The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-12-19


grief, while the school went on with
its successful training of "the head,
the heart, and the hand"
The head is trained in the usual
way in the large and airy class
rooms such as you have here. The
hand on the farm or in workshops
like yours also airy and large, where
n great variety of trades are taught,
all the furniture, the buildings, are
made from lumber sawed on the
school grounds. The bricks are also
made on the premises, as well as the
wagons, carts, tools, etc. The har-
ness on Mr.. Bishops span of horses
was made by the Indian and negro
pupils, who successfully compete in
open market, for Government con-
tracts for Indian supplies, of shoes,
harnesses and tinware, of which large
quantities are annually sent out by
the L. S. Indian Bureau to the Tteser.
vations, for the Indians, in fuliilment
of treaty stipulations.
In addition to these shops and
factories, where the students can
learn regular trades, we have what
are called technical shops, where
every student, boy or girl, is requir-
cd TO attend, and learn the ordinary
use of ordinary tools. Here all the
students are taught how to make
plain box, or bench, or desk, shelf
or picture frame, how TO paint
them, how to set window-glass, ETC.,
all which helps 50 much to make n
home convenient and attractive, or
supply the needs of schoolhouse.
Many an Indian pupil, who has
learned at Hampton how to build
cheap but comfortable house of
three rooms, while his wife has been
learning how TO cook and to keep the
house in order, has, after going home
to his tribe, not only built one for his
own occupancy, but has built them
for other Indians, who were stimu
lated by his example. Several of
the Indian benevolent societies have
building fund, from which they
loan to indian graduates of good
character, the few hundred dollars
they need to buy the material for
these houses, which are repaid from
their earnings. You see how much
good this sort of training can dc and
how it's influence spreads TO help
the civilization of the much wronged
Indian-as well as the negro,
If you would know about the
training of the heart, and its results,
let me take you to an annual meeting
of the Christian and Missionary AS
ISOLATION of the Hampton School,
and we will listen to the reports OF
the president, treasurer and various
committees, and learn what has been
done during the year by these hard
working and hard-studying pupils,
and resident graduates, who are all
colored or Indians. We shall be sur.
prised to learn that the society has
raised by contributions, subscrip.
tions, concerts, or other entertain
ments, four or five hundred dollars
which have been expended in the
purchase of lumber, food, clothing
fuel and other necessaries for thu
aged and infirm colored people il
Hampton and vicinity, WHO had NJ
other friends to help them. Thai
every case, before being acted upon
has been carefully investigated by 8
committee who not only examine thu
claims of applicants but hunt NJ
those in need who are too ignorant o
too modest to ask for aid, so tina
each can say with Job the cause
knew not | searched out. Tha
houses have been built, or repaired
leaky roofs shingled, rooms tioored
chimneys and windows put in, an
otherwise made decently comforta
BILE. That Indian as well as colore'
boys, have given time, for whic
they could have received wages q
the school shops, or on the farm
to doing the carpenter and othe
work on these buildings, while girl
| and boys both have gone On Sun
! day afternoon into their houses, an
held religious services, or read
, these poor, afflicted souls, from TIL
Bible or other good book, cheerin
and comforting their hearts by thei
genuine sympathy, and by sue
, songs as no other people can sing
| and which touch their hearts as n
| other songs can. These Hampto
students who give so generously {
, their scanty means, and their littl
, leisure to this Godlike work, are {
various religious faiths. Baptst
: Methodists, Episcopalians and RI
: man Catholics, all join heartily
5 this Christian missionary service
the aged, poor, and bedridder
which must command the rlche
blessings of our Heavenly Fathe
: And most of them, when they gr;
, duate, organize the same sort I
| charitable, temperance and mission
= airy work wherever they go.
V Among the eight hundred grad
; atcs who have gone out from Il
: school during the twenty-one yea
l of its existence, are doctors, lawyer
: preachers and teachers, some
whom are eminent in their profe
S sons and whose success is large
: owing to the habits of industry
h which they were trained.