The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-12
Prominent
p Graduates
ATTEST THE WORTH OF WILEY
AND REFCTE STATEMENT
OF TEXAS PAPER
Service Not Honor
Is the Wntch-word OF Its Hundreds
OF Young Men and Young Women
Who are Contributing in Il Large
Degree to racial Progress.
{ Horace d. Slatter.)

(Horace D. Slatter.)
Marshall, Texas, Oct. S.-The re-
| cent trip Of Booker T. Washington
I through the State of Texas on one
Of his educational campaigns" re-
vealed to the public much Of the
real progress Of the Negro in this
! State. Contributory to that prog
ress, in many respects stand a num-
! Der Of the leading schools, which by
| the highest Christian training and
the added influence of a cOnsecrated
home life as taught in these schools,
many young men and women go out
each to labor among their people.
With reference to certain phase
Of Negro race life in the South, the
Houston Post after the address of
DR.. Washington in that city de-
clared in an editorial that the Negro
race in Texas, and in the South for
that matter, would make much great
er progress did not 80 large number
of the graduates from leading Ne
gro schools go North, lured, as the
Post puts 1t ''in vain search Of social
equality"
AS a matter Of truth, the actual
facts in the case will not bear out
the contention Of the Houston Post
Practically. every minister Of the COS
pei who has won reputation local
ly and otherwise because Of his good
work; practically every college presi-
dent and school teacher in the South;
practically every Negro business and
professional men in the South who
mas won competence, and who by
reason of that competence and the
influence Of his s'life in the commun-
ity has attained the dignity Of a
leader not only received his edu.
cation. in some SoWthefn school, but
elected to remain in the South, and
cast his lot with his people. Those
or them, however, who, have .been
educated in the North, have of neccs-
Slty returned to the South for their
work. .,..
In this connection, take a few OF
tho graduates Of Wiley University, a
school maintained by the Methodist
Episcopal Church for the education
OF Negroes, and one of the first of
such schools to be placed under. i:e-
gro management. In the inaugural
address Of the present president, DR..
VI. w. Dogan, he tacitly put at rest
all such foolish notions, when he
said:
During all these years, the Freed
mems Aid Society has been helping
us. The time has now come for
US to help ourselves. u do not hesi-
tate to say that if the help which
our friends in the North has given
us has %sulted in pauperizing in
stead OF strengthening us, it would
nave been indefinitely better if this
help had never been given. If on
the other hand it has taught us self
reliance and self help, without which
no race can permanently grow, then
II has been, as it was intended to be,
an Invaluable aid for us in the struc-
giles and difficulties with which We
have to contend ...
That was fourteen years ago.
list OF some Of the prominent 9radu-
ates, taken at random will show how
hrmly has been rooted in these men
ana women the idea that thew must
stay IN the South and help their pco-
PIE. AS ministers Of the gospel, we
ma J. 0. Williams, district superjn-
tendent, w. f.. Hayes, K. w. NcAIil-
ian, w. NJ. Wesley, J. A. Bryant, ".
Y. A. Fuller, all Of whom are Drom;
hent ministers in the Texas confer
ehce. AS teachers there are n. p.
rem berton, T. j. Douglass, r. y
Mitchell, William Daniels, A. Vi. Sa~
lone, +. e. Compton, !. n. Roberts
). b. Fox, in city schools as princi
pals in the states Of Texas, Arkansas
ana Louisiana. Many 80 out as
physicians, some as lawyers and 9th
ers seek their rorVnes ia business
occupations. Perhaps the most.
prominent Of them all is Emmett !
scott, secretary to DR.. Booker f.
washington, who in his love for the
institution, secured from Mr.. Andrew
carnegie the gift Of a handsome IL
barry building.
The president Of Wiley Universilv
hlmSelf is unique and interesting
character. lie was born on a Mis-.
sissiIpi cotton plantation of slave
parents. By chance the family re-
moved to Holly Springs. Miss,
where IS located Rust University, an
other Freedman Aid school, This
gave young DoSan the chance to ge,
an education, and while his father
ed. ned SCanty support for a large
| family in colored barber shop, DO
| gan largely supported himself ~
shining shoes, constantly keepin 2