Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1912-08-16
NEGRO SCHOOLS
A RETROSPECT
JUDGE ROBERT n. TERRELL OF
WASHINGTON, o. c.. ADDRESSES
GRADUATING CLASS At Tus~
kEGEE INSTITUTE.

kEeEE INSTITUTE.
Tuskegee, Ala.--Ths commencement
address TO the graduating class Of this
school was delivered by Judge Robert
II. Terrell OF the Municipal court OF
The District of Columbia, Washington.
d. G. Judge Terrell is one Of the most
prominent colored men l nthe United
states--graduate of Harvard college
being commencement orator Of the
class Of 1888. also of the law depart
ments Howard university. Washington
D. c. lie was appointed by President
Roosevelt TO the position OF justice of
the peace Of the District Of Columbia.
tie gas reappointed By Mr.. Roosevelt
and promoted b. President Taft to
me position Of municipal Judge OF
she District Of Columbia. Judge Ter
gelfs address was a discussion og Ne
gro sehools--A Retrospect
lie said In part:
The negro has advanced an I'M
measurable distance since bis ances-
tors nrsl set foot on American soil
from 1919 10 1858 be yielded his lib
arty and gave his toll unreQuited "a
q MASTER hia body and his lntellecs
AZ gave ever 90 an Institution that
would have ground 10 powder lsss
sardy people. Sic has done mogs thar
simply ssifegve these hard conditions.
Hs has proved himself in many par
aseulars equal 10 chs sewers and ex~
aeelns demands Of American rsvIliza-
giou in al 81 tie better gofma. Aa6
shat DO AaG accomplished has been
Ns'uls and chiefly attained IN the
southern states. and : believe shat
shat he win Go In gbe future worthy
~ reecg6 will De 6one here whsrs
qhsee ls aeareelg amy industrial pfejn-
6lc9 against aim. i'm sha south he has
che beat rhance 20 ain place OF
economic importance. n hs only aakea
advantage OF the greas opportunities
AZ hls very doors. 81 10 gog the nas
sra 20 say whether OF not me foreign
8sbcs which 10 pouring lnfo our eoar'
ery sA9oagh chs zates og als Of lts sea
@ogss shnis successfully anvA6@ bis
provinces ~ tbs southern sadnstgtas
syatem.
The economic and aa6ussglns prob
sem lies Ia she very heart Of the 30
esai welfare of any race. Sone enc
Aas ssi6 sAsg enc possibility Of hon
Csc bread snG butter 50 gao acoIese
possibility az civilization. And aog
she asgr1 ghAs possibility IL Fsghg hero
81 The ncuah--a section ce ahe countgy
"a which he IL already quilted and to
ghieh % 10 act aeaosSngy Cos him 20
gesdinag hlsnaels
@Ths sesa geaouscee ~ qhs sonfh
aese gog very ionR period u time lain
dormant and inactive. Eea shIs inert
cess hns glssn wnv before nn lndnn-
trial feFmeSt shhf ie transforming and
Developing ghln psgg Of oar Inn& into
. new country. destined 20 equal. ls
nal suYpans Oh oshsr s@csioas IN acEeR-
sifo advancement tn agriculture and
an vast sxpansloa Ia manufactures.
gn shls seFoIusAoa. &c far as ~ has
gone. tho neEro ann played no incon.
siderable part. AND les IA In6ulgs the
aoDe that hs IL acz going 90 abandon
aAe opportunity 20 proslt bg sho great
svolusion Ia industrial methods which
ss going oR sc hls very doors: and shAe
he Il not going 10 shgou away ais
chances 20 attain Aere che substance
sy seeking the san6ew 2n ether far
away pincen
The south = enc asiG Coz che ns-
x9o aions oil llnS~ % activity. ls mat
Gers nos whether be be engaged Ia any
1ne Of ghe learned professions. or
@hesheg nc be chs skilled mechanic
ng unnhiIied lhborsg. Nowhere can We
make men love ua. Aus so can so con-
sucs ourselves. and 30 90 our work
qhee ne viIl command tbs soo6 viii
sc ous nelghbogs and become in6lspen-
cable 20 our employers
*One cannos but DO optimistic WITH
regard 10 the future OF sbe negro ia
CHA copagry when he notes the prog.