The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-16

z . graduate and for years assistant to
Maj. r. R. Motion % commander OF
cadets. has been appointed to succeed
Major Motion. After having been iden.
titled with the institute as student and
officer Tor 81 years, Major Motion left
Hampton, Va. for Tuskegee, Ala,
where he WAS installed as principal
on May Is.
At the forty-eighth anniversary ex-
ercises, Or. Hollis B. Frissell, princi.
pal. presented to the board of trus.
tees total OF 159 candidates. for d.
plomas and certificates. OF these, 50
young men received certificates from
the various departments of the agri.
cultural and trade schools, and 40
men and 4S women received diplomas
from the academy school. Twelve of
the men and all Of the women also
were candidates for state teachers
certificates. Several OF the gradual
ing class gave short accounts of their
work.
The National Home association, of
which Alexander B. Trowbridge of
New York II the president, held it's
second annual meeting at Hampton,
III six OF the constituent associations
being represented. This organization
insures the permanency OF the annual
trip to Hampton at this time for sew
erai years. Mr.. Trowbridge was per-
sonally responsible for organizing
these special parties. He and the 9TH
er Officers OF the National association
were reelected.
Trustees and visitors to the institute
have commented most favorably on
the tone OF the annual report which
Doctor Frissell has submitted to the
board. It 10 said to be one of the most
encouraging In some years.
In the report Doctor Frissell reviews
the work OF the institutions most dis.
tinguished graduate, Doctor Washing
ton. who labored for, the economic
emancipation Of the Negro. OF the
appointment of Major Motion to sue
coed Doctor Washington as head of
Tuskegee school, Doctor Frissell says:
1T was 9 matter of pride and con-
graduation to the friends of HAMPTON |
that the trustees Of the Tuskegee
school should have chosen as Doctor
Washington's successor to the most
important position which a Negro can
occupy in this country, If not in the
world, man whose entire school edu.
cation was received In the same insti.
tuition from which his predecessor was
graduated
Major Moton's speeches made in the
North are quoted for three things for
which he II especially thankful to
Hampton: 1T has helped his people to
an appreciation Of the dignity of the
labor sueee e thea hid bot n 'aga
whites and blacks to work together in
harmony and mutual usefulness by
offering platform where they can
come together for discussion of their
difficulties. It has helped to create in
the Negro respect for his own race"
First steps toward the establishment
Of Negro college in the city were
taken at an educational rally of the
Baptist convention (colored) at the
city auditorium at Houston. Tex. A
fund of $500 was raised at the rally.
and It was expected that additional
contributions at the various colored
churches Sunday night would bring
this up to 1000.
A number Of speakers, including
Mayor Ben Campbell, P. w. Horn. SUI
perintendent Of schools. and DR.. J. L.
Gross, pastor Of the First Baptist
church. appeared on the program for
the rally at the auditorium and ex-