Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1942-04-24
Democracy Being Challenged As Never Before


provise new curriculum. In cur
former educational system given
by members of our race group,
well might he ear marked "High-
err and Industrial Education. The
two were results Of struggles OF
Daniel A. Payne. and Booker l.
Washington. Payne purchased
Wherefore in 1856, Sc years ago,
in Greene county, Ohio. Here he
started what was known as the
first University for Negroes, by
Negroes, His detectives were
three fold; his plans were to edu-
cate the race industrially and aea-
demically and theologically. lie
was not only the first to strike
the blow to liberate the black man
accidentally but industrially and
theologieally. Long before Booker
Washington, Dreamed Of building
Tuskegee, Payne had founded and
started operation Wherefore uni
versity, Booker 7. Washington's
theory as far back as 1898, forty
and more years ago, he said THAT
type Of education whether given to
black men or white men that gives
one physical courage to stand be-
fore cannon and fail to give him
moral courage to stand up In de-
Tense of right and justice Is a
failure" Today that should hold
good. Men that have not enough
courage to do right, to take a
stand for a principle to admins
ter properly the law. to deal just
ly by all men, forgetting his poll
teal prestige, his place in public
society, is not the proper person
to be given the peoples suffrage
for office. In 1905, there appeared
in the Southern workman these
sentences quote 1--WE have at
tempted for a number of years
to stop crime by lyinching, but
there are some conditions which
cannot be lynched away. One can
not lynch ignorance, disease, or
idleness; these conditions can only
be cured by education end
quote.
What Is Contingent On
Education?
Our government, in all Of its
branches, 1t perpetuity is conting-
ent on the type of education given
its citizens, who must ultimately
become the administrators of af-
fairs. In its civil, industrial, So
cial, religious and political demo-
crazy, everything waits on educa-
ton. Its the highest function of
society and state. No democracy
is secure without education and
Christianity, These facts can be
attested to by the following Geo.
Peabody, Horace Mann, Charles
William Elliott, John Dewey, John
Hancock, Daniel Webster, Ben
jamin Franklin, Francis Scott
Key, d. A. Payne, William s. Seab
borough, Booker T. Washington,
Kelly Miller. r. r. Wright, Jr.
W. E. B. Dubois. Daniel Williams.
ct cetera.
The College and the American
Way of Life
These are two great institutions
in one. They are inseperahle in
their functions and contributions
to their disciples. The Negro
must so deport himself that when
the clock Of destiny strikes, he will
hear, answer and take his right
full place in the drama of life. Des-
tiny stands hard by to place him
on the honor roll, because of the
outstanding contributions he had
made in war and in peace. Gallan-
try is his pass word. He has !
been tried in action, and he has
always played well his part. He
played it in the revolution, Girls
pus Attacks, blood will testify
call this roll, Peter Salem and
Major Pitan, they will answer,
Wake up Teddy Roosevelt, fan
his scattered ashes into living
molecules he will testify for the |
Ninth and Tenth Cavalry, the oath
and 25th infantry, In the world
war ask the Kaiser; At Pearl Har
Dor ask Dauglas Macarthur, call
Dorie Miller, the unsung hero,
mess attendant of Waco, Texas.
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