The Colorado statesman., 1922-01-14
EMANCIPATION DAY
AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE
"New Day Is Dawnng in Race Relations" De-
clares DR.. j. E. Shepard
NEGROES MAKE PROGRESS
DR.. James E. Gregg Says Hampton Belongs to the
Colored People"

TT AMPTON, VA, Jan. 1.-two
n thousand colored men, women
= l and children of the Lower
Peninsula of Virginia celebrated the
fiffy-ninth anniversary of Emancipa-
tion day by holding public exercises
in Ogden Hall, Hampton Institute,
under the auspices of the Elizabeth
City County Emancipation Associa-
ton, of which C. H. Henderson is
president
DR.. James E. Gregg, in his address
of welcome, declared that 1T was ap-
propriate to link up the thought OF
freedom with the thought of educa-
ton. "a school, he said, lis pc
culiarly appropriate place for the
commemoration of the end OF slav-
cry and the beginning of full legai
freedom-intellectu freedom, deliv-
erance from the bondage of supersti-
tion and ignorance; moral freedom'
deliverance from al the habits
which enchain and enslave man and
keep him from being his best and
truest self" Doctor Gregg added:
Hampton Institute belongs to the
colored people. 1t is devoted to serv-
ing them and to serving the young
people of the Indian race. All that
Hampton has is given freely for the
enrichment and the upbuilding of its
young men and women and through
them to the blessing of the races
which they represent"
COMMUNITY CENTER WILL BE
BOUGHT.
Major Allen Washington, command
ant of cadets at Hampton Institute, in
introducing the speaker of the day, DE-
james E. Shepard, president of the
National Training School at Durham,
n. c., urged the colored people to pur-
chase and support the local commu-
nifty center, so that their boys and
girls may have a place for whole
some recreation. Major Washington
impressed upon his hearers the impor-
tance of present action. He declared
that procrastination would be a great
calamity to the community as it would
mean the loss of n community center
three times as valuable as the price
which the colored people are called on
to pay.
]. NJ. Pollard of the National Head
quarters of Community Service, Inc,
made an appeal to the people to COLI
tribute to the fund for the purchase
of the local Hampton community
house. He referred to the work of
Ohio colored people in Dayton pop
ulation of 5000 recently gave $4,000
for a community center; in Cleveland,
$4,000 gave $4,000; and in Columbus,
colored people gave $4,000.
WORTHWHILE PROGRAM.
The Emancipation day program in
cluded singing of america" by the
audience; invocation by Rev. J. T.
Johnson of Hampton "Oh, Freedom
sung by the audience; reading of the
Emancipation Proclamation by Miss
Lucy C. Barrow of Phoebus; address,
"The Essentials of a Democracy" by
Arthur z. Davis, Hampton Institute
student, emphasizing respect for law.
education and intelligence, physical
and moral courage, deep spiritual life
and high Christian ideals, which are
possessed by Negroes" Soldiers of
Freedom" Hampton Glee Club; "Ne-
gro National Hymn, words by James
Weldon Johnson and music by Rosa
mond Johnson, sung by Phoebus Glee
Club; and benediction, Rev. John ID.
Gray of Hampton.
TRIBUTE TO HAMPTON IN
STITUTE.
Doctor Shepard, in his address on
the possibilities and Responsibilities