| Show Tiuumii oi TIM Nimtorui Professor Hooker T Washington head of the colored Industrial college nt Tuskegce Ala In nn article In the Independent declares thai Ihe colored race after thirty Years 01 freedom does not exhibit cPolllaglnlt marks oC Impromnt On the contrary he finds 1 that there h I retrogleslon from tile day of slaver The cause of this he finds In the fact that the younger generation never hlnlH of learning a trade Before the war hn sis If a vouthern white man wanted a house or n bridge built he consulted n nerro mechanic about the Plan If he wanted a suit of clothes 01 n Pair ot shot It was to the negro tailor 01 shoemaker that he talked Every large slave plantation In the South wan In ft limited 1 Franc nil Industrial trial school On these plantations thTo were Force oC young colored men ana entered women who were constantly being trained not only ns common Carinro hut an carpenters black mlthii wheelwilnhts plasterers rickmasons engineers bridge bulld rs cooks dres mikers housekeepers and so on This Is I all changed The little education they now get In the schools set apart for them olives not enable them to engage In useful trader A Title the bad traits nre left free to develop de-velop A smattering oC Ln and Greek Is I of no earthly inn to them The professors observations are probably correct avid It Is I Impossible jut to feel that they have n much ulder application than the negro race It would be Infinitely better for young men anti women generally to receive a raining In thd practical employments 01 life than Instructions In arts and I sciences In which they for lack ot natural talent cn never become pro I clent The great need ot the age Is I n thoroughly Practical turn In the education I educa-tion 01 the children |
