New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-26
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
HAMPTON INSTITUTE.

ers or COMMENCEMENT WEEK-AN En-
,rp1r1oN OF STUDENTS WORK.
., Va May o (specaD.-Com'nencement
- a, Hampton Institute mas oeen' as usual iui
V. ,n,erest and suggestiveness' Inc annual mee''ns
u ,sa trustees was held on the afternoon OF
m.d,esaav. May 90 Robert e. ogden, OF fhiiauer
.,ident of the Board presiding. There were
ph'"' ~. Pew NJ z. Strictly the Rev c. H.
p'es."' CHARLES /. Mead George Foster Pea
I'D Arthur Curtiss James of New-fork; the
o., " ~ Mcvickar. OF Philadelphia; the Kew
,.o,der Mckenzie and Professor Francis u fea
.a, .. Cambridge. Mass; AMI Docd' OF boo'"-
BOY " = and the Rev. H. b. Frissell. Of Hamp-
ton. o,sos % tho Graduating class
nv - later in the afternoon DR.. Mckenzie
- tho address. In the evening the whoie schoo
,hared in the gymnasium Tor evening prayers a.
e,ss q, which informal addresses were MADE
."e number OF the trustees and visitors Mr. Cur
us =, baltimore formerly commandant OF the
-" -, was the first speaker. and was followed
So ST. Rev Pitt Dillingham;. Of Calhoun. Ala Pro-
80. hitchcock of Amherst College spoke OF the
,or,ance OF physical development ana the value
~ ,h,e,,cs DR.. Strictly. Mr.. ogden. MT Meau
o. "asaor Peabody and DR.. McVickar made BRIEF
but telling addresses 80, A.
.,oo, the bugle sounded. and the battalion
.,Ad on the green for the usual morning inspec-
,or after which 1t marched to Academic man,
.,are the whole school gathered IN the iarse DIS
t,,-oor, for the regular opening exercises. AZ
-, ~ which the classes were in session. III
20 o'clock Visitors passed from room 70 roo'" III
s,,c uau and Science Building. finding in one
tier another alert eager classes recitins IN arm"
roa,Ic history. science geography or h'era'te' 90
,ha case might be In one OF the rooms was al eN-
,,h,, ~ ,heN results of the years WORK. SO lar d.
they could be shown by the pronuc's oi ''e s'
go, hands 1t included maps. charts. drawings
.si,,on work and technical work. The INDUS
e,.r .xb,h,t was In Stone Building. and included
aar,,roblc specimens Of work from the machine aho
~" snons ironwork from the blacksmith shop.
furniture ron nn,fnctured articles all made by Ind
tans and colored students The agrcuItutai 1884, rs
men had an Snd the girls showed some hand
snme costumes designed and mace 10 OF 1 ~ IND
ss Ia,ndrv work and most tempting array OF
danes prepared by the cooking SeS ihe
on Iexercses The trustees, teachers girls ana ma
Visitors esoqsea to TIE he opening
oses and music by the school me S 9or bey sub
st s.n HSSsss Of the sradua,ns class as
foows' w Iorto ha& Va The Value Of the Small
scsoes' by Bessie E. McAdoo OF Ph nd,,n b. b.
and The q } * for ond 5ns \ William T.
scott represented the trade students 20 eisnt :"
%h cher trades Addresses made by three
Graduates OF Hampton-James A. WSU ucrl ~ in me
descrlpe q. ~ Calhoun Ala: Annie r. Dawson. 80
schoo. a. roe indian girl from North Dakota. who
spoke 1ds3 nGTes AND Who Ts saTe STUDY IN
ME III tas,orv The valediciory deverei ~
hurley Of Stony SI PSn, 70 va the atlSa %n
Nj: r Fortune Of New-York. spoke oTiehE, 10
the audience and after an addr ,n 5 5Fon Singing Of
! hsnxr and the benedlction by Dr streby
On Friday the third annual conference o, ii" Har
Chape 70 consider the social and M me south
tons Of life among the coiorea pr sI hea and none
MO attended could have failed TO oeneht oy h
practical. vigorous and sensible oiseusS'o''' -
TOPICS on the programme