Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-29

he undertook. The hearty and long contin-
 ued applause of the school showed in what
 favor Barrett was held by his fellow stu
 dents
 After the interval of music by the school
 Barrett again came forward and delivered an
 address, taking as his subject Pioneers, :"
 the main idea of the speech being the thought
 that this generation of the negro race were
 but the pioneers who were by their work and lives to prepare the ground for the elevation of their race. This thought was beautifully and forcibly worked out and ex pressed and the boys manner and style of delivery gave an added charm to the there, the pioneer by whose labors his race
 was to be brought up to a level with the great white race.
 Next tableau from the Indian depart ment shows the past, present and future of the Indian nation First two handsome In- dians looking as if they had just stepped out of one of Catlin's plates marched in and stood upon the platform. Dressed in white deer skin, embroidered with beads and quills, and with headdresses of feathers placed upon
 their long black hair, they represented the past glory of the race and feeling of sorrow
 and pity crept over the audience they
 thought that all these things have passed
 of four, an Indian and his squaw dressed in
 the reservation costume, the woman in her
 calico dress with her blanket serving for hat
 and cloak, the man in pantaloons and calico
 shirt with gaudy blanket wrapped around
 him and battered old felt hat
 with some red feathers standing out
 from the crown. They speak through
 interpreter, telling how they live
 now and what they need to make them bet
 ter and more civilized. Then another group
 appears, young man with the blue school
 uniform and shy, pretty young woman in a
 simple cambric, looking as ladylike and at
 tractive as any white girl. They each
 speak, telling what they can do for the ele-
 vation of their people; hof they can teach or interpret; the young man can till his land or build house, the young woman can sew,
 wash, scrub, keep house, do all the little
 things that are necessary for civilized life.
 Then as they stand there the Indian school sing in Sioux the well known missionary hymn, while the colored students and the whole audience join in giving in English the last verse, ''Shall we whose souls lighted?''
 Then Zallie Rulo one of the graduating class, an Indian girl, gives little speech on the Indian women, and then follows the val edictory by Alfred c. Dungey.
 New Haven people are used to yaledictory addresses and are inclined to regard them as rather bore, but l sure that even the oldest habitue of Yale commencements would not have felt bored by the yaledictory given by this colored boy. The subject of the address was, t'Wanted, man," and the thought that ran through it all was the idea that harmonious and many. sided development was necessary for the complete man and that the complete mer I were necessary for the negro race to help 1T their elevation. Then he turned to Genera Armstrong and in the most appropriate and beautiful words expressed the feeling of the class aud of the whole school toward him by | saying that in his life and example was pre- ! sented to them their ideal of complete man ! hood. There was not dry eye in the house while this touching tribute was being ! rendered to Gen. Armstrong's life of intense devotion to the race that this young man SC we'll represented Never at any Yale com mencement have I heard valedictory ora tion perfectly conceived, beautifully expressed this one by this member of the most despised race on all this great continent of ours.
 After the valedictory came the presenta- ton of the diplomas, and then the exercises concluded with the singing of America and z benediction by one of the ministers on the platform. The great event of the year is over, and Hampton once more drops back into her everyday routine but to all who have seen that day there mus come a new interest in the work that is being done and a new inspiration to work fo | others, wherever others are in need of hell | or comfort, A. B.