The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-12-10
Some Phas.s of Negro Education.

At the c',lur+d t-arh-rs association
;ast SATURDAY. An abe address, WAS de.
livered by B. F. Hubert. professor OF
agriculture in the State college for
Negroes at Orange5urg. A goodly
number of the colored teachers attend.
ed the meeting, also several of the best
farmers. The meeting was held in the
colored graded school. and was opened
with most fervent prayer by e. L.
Harry, pastor Of the colored Presby-
terian church. r. A. White. in time
" speech, introduced the speaker to
the association.
Prof. Hubert is an expert in agricul-
tural science and rural so.'ioIogy. His
speech was instructive and OF much
benefit TO all who heard it. He is su-
p-rior TO most young negroes with COL
lege degrees in that he IS more practi.
cal than h. is theoretical and believes
10 the cooperative spirit OF building up
the community life among negroes OF
the rural districts. The speaker urged
the teacher, farmer and coored minis
ter to cooperate for better schools and
churches. And really the colored peo-
pie recognize clean minister, who is
intelligent and conservative as their
leader and his influence can do much
in assisting these agencies at work for
negro uplift through the schools.
The association of colored teachers
will hold second meeting second Sat
urdav in January for the purpose of
deciding upon date 10 hol6 the Clar-
endon Negro School Fair. Possibly
this is copied idea from the white
people but leaders of negro education
in the country schools are enthusiastic
over it. Many of them promise to
make this a gala daY for the colored
schools of the county and to not only
bring together several thousand ne
groes. but TO so stimulate and create
interest that every free school OF note
will have some representation in the
exhibition in concrete form. The dis
trlct trustees will Dr. asked to not only
grant the teachers leave OF absence
for this date. but TO allow them the reg
ular salary per diem. for that date the
500 is needed from the schools for in
rideu,al EXPENSES An unique program
of prominent negro speakers will
speak in the afternoon. Some OF the
best speakers OF both races will ad-
dress the merting ut night.
Another phase OF education that is
taking in negro schools is the intro.
ductinn of Industrial training For 5
years the sch. os OF Clarendon have had
an industrial supervisor. These sup.
prrisors have changed the complexion
of things in the negro schools. They
operate under the au>picrs of the
Jeanes fund. During the past 3 years
in our county many parent clubs and
rural schnol Improvement associations
organized through which more thar
SO 900 has been raised aud many weak
schools given longer terms. In many
schools industrial training and Gomes
tic science have been introduced sue
ceSsfrIly. learned that many white
people have expressed good feeling
toward this kind of education. 1t has
done much in teaching negroes the
dignity of labour, and brings to ten
nant, cropper and renter the happines:
OF plantation life. II the land lore
would control the labor that stands idle
everywhere, he should see TO it tina,
the negroes on or near his plantation
have good schoolhouse with an ed
ucated. consecrated teacher and goo'
church.
! " A. MYERS