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Show KM CATION AMONG THK BLACKS. The colored people of the United Stales are to be congratulated upon tho great distinction achieved by one of their number in America's oldest and most celebrated institution of learning. Clement Garnett Morgan, a colored student, has won for himself and his race high houor iu Old Harvard. Ho was the class-day orator of the class of '00 -the first man of color to have such an honor. Throughout his college course he has made himself conspicuous conspicu-ous by his excellence in his studies, while in the art of oratory he has carried car-ried off several prizes. At tho class-day exercises ho acquitted himself in the most creditable manner, demonstrating to the vat assemblage that he is a natural nat-ural born orator. At tho close of tho oration he received an ovation, aud was congratulated by everybody. He was the hero of the day. Mr. Morgan, in reply to au inquiry as to his future plans, said that he proposed pro-posed to lake a course in tho Harvard law school, provided he could see his way clearly to support himself while pursuing his legal studies. Mr. Morgan should have no anxiety ou that score, lie will lind some means to pay his way. The colored people of this country coun-try cau well afford to raise a fund to provide for Mr. Morgan during his legal , course. Ho will bo able iu a short time to repay it to them in more ways than one. Judging from his remark it is fair to presume that he has exhausted all his present available means in paying for his four years' classical course. Wo hope, ' therefore, that the colorod people will act upon the suggestion sug-gestion of The Times. Why would it not be a good idea for the colored citizens of Salt Lake to start the ball rolling with a small fund? Let them try it. We predict that if they do, their example will be followed in every city of the United States. Mr. Morgan's success at Harvard is another evidence that the black man can be as highly educated as the white man. All he wants is equal opportunt- tics. This lias been demonstrated time and time again during the last few years iu the common schools of the couutry. Some of the brightest graduates gradu-ates of the high schools have been colored col-ored boys and girls. Education aud refinement re-finement among the blacks axe rapidly wiping out the prejud'ee that has existed exist-ed against them. It was only a few .years ago that a colored student in such aristocratic institutions of learning as Harvard aud Yale was t unknown, whilo colorod -children ' in the public schools always created a panic. Xow all this is changed, since it has been conclusively demonstrated demon-strated that the colored people are intelligent in-telligent human beings, and that the white people of this country were responsible re-sponsible for tho ignorance which characterized char-acterized them when they were released re-leased from bondage. An intelligent, educated colored person now com- j mauds respect nearly everywhere, and the time is coming when the average of intelligence among Africo-Atnericaiis will be as high as that among any race in this heterogeneous nation. They are taking advantage of every opportunity of acquiring au education, well knowing know-ing that, by education they can overcome over-come prejudice and reap substantial rewards for their efforts. |