Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-07
At HAMPTON SCHOOL
Large Party Given Opportunity
to Inspect Institution.
PRESENTATION OF BUSTs
Addresses Upon the Occasion by Dis
tinguished Citizens.
TRIBUTE PAID TO THE FOUNDER
Gen. Samuel Chapman Armstrong and
His Interest in the Col
ored Race.

hampton must not 60 down. See to IL,
you who are true to the black and red races
OF the land, and to just ideJs of education"
This quotation is from GIN. Samuel Chap
man Armstrong, the founder OF Hampton
Institute, whose bust was unveiled yester-
day with impressive ceremonies at the
large gymnasium of the school The events
of today show how far from going down is
this great work of the great educator. His
building, as was said repeatedly yesterday.
was so much better than he knew that
never in his most buoyant visions could he
have dreamed of the functions Hampton
would take upon itself. nor the reach of her
influence as shown in her children at TuS-
kegee, Kawaliga, Manassas, the local Arm
strong Manual Training School and any
number Of other institutions which look to
the training of hand and mind
The exercises of the unwilling were at
tended by large crowds from the locality.
with the tnere body of students, the faculty
and trustees and visiting parties from New
York, Boston, Hartford and Washington.
Robert c. Ogden LID, of New York,
president Of the board of trustees; Rt. Rev.
w. N. McVickar, S. T. D., of Providence,
r. L., vice president; Rev. DR. Francis G.
Peabody of Harvard University; Justice Da-
vid j. Brewer, of the United States Supreme
Court, Washington; DIR. VIM. ]. Schieffelin
of New York made the principal addresses.
The bust, which is a magnificent golden
hued bronze, a life-size portrait of Cen
eral Armstrong. was presented for the Arm
strong League of New York by DR.. VIM. J..
Schieffelin of New York and was received
In behalf of Hampton Institute by Mr.. Og-
den. Appreciations of the nature and work
of Gen. Armstrong were made by DR.. Pea
body and Justice Brewer.
Inspiration of the Addresses.
ton seemed the pervading influence. There
was simplicity and directness, an utter
sincerity and lack of ostentation, indicated
as well by the informality of the proceed
fngs as the absence of even program DR..
Peabody, after the bust had been uncover
ed by an Indian and a negro boy spoke
with especial simplicity of the purpose
which actuated Armstrong. He said every
institution Is built either upon plan or a
man. The one is the method of construc-
ton. the other of contagion. The first is
the method of the architect, the second Of
the runner who grasps torch from a
fainting comrade.
Gen. Armstrong, with a genius for or
ganization and the inception of plans, was
prominently a man from whom the con-
tagion of service goes out to all who have
touched him.
In summing up the present advantages
of Hampton DR.. Peabody paid a tribute
to DIR. H. B. Frissell, the successor Of Gen.
d
selflessness, he said, has immersed him
self In the. task of carrying out the work
along the lines of the founder. To pro-
vide those agencies which make for eff
cheney of labor and the attaining of self
respect, he removes the state of voorhees,
ness an undoes worthlessness. DR.. Peabody
defined the purpose Of Hampton.
Justice Brewer contrasted the devotion
of a man devoted to social service with the
indifference greed of the egotist. Gen.
Armstrong, he said, had the proud privilege
of being born on missionary soil of mission
airy parents, and his training in college, his
association with Mark Hopkins, his leader
ship of the emancipated black soldiers his
work with the freedmen's bureau, all con-
fl,med in him the zeal of service which
found its true field of expression in Hamp-
ton With clear realization that in edu-
cation and labor. in the solution of per-
sonal and Of social problems, as in the mat
ter of eternal salvation, only self-activity
counts, the founder had lent hand to as
sSt in making such conditions that the poor
could work out their own redemption.
In sharp contrast to his methods Justice
Brewer characterized the blatancy of dema-
gogues as the 'tantalizing tomfoolery OF
politicians
One of the most significant features of
the exercises was the singing of plantation
melodies by the entire school under the
direction of Capt. Washington. The WON
derful volume of tone and pathos of negro
melody are not to be heard in such perfec-
ton anywhere but at Hampton 1t hs
claimed, and not to be heard there without
tears
With the bust of Gen. Armstrong was
formally rendered bust of his pupil
Booker T. Washington. the work of Miss
Lula Usher. and secured for the institute
through the courtesy of Mr.. Robert Under
wood Johnston of the Century Company,
New York. The bust of Gen. Armstrong
was made oy Mrs. Emma Cadwalader
Guild.
Previous to the afternoon exercises in the
gymnasium the guests made an inspection
Of the building and shops. and at IL o'clock
assembled upon the green to review the
regiment and attend the Hampton Institute
Church.
Bishop McVicker in the Pulpit.
Services were conducted by Bishop Nc
Wicker and addresses made by Rev. DR..
Robinson Of Brooklyn. N. T.: DR.. Kinsolv-
Ing Of New York. Rev. James Twitchell of
Hartford and Archdeacon Williams Of
Washington, D. c. The school choir sang
peace. Perfect Peace and other hymns
and the anthem How Lovely Are the Mes
sengers That Bring Us Glad Tidings OF