Evening star., 1920-02-01
WANTSEDUCAT|ON
IN REACH Of ALL.
Tuskegee Principal, in His
Report, Urges Federal
Aid in South.

Urging federal aid in education ia
the south, DR.. r. r. Motion. principal
OF Tuskegee Institute, in a report on
the activities of that colored esuAb-
lishrnent during the past school year.
declared that 'the time has come
when the national government should
have share in the education of men
ana women who are to be citizens of
the nation"
I'm the national draft 700. 600 of the
youth of our land were found to he
illiterate," he stated. "They were MOI
all negroes. for We had only 800. 600
negroes in the draft. The time mas
come when the nation must insist that
education should not be local, but ma
tionaf that all should share in the
privileges of education if they are to
be expected to share in the respon-
sibilities of democracy. The south
and the whole country have come to
the point where they want peonIe
educated and trained for the duties
they are expected to perform. They
VIII not tolerate any longer ignora rice
and awkwardness. They realize that
these things hamper progress and
prosperity in our country"
He declared himself in favor Of a
provision similar to the Smith-Lever.
and mith-Hughes acts for tho public
schools and especially the rural
schools.
Tuskegee.s War Work.
The report opens with a resume, OF
!TusEegee's war work. by SPECIAL con-
tract with the government. il stated
1929 men were trained as auto me-
| chanics. chauffeurs blacksmiths. leaf H.
er workers, electricians and metal
workers, for service in the ARMY ana
| it is shown that such men gave eli
cienr service in the camps and OVER
seas
One of the outstanding features OF
the Institutes work do
clared to be the organization in faIS
of the Saturday Service League WI n
the purpose to encourage negro farm
erS in the south to work six full da vs.
in the week, and abandon as a war
measure the custom of taking half
or whole holiday on Saturday.
Regarding the health record there
port says:
During the last five years there
have been 6,S2S cases treated in ihe
of this number 379 have received sAr-
gical operations. with only eight
! Deaths
Increase In Yield of Milk.
DR.. Motion stated that the instittie
was making rapid strides toward
greater usefulness and greater in
ternal efficiency. An example of tli.s
was cited in the section devoted "a
the agricultural department. MHh-
out increasing the number Of cows
ir the dairy herd, it was declared
that during the past year there had
been an increase OF 33 1-3 per cent in
the yield of milk. This is declared TO
be due to the care and feeding Of
the herd and to the efficient handling
made possible by new and modern
dairy barn methods.
The school year on which the re-
port is based concluded in May. 1919
The report. however. takes in actiN-
tiles Immediately following the date
statement accompanying the re
port reads:
1T is impossible to estimate i'ie
value of TuSkegee's work. Its con-
fere1ces and meetings Of the hun
dreds of people who visit the iusti-
tute throughout the year. as wen as
the LOO students and 600 sunrne =
school teachers, show a continuing
confidence and mean an ever-widen-
ing circle of influence for the insti-
tute founded by Booker T. Washing
ton"