There has been considerable discussion in regard to the location of Liberia College. Should it remain at the capital, Monrovia? Or should it be transferred to some point in the interior? Just now there is so much talk about manual training and agricultural instruction that there has been considerable effort made to change the character of the school and to place it at some point in the interior. I believe that Liberia College ought to remain in Monrovia; it should continue to be an institution of higher education--cultural in character. To locate it at any point in the interior would be to confine its field and value to a single district and a single tribe. There are perhaps a score of native tribes in Liberia, each with its own language, its own territory, its own customs, its own chiefs. Between the tribes there is little contact and no bond of interest. To put Liberia College into the interior would benefit perhaps a single tribe. Other tribes would not patronize it--they would look upon it as of no value or interest to them. What is needed is the establishment of a good central school within the area of _each_ native tribe. It should give thorough _rudimentary_ instruction. It should serve as a feeder to Liberia College; its best men, those who become interested and are ambitious, would go up to the capital for further study. There they would meet representatives of all the other tribes sent up from the other local schools. A wholesome rivalry would rise between them; tribal spirit would be maintained, but acquaintanceship and respect for others would be wholesomely developed; in Monrovia, the capital city, they would be made to feel a national interest and develop affection for their common government. In such a system only can the elevation of the whole people and a genuine coöperation be developed. Manual training and agricultural instruction are of high importance, but form a question by themselves. APPENDICES LEADING EVENTS IN LIBERIAN HISTORY 1777 Virginia Legislative Committee (Thomas Jefferson, Chn.) to devise scheme. 1816 December 23. Virginia asked United States to secure a territory. Similar plans by Maryland, Tennessee and Georgia. December 21. Colonization Society considered. Society organized with Judge Washington as President. 1818 February 2. Two agents sailed from London for Sierra Leone. Interview with King Sherbro. Burgess and Mills. October 22. Burgess reached United States; Mills dead. 1819 March 3. Congress determined to unite with Society. Samuel Bacon and John P. Bankson--agents. 1820 February. The Elizabeth sailed: Agent Crozier and 88 colonists. --Three agents and twenty colonists dead; Daniel Coker and others at Sherbro Island. --To Sierra Leone.