Whenever the higher education of the Negro is broached, industrial
training is always suggested as a counter irritant. Partisans of
rival claims align themselves in hostile array and will not so much
as respect a flag of truce. These one-eyed enthusiasts lack binocular
vision. The futile discussion as to whether industrial or higher
education is of greater importance to the Negro is suggestive of a
subject of great renown in rural debating societies: which is of
greater importance to man, air or water. We had as well attempt to
decide whether the base or altitude is the more important element of a
triangle. The two forms of training should be considered on the basis
of their relative, not rival, claims.