New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-21
THE NEGRO NORMAL SCHOOL IN HAMP
TON. VI.
SUCCESS OF FIFE sCBOOI-THE FARM EXAMINA-
TfON-NEGRO MELODIEs.

SUCCESS OF TffE sCHOOL-THE FARM ExAMINA-
TfON-NEGRO MELODIES.
correspondent of the Springfield Republican
describes the first annual enaInnaon az Iae norma hs
cboo designed for she training oil negro teachers not
only nthe sciences t IN an ave arr OF tVDa "r,nn I
tire is some two and half miles from Fortress MoarOe'
il is under the snpernte1dence Oh ven o. VI nrs'Ig;
Jnstiee Chapman Of Massachusetts, The lady principal
IS Miss Rebeeea Bacon daagter o. VI eoara w. h DS
the plantation OF Dr. Wood was pnrcased containing ~
The farm had npon Se dp"d SnSs SSe 400 feet
apart m Of which Gen. Armstrong pIesoes anu ~ ho
other the headquarters OF 1sS @ n%rchased
of the Government at cheap ate, nave Deen IocaeuI
which furnisN dining and good recitation and sleeping
ooms During the mast year neaEy seventy pupils have
b5en in attendance, most OF them V 1,
all parts of the south few from Che Immediate vicinity
have at home For their board Ia the institution
they are charged cents per DAY Mnon IsS So cents
actual cost Of their food The pupils are Sredea ~ ven
an for their work the farm, end those thst eaS
allowed $40 per month The young wOSa d end
work Of the household Including the wasnns 90 taibng
ing for the men. They also make many articles Oh
for SALE so that the institution Is TO afa ed in Vruina
supporting one. The farm Is what Is caIea
truck farm; raising early vegetables ior the aoshe
devoted TO sweet potatoes, four 10 cucuitOc ~
two TO muskmel0ns, three TO tomatoes SA ~
t 20 asparagus R Twelve hundred peach trees, 800
cherry pear and 50 pun trees have been set OUT Oh
groes aided by Ave aud two mules The General
finds it does pay take the students ont TO work an
into gangs five who work an entire day eaGh
week In the school room all shades OF color can be
seen Some so white that they would pass readily
for Anglo Saxons but they prefer to associate Win INC
blacks The scholarship OF the tuH,DiOOued
African is canal to that OF the mixed race
This was the testimony OF the teachers at Hamp-
ton corroboraed by the testimony OF teachers present
from other parts OF the South, and by my own oDseva
ton Tie rectations in grammar, geography, arhmeuc,
and natural sciences would have done no dlscre1t 70
Massachusetts high schools. The singing especially ue
lighted me. It was simple melody but u seemed 70
come from tho SOUL aud went TO the soul bliss Bacon Is
doing the country good service by writing the music
and words tie that the negroes DInR 10 e
school from all parts OF the South and thus peTpetuahs
them. -,
" Swing low, old chariot and take Us all bone"
was as solemn as o funeral drge and when the choir
broke out with
Dsdnt old Pharaoh get lost ia the red scar
tho transition great for rsbles standing as
did In front Of many rows OF ivory, aud so many
dark that spared at the idea or PhaTaOns dscO
future. Gen Armstrong has great work on his hands,
and ght noby Is he doing IT, Gen. Howard IL so much
pleased with his that he has given him $1,000 or
inc erection OF q cOmmOdOus building Tor the ac
commodatOn OF the school, besides liberal sum for inc
Improvement Of the farm. The brick for the new build
ing arc being burned upon the farm and tile are also
being made with which TO drain the land. Snch enter
PRISE may well astOush the southerners and auges tue
dawn OF civilization for both whites ana blacks