The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-04-30
FORMER GOVERNOR SPEAKING AT.
HAMPTON ANNIVERSARY SAYS me
GRO WILL NOT TRAVEL FAR TILL HIS.
CREDIT BECOMES AS GOOD AS THAT.
OF ANY OTHER MAN. STRIKES AT ALL.
EXTRA LEGAL AGENCIES.

yates that the economic conditions of
Negroes are better than they have
ever been before and that wages will
probably not be reduced more than
one-third. He referred to the social
ca dreary years in the South, 1866
1885, when Colored men worked for
90 cents a day and Colored women
worked for twelve hours a day. He
stated that Negroes have earned more
wages in the last decade than they
nave earned IN the previous fifty
years. DR.. Williams said
"A Hampton graduate has the duty
or becoming the economic leader of
his race. In economic independence
there must be peace and harmony be-
tween the two races. The advance i'm
nave been at Hampton has been lar
ger for skilled labor than professional
labor When the serious losses of
1920 and 1921 come to be reclIoned,
you viii find that the proportionate
advance has been greater for the day
laborer, the small farmer. and the
smaii mechanic, than for any others
in the community The margain of
saving in the next five years is going
to be wider than 1t has ever been be-
fore, owing to the fall in prices. 1t
Is for you to decide whether this for
tunate circumstance shall leave you
at the end of five years with some
thing to show for this opportunity
There has never been time in the
owned the bonds to which you so
freely subscribed. The habit of invest
ing is growing. This is the way in
which you viii reach independence"
Armstrong; Discovery.
Or, Francis G. Peabody of Har-
ward University, who presented the
graduating class (42 boys and 40
girls) to the Hampton Institute board
Of trustees, of which he is the first
vice president, declared that the great
discovery of General Armstrong was
that education meant bringing the
hitting the whole OF life to the ser
vice of the world. The creed of
Hampton has brought before us the
think straight, to act promptly, to
open the heart to the persuasion of
love. No student graduates from
Hampton, however much handworll he
or she may do, who does not rein
force that handwork with the cultur-
al studies that give decision. definite
ness, and facility to the mind"
Equality of Opportunity.
During the anniversary celebration
William Howard Taft, chairman of
the Hampton Institute board of trus-
line of Labor" referred to the grow
ing idea of giving more and more
men equality of opportunity. Il be-
licVe that legislation" said Mr.. Taft,
creasing the equality of opportunity,
but the question is. have you the
courage, the character, the spirit of
self sacrifice, and the foresight in
dividually to improve that equality of
opportunity" Mr.. Taft emphasized the
value of men making sacrifice in or
der to win success. the intimate re-
lation of intelligent labor and ma
terial independence, and the close re-
lation of happiness to service for
others.
Need of Leaders.
DR.. Sara w Brown, who Is teach
er of biology in the Dunbar High
School Washington, d. c.. and who
was graduated from Hampton in 1887
pointed out the following significant
comparison: One physician to 9194
Negroes and 553 whites; one dentist
to 20,560 Negroes and 2070 whites:
one college president or professor to
40,611 Negroes and 1901 whites; one
lawyer, judge. or Justice to 1876 Ne
groes and I'll whites; and one school
teacher. to 3S4 Negroes and 145
whites"