The broad ax., 1923-04-28

Hampton, Va.-That Hampton In
stitute students recognize the relation
Of education to life and especially to
community service was shown at the
recent ffty-hfth anniversary celebra-
ton. when members of the class of
1928 gave addresses and demonstra-
tons before large audiences Of white
and colored citizens.
Negro Press in Evolution
That the Negro press is fast grow
ing into a powerful organ, despite the
handicap Of inadequate financial sup
port and that it represents the voice
OF a race that has valuable contribu-
tons to make were statements made
by S. Miller johnson Of Thornton,
Ark, who spoke on fThe Negro
Press in Evolution"
This senior at Hampton Institute
declared that the Negro press, while
It has criticized the so-called enemies
Of the race, has not resorted to ex-
tremes of sensationalism in discussing
the race problem. Negro editors have
recorded important events and have
written informing editorials on prob
lens Of current interest He stated
that Negro periodicals, like all other
publications, have been handicapped
for the want Of trained workers. The
Negro press, by keeping readers in
formed on everyday Negro life, has
encouraged race pride. S. Miller
Johnson said:
The Negro press is trying to let
the world know definitely how the
thinking Negro regards life; what he
thinks of American policies; what he
thinks are the needs of his people and
just how far Americans, white and
black, should 60 in providing for the
needs Of the Negro race. The Negro
press is helping to demonstrate to the
world that the colored man is essen
tally and by force thinking being.p
Training Homemakers
Better homemakers and home
economies teachers have been trained
in recent years through the use Of
practice-houses, according to Estelle
NJ. Jones Of Danville, KY, who de-
scribed the methods which have been
successfully used at Hampton Insti-
tute to link up the work in the school
dormitories with the needs of colored
homemakers. She also described the
plans of the new Institute practice
house, which is now being erected by
student tradesmen, near the main dor
mitory for girls, through the gener-
osity Of Mrs. Henry A. Strong of
Rochester, N Y.
This practice-house viii contain
living-room with an open fireplace, a
dining-room, kitchen, laundry, four
bedrooms, a bathroom, and two halls.
There will be a porch across the
front of the house and another across
the rear. This cottage will be used at
one time by FIVE or six girls and a
teacher. The furnishings win be use
ful and simple. Problems Of house
hold management, meal preparation, |
and nutrition viii be emphasized. The
house 3 planned for an average family
with moderate income.
Negro Woman Of Today
That the Negro woman Of today,
like her mother and grandmother, has
bigness Of heart faithfulness to duty,
and loye Of justice toward her fellow
people were opinions expressed by
Madeleine r. Smith, member Of the
Hampton Institute class Of 1928, who
spoke at the closing session Of the
hfty-hfth anniversary She outlined
the industrial service of Negro women
during the World War. She gave
these facts: The champion mail sorter
Of the United States is a colored |
woman, who beat the record Of 20,6l0
letters distributed in an eight-hour
test. The president Of the St. Luke's
Bank, Richmond, is colored woman.
Washington, D. C.. has two colored
poIicewomen. Negro women restored
the Frederick Douglass Memorial
Home at Cedar Hill Washington,
D. c. Negro women have engaged in
social-welfare work and in campaign
against lynching. They teach children
thrift
Good Posture, Good Health
Methods Of teaching children how
to maintain good posture, so that they
will grow up to be erect, ine-looling
men and women, rather than stoop-
shouldered, narrow-chested, sluggish
were demonstrated BY Lille
D. Jones Of Williamsburg, Va, who
emphasized the importance of having
children caitivate the good-posture
habit as the best guaranty Of good
health in later life. She also showed Il