undergraduates
Of Fisk and 1t is reasonable to sup
pose that they exercise now a very
large influence in developing the
thought and ideals Of the race, There
is no doubt that this will continue to
be so in the future. 1t Is a very
good fortune then, that the institu-
ton has among it's faculty members,
men and women Of such clear vision
and broad education as to properly
direct the energy and thought of the
future men and women who are to
have SO much to do with the eleva-
tion Of the race in America.
Professor V. w. Metcalf has been
at FISK two years. He has the chair
CT Physics. He expects a great deal
Of the college men and women at
Fisk and requires great deal of
them in his classes. He speaks high
ly of their conduct and ability and
seems to think that they can do even
more than they are doing now. He
believes most thoroughly in the gos-
pei Of hard work in pursuing a col
lege course, and will no doubt stand
out for constant strengthening OF
all the Scientific department of Fisk
University.
Professor Poindexter who has
come to Fisk during Ebe last two
years and Professor Haynes who has
joined the force this year are enthu-
siastlc seconds in the new policy OF
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