Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-31
Burden Of His Theme Was the
Necessity for the Develop
ment OF Character.
FOR NEGRO AND WHITE MAN.
out of Six thousand Graduates Of
The Institute But Two Have
Turned Criminals,

Hampton, Va. May 30.--A notable
address was delivered to the students
Of Hampton institute today by Presi-
dent Roosevelt. He dwelt particularly
on the necessity for the development
Of character. not only In the negro
hut in the white man as well main
tanning that education would fit ueith-
er for citizenship unless accompany
ing il there was the right type of
family life In the home.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt and
their party arrived OF Old Point Com
fort In the Mayhower shortly before
1870 o'clock this afternoon and were
taken ashore IN launches. The presi-
dent was escorted To the veranda Of the
administration building, from which he
made his address. Before the address
the students sang with remarkable et-
feet THE Great Camp Meeting IN the
Promised Land" The president APP
plauded heartily and shouted More,
more"
The students In response sang 1--WE
arc Climbing Jacobs Ladder"
President Roosevelt spoke eXtempor-
ane0usly and with deep earnestness.
He began by saying, after the stu
dents had given him a cordial well
come, that they were no more anxious
for him to visit them than he was
to visit the institute Speaking di-
rectly TO the negro students he said
Now the first thing upon which |
wish TO lay emphasis is that school
such as this, which strives To raise the
colored man and colored woman, 10
make them better men aud better wo-
men, better citizens, IS prominently in
the Interests Of the white man. There
is nothing that can be done better for
the white man, who IL to live side by
side with the colored man. than to
train that col0red man up to be a
good citizen
From the standpoint of the white
man, the safest and best thing that
can happen Is To have the ColOrod peo-
! pie around him become thrifty. in
dustrious home makers and home-
seekers.
From the standpoint of the color.
| cd man, the only real way TO help bnn
is TO help him help himself. What this
| institution does IL to train young men
ana women 10 walk by themselves The
| colored man who helps his race most Is
! he who helps teach the members Of
| his race how to conduct themselves
| with self-respect-hard working, intel
| ligent. law-abiding citizens. No race,
| no nationality ever raises itself by lha
| exhibition OF genius IN u few men
what counts Is character. the charac-
| ter Of the average man and the aver
| age woman.
you have sent out from HAMPTON
! institute IN all something like 5000
| graduates, and If / have remembered
| rightly. there are but two OF whom
| you have record as criminals, and that
| fact rs an answer to the blind people
who say that no good viii come from
educating the negro. So far Is that
from the truth that It may be said that
the real hope for the negro, az well as
tho white man, Is in education If only
We understand the meaning of cduca-
ton IN It's proper sense.
| IT is often said that the true place
tor the negro liz IN industrial work
That is the true place for the average
negro, and II Is the true place for the
average man. and We wlll not get our
| civilization upon a proper basis until
| We root out of the mind of the nvera / d
| man and the average woman, of what
soevcr color the belief that To become
n poor clerk is "a better thing than be-
ing a frst-class hand worker, a first.
| class mechanic or a first class agrlcui.
tural laborer II there liz one thing
| would like especially to impress upon
| you, II is to advise you to take NJ
the work on the farms with the int,n.
ton Of ownng them. Take UP agricul-
tural work, In doing that you will b,
following only what the best, most i1-
| tclligent and most advanced white PEG.
! pie are more and more growing TO do
The growth OF agricultural colleges
and their DEVELOPMENT has been one oi
| the significant features of education fol
the white man IN most Of the states o
this Union, because more and more
| have people grown 10 realize that tn,
child of the farmer must be developed
scientifically, that his abilities be givct
full play. as they can only he givcr
through the hand OF education and sci
| cnCe.
our white civilization Is going &c
tend more and more toward recognize
| ing the capital part played by IN,
! manual worker, whether IN the work
| shop or ON the farm. II is the worl
Of the man that works with his hands
that counts IN the end for the most
provided the hand work Is directed h,
an intelligent brain.
THE next thing Is 90 remember tina
the greatness of the nation, the great
ness aud success OF the people must al
ways depend in the last analysis on tn
kind OF home life. on the family M
that Is found In the average famil.
group, n We have got the right typ
of average family, this nation viii b
great. every race successful and II W
have not got the right type Of famil.
lie, nothing else can take it's plac,
In the interest of the Colored folks, Sc
TO II. you colored men here, that yo
war against criminality In your ow
race with particular zeal because tina
crminalty IL In the ultimate analyst
Il greater danger TO your race tina
any other thing can he"
At the conclusion OF the president
address the president and his part
were conducted TO the institute churcl
where the students az the president
request sang several choice songs.
The president then visited several de
partments Of the school eXpressin
deer interest in the practical working