The Colorado statesman., 1922-02-11
RACES MUST COOPERATE
TO MAKE REAL PROGRESS
DR.. Anson Phelps Stokes Speaks Hampton Human
Inprovabity.
Faith of Armstrong and Frisse in Negroes and Indians
Is Justified.

This is indeed Il harbnger of promise.
Armstrong's Faith Is Justified.
"What makes General Armstrong;
connection with Hampton unique is
that here for the first time education,
work, and religion, broadened and vi
talized, were brought together in a
large, competently directed institution
for the development of backward
races Armstrong believed in the i'm
PROBABILITY of the Negro and the In
dian under the three great forces of
education, work, and religion, and the
experience of fifty years has justified
his faith. The school has modified
and must continue TO modify its curri-
culum from time to time, but these
foundation principles are Fundamental
and, fortunately, adjustable to all
needs"
George Foster Peabody of New York,
who is the senior member of the
Hampton Institute board of trustees,
declared that 'the faith which is the
foundation of the Christian religion
was forcefuly brilliantly and engag-
ingly manifest in the life of General
Armstrong and in the life of his great
successor, DIR. Hollis b. Frissell." He
paid a warm tribute to the service
which Doctor Frissell rendered so
abundantly to educational leaders in
this and other countries "We all
need" he said, "the element OF falth
in one another"
Sympathy and Cooperation Bring
Results.
DIR. Robert r. Motion, principal of
Tuskegee Institute and trustee of
Hampton, quoted ]. III. Oldham's re-
cent statement, made before the Inter
fDnf n n
honk. that Hampton Institute is doing
more to influence work in the mis-
sionary field than any other single eff
fort.
Doctor Motion also paid tribute to
the service which General Armstrong,
DR.. Frissell. Booker T. Washington,
and their associates had rendered
through fifty-odd years to education,
not only in the United States, but
throughout the world, in liberating
mems souls by working in faith and
cooperation with unprivileged peo-
pies.
doctor Frissell," he said, "believed
i'm men and believed that when they
understood each other and had faith
and belief in each other, they could
work together, for each other, with
each other, to bring forward in real
sense the kingdom of God in the earth.
"No race. no class, no people were
TOO mean or too poor or too black or
foo red or too brown for General Arm
strong's belief and sympathy and his
willingness to help them. He reJoiced
in the fact at one time that Hampton
had n girdle around the world. com
posed of its student body-Polynese'
native African, American Negro, IN
dian. Chinese, japanese. He was glad |
TO be of service TO distant nations Ill
distant parts of the globe
w Cameron Forbes, well-known |
banker of Boston, and a trustee of |
uomnton. smoke on "The Problem of
the PhiliDpines," and the Rev. chester
r Emerson of Detroit, another trus-
fee. paid n tribute to General Arm |
strong as n doer of good deeds.
Muscle Shoals Development Is
Endorsed.
Tba hoard of trustees of Hampton
Institute sent a telegram to Secretary
Weeks, urgently requesting him IN
tbe interest of the agricultural ana IN
dustriol development of the SCUM
strangely TO recommend to Congress the
acceptance of the sO-called Ford ore.
of the Muscle Shoals development
The trustees present included George
Foster Peabody and Clarence II. hei-
sew of New York, Robert X Motoll'
principal of Tuskegee, w. CaIneroh
Forbes of Boston, James H. Gregg
nr;ncinol of Hampton. Alexander Is.
r., Trn,yhridpe of New York, Frank w.
norIinq of Hampton, Chester b. En-.
arson Of Detroit. Samuel G. Mitchell OF
richmond. and Henry Wilder Foote ot
Camridge.