School Buildings from theJWater.
(Jfampton d)rix*>fitu£e is beautifully lo¬
cated on an arm of the Chesapeake Bay two miles from Old
Point Comfort, and is connected by numerous rail road
and boat lines with points north, east, south and west.
Its fifty or more buildings are equipped with every
convenience for health and comfort, as well as for efficient
paining.
Memorial Church, Academic Hall and Science Building.
©JR.6 Jfampfon d^n.x^I'ltlu.'tG has a regular aca¬
demic course of three years, to which a Normal course of
two years is supplementary, and an Indian school is prepar¬
atory. These continue from October to the middle of June-
A Night School, with a regular academic course,
continues through every month of the year except Septem¬
ber.
A History Class,
Normal students have practice teaching in an un¬
graded ModeH'School and in a primary day school o£ 300
Children whe£&, kindergarten, Sloyd, cooking and sewing
^.re a part ot t?lie. course.
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Normal graduates are prepared to teach in any grade
df Southern or Western schools.
Girls' Sewing Room.
The Academic course includes systematic training" in.
domestic science, sewing and physical culture for the girls,
and courses in manual training and mechanical drawing for
the boys.
The New Tracle School,
In the Trade School a young man is taught the ele¬
ments of some particular trade, and fitted in one year to
enter the shop where his trade will be completed. Trade
diplomas are given on the satisfactory completion of the
trade and the recipient is prepared to teach not only in the
class room but in the shop of any industrial school or to
practice his trade independently,
The Technical Shop.
The shops teaching complete trades are :
The Machine,
The Blacksmith,
The Wheelwright,
The Carpenter,
The Sawmill,
The Bricklaying,
The Paint,
The Harness,
The Shoe,
The Dressmaking,
The Tailoring,
The Printing.
Virginia Hall with Battalion.
The young men are organized into a battalion
officered from among their own number, but instructed and
drilled under the Commandant of Cadets and an army
officer.
The school band of twenty two pieces is made up of
student musicians. The gymnasium has recently been
fitted up for the boys.
Memorial Church.
The religious teaching of the School is absolutely
undenominational. Its beautiful church, with its chimes
and illuminated clock, was a gift to the School, and its pul¬
pit is free to all Christian teaching. It has a large student
choir.
In the Library.
All students have free access to a large library fur¬
nished with the best reference books, magazines and papers
and a museum of historical, geological and geographical
specimens.
A pleasant hospital is provided for the boys and
similar accommodations for the girls.
School Barn.
Agricultural students pass a part of every day in
the class room, in the green houses, vegetable or flower
gardens, the barn, dairy or on the farm.
Hampton has 110 acres under cultivation at the
School and a stock and dairy farm of 600 acres, 400 under
cultivation, a few miles away.
Class of '94.
Hampton,has sent out over 8,00 graduates, 90 per
c^;flt. .p| whom have taught in the South or West. Marty
are novV; holding' hgW^rabJe positions in schools and churches^
the professidtjand- ■ tf-ades.
School and House of two Hampton Students.
It has sent out over 500 Indians (not all graduates)
85 per cent of whom have made good records in the schools,
missions and agencies of the West, at trades or on farms
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and cattle ranges of their own.
In one of the Carpenter Shops.
Through friends of the Negro and Indian races
Hampton is enabled to offer free tuition to students who
prove themselves worthy.
Work is provided for able bodied, intelligent stu¬
dents helping them to meet their bo?.rd and incidental ex¬
penses.
One of the Blacksmith Shops.
ReeiL#:
100,000 will endow the library.
$50,000 will endow an industrial shop.
$10,000 will yield the salary of a teacher.
$5,000 will endow an alcove in the library.
$1,500 will endow a scholarship.
1,000 will endow a forge, or a lathe, or a carpenter's bench.
$500 will pay the salary of a teacher for one year.
$70 will educate a student for one year.
$30 will give a student one year's industrial training.
A Corner of the Wheelwright Shop.
Hampton is so largely dependent upon its friends
for support, that any contribution, no matter how small, is
most gratefully received.
All communications should be addressed to
H. B. FRISSELL, Principal,
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute,
Hampton, Va,
Printed by Students.