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good advice, but that did not seem to me a good reason to have
him for a teacher in a State Normal, when I knew he was not
educationally quqlified.

In 1881 and 1882, I was county superintendent of the
Wake County schools, including the Raleigh schools. I examined all
public school teac[begin crossed out]j[end crossed out]^(h)ers, and at least 75% of the colored teachers
stood better examinations then than they have this year in the
Colored Normal Schools. Why is it that negro teachers have
made no progress in these twenty five years ? I think the reason
is that then most of the colored teachers had been educated in
Shaw University and St. Augustine Normal School, and these
schools were then taught mostly by we^(l)l qualified white northern
teachers. The principal of the best colored graded school we
had in Raleigh was a highly educated white woman. I am informed
that all the public school teachers in Charleston, S. C., are white.
The Charleston public schools are considered among the best
in the South. I am not advocating th^(is) policy, but it is a ques-
tion that is worthy of serious consideration. A great deal of the
objection to negro education arises, I believe, from its defective-
ness. ^(end?)

At Winston, I found there was a superintendent of the farm
and that he was paid $500.00 for his services. I learned also
that the income from the farm and dairy was only $1,097.00.
I made inquiry and ascertained that this superintendent had been
educated at the Hampton Institute and had graduated in the Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Department of that school. I, therefore ,
recommended the local board to elect him, P. J. Williams, teacher
of agriculture, requiring him to teach three hours a week, and con-
tinue as superintendent of the farm ^(without any increase of salary). I have also recommended that
the board of pupils be increased 25 or 50 cents a month at Winston,
and that this increase[begin crossed out]d[end crossed out] be used to help pay the salary of Prof. Woody,
Business Manager. Prof. Woody is a very valuable man, but a good
deal of his time is given to the boarding department of the
school, and I deemed it nothing but proper that the boarders should