The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-10-13
NORTH CAROLINA's NEGRO
PROGRAM
By WIN. Anthony Aery

By wm. Anthony Aery
Education, Health. Agriculture, and
Public Welfare Receive Attention.
90 Per Cent Of Negro Teachers At
tend Summer Schools-White Citi-
zens Support Liberal Program-Ig.
noranee Cures Nothing-Race Re.
1ations are Improving.
Hampton, Va. Oct. l2.-The pres
emit North Carolina program of Negro
education and health-State and 10.
cal--provides for spending 100000
in the near future. Some fifteen
wears ago North Carolina was spend.
ing about $4,OOO,OOO annually for the
education Of all its citizehs-white
and colored.
DR.. f. C. Brooks, State Superinten-
dent Of Public Instruction, and Prof.
N. C. Newbold, Director Of the Stlte
Division of Negro Education, held a
conference recently at Shaw Univer-
sity, Raleigh, N. c., and presented to
the leading Negroes of North Caro-
lina-representative educators, min
listers, business men, doctors, law
yers, lodge and club officers, Y. M.
c. A. and Y. W. C. A. workers, and
editors-the States unified programs
of education, heath, agriculture, and
public welfare. This conference was
held with view to securing the ac-
tive cooperation of the Negro leaders
in spreading the good news Of North
Cardinals constructive program.
State Appropriations
That public sentiment Is in favor of
giving more adequate support to Ne
gro schools-elementary, secondary,
normal, technical, and collegiate-is
shown by the General Assembly APP
priations, which amount to $935,O00.
Evidences of Progress
Some other statistics are interest
ing and give evidence of the real pro.
gress that North Carolina is making
In the direction of educating all her
citizens. For the 0ar, 1920,
North Carolina spent for the salaries
Of Negro teachers the sum of $1,159,-
600; for the year 1920-2l, $500, 900,
a gain of $350,O00. or 35 per cent in
year. During the summer Of 1921
over 5000 Negro teachers chat is,
80 per cent) in North Carolina at
tended summer schools. These bet
ter-trained teachers will receive adj
ditional pay. This means that Negro
teachers in North Carolina will re-
ceive during the present school year
more than S1,500,000 in salaries. 1t
IL also encouraging to know that a
large school-building program is now
well under way For country schools
there will be spent s279,O00 and for
urban schools there will be spent ST.
GAG, $50, or a total Of $685. $50 for
country and urban Negro schools.
Appeal for Cooperation
"We have not reached the millen-
ium in North Carolina" said Direc-
tor Newbold. eve are, however, 60
ing In the right direction. Will you
60 back into your communities and
oil the machinery of progress or will
you throw rocks in the way? North
Carolina is sincere in this work for
its colored people. The State wants
to make conditions better than they
have ever been. Will you tell The
the leaders and the people about
North Cardinals hopes and plans =?
We must all work together to make
North Carolina what it should be.
Our State cannot be what IL should
be unless she does what she should
do for all classes"
Teaching People to Live
Superintendent Brooks declared
that North Carolina has been building
on the solid basis Of truth. Society
must teach men how to live" he
sad. Parents in particular must
teach their children how to live. This
is the first time in the history Of
North Carolina when we have come
together to lay the foundation for
you to build college for your chill
dren. We have basis on which to
build. We want an honest, thoro,
and efficient educational institution,
whose graduates will love their peo-
pie and their State.
II think there is too much sense
and patriotism in this State to have
this program fail. I believe you are
going to teach your children to live.
People are everywhere coming to
the point where they are ready to
minister TO Negro needs. I am proud
Of North Carolina, whose white and
Negro groups are working for better
trained teachers. We are organizing
along saner lines.
Progress In Race Relations