Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-12
LIBERIA WILL GET
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
American Colonization Society
Turns $65,511.11 Over to
Colored Republic.
ACCUMULATED PROCEEDS
CAROLINE DONOVAN FUND
Children Of Aborigines Exclusively
to Benefit in Proposed Educa-
tional Development.

An industrial school modelled after
the government ndian-African school
at hampton and the Tuskegee school
conducted by DR.. Booker T. Washing
ton is to be erected in Liberia with
part of the sum of $65.511.11, just
turned into the treasury of the colored
republic as a gift for educational pur-
poses by the American Colonization So
ciety. This industrial school Is to ap-
ply it's efforts exclusively to the de-
velopment of the children of aborigines
who dwell within the territorial limits
of the republic
This announcement was made by DR..
Ernest Lyon, former minister of the
United States to Liberia. and now Lii
berian consul general to the United
States. DR.. Lyon has received the ac-
cumulated proceeds of the Caroline
Donovan fund, turned over to Liberia
in accordance with the deed Of trust.
from DR.. H. L. 4. Johnson. president
of the American Colonization Society,
the organization which fostered Liberia
and made it an Independent nation. DR..
Howard of Liberia to consult with DR..
Johnson regarding the establishment
of the proposed industrial school
Population About 100000.
President Howard has shown de-
termined purpose to carry civilization
to the native tribes of Liberia. The
aboriginal population is about 100000.
1t is the plan to locate the industrial
school in some central and accessible
section of the republic. In combining its
activities to the teaching of the chill
dren of aborigines it Is the thought of
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ways of their Liberian- American,
brothers, who have had the lessons Of
self-support imposed upon all individ
uals in the United States.
The proceeds of the Caroline Donovan
fund, which have so been turned over
to the Liberian treasury, are not to be
exhausted in this one project While
further plans are still to be developed,
it is probable that the general school
system will be advanced through its
that it shall be applied solely to pro-
vide free education for colored chill
dren. 1t can~be used for building school
houses, for salaries of teachers, for up
keep and administration, or any other
legitimate educational purpose.
Will Send Colonists.
the trust formed by Caroline Donovan
the American Colonization Society. Re-
garding the time as opportune, with
the American government taking con-
troll of the finances of the republic and
providing for military instruction. the
American Colonization Society proposes
to resume it's activities in sending
colonists to Liberia. DR.. Lyon will as
sist in the selection of the right sort
OF material for colonization from among
the applicants for transportation. The
American Colonization Society will pro-
vide passage to Liberia, with pro-
visions for the journey, and will watch
over the colonist and aid him to be-
come Independently self-reliant in his
new home
revenue that at times should be as
large as $4,000. Only part Of this an
nual revenue. it is expected. would be
applied to emigration purposes, the
first purpose Of the trust What re-
mains 1t is intended to turn over to
Liberia to supplement the educational
fund already created by this first gift
Of $65,511.11. This will give Liberia an
annual appropriation, varying perhaps,
for the administration of the public
school system, to which 1t can be ap-
piled.
1T is due to the conscientious scrupIes
and the untiring energy oft Presiden
Johnson for the American Colonization
Society" declares DR.. Lyon, that this
large sum of money has been turned over
to the Lberian government. Ample legal
projections, through his insistence, have
been built around it to insure the appli-
pose.