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January 6, 1928
The Washington Tribune
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Miss Burroughs defends the loyalty of the training school's trustees amid demands to integrate its property under one convention charter. She outlines their commitment to operate independently while cooperating with both the Woman's Convention and National Baptist Convention, countering mischievous propaganda.
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MISS BURROUGHS TELLS TRAINING SCHOOL FACTS
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have been wiped out of existence.
Trustees Are Loyal
The trustees have stood by the training school in a devoted and courageous manner that is seldom exhibited by Negroes in a crisis and over a period of years.
In the face of the demands to pool the training school property under one convention charter, you ask what are the trustees of the training school going to do? The majority of the trustees are active members of both conventions. Our answer is that they are going to operate under their present charter; have the officers of both conventions work with them, if they will, as ex-officio members. Furthermore, the trustees are going to give a full account of their stewardship to the Woman's Convention and to all donors; let the state conventions, (as the by-laws provide) nominate trustees; allow the auditor of the National Baptist Convention to audit the books as he has always done, and the school pay for it. And, they are going to work night and day, to bring to the training school, funds for its upbuilding and unselfish, safe plans for its preservation and perpetuity.
In other words, they are going to let the training school own itself as a body corporate, and give the convention credit for raising $60,010.16 for education, as it did last year, which $60,010.16 the convention did not raise although it got (in its own report) full credit for work well done and they got it without putting anything worthwhile into it.
For the N. B. C.
Those who take time to think for themselves and have given the trustees credit for their loyalty to their trust, realize that the school is in, of and for the Woman's Convention and the National Baptist Convention, and is as much in it now, as it was in 1907, or ever shall be.
The school is close enough to the conventions not to be hurt; and it is also close enough to be helpful if it is not close enough to be helped.
Let me tell you in a nut shell how close it is:
1. The trustees are nominated by State Conventions.
2. The majority of the trustees are, as from the beginning, active members of both conventions.
3. The officers of both conventions are ex-officio members of the board of trustees.
4. The books are audited by the convention auditor. The school pays the bill.
Mischievous Propaganda
5. Reports are made to the Woman's Convention. They get full credit for the work when they have never given more than a thousand dollars a year; and for eight years, its ranking officer has spent her time spreading mischievous propaganda against the ox that treads out the corn.
6. In case of sale, the law provides that the proceeds shall be turned over to the conventions. The endowment fund may be turned over to the Woman's Convention, in trust. (The qualifying "may" is a splendid safeguard for the endowment fund. If that isn't enough, we have no more to offer.)
The Woman's Convention cannot
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have been wiped out of existence.
Trustees Are Loyal
The trustees have stood by the training school in a devoted and courageous manner that is seldom exhibited by Negroes in a crisis and over a period of years.
In the face of the demands to pool the training school property under one convention charter, you ask what are the trustees of the training school going to do? The majority of the trustees are active members of both conventions. Our answer is that they are going to operate under their present charter; have the officers of both conventions work with them, if they will, as ex-officio members. Furthermore, the trustees are going to give a full account of their stewardship to the Woman's Convention and to all donors; let the state conventions, (as the by-laws provide) nominate trustees; allow the auditor of the National Baptist Convention to audit the books as he has always done, and the school pay for it. And, they are going to work night and day, to bring to the training school, funds for its upbuilding and unselfish, safe plans for its preservation and perpetuity.
In other words, they are going to let the training school own itself as a body corporate, and give the convention credit for raising $60,010.16 for education, as it did last year, which $60,010.16 the convention did not raise although it got (in its own report) full credit for work well done and they got it without putting anything worthwhile into it.
For the N. B. C.
Those who take time to think for themselves and have given the trustees credit for their loyalty to their trust, realize that the school is in, of and for the Woman's Convention and the National Baptist Convention, and is as much in it now, as it was in 1907, or ever shall be.
The school is close enough to the conventions not to be hurt; and it is also close enough to be helpful if it is not close enough to be helped.
Let me tell you in a nut shell how close it is:
1. The trustees are nominated by State Conventions.
2. The majority of the trustees are, as from the beginning, active members of both conventions.
3. The officers of both conventions are ex-officio members of the board of trustees.
4. The books are audited by the convention auditor. The school pays the bill.
Mischievous Propaganda
5. Reports are made to the Woman's Convention. They get full credit for the work when they have never given more than a thousand dollars a year; and for eight years, its ranking officer has spent her time spreading mischievous propaganda against the ox that treads out the corn.
6. In case of sale, the law provides that the proceeds shall be turned over to the conventions. The endowment fund may be turned over to the Woman's Convention, in trust. (The qualifying "may" is a splendid safeguard for the endowment fund. If that isn't enough, we have no more to offer.)
The Woman's Convention cannot
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Bravery Heroism
What keywords are associated?
Training School
Trustees Loyalty
National Baptist Convention
Woman's Convention
Organizational Dispute
Mischievous Propaganda
What entities or persons were involved?
Miss Burroughs
Trustees
Story Details
Key Persons
Miss Burroughs
Trustees
Event Date
1907
Story Details
Miss Burroughs explains the trustees' plan to maintain the training school's independence under its current charter while cooperating with the Woman's Convention and National Baptist Convention, providing accountability through audits and reports, and countering propaganda against the school.