The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-04-25

-eign countries, and twenty-five differ
ent missionary societies, represent
ing twelve different religious denomi-
nations, We're represented officially or
unofficially, at the International Con-
ference on the Negro, which met at
Tuskegee| Institute, April II, 18 and
10.
The local governments of Jamaica,
and Barbados. British West Indies.
each sent official representatives to
attend the conference for the pupose
OF studying the work OF the Tuskegee
Institute, and to follow the delibera-
tions OF the conference. Porto Rico,
Bermuda, Nicaragua, British Guiana
an6 Venezuela were also Representa- |.
Sweden, Denmark and England sent
either missionaries, teachers, or both
as delegates to the conference. The
little Negro Republic of Liberia was
represented by Bishop Isaiah B. Scott,
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
Monrovia, Liberia and by Bishop W..
II. Heard, A. M. E. church, Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania, who have just
returned from that country.
Mr.. Maurice S. Evans Of London.
England, attended the conference as
representative of the British African
Society; Mr. j. Denton, principal of
the Fourah Bay College at Free Town
and Rev j. r. King, superintendent
represented the missionary and educa-
tional interest of the neighboring COL
ony of Sierra Leone. Among the in
teresting figures at the conference was
Rev. Mark G. Hayford, a native of
the Gold Coast, who has founded all
important school at Cape Coast.
In general, the conference represent
ed in its composition four different
interests. In general, Africa was rep
resented by persons interested direct
ly or indirectly in mission work. The
West Indies, and particularly Barba-
does, and Jamaica, where there has
recently been some movements in fay-
or Of industrial education, seems TO
have been chiefly concerned with sub
3ects Of education as distinguished
from missionary effort
There was a noticeable. difference.
however in the character of the dele
cation from Jamaica and Barbados,
and 1t: was apparent that they had
come to the conference with somewhat
different aims and expectations. ia
malca Was represented in three coors
SO to speak. The Hon. ]. R. Williams,
director Of education of Jamaica, was
a white man; Mr.. w. H. Plant, head
master Of the Titchfield school, Port
Antonio, was brown-skinned man,
and Mr.. S. G. Thompson, master of the
Old Harbour Elementary school, of
Kingston, was plain black. This dis
tnction is only worth poting, because
in all the English colonies, the colored
or mulatto population is distinct from
the Negro, although as Mr.. Plant, In
his paper on conditions" stated that
there are no raiciaI lines drawn IN
Jamaica as there are, for example. in
~ was interested in the subject Of edu-
cation, not from the point of race view
but of method.
The representatives from Barbados
were all Negroes. There were A..
RaWle Parkinson, teacher, Elliott Du-
rant, Journalist and Washington Ha--
per- shipWright Although they came
TO the conference at the expense of the
government of Barbados, and as it's
representatives, they came apparently
as representatives of the colored peo-
pie, rather than the government, and
were concerned not merely with the
education, but with the industrial de-
velopment Of the colored people.
FINALLY, among other interests rep
resented at the conference was that Of
science. Prof. w. I. Thomas, profess
sor Of sociology at the University of
Chicago, who Is now engaged in study
In the mental and the social organiza-
tions Of the peasants Of Europe, with
the expectation Of making this ultima
tely the basis for a comparison with
the Negroes in the Southern States,
was perhaps the only person present
Whs came to the conference for the
definite purpose of studying the col
ored people themselves.
In his opening address to the con-
ference Or. Booker r. Washington
said: First Of all, it seems necessary
to say word as to what this confer
pnce ia NOT oynaotod ~ bo W. an