The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-30
FOR NEGRO EDUCATION.
Adequate Colleges and Universities are
Recommended.

| Adequate college ana university 'uh
cation for colored people is urged by
DR.. Thomas Jesse Jones of the United
States bureau OF education, department
OF the interior, in the two.yolume report
on negro education just issued by the de-
partment.
IF college education is of value to any
group, surely II is to those who are to be
leaders of the colored people, Only a
broad minded leadership with thorough
grasp of human development can under
stand the peculiar difficulties resulting
from the close proximity Of such widely
varying races as the black and the white
people of the southern states.
"The race must have physicians of real
skill and the spirit of service to lead
against the insanitary conditions that
are not only threatening the group itself
but also it's white neighbors IL must
have religious teachers who can relate
religion TO the morals of the individual
and to the common activities of the com.
munity. II must have teachers of sec
ondary schools who have had college
education in the great modern sciences
and in the historical development of civ
ilization."
DR.. Jones points out that despite high
ideals and notable enthusiasm on the
part of the race and its benefactors, most
Of the colored institutions calling them
selves colleges are poorly equipped and
ineffectively organized and administered.
o. inc st,sti at bo
the student body, equipment, and teach
ing force of a genuine college but a num-
Der of institutions do some work of col
lege grade. The location of two or more
colleges for negroes in Selma, Ala; Lit
tie Rock, Ark; Atlanta, Ga; New Or
leans, La; Holly Springs and Jackson,
Miss; Greensboro, N. c.; Columbia and
S. c.. Nashville, Tenn
Austin, Marshall and Waco Tex, indi-
Gates a wasteful duplication of collegiate
effort
ANY plan for further development of
college and university education for ne.
yroes should, according to DR.. Jones,
lake into consideration income, plant,
teaching force, and present location of
schools offering more or less work. "Ev
Fry institution should realize that sue
,ess and honor and human service are
lot necessarily attained through a col
eye department or even through an in
lustrial or agricultural plant" The bu
'eau's report suggests that all agencies
Interested in negro education cooperate
n the development of few institutions
# university and college grade. There
eems to be general agreement that
Toward university at Washington, and
fisk university at Nashville. Tenn, are
he most promising institutions for de.
eopment as universities. 1t is sug
ested that first class colleges be located
t Richmond, Va, Atlanta, Ca, and Mar
hall, Tex. Still another group of in
should be developed into jun /
Or colleges or institutions doing two
ears of college work. A number Of in
titutions are already offering courses of
his grade but they are all in need Of
lore equipment and larger income These
lstitutions, Dr. Jones points out, should
AXE generous provision for teacher
aiming courses, both in their secondary
nd college classes.
1.-THE education of negroes in America
ldoubtedly requires institutions that
e genuinely of college grade" says Dr.
mes. 'The first step in the realiza- t
on of this need is the agreement that t
should combine in an effort to de-
lop few well-selected institutions.
nc second requirement is the determi- :
ltion on the part of the institutions !,
at every college activity shall be ;,
spted to the demands of modern So "
ETY." :.