The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-04-29

saw that they were not meeting the
needs of the community, as 1t was
necessary for these missions schools
themselves-many of the people made
no effort to school their children on
that account, so public school were
opened and in recognition of the
splendid work that the church schools
had done, a certain amount of the
public school funds are given them
to assist in their work-this gives
the educational work new impetus and
1t offers splendid promise for the fu-
ture' The inspector of school, which
is the same as our office of superin-
t. tenG ent, Is an American Negro, a Prof.
q. Taduma. He was educated at Yale
University, this added to his many
years of experience in actual school
work makes him an outstanding fig
IRE in the school work of the colony.
as the annual conference is in session
J. have spent much of my time with
the Bishop and brethren, but IL is
my purpose to visit all the schools
operated by the church? If l can
Defore get away. The A. M. f.
church has three congregations in the
city and has school at each one of
them, 1t also has an industrial school
Tor girls while the attendance of the
girls Is not quite as large. Rev. Mrs.
STEADY Is In charge of the girls school
and Is doing fine work, She is from
New Haven, Connecticutt, receiving her
early, and high school training there
ana her advanced work in Quindaro
the conference without the Bishop
bishop knowing that was in
Africa and was given such an ova-
ton That II I had any inclination in
mat direction might have had the
big head" but the M mber of knocks
hat Il have had in life have long
since advanced me beyond that stage
The good bishop ana brethren are
making II very pleasant 70! me.
am stopping at the home Of Rev. DR..
II M, Steady, who has laid the foun-
dalton for the work of the Negro church
in this part of Africa. No citizen,
white or Colored Is more highly re-
spected than, this gentleman. have
here. but they have a number of au-
but here is where you meet
another form of human degradation
that Will be a positive handicap to the
rapid advance OF civilization and IL
Will be a great day for the half civil |
lied people of Africa when n stubborn
war is raised against i'll refer to
the practice of carrying people on the |
mead. They have a vehicle so con-
structed as to rest on the heads of |
four men, a hammock is suspended in !
the centre in which the passenger is !
seated for his ride. I am told that !
they carry persons more than forty |
miles that way in the course of O |
day. In the providence of God when I
this practice and the human cart sys-
tenn is done away with, we shall have |
cause to rejoice in the real progress |
Of Christian civilization. Men who |
are put in the position of the brute !
can never be expected to think in |
terms of a man. It Is hard, 1t does |
not ter how much you read of |
Africa and it's problems. to form an /
intelligent opinion until you have /
seen at least a little of 1t with your |
own eyes. l regard 1t the privilege |
to see this much of it myself I'M |
surpassed by any have had in a life |
time. learn that we get our boat |
to Monrovia, Monday. l might say |
that the weather is quite warm and |
dry, up in the day 1t is very hot
but the nights, early morning and
late afternoons are very fine. l
snail just miss the rainy season for |
which 1 am very glad. l shall mem
ton several other things about Free |
town and this section later when 1
shall have had an opportunity to see
more of the city and it, condi-
tons.