Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-08-08
PRIVATE AND
HIGH sCab6LS !
FOR NEGROES
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United States Bureau Of Ed.
ucatlon Making Study Of
The Situation !,

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Washington, d. C., Ang. THE u.
S. Bureau of Education, in co-0pera-
ton with the Phelps-Stokes Fund, is
now making a comprehensive study
of the private and higher schools for
colored people. This study is under
taken in response to numerous and
insistent demands for knowledge of
these schools. the number of which
is constantly increasing.
Thoughtful people OF the south and
of the north, white and colored, are
more and more puzzled as to the mel
its and dement's of the many appeals
for money and sympathy in behalf of
all sorts and conditions of institu-
tons for the improvement Of negroes.
Letters from state superintendent
of education in the south emphasize
the need Of a complete survey Of the
whole field. Alta recent conference
of the representative of some Of
these schools held in New York, II
was the c0ncensus OF opinion that
there is much duplication Of educa-
tional effort in some sections, hut.
much more of neglect in many other
sections. Every educational bOars
interested in the colored people and
almost. every individual who contrib
ntes to this cause is calling for in
formation. After considerable. discus
sion Of this need by DR.. billiard of
the Jeanes Fund and the Slater Board
and by other representatives of the
Conference for Education in the
South" it was decided to appeal to |
the U. S. Commissioner of Education
for a thorough study of the private
and higher schools for negroes. Com
missioner Claxton's intimate knowl-
edge Of every phase Of education in
the south enabled him to understand
the importance of this request and
he Immediately began to make plans
for the study TO- under way.
A remarkable evidence Of the i'm
portance of this survey is the fact |
that about the same time two other
important organizations interested in
colored schools decided to assemble
information on this subjecgt. !sDr,,ssJ.
H. billiard, secretary of the Slater
Board, obtained permission Of that
body to begin the study. It was at
this time, also; that the trustees Of
the Phelps-Stokes Fund, confronted
by appeals from all sorts and condi-
lions of schools, decided to make a
thorough survey of the situation. AS
the Fund is of recent origin, a word
of explanation may be necessary at
this point. This Phelps-Stokes Fund
is the residuaty estate, amounting |
to about a million dollars, bequeathed
by Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes, Of
New York City, for various philan-
thropic purposes, among which is the
education Of negroes. Most Of the
appropriations made up to date have
contributed directly or indirectly Ito
a clearer knowledge OF colored
schools. Gifts to the universities of
Virginia and Georgia and to the Pea
body college in Nashville are for the
maintenance of fellowships ana re-
search work in the field OF negro edu-
cation. A number of smaller sums
have also been given for related pur-
poses.
The cooperation of the Bureau of
Education and the Phelps.StOkes
Fund is the result of the close rela-
tionship of the representatives Of the
Slater Board. The Conference for Ed
ucation in the South, and the trus-
tees Of the Phelps-Stokes Fund, with
each other and with Commissioner
Clayton. Through this cooperation
unnecessary duplication is avoided
and time, effort and money are saved.
The work is done under the imme-
date direction of DR.. Thomas Jesse
Jones, a antive Of Wales and a nat
uralized citizen of the United States.
who was educated both in southern
and northern institutions, and has de-.
voted a number of years to the edu-
cational and economic conditions Of
the negroes in the United States. Hist
studies and observations, extending
over several years in the census blu.
reall and in the United States Bureau
Of Education. will be especially USE.
full in this study of schools. An ex.
haustive schedule of questions in re-
gard to the schools has been prepared
with much care and is being filled by
DR.. Jones and those associated with
him. after careful investigation Of the
made by them. These ques.
tions relate to the history Of the
schools, their nresent condition, their
management. their religious. and So
ciaI activities, and the work Of grad
yates and former students. Atten-
ton wil' also be given to the rela-
ton Of the schools to their conhmnni-
ties. sssH
When sufficient data have been col
lectcd aierennrta will be printed and
publish giving a brief but accurate
survey of each school. eof It's equip.
ment. it's work, and its place In the
educational system Of the city, couD-
ty O.. state in which it is located
NORTH LINE TRACK Is REILAID
Line at Harmon Moved Several Feet
Back and Raisea Over Four Feet
Flood Danger Passed.
Mandan. N. D., Aug. THE. north /,