Evening star., 1935-03-17
MIRACLES AMONG NEEDY
WORKED BY ROSENWALD
Thousands of Colored Children Obtain
Education i'm South Through Fund.
Principal Shrinks to S5,OOO,OOO.

increase their interest and activities
In raising them to higher standard.
It is well known that during the de-
preston in every section Of this land
thousands Of children. both white and
black, have been deprived Of the edu-
cational facilities to which they have
been accustomed. There has been no
money with which to pay the teachers
and to defray the expense Of running
the schools. But, even during these
very lean years, the Rosenwald Fund
has been functioning most generously.
In addition to putting s800,000 into
schools and colleges for colored youth
it has spent S450,000 to improve the
health Of the race and to minister to
its other needs. In IS Southern
States, therefore, there are thousands
of colored children going to school to-
day who would have been deprived of
any educational facilities whatsoever,
if it had not been for the money
which Mr.. Rosenwald left for this
purpose.
Wanted to Better Schools.
But he wanted to do more than
build schools, however. He wished
very much to improve the methods
used in the schools for both colored
and white children, especially those
in the rural sections. For that rea-
son IA young people of both races
are working this year in the rural
communities Of Georgia, Arkansas and
Louisiana to ascertain what can be
done I'd raise the work to a higher
plane. ! Some of the most distin-
guished educators and publicists IN
the country are directing these activi-
ties. They do not expect to revolu-
tionize the methods which have been
used or the conditions under which
the work has been conducted in
couple OF months. They intend to
make an intensive study OF both,
formulate plans and then try them
out, confidently expecting that some
will prove worthy Of acceptance and
some will not. When a decision has
been finally reached there will be a
complete reorganization Of schools
for the children Of both races in
some of the country districts where
the conditions have been thoroughly
studied and plans for improving them
have been made
One of the activities which the
fund has promoted has literally filled
a long-felt want. In IL Southern
counties it has provided library ia
cilities for colored people where none
existed before. 1t was necessary to
do this piece of work, because. as a
general rule, colored people are not
allowed to use the libraries in the
South. Sometimes there were i'm
provised libraries consisting of trucks
filled with books and magazines
which were easily available to the
people for whom they were pro-
or churches or even private homes
were converted into libraries. And
wherever these arrangements have
been made books and magazines are
as free and as easy to get as water
and air. In addition to providing
libraries especially designed for chill
dren, the fund has been used to en-
large the libraries of 80 of the best
known colleges fo- colored youth.
During the last three years at least
$500, 900 has been spent in this way.
Fellowships Established.
Another important benefaction which
the endowment has made possible has
been the establishment Of fellowships
for young men and women who want
to do postgraduate work so as to fit
themselves to become teachers or for
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