The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-05-30
HAMPToN's GOOD WORK.
Annual Report of Principal FrIsselI
Shows Schools Achievements.


Annual Report Of Principal FrIsseII
Shows Schools Achievements.
The annual report Of Hampton insti-
tute. being the forty fifth since the
founding Of the school. has been pre-
pared, printed and distributed by tho
principal, DR.. Hollis B. Frissell. The
report covers twenty pages Of regular
magazine size paper. Iris exhaustive
In detail and deals with every phase Of
the inner workings of the institution.
No one can read it 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 up to
. high degree Of efficiency.
DR.. Frissell pays q high tribute to
the home In referring to the pioneer
work Of General 8. q. Armstrong,
founder Of Hampton institute He
says: -"..
The most effective educational insti-
tuition the world has yet 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, q race without
the traditions of self supporting. self
respecting family life, he consciously or
unconsciously adopted the home as the
model for his school. and he chose that
type of home where each member con-
tributes his share of service to the COM
mon need. Such 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 he 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 educa tional value
Of the work itself.
The enrolment for 1913 is 800. rep
foreign countries
The total number Of students enroll
ed In the trade school for the year Is
876. 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 in wages this year amounted
to $1s.6s2.21.
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. 1918. The contract price
was $26, 1927, and. with the exception
of putting on the slate roof, making
some plaster cornice Industries not
taught here, and portion Of the fur
niture. all the work was done by stu
dents This called for the services
Of bricklayers. plasterers. carpenters.
sheet metal workers, steamf1tters,
plumbers, cabinetmakers, electricians
and painters.
Mr. Ludlow Of the firm Of Ludlow &
Peabody, who designed the building.
says that the brick work in it COM
pares favorably with similar work
around New York city. and some Of the
local builders have pronounced it the
best piece of brick work on the PENN
sula.
Besides completing this special con.
11act, the trade school has kept up the
repairs on the school buildings and
done work for parties outside the school
ln seventeen states. This includes fur
niture, turned wood, reverse gears,
steam separators, CRATE bars, wheel
barrows, wagons and trucks.