The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-10-22
FOR NEGRO EDUCATION TOTAL $780,
100000
All Citizens are Literally Sup
porting a Program Of Educa-
tiOn, Health a Public Welfare.
By wm Anthony Aery.

Hampton, Va, Oct. 2O.-The present
North Carolina program of Negro edu-
cation and health--State and local
provides for spending $4.000,000 in the
near future. Some fifteen years ago
North Carolina was spending about
S4,O0o.O0O annually for the education
DR.. =. c. Brooks, State Superinten-
dent OF public instruction and Prof.
y. G Newbold. director of the State
division of Negro education, held a
slty, Raleigh, N &. and presented to
the leading Negroes of North Carolina
representative educators, ministers,
business men; doctors. lawyers, lodge
and club officers, Y. M. G. A., and
J. w. C. a workers. and editors-the
states unified programs of education,
health, agriculture welfare. This con-
ference was held with view to Sc
curing the active cooperation Of the
Negro leaders in spreading the good
news of North Carolina's constructive
program.
State Appropriations.
That public sentiment is in favor of
giving more adequate support to Ne
gro sehools-elementary, secondary.
normal, technical, and collegiate-is
shown by the General Assembly ap-
propriations. which amount to 1885, 600
and which include the following inn
portant items:
Buildings and equiment, three
State normal schools 49,. $500, 900
Maintenance three State Nor
NAL schools (annuaD ........ .75, 900
DIVISION OF Negro education
Teacher training and sum
mer schools ESTIMATED.
Highlsehool s and Vocational @o'OOV
education testlnlated
Building and Improvement,
( Agricultural and Technical Col
GrpanQhnrn
Maintenance, A. and T. College
Building refdrmatory for
Maintenance of reformatorry -''OOO
annual) ............,...E, 49,. 10000
sanatorium for Negro tubercular
Ratiednts Totsd st.to nnrcr;r,a,;o a9e'o09 oS
Evidences of Progress
Some other statistics are interesting
and give evidence of the real pro-
gress that North Carolina is making in
the direction of educating all her
citizens: OR the year 1920 North
Carolina, spent for the salaries of Me-
gro teachers the sum Of $1,159, 600: for
1.-THE year 192O-21, S1,500, 900 a gain of
s350,000, or S5 per cent in a year. Dur
ing the summer of 1921 over 5000 Me-
gro teachers Chat is. 90 per cent? in
North Carolina attended summer
schools. These better-trained teach
ers will received additional pay This
! means tnHI negro Ledc0erS IN North
Carolina will receive during the pres
ent school year more than $500. 900
in salaries, II is also encouraging to
know that a large school building pro-
| gram Is now well under way. For
country schools there will be spent
S279,000 and for urban schools there
will be spent $1,246,S50, or total of
Sl.525.25O for country and urban Ne
gro schools.
Square Deal Program.
Several hundred missionaries of
peace and good will" received In the
spirit of real thanksgiving. the glad
tidings of North Carolina's program
for her Negro citizens advancement.
lGovernernor Morrison, like the prede-
cessor (the beloved Thomas w. Bick-
cit. stands solidly behind thos liberal
state program for Negroes. He has
expressed his desire to give all the
citizens of the State a square deal
He has the moral and financial sup
port of the white citizens in this State
wide policy.
Appeal for Cooperation.
I'VE have not reached the millen-
ium in North Carolina" said Director
Newbold. I'VE are, however, going
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