The Denver star., 1917-06-30
SPECIAL I REPORT
:. On EDUCATION
Resuts d Exhaustive Study by
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Convinced Of Our Peoples Dsssrsal-
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New Yoek--'Thopsh ths novsmsnts
herein outlined are but sisndsr begin
nings they are deeply significant They
indicate that democr.c3s plan for the
solutacq Of the rscs problem ip the
southland y not primarily In the phi
lanthropies and wisdom Of the north
eyn people, nor y Il In ths desires and
ituS(ls Of the colored people, 9or yet
IN the nrst hand knowledge and daily
contacts Of the southern whits people.
Democracy'a plan u in the combina-
ton Of the best thought and the deep
ct sympathy md tie most 1bt3ing
faith Of those thfee groups worktna
with mutual faith in one another"
With this paragraph Dr.. Thomas
Jesse Jones. specialist OF the United
States bureau Of education, closes his
Introductory chapter to his two volume
report on Negro Education: A Study
of the Private and Higher Schools For
Colored People in the United States"
copies Of which are now available at
the government printing ONCE, Wash
inston. Working under the joint auspi-
ces OF the federal bureau and the
Phelps Stokes fund Of New York, DR..
Jones has spent the past three years in
personally visiting all OF the larger In
stitutons for the education Of the Ne
gro throughout the country, as well as
many Of the smaller schools: in collect
ing data from federal sources and
state departments Of education and.
nnally. In setting forth this Informs
ton and his conclusions in q report
which some Of the foremost white and
colored educators in the nation have
q monumental contribution
to the discussion and ultimate solution
OF the problem. 20"
In his report DR.. Jones says that he
has found convincing evidence Of the
Of the colored people to
help themselves" and he characterizes
the development Of schools maintained
solely through the initiative Of Negroes
a. "a remarkable achievement" So
rapid has the progress been that there
are now 1b3 schools under Negro
boards, representing an investment in
plant and equipment Of e2,3OS,O54 and
an annual income for current expenses
Of more than $3.50, 1000. ''f ''h
These schools employ s2s teachers
and workers and have an enrolment OF
17.2O9 pupils, of whom 14.8s6 are ce
mentary, 2,496 secondary and 115 col
legiate and professional. OF the total
OF 1853 schools DR.. Jones rates sixty
Of them as essential parts of the edu-
cational systems OF the states in which
they are situated. OF the ninety-three
institutions some are sincere
in purpose, but handicapped by lack Of
funds or bad management and others
are the result Of jealousy between fac
tions in denomination or Of church
politics. '' 'f' ~ "'l
In addition to supporting these 153
schools the race is giving out q its
own pocket a considerable sum to ex-
tend the terms Of some Of the public
schools, despite the fact that through
the payment of taxes the race already
has given its full quota to the state
school funds DR.. Jones estimates that
the Negroes Of America are contrtbut-
ing Voluntarily to educational institu-
tions upward Of 100000 q year. 's7
All told, there are 625 private schools
and 122 secondary public institutions.
which are discussed in the report. They
represent property Investment Of $685.
$4,000 and an annual income for cur
rent expenses Of $4,241,572 Ipstitu-
tions under public control consist of
one federal school (Howard univer-
sity), sixteen land grant schools. eleven
state schools, sixty seven city high
schools and twenty seven county train
ing schools. The private institutions
include 11s With Independent boards of
trustees, 354 under white church boards,
and the 1913 maintained by the coiored
people themseIves Taking the group
as whole, all 122 of the public insti-
tutions and 288 of the private schools
are rated as larger or Important
that is, essential parts of the educa-
ttonal system. p
In chapter entitled "Public School
Facilities" Dr. Jones discusses In great
detaa the exact status Of state and
county provistons for the education Of
the SSO0,000 Negroes in the south. His
findings are based upon the federal
census of 1910 and the official reports
Of state and county school superintend-
e4ts.s He finds that the allotment for
the Negro fschoo,s averages for the
whols south ohe.foufthp n what It
should be II school funds were Justly
apport1oped between the two races on
the basfs Of comparative population.
The inequality is least in the border
states and becomes most pronounced
h the counties whore populat tion Is