The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-11-19
SAYS SOUTH APPRECIATES
WORK OF ROBERT OGDEN.
Tribute Paid to Plan Of Edu-
cation Made Possible by Him
at Hampton.
~ Wm. anthony Aery.

Hampton, Va. Nov 17.-That the
thinking white men and women of the
South realize and appreciate the pres
ent day significance of Robert Cur
tbs Ogden's widespread, intelligent,
unselIlsh service to the Southland,
indeed, to the Nation,-is clearly
shown in DIR. Samuel c. MitchelPs re-
cent address at Hampton institute,
which was delivered at the unveiling
of beautiful bronze and marble tab
let, the gift of the late Edward Van
lngen of Brooklyn, N Y, a lifelong,
Institute. This tablet, which has been
placed in The Robert Curtis Ogden
Auditorium at Hampton, was designed
by A. Bertram Pegram, the English
artist, whose bas-reliefs of Abraham
Lincoln and Samuel C. Armstrong and
whose equestrian statuette of Gener-
al Armstrong have already attracted
the favorable attention of Hampton's
vast company of visitors
In introducing Doctor Mitchell to the
great Hampton audience of students,
workers and friends, Principal j. L.
Gregg stated that Robert c. Ogden
had served as a trustee of Hampton
death in 1918. From 1894 until 1918
Robert c. ogden was the president of
the board of trustees. What Hamp-
ton, Institute owes to Robert Curtis
er be told What the South, both
the white people of the South and
the Colored people of the South, owe
to Mr.. Ogden can never be told, and
his service to the Nation and to the
Kingdom of God was great beyond any
words of ours to describe"
Doctor Mitchell is now professor of
history and political science in the
University of Richmond and a Vir-
ginia member of the Commission on
Inter-racial Cooperation, whose head
quarters are in Atlanta. Ga Since
1911 Doctor Mitchell has served as a
trustee of Hampton Institute. He said:
south appreciates ogden's work.
Gifts to the south.
Among the millions of children in
the South who will receive a better
training and have better facilities in
the schools that they attend; among
the millions of people who will get a
larger yield from each acre of land;
among the millions of people who will
De protected from preventable disease;
among the millions of people who
Will share a sounder community life,
who will have a larger outlook, and
VINO VIII have greater spirit of fell
lowship in our democracy-Robert
Curtis Ogden lives in all of these.
Doctor Mitchell read the following
tablet inscription. which was pre-
pared by. the late Mr. Van Ingen:
Cherished and trusted friend of
Armstrong from the very birth of
Hampton Institute, he never faltered
in his devotion to the ideals of the
founder His labors for the uplifting
and encouragement of the Negro race
were constant and lf-sacrificing
Wise in counsel, strong executive,
his beautiful character, all his life
long, was an inspiration to those who
worked with him. His memory is
Doctor Mitchell paid tribute to Mr..
Ogden as an American publicist who
was fearless in purpose and worked
solely for the common good. "The
genius Of democracy" said Doctor
an according to his or her capacity
to serve and to think and to lead,
can share in the spirit of a publicist
! regard Mr.. Ogden as the very best
type Of the American publicist, con-
cerned solely with the common good,
never thinking of himself or any re-
ard in the form of office or other
return that the public might make"
Gifts to the Nation.
Doctor Mitchell outlined the clear
cut purposes of Mr.. Ogden's life and
work-the securing of education-edu-
cation conceded in the broadest sense
for, ali people; the achievement of
of North and South; and the revival
OF discussion in the South.
Mr.. Ogden believed that in the
South universal intelligence and the
spirit oL rove, inc spirit OF sympathy
and the spirit of mutual helpfulne
between the two races were the two
great considerations said Doctor
I'm that regard he was an
exemplar of the spirit of General
Armstrong and Hampton Institute.
THE effect of Mr.. Ogden's work was
to train group of men in the South
who were to have a share in conduct.
ing this goyernment during the pc
riod of the World War" Doctor Mitch !
ell referred to the influence of Mr.. |
Ogden on such men as Walter r. Page, |
David r. Houston, p. p. Claxton, and !
Wickliffe Rose. Mr.. Ogden was train
ed at Hampton in association with |
General Armstrong and Doctor Fris- |
sell to life subtle, penetrating, struc-
tural ideas to the attention of the |
Nation"