The broad ax., 1922-08-05
Bv VIM. Anthony Aery

-ddress on "Co-operatiop delivered
:. Ogden Hall, Hampb IN Institute,
hsiore the closing Sc ssion OF the
.;,b,eenth annual meet ing of the Ma
,;onal Association OF Teachers IN
CoIored Schools, eH pressed the pro-
found conviction tb at America ought
,;gbt away to sP.end FIVE times as
much money for education as 1t IS
now expending,g America could al
lord 10 spend fthis money for educa-
ION" he said, IF the people should
quit paying ;;4O,OOO,OOO for every new
battleship."
Doctor tPiIlard. who is a member
of the General Education Board and
Dresider,t of the Jeanes and Slater
Funds stated that the Jeanes Fund
receiv,ed from public tax funds S3,4OE
N Iol2-l3 and in 1922 received
slll5 1000. The county training schools
r. : colored students, which increased
rom Jour in 1912 to $50 in 1922, re-
,.;ved for salaries, from public funds
s3A4 in 1912. and in 1922 received
t-om the same source, $4,000. This
.,ornt was more than doubled
nv appropriations for other forms OF
s-,o0ort OF the Sl,4O7,OOO spent II
b-;Idine "Rosenwald schools" which
are modern rural schools for Negroes
IrI;us Rosenwald of Chicago, gave
100000; white people, $lSl.OOO; col
a-.d neople. $4,000; public tax
tnnds ss6OOOO. Doctor billiard de-
cl,red that the masses cannot be eou-
Gated by philanthropy. The only
right way to educate people Is
through public taxes.
The association elected DIR. Jonh
Gregg. president of WIlbefforce
Irriversitv, Wilberforce. Ohio presi-
d.Dt and R. S. Grossley, ASSISTANT
SITE Supervisor of Negro Schools
1..l,sor Miss, executive secretary
her officers, including seven
IN r-c installed by the hrst
--..,den, q the association, K. X;
81. =. Philadelphia. The 1873
- w;,l be held at Iuskegee
-s -ute. July 2S-H.
Progress Policies Outlined
r, asIaciation adopted the poliey
..s s.curiag a paid executive seer
tarv: urged schools, municipanpes'
Sn,n+;.s and other agencies employ
nc teachers to make provisions ior
naas;onine them; expressed its COM
l,snd.t;on of the work which depart
- ~ education throughout tne
South are doing to improve eoioi
.a.rbers through summer schools anu
ta.cber-training departments III
- Southern States to PROVIDE as
eo.ed;,v as possible adequate elemen-
80 and high-school training Tor al
their Negro youth; approved the w0rk
= the state agents for coloreo
scbools: commended the Jonh
slater Fund. the Jeanes Fund the
Rosenwald Fund, the Phelps-Stokes
I'D and the General Education
Ro.rd not only for their material as
distance. but also for their construc-
rive suggestions and leadership IN
Negro education; endorsed the aims
and methods of the Commission vi
Trte--racial cooperation; called upon
co,ored teachers to render more en-
Gent service to Negro youth; ano
commended the movement IN inc
Negro Iand-grant colleges to ennn-
mate high-school programs as I@piu-
w as possible, and develop emclen'
college departments. The resonu'iOn'
.o,,r,i+tae included N. B. Young
Florida: w. T. B. Williams Al1-
hama. s. G. Atkins. North Caronna'
(ohn Hope. Georgia; John M. uanGy'
VIRGINIA. Mary NJ. Bethune, Florioa'
and R. E. Brown, LOUISIANA
No Cleavage IN Education
That the old conflict between IN
dustrial education and academic eou-
cation is largely past; that the ilhe
cannot be strictly drawn between .ne
cultural and the vocational; and thar
the aim of every educational inshtu-
tom should be to fit, or at least 10
belp 10 TT its students to do WHAT
thew can do best, were opinions e~-
pressed by DR.. James E Gregg, prin-
cipal of Hampton Institute IN ms
address of welcome.
President Gregg of Wilbertoree' IN
his response for the teachers paio
1-s-m tributes to Samuel c. Arm
strong. Hollis B. Frissen, ard James
e Gregg. DR.. H. l. McCEorey'
president of the Johnston I smith
University, Charlotte, N. c. the out
goinp president, made a plea for the
increase of 2ublicity-supportee eduoa-
t;ouaI facilities for Negro children
living in country districts and the re-
moval of the handicap of one teacher
rural schools. He advocated the es-
enlistment of a Federal department
of education, pensions for teachers
the development of higher standards
of ethics in the teaching profession
and the employment of whole-ume'
"a .~.,,,t;ve seeretarv to increase