El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-16

erofes of the Peabody fund have been
directed that way. since II was deter
mined that the PEABODY 1uha snou CLu
he distributed the work that 1t has
dODe i'm the past has been taken over
largely by the southern education
board an organization Whlcn was the
outcome Of the CapOn springs ana
XEinstOn-Salem educational confer
eDces This board was organized large
" to encourage rural education In
each of the southern states II mas con-
tributed funds that have oeen USED IN
educational campaigns, and these cam
r,afo-De have borne wonderful fruit.
While il is not claimed that all the
credit for the success OF these STATE
campaigns belongs to the southern ed
ucation board, it IS asserted that that
organization has been material factor
in carrying them forward
In Alabama the board spent over
sSO00 in five years, and the increased
expenditures for school purposes dur
ing that time amounted TO more than
$4,000 OOO The same general results
nave obtained In other states 1t is
remarkable fact that in nine years,
during which time the southern educa-
ton board has been spending from
$40 600 to $4,000 a year the amount
raised for education continued annual
" to increase until the annual expen-
diture in II southern states increased
$4,000, 600. or more than doubled the
expenditures Of nine years previous.
And vet, in spite OF this remarkable
progress the indica tons are that the
next 10 years will witness ever a more
remarkable development Of educational
advantages in the states The south
ern education board is supported ~
the gifts of various prominent Amer
lean philanthrOpists.
The John f. Slater Fund.
The John F. Slater fund, given in
1882 for the uplifting Of the lately
emancipated population OF the south
ern states and their pOsterity, TO
which the trustees of the Peabody
fund recently voted $3.50 600, originally
amounted to S1,0O0,0OO. The thanks OF
congress and i gold medal were voted
Mr.. Slater for his muniflcence- Ih1s
fund, by judiciOus investment, has
grown until the annual income from
il amounts TO $4,000 a year Another
fund for the educational advancement
of the negro race, specifically for the
bettermenL Of rural negro schools, IS
the 81, 600, 900 fund given by Miss anna
T. Jeanes, OF Philadelphia, IN 1907.
There are three lines Of activity under
this fund. The first Of these is the
carrying out of the Henrico plan,
first tried in HenricO county, Virginia
A teacher OF high qualifications IS put
in charge of the schools Of a county
for the purpose Of supervising them.
She tries to introduce simple forms OF
manual training and TO interest the
people in better school houses ana
grounds. Another activity IS that OF
supplying teachers for extension work
with headquarters at some central
school. The third line OF campaign IS
to put a man in each county to labor
for an awakened sentiment for better
schools and living conditions and TO
organize the teachers for self improve
ment
On the next article in this series
Frederic J. Hasllin viii tell the Won
derful story Of the fight against the
hOokWOrm disease as led by the ROCK
efeIlr Sanitary Commission verita-
BILE romance Of philanthropy and sci
ence, a modern crusade)-