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school faculty, save one besides him
self, and yet, succeeded in organizing
as best he could one OF the best
Negro High schools in the entire
south. He worked at this great en-
terprisc for seven long years, grad
uating some OF the best men and wo-
men of the city. We judge a school
and faculty by their students IN
action.
When the writer succeeded Pro-
lessor Thompson, he found Q splen-
did foundation on which to work,
on which to act, on which to reach
higher, and to add modern languages
and the humanitarian side of .edu-
cation, but 1t must ever be said IT
belongs to our distinguished citizen,
Prof. H. S. Thompson the refined
and cultured gentleman that he is,
under trying circumstances, and
when the public was not sure wheth-
er there ought to be a real high
school for Negro boys and girls, but
Mr.. Thompson held on with that de-
termination that never failed him,
till the high school stood forth. He
raised the grade Of the high school
from the third year to that OF the
fourth year, having but one as
sistant, and that in the person of
Mrs. Julia Caldwell Frazier. Public
opinion, the Hon. Mr.. Thompson per-
sued the even tenor of his way. He
did all this without equipment. He
has lived to see the fruits Of his
well planned labors mature. and
crystalize in the lives of those whose
diplomas he signed and commissioned
to go forth into the stern realities of
life, where there is no such word as
graduating and where the school
term never ends, but is always be-
ginning and extending in every di-
rection.
High schools in the south were
preceded by what were known prior
to the civil war as academies, and
these were opened for the most part
for those who paid tuition. In many
the rich people had pri-
yate tutors for their children, tutors
their children for the col
leges or for the academy. The high
school is an institution Of recent
years, that is a free high school.
The south has made great progress
along the lines of high schools both
for whites and colored.
But our subject is man of much
thought and clearness in the sub
iects of mathematics and philosophy
and applied psychology in its practi-
cal application. He has been con-
1ected with the school of methods
when in operation in this state, hand
ing, the department of mathematics,
and giving general satisfaction. He
was superintendent of the Deaf,
Dumb and Blind Institute at Austin
'or number years and is now
with the public schools of
Dallas. He is known and honored by
Ill who know him as gentle man
md upright citizen. He has done
what he could for the education of
MS sons, who have finished from
schools of repute and entered the
earned professions. His last work
was in connection of Conservation
Of Food where he aided the govern
nent in its program for winning the
war.
The teachers of the race have done
1 remarkable work that will tell
he story of race development, in
he home, in the church and in the
state. The regret is that through
tut the entire south, there are
thousands of children, white and
black that do not attend any school
either Sunday or Monday. There are
many Colored children in this city
who have never attended any school.
large boys who are strangers to
he Sunday schools, strangers to the !
lay schools, strangers to the night |
rec schools although the books are
rec, the instruction is free. What |
hall the harvest be?
But Mr.. Thompson twas not born |
With a silver spoon in his mouth,
or he had to work his way before
md after entering college where he
graduated at the head of his class.
Before going to college in order that
lie might be prepared. he hired
'rivate tutor in that exact science,
Mathematics which is his choice both
y nature and adoption. He often
SKIS this question, Where must we
ook for our men of the future?
Others build monuments for us
1hen we die, but Prof. H. S. Thomp-
on built his while he lived, in his
York of high school.