Excerpt from Negro Education, Vol. 1 of 2: A Study of the Private and Higher Schools for Colored People in the United States; Prepared in Cooperation With the Phelps-Stokes Fund Under the Direction of Thomas Jesse Jones, Specialist in the Education of Racial Groups, Bureau of Education Sir: All who know best the Southern States and their problem must, I believe, approve the sentiment of the statement recently made by the Southern University Race Commission, composed of representatives of the State universities of II Southern States. This statement was sent in an open letter to the college men of the South and is as follows: The South con not realize it destiny if one-third of her population is undeveloped and inefficient. For our common welfare we must strive to cure disease wherever we find it. strengthen whatever it weak, and develop all that is undeveloped. The inadequate provision for the education of the Negro is acre than an injustice to him: it rt an injury to the white man. The effective education of the Negroes of the United States is essential to the welfare of the entire Nation, and especially of the Southern States. In view of this fact, the report herewith transmitted has immediate and practical value of a very high degree. Noteworthy elements in the preparation of this report on Negro education are: (1) Collection of the facts through personal visitation to the institutions described; (2) cooperation of public and private authorities; (3) the constructive purpose involved in the study and in the presentation of the information. Every school reported upon was visited by one or more of this Bureau's agents, and the larger schools were studied by specialists in different types of education. These agents were selected for their knowledge of the various groups interested in Negro education; they represented the South the North, and, the colored race. Throughout the course of the study the State superintendents of public instruction in the South have rendered valuable assistance. Practically all the facts concerning public schools have been obtained directly through their officers. The trustees and officers of private institutions have likewise been most cordial and helpful. This help has been given all the more freely because of their interest. This report on Negro education is transmitted in two volumes. The first volume is a discussion of the various phases of Negro education. Each chapter seeks, first, to present conditions as they are, and then to outline "means and methods" for the increase of educational facilities and the betterment of the particular type of educational activity under consideration. The second volume presents a detailed statement, on the basis of a geographical arrangement, of the facts pertaining to colored schools. Every private and higher school for which any information was available is separately described in this volume. Each of the Southern States is represented by a separate chapter, the private colored schools of the Northern States being grouped together in the last chapter of the volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.