The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-05-31
HAMpTON's GOOD WORK.
Anndsi Rsse8 Of PrineipGl FrisssT
Shows Schools Achievements


Shows Schools Achievements.
The annual report Of Hampton fnsti-
tute being the forty-ffth since the
founding Of the school, has been pre-
pared. printed and distributed By the
principal. DIT. Hollis B. FrisselL The
report covers twenty pages OF Regular
magazine size paper. II Is exhaustive
In detail and deals with every phase Of
the inner workings Of the institution.
No one can read IL without being deep
~ impressed with the tremendous
amount Of work which the officials Of
the school have to accomplish In order
to keep the various departments ND to
a high degree Of efficiency.
DR.. Frissen pays a high tribute to
the home In referring TO the pioneer
work OF General S. G. Armstrong,
founder OF Hampton institute He
says:
The most effective educational Insti-
tuition the world has Jet produced Is
the home. In the home the problems
TO be solved are intensely real, and the
solution OF them means the power to
solve more problems OF a similar sort.
This power is education.
When the founder OF Hampton insti-
tute was confronted with the problem
Of educating men and women but late
ly freed from slavery. a race without
the traditions OF self supporting. self
respecting family life. be consciously or
unconsciously adopted the home as the
model for his school. and be chose that
type OF home where each member con-
tributes his share Of service to the COM
mon need Such a home differs wide
" from the ordinary school
In the home the motives for its activ-
tiles are for the most part immediate
and apparent; In the school conditions
are necessarily more artificial and the
prescribed tasks are. from the pupils
point Of view. often purposeless. Only
purposeful activity has educational
value From the first be insisted that
the work incident to the daily life
should be done by the students them
selves, not merely because his students
were poor and must work their way,
but because Of the educational value
Of the work itself.
The enrolment for 1913 is $50. rep
resenting thirty-three states and five
foreign countries
The total number OF students enroll
ed in the trade school for the year is
3T5. OF these $50 are taking full trade
courses. One hundred and twenty-four
academic students came to the trade
school a portion Of the time for indus
trial training. and thirty-three agricul-
tural students spent the three winter
months taking special courses related
to their work. The amount paid to
students I'm wages this year amounted
to $1S6S2.21.
The largest single piece OF work
which the trade school has done during
the past year has been the erection Of
Clarke hall. The building was begun
In March, 1912. and was opened for use
February. 1913. The contract price
was S26,142.77, and. with the exception
Of putting on the slate roof, making |
taught hereI and a portion OF the fur
liture. all the work was done by stu
tents This called for the services |
IF bricklayers. plasterers. carpenters.
sheet metal workers, steamfitters, |
plumbers, cabinetmakers, electricians
md painters
Mr.. Ludlow OF the firm OF Ludlow &
Peabody. who designed the building.
'ays that the brick work in IT COM
)ares favorably with similar work
Iround New YORK city. and some Of the
ocal builders have pronounced It the
,est piece Of brick work on the PENN
Iula.
Besides completing this special con-
Eact. the trade school has kept up the
epairs on the school buildings and
lone work for parties outside the school
n seventeen states. This includes fur
liture, turned wood. reverse gears,
team separators. CRATE bars, wheel
,arrows, wagons and trucks