Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-29
And we thank thee for this food;
BY thy hand must all be fed;
Give IlS now Our dAiiV bread ~


After bountiful collation. served to the
guests in the large hall of the Indian girls
building, Winona Lodge, the battalion escort
ed all to the gymnasium, where the rhetorical
exercises of the day took place.
An excursion of five hundred Baptists
from New England made noticeable addi-
ton to the hundreds who regularly attend,
and raised seats had to be placed at one end
of the room to accommodate the crowd.
On the platform were seated the trustees,
curators and many distinguished guests,
among them Governor FitZ Hugh Lee of ir-
oinia, Senator Dawes of Massachusetts,, and
many other noted people from State and
church.
The opening exercises consisted of singing,
responsive recitations of scripture and pray
er by the Rev. Dr. Williams of st. Louis.
The salutatory was given by quiet young
girl whose unaffected manner added much TO
her words of gratitude, and to the simple
story of hard but successful young life
which followed.
A young man of the graduating class who
has had experience in school teaching told
what was expected of Hampton graduates,
and a young girl who has-had years of prac-
tical experience gave an account of what
Hampton girls have to expect in their work
as teachers among their people She told Of
an instance where some Hampton girls had
assisted in the voting for prohibition" by
providing the men who held the proper tick
cts with hot biscuit and coffee. A classmate
following her made manly and earnest ap-
peal to the students of his race to help them
selves, as they themselves have been helped
by their white friends.
A young woman who had graduated some
wears ago. and has spent some time in teach-
ing in Tennessee, gave an interesting insight
into life among the lowly. She told how a
young girl, after reading Miss Alcott's s'Lit-
tie Women" tried to reconstruct her own
home and make it more like the ideal she had
drawn from the one Miss Alcott had depicted
young Oneida Indian, one of the two
Indians who graduated on this occasion, gave
a short but interesting history of his own
tribe and their emigration from New York
State to Wisconsin. He showed that the
tribe was far enough advanced to take the
best advantage of the Dawes bill, and
avowed his determination to urge his people
toward civilization. A graduate of the class
of '74 from Lynchburg, Va, spoke of some
of the trials that all teachers in the field
have to undergo. His own experience of
fourteen years was very interesting. Hamp
ton students have so converted" the doubt
full superlntendents and white people of the
South, he said, that they have never "fallen
from grace"
A girl of the class of 'S4, who ia now
teaching at the school, gave her experience in
a little district "way down in Georgia" !"
showing how a delicate young girl could con-
troll the wild and undisciplined "big boy"
without having recourse to the rod or any
other harsh method.
Two prizes for the best examinations in ell
ementary studies was awarded by Rev. DIR.
McVickar of Philadelphia, whose bright and
CHEEKY words it is always good TO hear.
The ssSecond New England Baptist Train"
was called upon by their leader to express
themselves in regard to what they had heard,
and did SO by hearty waving of handker-
chiefs. which was their acknowledged signal