The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-08-12


Frs OF AMERICA.-DR. JAMES
BILLIARD DECLARES AMERICA
SHOULD SPEND FIVE TIMES
MORE MONEY FOR EDUCATION.
BY VIM. Anthony Aery.
Va, In his ad
Hardy billiard of Charlottesville, Va,
in his address OF Cooperation" de-
livered in Ogden Hall, Hampton In
stitute, before the closing session OF
the eighteenth annual meeting OF
Hampton, Va, Aug. 10.-Dr. James
the National Association OF Teachers
in Colored Schools, expressed the
profound conviction that America
ought right away to spend fire times
as much money for education as 1t
is now spending. America could af-
ford to spend this money for educa-
ton" he said, 'if the people should
quit paying $4O,O0O.OO0 for every new
battleship"
Doctor billiard, who is a member
of the general Education Board and
president of the Jeanes and Slater
Funds. stated that the Jeanes Fund
received from public tax funds $S4O2
in 1912 and In 1922 received from the
SIZE, 900. The county training schools
for colored students, which increased
from A in 1912 to 1876 in 1922, received
for salaries, from public funds $3444
in 1912and in 1922 received from the
same source, $4,000. This last
amount was more than doubled by
appropriations for other forms Of sup
port. OF the 81, 407, 900 spent in build
ing "Rosenwald schools. which are
modern rural schools for Negroes,
julius Rosewald of Chicago gave 1898,
900; white people, $4,000; colored
people, $403,000; public tax funds,
$500 900. Doctor billiard declared that
the masses cannot be educated by
philanthropy. "The only right way to
educate people is through public
taxes
The Association elected d.. John
A. Gregg, president of Wilberforce
University, Wilberforce. o., president
and r.. s. Grossley, Assistant State
Supervisor of Negro sch2ols, Jackson
Miss, executive ecretary. Sixteen
other officers, including seven women
were installed by the first president
of the Association, r. R. WRIGHT, Sr.,
Philadelphia. The 1923 meeting will
be held at Tuskegee Institute, July
25-27.
PROGRESS POLICIES OUTLINED,
The Association adopted the policy
of securing paid executive secre-
tary; urged schools, municipalities,
counties, and other agencies employ
ing teachers to make provisions for
pensioning them; expressed its COM
mendation of the work which depart
ments of education throughout the
South are doing to improve colored
teacher training departments; urged
all Southern states to provide as
speedily 40 possible adequate elemen-
tary and high school training for all
their Negro youth; approved the work
of the State agents for coored schools
commended the John f. Slater Fund
the Jeanes Fund, the Rosenwal6
Fund, the Phelps Stokes Fund, anC
General education Board, not only
for their material assistance, but also
for their constructive suggestions anC
leadership in Negro education; en-.
dorsed the aims and methods of the
Commission of Nnter-racial Co-opera-
ton; called upon colored teachers
to render more efficient service Il
Negro youth; and commended the
movement in the Negro land-gran
oo11ooo. - ali,,,iDafo hioh -cohno
programs, as rapidly as possible, ant
develope efficient college departments
The resolutions committee included
N. B. Young, Florida; w. T. B. vii
liams, Alabama; S. G.. Atkins. N. G.
John Hope, Georgia; John NJ. Candy
Virginia: Mary NJ. Bethune. Florida
and r. T.. Brown Louisiana
NO CLEAVAGE IN EDUCATION
That the old conflict between In
dustrial education and academic edu
cation is largely past; that the line
cannot be strickly drawn between tn,
cultural and the vocational; and thai
the aim of cherry educational institu
ton should be to fit, or at least L
help fit, its students to do what they
can do best, were opinions expressed
by DR.. Jane Il. Gregg, principal Of
Hampton Institute, in his address, o.
welcome.
President Gregg of Wilberforce, In
his responce for the teachers, pait
warm tributes to Samuel c. Arm.
strong, Hollis b. Frissell and James
e. Gregg. DR.. H. L. McCrorey, presi
dentof the Johnston c. Smith Uni
versity, Charlotte, N. c., the outgoing
president, made a plea for the in
crease of publicly supported educa.
tional facilities for Negro children
living in country districts and the
removal of the handicap of one-teac,
her rural schools. He advocated the
establishments of a Federal depart.
ment of education, pensions fol
teachers, the development of higher
standards of ethics In the teaching
profession, and the employment of 6
whole-time, paid executive secretary
to increase the Associations mem
bership and influence.
ASSEMBLY Or LEADERS.
Among those attending this meet.
--slu9pIsoId I0mIoJ uoAo1 DION gu
R. r Wright. ST., Philadelphia; N. B
Young, Tallahassee. Fla; w. T. B
Williams, Tuskegee Institute; Joh1
Hope, Atlanta, Ga: L. ]. Rowan
Alcorn, Miss, and S. G. AtA' as, Wins
ton-Salem. N. G..
Among the educationa, leaders pre-
sent were: Principal Mary NJ Bcthune
cf the Daytona Normal and Indus.
trial Institute; Clinton j. Galloway
director extension department Of Tns-
kegee institute and field agent of tht
kosenwald School Fund; Secretary
Eshel M. Caution of the Y. M. c. A
National Board; President j. s. Clarke
Of Southern University. President
Oliver L. Coleman of Coleman Col.