Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-09-28
OTHERS VIEWS
NEGRO COLLEGE PROBLEM.

GOANO OOLLEGE PROBLEM.
To The Editor:
desire to solicit your support in
behalf of the North Carolina College
for Negroes. 1 know that YOU are
sympathetic with every attempt of
the Negro to rise and make worth
While citizens in our great State. I
am writing you frankly because I de-
sire your sympathetic and strong sup
port. If the facts as stated in this
letter appeal to you, would be glad
OF an editorial comment on the same.
l would be glad to hear from YOU
personally as to your views and to
receive copy of any editorial which
you might write.
The North Carolina College for Ne.
groes was established in 1925 The
charter provides that it shall be the
function of the college to train prin-
clpals, supervisors, and teachers for
the high schools; and to give to the
Negro a liberal arts education. It re-
fleets the liberal attitude on the part
of the white people of the State to-
ward the Negroes. The school has re-
ligiouSly followed this mandate 81
that in nearly every county of the
State where there is a large Negro
population, graduates of this Insti-
tuition are already doing fine work in
promoting good feeling between the
races.
one of the primary reasons which
moved the Legislature to establish
this Institution was because the high
schools for the Negroes were being
filled by teachers who had been train
ed in Northern colleges. These teach
ers came into the State with no idea
of the relation existing between the
races, and they brought problems
with them which added to the con-
fusion existing in many communities.
The superintendent of the Citv
Schools of Durham made the state
ment only yesterday, that thirty-five
teachers in the city schools were
graduates of the North College for
Negroes, and that Shaw University
led with the next yargest number
with eleven. This in itself is a con-
vincing statement of how the school
is regarded in the city where it is
located.
The appropriation in the last Leg
islature was $37 900. 1 think that Won
Will readily agree with me that it is
Impossible to run a standard ga"
grade college on this amount of mon
ey. Next year we are asking for twice
this amount, and with this request
goes the pledge that we can establish
postgraduate courses at this Institu-
ton; and this will lie an opening
wede to give to the Negroes of the
State the kind of education which
they seek and will prevent them from
making any onslaught on the Univer-
Slty OF North Carolina. However. be-
yond this, think that you will agree
that it is right for them to have the
kind of school they desire.
There is one fact which I desire to
put before you. At the present time
we have another school in North Car
DINA, the A. & T. College in Green's
boro, which was founded primarily to
give to the Negroes agricultural and
technical training. This school is more
needed than any other school in the
State, especially in the new develop
ment along agricultural lines which
has the trend of national thought.
Unfortunately, this school is more a
college of liberal arts than anything
else. 1t therefore, enters into conn
petition with this Institution. The
State is not able to support two lib
eral arts colleges within fifty-six
miles of each other. Therefore, de-
mand should be made upon the State
to define the functions of these two
colleges and support them to the full