Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-02-23
I ton should soon be forthcoming. and
we have been informed that 1t Will be.
New York Age.

| -NeW IOTk ABe.
With all the impetus and pressure
brought to bear In favor OF lndus-
trial education Of the negro, this De-
ing as It should, there still remains
great friendly feeling and corolal
support in favor OF the higher educa'
ton OF the negro. Each succeeding
year brings larger number to those
colleges that stand for the broad ana
liberal education of the negro boy ana
girl
In every state and in many OF the
large cities of the south, there are
institutions that are turning out men
and women thoroughly equipped TOT
the higher duties Of life and educa-
tional opportunities afforded nave
been taken advantage OF by thou-
sands during the past 80 years.
White philanthropists have proven
themselves friendly in founding these
schools and colleges, and their sym
pathy has not lessened, for they are
still giving healthy financial ala 10
worthy ones. The negro's ability to
make good" and public sentiment IN
this direction has been the cause OF
many splendid articles written py
journalists of the white race. namely
H. H. Kohlsaat. Chicago Record
Herald; Oscar Garrison Wizard, ne"
Work Evening Post, and In few
issues ago. The Outlook, with Lyman
Abbott, editor-in-chief. and Theodore
Roosevelt, contributing editor. has the
following to say:
Many of our readers will recall
the romantic campaign Of the Jubilee
Singers nearly 4g years ago by
which they raised 100000 for FISK
university. The money SO laoorl-
ously earned<was we'll expended. The
negro school started a year after the
close of the Civil war. has developed
into a true university. That 1t de-
fserves the name Is sufficiently demon
strated by the fact that the general
education board. which Is very con-
servative in its judgments, voucnes
for the standing of this university
by its offer Of 100000, provided the
university will raise $4,000 more
before October, 1912. The time Is
short. the task difficult. Two circum-
stances make it especially difficult.
The interest of the public is more IN
vocational and industrial education
for the negro than in the so-called
higher education. And there Is more
than one negro university In the
south which is really simply a high
school. Thus Fisk university has to
create an interest where 1t Is lacking
and to remove a suspicion which Is
not wholly unfounded. Neither OBJ
stacle ought to operate against FISK
university. II the negro race Is not
to be absorbed into a deteriorated
white race, nor to remain burden
of ignorance and poverty upon the
country, II 1t is to preserve Its race
integrity and it's race existence, 1t
must have leaders of its own; doc
tors to practice in It's families. teach
ers for its schools, ministers for it's
churches, writer's to interpret 1t to
itself and to the community. And
Fisk university - this The Outlook
aflrms from direct knowledge-is do
ing this work Of educ ing leaders,
and is doing 1t well. Evidence Of
this is furnished by the fact that 1t
has the cordial sympathy and the
moral support of the citizens of
Nashville, who are familiar with Its
work. One offer Of aid has especial
interest as coming from Hebrew
to "a Christian college. Mr.. julius
kosenwald of Chicago has offered
to be one Of four to give $12,50O each
for current expenses, payable in five
yearly installments. Any reader who
desires more information on the sub
ject can obtain it by writing to Mr..
:, H. L. Simmons. IS William street.
New York city, or to the President,
the Rev. George A. Gates, D. D..
Fisk University, Nashville. Tenn"
Illinois Chronicle.
Dr. Washington clearly shows that
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