The Denver star., 1914-07-11
JEALOUS WORKER
n FOR EDUCATION
Success Of Miss \. {. BstI1l
as School Supervisor.
KNOWS how TO GET RESULTS

Personal Story Of the Labers es .
Tuskssss Institute Graduate AueNt
the People Of Caroline County. Va.
Hearty Co e-operation In Effort to es-
cure Better seheelheusss.
Mrs. Mamie Lee Butler. who was
graduated from Tuskegee institute In
1911 and is now serving as an indus
trial supervising teacher in Caroline
county. Va. tells an interesting and
prophetic story Of the awakening Of
the colored people to the possibility Of
having. even under most adverse con-
ditions. better schools. better homes
and better community response to
pressing needs.
Shortly after took up my work -
an industrial supervisor the state OF
Virginia. through the superintendent
Of public instruction. offered to pro
vide the salary Of second teacher for
every community that would build
two room school according to the state
plans." said Mrs. Butler ON . recent
visit to Hampton institute.
~ went into four communities and
tried to show the advantages and wis
dom OF breeding this call. Each com
munity that I visited. although 1t was
poor. took up the struggle. and by per
sonal contributions Of work. money
and materials all Of the four schoo1A
each costing $1,500 and having two
teachers. have been built and occupied
during the past year.
Sacrifices were made by our people
to accomplish this result. At Bowling
Green one man. whose property bold
ings are valued at only q thousand
dollars and who has a growing family
Of eight to support. gave out Of his
weekly earnings In one year $50
How did be do 1t? Not all at o0cs ut
some big rally. Sometimes at ths
freight once he would pay 4 ban for
lime. cement or other material. and
At the next meeting Of the School I'm
provement league he would quietly
hand the receipt to the treasurer.
"One man who did the mason WORT
gave ons-haif of his time free. A.
other man who lives in q shabby, rsne-
ed tepssnnnE contributAd 8 OF the -
he had reeelved tor laying the cement
0ooes oe tie poseAsA Sun another
man Who a. ~ hnve ~ ready mon
ey did have timber land. from which
he cut and hauled logs to the min and
contributed the lumber cut from them
ITO push the WORT more rapidly the
women gathered At one school. and
while the men OF ths community put
on the weather boarding the women
nailed on the laths On all the side
walls and finished their tasks without
= smashed nnEer. Many Of the wo-
men who are belping to support their
families BY washing (and. might say.
that 25 cents b the price paid for an
individual laundry iA Caroline county,
have time and dime again contributed
the whole amount to push along the
work Of school building.
Last year the coaored people raised
by contributions. without help from
the school board. some s.. 400 for build
ings and school improvements. We
are now striving to raise $1,000 to
build four more graded schools. We
are also striving to collect $500 TO
equip properly the workroom at Bowl
ing Green. for wherever new graded
schools have supplanted the one room
schools we are endeavoring to use the
old buildings az workrooms In which
will be taught sewing. cooking and
housekeeping to the girls and manual
training to the boys. Every school
that has been reached has been awak-
ened to the idea Of doing something
definite to improve conditions and to
make the school buildings and grounds
attractive.
Through the summer work we have
been better able to reach the homes.
and by teaching the children In their
own homes we have been able to influ-
ence the mothers. Wherever possible
mothers clubs have been formed. They
have for their purpose not the raising
Of money for the schools. but the
changing OF the morals and the man
ners OF the children in the home. along
the highway and In the school.
My preparation for work In this
great forward movement owe to
TuskeRee. There from the big heart
OF Or. Booker T Washington learned
the lessons of unselnshness and serv-
ice. In sending me out to do indus
trial work he took mo by the hand
and said. We don't expect you to fail
Thus he gave me inspiration to put
Into practice the lessons he had learn
cd at Hampton and which he had
taught me at Tuskegse."
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