Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-06-14
RY ROBERT DURR

Scattered throughout the South
are hundreds Of small industrial
and junior colleges which, like the
United Negro College Fund Rhili-
ates, are seeking funds and need
increasing contributions from
whites and blacks all over the cOun-
try SO that they, the salt Of educa-
ton In the deep South, may con-
tinue the important work they are
doing to preserve the democratic
way of life against the onslaught
Of communism, fascism and other
alien ideologies.
A white missionary, with whom
| recently lunched at Piney Woods
Country Life School, at Piney
Woods. deep in the heart Of be-
niRhted Mississippi. told me that
II Ia very difficult To raise money to
keep such schools going; that
philanthropiSts are more inclined
TO give money for child welfare and
health projects than for the educa-
ton Of INDECENT Negro youths In the
South.
For many. many years TO come
there will hc great need for schools
in the deep South, such as Piney
Woods School, for poor Negro boys
and girls who have nothing but am
bition and Willingness to work
as their capital to invest in an
opportunity for education.
Take the case Of Pincy Woods
School. II Is the only semblance of
n high school In a four county area,
within radius Of thirty miles, ad-
jaccnt to Jackson, Mississippi.
A great number Of boys and girls
will work all summer at this school
in order that they may attend
school next winter. Others will
work days In order TO have an OPP
portunity to attend night school
| They want an education just that
much. Let ambition like that die
for lack OF opportunity and men
and women will migrate To all sec
tons Of the nation and carry with
them social problems which will
plague the rest Of the nation and
the world.
told the missionary that ! an
sure the American people are moi
aware Of the serious lack Of educa
tional opportunity for SO man!
people especially in the South TO
day, and Of the woeful effect thi,
deficiency will have upon the ma
ton for years and years TO come
that IL is the responsibility Of al
who disseminate information &
make America understand that w
are digging the graves of GU
democratic way Of life when W,
permit selfish politicians and un
enlightened forces in our Societ,
TO cheat those dependent upon tn
state for an education out Of
chance to get at least u good hig'
school learning. in public or pri
waite schools, in all sections Of IN
United States.
The forces bent on tearing thi
country to pieces today are for tn
most part ignorant men and wome
who do not, have the ability {
; think constructively for themselve
and hence are prey Of predAtor
leaders. When the white and blac
youths in the deep South grow I
manhood and find themselves out
! stripped by men and women VIII
! have had $i2O per term high schoC
education in the North, while the
were getting n $50 and $l2 pc
year high school education-whit
and black, respSctively,--they ar
going 20 be bitter and ripe soil /
which TO plant the seeds II forsig
, ideologies, Their ignorance ma
cause the wreck Of our demOcrAti
: system which failed to provide ado
! quate and equal educational faeil
ties for all the people - this ma
, ton.
We can remedy this ihsQuity Jus