The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-06-18

with the work in the various shops where she
was almost as constant in attendance as those
at work, that General Armstrong detailed her
to write the industrial report of the year for
Hampton.
Miss Van Rensselaer, also took up a part of
General Armstrong; most arduous work of
raising funds for the institute, ana went to
New York where she presented the needs of
Hampton IN such way as to enlist the SYM
pathies Of her society sisters and induce them
lowing the industrial department and save it
from the annual deficit which now exists be-
cause of the training in the shops where labor
must be developed before it can be skilled.
Miss Mead. sister of Larkin 6. Mead, the
sculptor. and Mrs. W. D. Howells, has spent
last three or four years, visiting the poorer
classes of colored peop'e in the country and
teaching them better ways of living.
Mr.. Eli Whitney Blake, Jr, son
Of Professor E., W. Blake, of Brown
University, is another of the volunteer corps
and young, am bilious, graduate from Yale as
he is, he has given his first year to hard work
in Hampton, teaching and acting as dicip-
lnarian for the Indian boys. These volun-
tie IS. working for only the results they are
able to produce, are few illustrations of how
the great work at Hampton appeals to those
who once get into its atmosphere and under.
stand how great are the needs and how prac.
teal are the methods of General Armstrong.
1t has had greater appeal to the people in
the last var, because of the sudden illness
OF the General. stricken down while on
the platform in Boston, presenting the
needs Of his WORK to the people.
The Need for Help.
When the mighty energy of this man, who
has tor quarter of century carried on this
great work, W sudden checked by disease
and threatened inctpacity the people who
had responded to his apresls for so long be.
gan to realize that Hampton must be put on
substantial basis where there would be nc
necessity for great " mems power" The
school is main tained at tota! annual cost OF
about Sl55,O0). Deducting the labor pay.
nents OF negro 5 ujens (say $55 01O) $1O0, coz
is the net annual cost to the public. OF this
amount $1,000 Is received. from the State OF
V!rg MIA as interest on tn State Agricultural!
College land ind ; $50 OO0 from Congress fol
the maintenance of 12O Indians: $1,000 from
the endowment und, and about $50 700 con
ri"uted by III, people il the North, who
understand s,nething of the great need 70,
su wo K. This heroic work Of raising
5000 a year tor the school is what has moss
told General Armstrong. The effort il
now Tel g maze to SAcIre an endowment fol
the ms hutton hat VII place it above want
One mil ion d. airs would not do this. anc
the $500 UUO endpwmea' now held mus be in
c"eas d by more than $7Oo,COo before Hamp
ION lnstl ute Wi be secure for the future an0
above The necessity making its annual ap.
pa for nep rom those who have rad theil
chance in the world a':d have profile by it
The CONNIE cement eX arciSeS this year had
pathetic sid by the contrast presented in the
commander. In her years his command
ing mill 'ary figure was the center Of ali in
Ter 5. as it moved about the platform directing
every mo neat OF lis army Of negroes anc
lndlaus At tAis commencement Genera
Armstrong WAS also the center of interest a,
il sat silen in his wheel chair, the object O:
delicate tentions and fl al devotion from
gradua es, pupils, and visitors. He is. how
yer, rap dly recovering here among his OWE
people, The need for new strength. his grea
Inspiration, and in few months he expects
to be iu command of his oid-time vigor anG
his little army that is inaugurating uew edu
cation and a new cvillzatiOn L. ". B.