Show M EN 5 M al V pg ats fw ss rt a in I n a washington J f alq g ow esteemed ineal booker T washington sa ad 1 di the twentieth C century f blab 0 boston the subject of sa w g yem wall vas the education and aeration de ration of our race especially in A tW le South ehm they form a large proportion of the population 11 W is very vay evident that mr washinton WaB hinton ia a true and earnest decator dB cator and that his worth aad energy is is and will be felt not only in the south where his hia work is mostly done but will extend itself throughout the united states his whole heart and soul is in the work of Iff lifting ting by melin means of education of our ram race to a high plane of usefulness and ana honor that he fully understands the object of education is shown where he says it seems to me there then never was a time in the history of our country when those interested te rested in education should more earnestly consider to what extent the mere acquiring of the a ability to read and write or a knowledge of literature and science makes men producers lovers of labor independent honest unselfish and above all supremely gool good call education by what name you please and if it fails to bring about th these rw results amo among the masses it falls short of its highest end who could read his words and not concur fully with what he says education according to his ideal must if it is to accomplish its highest end make every man a producer p a lover of labor independent honest un unselfish elfi h and supremely good such are the ideas of mr washington and with the earnestness with which he is putting them into operation who can cain foresee or calculate the great good that he wol wm do among our race and fel fei low countrymen every citizen of the united states whether he belongs to our ram race or not should feel a keen in te terest in the education of the colored people it is impossible to have a full or complete liberty among a people who are uneducated the ile emancipation proclamation by president lincoln struck from our race the artificial or external bonds of slavery but there was still left another bond which bound us with a tighter grasp we were w uneducated din in nearly all that the term imp implies lies this band is being loosened as the years roll by and in the pages of future batory no name will shine with greater splendor in this thia work wark of emancipation than that of booker T washington let the good work go on and we bid mr washington Washing Wn god speed in his mission of love |