The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1922-05-20

After seeing this demonstration,
Mrs. Henry A. Strong of Rochester,
N. Y, decided to give $4,000 to
Hampton Institute for a home-eco-
Monies practiee-house.
Hampton Idea of Education
"Hampton's Idea of Educated Men
and Women as l Have Learned II"
was outlined by John II. Calhoun. Jr.,
of Greenville, s. C., salutatorian OF
his class, who declared that the aca-
demic training at Hampton has al
ways been noted for its thoroughness;
that Hampton has adapted its courses
to the needs Of the peoples it served;
that Hampton has taught thousands
OF pupils with thoroughness those
vocations which were greatly needed;
that Hampton has offered valuable
training through its work-year pro-
gram and its student activities; and
that Hampton has taught men and
women self-control and self-reliance
through its system OF discipline and
military organization.
Hampton expects these results,
said John Calhoun. The educated
man should have received such aca-
demic training that will place him at
least beyond ordinary intelligence. He
should have some vocation and know
how to work. He should be an hon.
est, law-abiding citizen and should
live an upright, Christian life. He
should have such strength of charac-
ter so as to become a guiding force
in his community. He should know
the proper comforts and pleasures.
He should be able to organize, CO.
operate in, and lead community move
ments."
Helping Colored Girls
H. Peyton Brown, of McAlpine,
w. Va, described her experience,
while still a student at Hampton In
stitute, as a nurse, matron, and sew
ing teacher at the Virginia Industrial
Home School for Colored Girls in
Hanover County. This Hampton
trained girl, who was somewhat in
advance of her class at Hampton, was
given the opportunity of assisting
Supt. jamie Porter Barrett at the In
iustrial Home School. She paid a
warm tribute to this Hampton gradu-
lite, who had conceived the idea of
a home where misguided |
md unprotected colored girls might |
De given an opportunity of learning |
he fundamentals of right-living. She
outlined the story of the development
If the Industrial Home School idea
Imong the members of the Virginia |
state Federation of Colored Women's
Clubs. Although this Hampton stu
lent had merely volunteered to assist
L the Industrial Home School for
-olored Girls, she was soon given i'm
'ortant work to do in managing the
indoor and outdoor work of forty
light girls.
Hampton and the Davis Family
Arthur P. Davis OF Hampton, Va,
he ranking scholar OF his class and
told the story of his
life both as a slave and
$ a freed man and of that colored
mans relation to the American Mis-
ionary Association, which made pos
ible the establishment of Hampton
institute in 1868, and to Gen. Samuel
,hapman Armstrong, who served as
Iampton's principal from 1868 to
8o3.
William Davis, a slave who was
orn near Norfolk in 1903, served as
n overseer on his masters planta-
ion; conducted church service in the
Id mill on the Wood Farm, which is
ow Hampton Institute; issued U. s. ]
Government rations to the freed men; s
raveled and spoke throughout the [
forth and East in behalf of the edu- I
alton of the freed colored people or b
as they were known in i
he early days; and induced the Amer e