Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-04
CHAMPION INSTITUTE
ENROLMENT IS 973
Trustees Authorize Four-Year
Collegiate Normal Course
for Teachers.
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HAMPTON. VA. Juno 3.-Dr. Jamea
j.. Gregg. principal Of Hampton In
stitute. In his recent report to the
board OF trustees. OF which Chief
Justice Taft is the president. stated
that the number OF students In tho
boarding department. enrolled tn
February /. was S73 tboys 653 and
girls, 32o). The distribution OF these
students follows
Academy. including prepatory GLASS.
452. Agricultural School. 28; Business
School. az: ms-Economios School
+5: Normal School, 50; Trade School
232.
On January 80. 1874. the Hampton
board of trustees voted 10 authorize
a four year collegiate normal course.
to prepare colorcd men and women 10
qualify az high school principals and
supervisors. The Virginia Depart
Inent OF Education has given II. APP
prevail, and for the proper completion
~ this work tho degree q! Bachelor
OF Arts in Education ~ill be given.
Meet Demand for Farmers.
To meet the demand for trained
Agricultural leaders for col"red farm
crs. Hampton Institute now offers
standard four-year collegiate course
which leads to the deEre. ~ Bachelor
Of Science in Agricultural EducA-
ton.
This development, was for..een by
General Samuel Chapman .irmstrong
who founded Hampton Institute in
1855
TN. academy IL the Nt,Ing school
for the Normal school. the Agri-
cultural school. the home Economic.
School. and tho Business school. u,
Is recognized ~ Il standard hIgh
h,
OF Education.
rhc academy program OF studies.
however. lays emphasis ON manual
training aud the home-making arts
II definitely maintains" says Doctor
Gregg. TN" vari"Estcd. lst UNIFIED.
discipline Of head heart and hand
which General Armstrong preached
aud practic"d."
Nnny Trades Taught.
IN" trades taught at Hampton In
stitut" Include. automobile mechanics.
hiacksmithinG. brichiaNing and plas-
t"rine CahinctnakIuS. carpentry.
mhch'n" work. painting. printing.
si""mhttiue. plumbing. tailoring.
ana whcciwrighliug
The HAMPTON institute. Trad.
School last year filled l7s7a orders.
which were shipped to sixteen states
IN" 1921 summer School for Colnrcd
Teachers. hold at Hampton. enrolled
Ga mon ana women from seventeen
states. virginia furnished 1871 and
H"rih Carolina 1866
Tn" ministers conference enroll
mont was 2ja from sixteen states and
nineteen denominations
rho Whitticr Training school
which j. thu practice schooi for
HAMPTON Institute, has enrolled 49,
pupils.
Tho Y. NJ. { y. a, Hampton ha. a
membership ~ 35?. the Y. " G. A..
.2c.
Grndnntrs Obtain Positions.
Last year Hampton was asked 20
recommend 3js graduates for ro.i-
tons In the l5T county training
schools ~ the South. Hampton II now
furnishing eleven principals. eight
teachers or vocational agriculture )
hom" economies teachers and thirty
on" other teachers
HAMPTON enrolled last Year 2.oO2
s'ud"nts-B oardiny Department. s7a:
summer SCHOOL. $50. and Waiter
Training school i3o
Mrs John :. Kennedy has given
Hampton n"w d"rmit"ry for girls
costing about Sio",O0J. in memory %,
her husband. George Foster Pcabod,.
has given from the Palmer Fund an
attractive trustees hous. Til. Hamo
ton graduates and former students
haN" given Armstrong Field. mod
cru athletic n"ld, which when com.
plst"f VIII cost $4,000.