Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-08-31
MAIsItIETTA COLLEGE DOING
GREAT WORK.
(By RALPH w. TYLER, J

/ (By RALPH w. TYLER)
| Durham. n. c. The great world
about us seldom hears much concern
ing Marietta College at Marietta,
OHIO yet that college gave us Presi
dent Rutherford Il. Hayes and Il long
line OF distinguished dead. 1t seldom
, hears of Hamilton College, yet thai
college gave us Elihu Root Ameri-
ca $ premier statesman. Likewise we
! hear little-far 100 lite of the Dur
| ional Training School here at Dur
| ham, OF which it's founder and zeal
| GUS president. Dr.. James II. Sncpard
is striving so hard and successfully
| to make ii fac,or in our race adj
| justment.
! Because of the prcdominating inf.u
! cncc some other worthy Colorcd
schools. founded before inc National
Training School here, has possessed
! ana Still possesses thousands on thouS
| andS of white and colored who are
ignorant of the fact the Southland is
polkadottcd with helpful colorcd col
| lcges and schools that are donng Il
! splendid work and among them is the
| National Training School here the
! child OF Dr. Shcpards brain and the
object of his devotion
The National Training School is
! one of the few Coloreu institutions
! that is out of debt. On its thirty four
acres of fertile and beautiful land
! stand eight buildings, modern and
prctcntious. But the National Train
; ing School located in region where
! its usefulness is most needed, sadly
needs funds to- meet the demands OF
Colorcd young people who are ycarn
! ing for education and to whom it will
prove unusually bcneficcnt when re
/ construction, after this mighty war
has ended begins. It's annual budget
or $4,000 is so insignificant when
one reflects upon how urgent is ex
pansion Of this institution to meet
ncccssitous demands-the ycarning
| OF the race within its area for cduca
ton. Just now DR.. Shepard and his
friends are planning to make II big
| drive to raise an endowment fund
| of S25O000 to aid in meeting the re
quircments Of the school and the dc
mands and desires of an earnest peo
pie yearning for education. Just now
EVeryonc-from the highest. to tho
| lowlcst ought to help this worthy in
Stitution. for IN so doing you will be
scope Of usefulness and the vision of
many young OF our race who now
contributing to the widening of the
must look through glass darkly 10
cause of lack OF educational facilities.
| A most striking evidence Of the
fact that The clouds which have long
hung heavy over the race in the South
are being d;ssipatcd and that the
best white citizens down here are be
ginning to realize that educating the
Negro contributes to the South's sue
css rather than constituting Il menace
Is to DO found in the fact that two Of
| North Carolina's most noted white
citizens Will campaign to raise funds
for this Colorcd School. They arc Gen
eral Julian S. Carr and Judge j. G..
Prichard former United States Scna
tor General Carr is the largest and
lwcalthicst hosiery mill owner in the
South. Although ho is an eN-Confcder
ate who fought. during tho Civil War
TO preserve slavery, he is now work
ing zca.ously to educate the Negro
that hc may become tho better and
more useful citizen. He with judge
Richard Is wonderfully interested in
this institution DR.. Shepard founded.
The school needs now and needs it
badly an endowment of $250,O00 to
'''''S IL W b"lthStSt HctcSSuIy uu
iditional farm lands to the amount Of
$1,000 and for additional buildings
ana equipment to the amount of 500,
600 Last years enrolment of this
school was 107; forty Of these are
now at the Front courageously fight
ing to make the world safe for De
mocracy. There arc many hundreds
, of young colorcd people impaticnily
solic!tously, appcalingly knocking at
the doors of the National Training
School here at Durham for entrance,
but it's cramp facilities and accommo
cations are deafness to their appeals
for an education. The National Train
ing School here at Durham in it's
short cXistnce has done q wonderful
work; I is now doing splendid work;
1T wants to do far greater work, this
deserving institution can and
will il the people of both races will
but contribute mite to promote it's
efforts to achieve Might in the field
OF education for such as most need
and most yearn for it-young Color
cd people of North Carolina and con
tigous territory. There never was a
more energetic more unselfish, moro
earnest martyr to the cause Of his
people than Dr. James u. Shepard
the founder and president Of the Nat
ional Training School here at Dur
ham, North Carolina.