The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1918-05-24

ing valley. is All industrial school that H..
aud has I---p fer over hfty years. doing
fpr "'.l nd soPl- Of Southwest Virgins
what HsmPton and rusk-g~e are doing
Tor larger sr-as.
Th- sshssol 10 rather charsrt-ri-tic OF
thp-r Who support t---t'le Philsa. lphia
onskers. Thrr- 10 - marked al,-~nc~ of
Oct sntstion. hut at the same time there
IL that insistsnc- upnn thoroughn-.. of
training in both scsd-mic and in.iustria nj
subI'sts which one would naturally ex-
, pect "i any ~rhool managed by th, ~
estimable people.
The teachers. thirteen ia number. are
ali 'lored. coming from Hampton. W l
berforce. shaw univsrsity. Atlsnts I'm
vsrsity. Chrynry and Tusl evee. having
undrr th-ir super, i-ion some s5o pupil.
mostly from the Souihws-t -sction Il
viginis.
Speaking of the colorri I-ople 81 the
section. Proi-s-or ol - ci"logy in the
Univ-r-ity Of Chicago wrote IN "Thr
Negroe- Fifty YEARS of Progress" a book
rrceutly out Of press: There is no part
oi the South, perhaps no part of the
United States. where Negro small farm
err are more independent and prosperous
n the two races grt on bettrr than in the
region around Chiistiansburg. Va"
Ii one should insist on having proof nf
| that statement lac nss-d only yi-it TIN.
cumnencetn-nt exercises of the { hrist
| 'Ansburg Institute. "Wednesday May 10.
to convince himself that the prof~--or
Was right For lac saw there - large
Gathering Of N-gro iaraer. i,eihg taught
~ Professors from the stat. Agriculture
Ooilegc st Blssksburg. lie saw the de,ii
cation OF the new $iO.OvD hospital which
~ erectesi st the school for tile benefit of
q c colored people OF Southwest vmgini.
toward which nearly one-third of tia.
'unds were contributed by the local white
people and the balance from . Philsdel-
"his Trend whose name 10 withheld by
reque-t. he heard a Northern REPRESENT
stive In the person OF Miss Agnes l..
Tierney, of Phil adelphia, ON behalf of
Board of Managers of the Christisnsburp
tpdnstriJ lpstitute, sK interesting and
iorcrfuI speaker. turn over the building
and IL equipment To . board composed
of local people Who will undertake To run
tn institution ~ . Home Missionary
. terprise. and heard Common~eth Al
.orney X /. Roop responsive address IN
most htting manner. accepting the oh
iisation imposed upon the community
,nd . representative 81 the colored peo
pie express their feeling in regard To- the
nt~rprise.
On tile Managing Board are such prom
nent educators and leading local bnsi-
'e-- men A. DIR. J. ID. EsgIe-ton, pre.i-
ent "i tn Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
ut-, Dr 4. 4. Mcconnell, president of
the kaslford Normal school for Women
B. NJ. Hsgsn, cashier Bank OF Chri-tisn.-
burg; X. !. koop, commonwealth at
torney for Montgomery county; Morn
y Miller, James RIgby. Jr, and Allen
{. Hairless. while Morris y. Leeds and
J. Henry scsttsrgood are the reprsse l.
ative- from the Philsdelphis Board un-
der whose auspices the school D. oprrat.
ed, and b. A. Long. principal of the
Christisnsburg Industrial Institute, is the
representative for the colored people.
On this Board are men representing
the three elements Of the problem which
have gwen more concern % this country
than any other. perhaps more than al,
the Others the Northern white mnn. WIN
hs- contributed lsyl-hly for the Nrgro'-
education. tlie southern white man, Who
hs- looked rather que-tioningiy upon the
Northern mans experiment in education,
and tire Negro whose earnest enthusiasm
and desire % learn no one could ques-
tson. but whose thirst for knowleixe OF.
Tn Outrsn his acquisition Of wisdom
Who are starting an experiment in racial
cooperation that will he fsr-resching in
practical results
II one would seek tie cause for race
shich makes such an Experiment po--
,iile, and the conditions among colored
IeDple describ<d by the Chicago probes
sor. perhaps the following statements
from y. ~ Lsbsume. Agricultural and
Industrial Agent Of the Norfolk and
Western. and from an editDrisl m the
Roanoke Time, the leading daily paper
II Tire section, would be 81 interest
'At the revue-t of Prof 4. A. L,ug.
principal, bad the privilege and pIeas-
ure Of vi-It ~ the Chri-tisnsbarg Indu--
trial institute and addressing both the
students and the representative Negro
farmers of Montgomery county," wrote
Nr LsDzums - the secretary Of the
bosrd th n support the school.
Let me take this occ.-ion," he con-
tinue-. "for comDIimenting the good
work that - being accomplished there
10 is institutions Of this kind tha. are
deserving Of the highest commendstion
Il our southern people. The atmosphere
.t thi- institution 10 p<rnestsd with .
real desire Tor successful accomplishment
along practical lines aud 10 . most CON-
mendsbie tribute 10 the personality Of IL
principal, Prof. +. A. Long.