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The session opened with praver by Kev. William I*. Brooks, »»f Moberlv, The first hour was devoted to the discussion of “How toTeach the English Lun^HUge in Negro Schools, which w o- p;ir tic i pa ted in by President Sbclum French, of Scdulia, Prof, High gate of St. Charles; Charles S. Hunter, of Joplin; |oc E, 11 err i ford, of Chilli cot he and l\ B. Burris, uf Macon. “How to Secure the Growth of l eathers' was the next subject, and was discussed by VS*. W. Yates and Mrs. J. S. Yates, of Kansas City; Prof* A* I). Langston of St. Louis and Prof. T. B. Burris. Prof. X. C.. Bruce, of St. Joseph, read a paper on 1 The Function of Books in Higher Education.Prof. C. (. Grisham, principal of the Lincoln high school of Kansas City, in a general discussion onthe morning topics, advanced the idea that the time was ripe for special supervision of the negro schools of Missouri; that a stale supervisor ship should he created for the purpose of harmoiimng the methods to be practiced in theeducation of negro bays and girls.Prof. H. L. Billups, president of George R. Smith college, of Sedalia, read an able paper on “Why the Negro Should Get a Business Education. lie cited the following statistics: The total
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Columbia Professional World
Columbia, Missouri, US
Fri, Jan 09, 1903
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