The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-02-19


the meetings of the board that the
policy of aiding the state universi-
ties had been adopted long before he
was elected to the presidency of the
University Of South Carolina.
DIR. Mitchell said the first connec-
tion in an official way which he had
ever had with the Peabody board had
been when he received a letter from
| DR.. Johnson while he was still at
Richmond College, just after his cleo
ton to the presidency here, informing
| him that a vacancy had occurred on
filled from this State. DR.. Johnson
asked his cooperation in getting
Governor Ansel elected to fill the va
cancy SO he had lent his influence
to getting Governor Ansel elected to
the board.
The last change of the policy of
the board with reference to the dis
tribution Of the fund occurred in 1903,
at which time it was decided to aid
from that time forward the education
al departments Of the State univer-
stiles, the board being actuated by
the necessity of providing men super
intendents, principals and teachers
for the high schools. At the same
time, 1t was decided to give part of
= the fund for the establishing Of ru-
raj school supervision for the ne
gro schools.
AS showing how firmly fixed were
the plans of the committee of the
board regarding the universities, DR..
Mitchell showed that the University
of Tennessee was awarded it's $40,-
/ 900 along with the remainder of the
Southern universities, despite the fact
that the board had already endowed
the Peabody Normal School, situated
at Nashville, with s1,5OO,0OO.
! The prime need of the South
read the report lis educational lead
ership and the need must be sup
piled with men teachers" Dr. Mitch
| ell read from the report of Prof Tate,
who had just returned from studying
the schools of Switzerland, that the
excellence of the Swiss school sys-
! tenn is due TO the fact that IS per cent
! of their teachers are men.
The committee report recommend
l ing that aid no m tho o1nco-
! tional departments Of the universities
says that it is beyond the province
of the normal schools to supply the
need for educational leaders and says
that this need must be supplied from
the State universities The report OF
later committee agreed with the
1908 committee. This latter body also
took up the claims OF the normal
schools for part of the fund and de-
cided to refuse their claims.
After establishing the Peabody
Normal School for Teachers, the
greatest need is to help the univer-
sites" read the report Of the COM
mittee.
DIR. Mitchell said that DR.. Johnson
had repeatedly made the claim that
Winthrop was next in the affections
OF the committee to the Peabody Col
lege, yet this report does not men
! tion the name OF Winthrop, as did no
reports until 1911. when the fund was
! divided and Winthrop received the
! $4,000 intended for the University
, at the instigation Of Governor Ansel.
DR.. Mitchell showed that Richmond
College strongly anticipated a hand
some share of the fund when it was
, finally divided. because Of the pres
ence on the board, as its president. of
DR.. ]. L. NJ. Curry, at one time pres
ident of Richmond College, but it was
not given.
1T is my belief" said DR.. Mitch
! ell. that half Of the institutions Of
! the South had some reason to hope
/ for large share of the fund" AS
to the charge with reference to the
, education Of negroes, Dr. Mitchell
showed that every Southern member
/ Of the Peabody board had voted for
the motion by Governor Ansel to ap-
/ propriate $4,000 for the salaries OF
rural school supervisors for the negro
schools.
/ AT the meeting held in May, 1911,
! when Governor Ansel was present,
. $3.50, 600 had been given to the negro
schools without protest from the Gov
ernor In all of the other Southern
| St2tes there has been no protest from
/ the normal schools because the State
, universities received $4,000, and yet
when the University OF South Caro-
lima raises her hand to secure the
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