The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

With the view to making useful ana
better citizens the entire schoo'
forces of the Tuskegee institute are
lahoring vigorously. and the result Will
certainly reflect credit on the coun'
try conditions. Warren Logan act.
inc principal, has proved hlmsel
equal to the emergency and perfect
cooperation prevails among the teach
ers. The wife and brother OF BOOK
er Washington are actively III the
work. and their services and klndly
touch are noticed in every department.
From Tuskegee to the rural schools Is
spreading the growth Of home I'M
proyement, and marks Of a greater CIV
ilization is evidenced in the school
rooms for miles around, and in many
counties of the state; in fact WIN
the Rosenwald fund in circulation for
school buildings, there have been built
many civic centers for the farm neigh
borhood. These schools have inaugu-
rated an alternate system of work
and study, hence the Kitchen, the gar
den, barnyard and home are the annex
to the schoohouse, and here the
teacher lives.
There were many white guests Tor
this occasion, among them Doctor
Hyde of Auburn, who gave a most
helpful lecture on sanitary conditions
in farm homes. and also in towns and
cities, and told of the danger to health
of the fly He told of the danger
to children, especially, and the death
rate of 5000 children under two years
old in the last II months, he thought
traceable to insanitary treatment
Also Of the 1000 cases of tuberculosis,
of typhoid fever, and of pellagra, and
the enormous death rate from pre-
ventable diseases.
Doctor Holberger of the United
States Marine hospital service told
of the cause and treatment of pella-
gra. One statement he made will set
many minds at ease. He says it is mo
more contagious than an ingrowing
toe nail" Also he stated that it was
err food and that the disease had never
been cured by medicine. After close
study of conditions and scientific
analysis, he finds a diet of simple food
and a plenty of it, composed especially
Of good, lean meat, peas, cornbread,
with plenty of milk taken regularly
will cure almost invariably any case.
OF course, sanitary conditions make
conditions worse or better.
These two lectures were delivered
in such simple language, yet were so
fOrceful, that every man and woman
present received valuable lesson. If
nothing more had been said, they were
worth the cost of transportation. These
diseases are very prevalent among the
Negroes. ..,
The schools, the industries, the lee
lures were all full of interest, but
there was a great human interest on
my mind-that is, how closely these
students were linked with the history
of a wonderful past. They are the
descendants of old colored families we
have, many, known before, and
among the teachers many were from
Virginia and the Carolinas who have
been in touch with the old families
and their traditions.
Your editorial on the editorial of W.
e. B. du Bots on Booker T. Washing
ton is very suggestive and forceful.
Chicago is as caste bound in social de-
corum as Mississippi, writes cor
respondent of the Chicago Post.
Some years ago Negro, graduate
of Fisk university and of Oberlin col
lege, visited me while on his way to
Zululand as missionary. In COM