The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-02-16
STATE NORMAL.

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The unofficial report of the legisla-
tive educational Investigation COM
mittee made after its visit to the
State Normal School for Negroes at
Nashville, presided over by W. j. +
Hale, formerly of this city, attests IN
the amplest terms the value of tie
institution as a part of the education
al system of the state. The com
mittee" we are told, Expressed graf
flied surprise at the manner i'll which
the school was being conducted and
cache member declared it to be the
best investment the state had ever
made for the advancement of the we'll /
being Negro" There is no reason
for surprise over what the committee
found No man in the state appreci-
ates more thoroughly that w. J. Hale,
the president of the institution, the
value of industrial and vocational
training of the Negro, and he has
been instan enthusiastic to the point
= of fanatical fervor in his efforts to
interest the better and more intelli-
| gent classes of his race to take adj
: vantage of the training offered at this
: school. He has 531 students, and we
may be sure that they are selected"
t as far as it is possible to have it ST..
t President Hale dosen't want any
J drones or any inappreciative students
Il at the institution; so that those who
e finally stick are in earnest in their
J. desire to learn, not only fro mbooks
IS but how to work with their hands for
r the making of useful and productive
% citizens. There is no maudlin senti
j. mentality about Hale; ne knows the
1t Negro, his weaknesses, his stront
ID points and his limitations, and he real
II ICES the Necessity for teaching hin
lie how to become productive either
lie instead of leech or parasite. wa
se venture to say that there is NOR
ly genuine good sense taught the -'e
a groes at the Tennessee school thai
Mt in any other in the South. Nothin
I'd is wasted on the impossible tine an
ne energy are spent in teaching thos
Ell things that will be useful accomplish
lg ments in how to get along with tn
he whites so as to avoid all possible fri
We ton or ill-feeling. The graduate
lily from this school find little difficulty
Ike securing profitable employment, an
re- to the credit of the school, few
rs them have ever brought any discred
re upon the institution or abused tt
ep privileges their training affords ther
i'm let us hope that there will be abs
in, lutte sympathy on the part of the col
nd mittee for this work and that amp
'er means will be provided Preside
en- Hale for carrying it on along the san
my sane, broad-guage and construct
say lines he has adopted.-From the Oh;
ar, tanooga Times, February II, 1917.
nd =
! The legislative educational inves
ust cation committee spent Friday in
tai vestigating the Negro Normal ne
Wit this city and the members of t
committee seemed well satisfied wi
ged prevailing conditions. The commit
ave was accompanied by Prof. P.
rch Harmed, president of the state boa
lse of education, and Pro-. l.. A. Ligt
her member of the board; Supt. S.
ach Sheriff. and Rural School Supervi.
!tS' Smith.
ing The members were shown over
our school buildings, dormitories, ia
and all of the different departme
the of the school. They found that
school was being run in a thorou
and systematic way by President "
J. Hale and that the school was m
aging to keep within the approp
ton for the running expenses.
of tire features of the school t
has struck the members most forci
just was the fact that they were man
GERS ing to feed all of their students a
our cost of SO per month; also that
gen large portion of the food furnis
is was raised on the school farm.
eve The visitors were entertained
reat- the domestic science class OF
ever school and the dinner consisted
pen. things that were raised on the ia
will During the serving of the dinner
This were entertained by the singers
de- the school, including three diffel
arly. male uuartets and school choruse
city ,Fhe class raams, manual trail
vent department, domestic science and
Me of the departments of the school
Sc given a careful examination by
t off committee and each met with the
the prevail of each member of the
John mittee. They all expressed themse
that as being surprised at the name
which the school was being oper
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