The Detroit tribune., 1940-02-10
THE HARD OF HEAD.

Issns Ch,ist often madebold to upbrad those who
were hard OF heart" Just as these could not IN
hert the kirgdom. so the hard oil mead cannV' ~,
hert the Kingdom In things economic social anu
politica A bunder policy is not going TO meet the
emergencies that Immediately before us. hussia
set the world an example in ong-range planning
few years ago with its hyeyear plan soon otner
nations incorporated the long-range planning IDEAL
The nation or the organization or the people VINO
does not have long-range plan is doomed.
Great Britain has been known of old as nation
that "blundered through" But within recent uecaues
when she has beer joined in battle WIN uermahS
where they plan things scientifically she mas hau
TO and more plan her campaigns against 'ne
alert Teutons OF the North. II Is sale 10 say ha'
that nation that projects its plan farthest into tue
future and plans most carefully Is going TO rule THIS
earth The short-rangcrs are lost from the begin
ring.
sometimes wonder il there is a plan for the
Negro race. We need plan and long range plan
al mat but what this plan Is. doth not appear al
present Aside from resisting the white man anu
MS policies repression our plans are lltte heD-
ulous Ii is we'll Tor us TO bear in mind that ress-
tance merely. Will not carry us forward Protest
hath its advantages but long-fange plan can be
piedicalcd upon protest however necessary such
protest is touay our educational lte should be the
center OF gravity of longrang planning.
but our educational life is utterly devoid Vi any
thing lnat sa,oIs OF specific planning Tor the Me-
gros iutuIe. VITA the country more ana more en-
pnaslzng vocational education and with the demand
Tor tiis lypr ot cducatiOn becoming more and more
nsist,nt ana with lne Negro not little indifferent
10 TINS "a pc tuucaOn, II IS hard 10 determine Just
where Ne are going 10 come out. Win the greater
need thls euucluun apparent IN the Negro race
ana Altn the NegrOs disincllnauon To auOpt TINS
I! c education AZ Is dinicut TO see how iic Negro
can escape cCOnOmlC ulDuatOL, IN view OF the ldct
tne wli.l,s gong IN ior Vocational education III
a big way me Negro must BE- Calied TO educational
repentance, Dut wnose IS the task OF callmg IS not
c,ar. Ne need some euucaional John me Baptist
to pieacd cuucatona ana economic repentance unto
an napicss people.
Nn tne mus OF education grinding out the grist
OF lutuc ,aicrshlp and fellowship too. our most
imperative ouhgaiIOn 10 somehow gear our y stem
Ut ,ducauon 10 our more immediate ana remote eoO-
monte lAs We make not done ana ale not
uoins Tor the reason, negro leadership has not been
sold un the idea cl ,o'atona edueation lhe presl-
uents prns pals 40 not beie,e in II ana tnerc-
tore cannot seli II iacuities the taculties
40 no. DeeNe in 1t luvre,Ore cannot sell II 10
tner pdpns, with me net result We are Just blUEd-
vrlng aiong IN piaulcss as
40 inaueulatv vocational guidance week once the
yeai IS not gong 10 meet the emergency. Nocaton-
al emphasis once year by men anu wOmen who 10
not believe it, ii not going to ger anywhere.
Mnat We need IS tnOiOugn conversion ot the
ncaus OF SCHOOLS, primary. secondary and college 10
the ot vocational efficiency, tne only hope IN
the last analysis iO the masses Negroes ii those
n,aus rcdIy converted they can convert Their
faculties ana those IN turn can convert their pupils,
"a, leadels tomorrow. lnis not inose
uniinpOttalt question, that be tabled in our
! inlnking Indefinitely postponed lhis il one ol
the plcyIOus questions of hOnr II must be
scltcu ard settlcd ii The Negro race to De
sparcd great tlDGlaton.
Vocational educaton is spreading rapid. among
the whites. II must spread rapidly more 50
among Negroes II we are not to come TO economic
grief There Is nothing particularly scholarly or
brilliant on eiudite OF popular ir making the sug-
gestiOn herein contained It is terribly irksome aud