^ lie jjarapton formal anJ ^ri cultural Juptitute.
( Opened in i.r6S. )
530 Negroes. 1 33 Indians.
TRUSTEES.
Mr. Elp.ert R. Monroe, Preset, Connecticut.
Rev. M. E. Strieby. D. D., /'ice-Preset ^ New York.
Judge R. W. Hughes, Second I ~ice-Pres't, Virginia.
Sen. S. C. Armstrong, Virginia. Rev. Alexander McKenzie, D. D., Mass.
VTen. J. b . B. Marshall, Massachusetts Mr George Foster Peabody, New York.
Mr. Robert C. Ogden, Pennsylvania. Col. Thomas Tabb, Virginia.
Hon. Lewis H. Steiner, Maryland. Judge Amzi Dodd, LL. D., New Jersey.
Mr. Charles L. Mead, New York. Rev. C. H . Parkhurst, D. D.. New York.
Mr. A. K. Smiley, New \ork. Rev. \V. N. McVickar, D. D., Pennsylvania.
The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute stands on the shores of Hampton
Creek, a little below the town of Hampton, Ya., two and a half miles from Fort Monroe,
on an estate of one hundred and fifty acres, once known as " Little Scotland," and during
the war known as " Camp Hamilton," where many thousands of sick and wounded Union
soldiers were cared for.
The first slaves brought to America were landed a few miles off, on the James River ;
here the earliest English civilization on this continent was established, and here it first came
into contact with the Indian race. The second Protestant church built in America stands in
the town. Here was the first baptism of an Indian child, and the first conflict between the
whites and India: s.
During the war, Hampton, Va., was regarded by the freedmen as a City of Refug?. Here
they were first set free. In the neighborhood a great number of " contrabands " collected,
and were protected and provided for by the Government, and tne first school for freedmen
was established among them. The beauty and- healthfulness of the spot;, its accessibility by
water and railroad communication, (as well to Northern markets as to .the region of the
Chesapeake Bay and the whole of Virginia, the Atlantic S:ates, and recently by the Chesa¬
peake and Ohio, and Norfolk and Western Railro'ads (parts of trans-confinental lines,) to all
the Southern and Western States,) with the densi'y of the colored population in its vicinity
and within easy reach, amounting to two millions of Negroes, have marked it out as a suit¬
able centre for a great educational work. In April, i863, the School was opened with fifteen
scholars, on a manual labor basis, under the auspices of the American Missionary Associa.
tion ; but i; has long been independent of that and all other societies.
In June, 1870, the Institute received a charter from the General Assembly of Virginia,
creating this an independent corporation,giving power to the Trustees to choose their own suc¬
cessors, and to hold property without taxation. They number seventeen, and now hold and
control the entire property of the School, which is,in real estate, $502,038.39 (cost;) in endow¬
ment $182,580.09, Their corporate title is "The Trustees of the Hampton Normal and Agri¬
cultural Institute." No denomination has a majprity on the Board of Trus'ees. This School
is devoted to Christian education, but is conducted in the interest of no sect. A copy of its
charter will be sent on application.
By its charter the School is devoted to no race, but is open to and intended for these who
need it most. Hence its large attendance of Negroes.
In 1878 it responded to an appeal in behalf of young Indians, captive warriors under the
care of Capt. R. H. Pratt in Florida, by taking seventeen,—whose cruel and bloody record
proved to be no barrier to their improvement; and now, with government aid for 120, it is
training 133 Indian youth of both sexes. Investigation of the record of the 247 Indians who
have returned to their homes in the past ten years shows that the large majority have done
from fairly well to very well; while many have failed at times, only seventeen have become
worthless or bad. They are employed as teachers, mechanics, farmers, planters, clerks,
laborers; about one third in government service. Inquiry into the details of their record,
which is carefully kept, is invited, and information will be furnished on application to the
Principal.
" FOri THE INDIAII, LABCR MUtT BE. FOR THE 13'
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Winona Lodge : ifi Indian Girls. Virginia Hxll: 139 Colored Girls. Librai-y and Offices. Stone Hall- iVintinu un
Griggs Hall: 8 Teachers. Principal's House. King's Chapel Hospital, in rear. Wigwam S7 Indian Boys. A
Laundry, in'rear: 87 Girls, Colored Girls Cottage: 57 Gymnasium, in rear. Memorial « |
Six Cottages for Indian Families in rear. In the rear are Barn, Stables, Carpenter, Blacksmith,Jj it
150 acre" of land for Dairy, Truck and general Farming: 8o boys. The " Hcmenvp..-
Principal, S. C. Armstrong.
Vice Principal, H. B. Frissell.
Measurer, F. N. Oilman. Devoted to Training 7a
Hampton Normal and Agrioiito
The Eagerness of Negroes for Education is shown by their
Crowded Schools Everywhere.
In this School, the unprecedented number of boarders this year, (i(>3, will be gradually
reduced to the standard number of ahout 6oo students of both sexes, of whom 133 are Indians.
Average age 17 years, representing 13 states and territories, also Japan, China, Africa, the Ha¬
waiian Islands, Cuba and Hayti.
Number of day pupils in Preparatory Department, (Whittier School), 300 ; Pay pupils in
the Normal School, 12.
Number of officers, teachers, managers, assistants, clerks and nurses, 83, of whom nearly
one half are in the fifteen Industrial Department as heads or helpers.
Over one thousand souls are on the School grounds, teaching and being taught.
Hampton's 750 Negro graduates are chiefly engaged as teachers in the public free
schools of Virginia and other states, being in constant demand for that work. There are
nearly two thousand colored schools in Virginia alone, whose greatest need is good teach¬
ers. They support themselves, between sessions, mostly by manual labor; and, by superior
skill, aid in the industrial development of their people. Many are Farmers, Mechanics, Bus¬
iness Men, Physicians and Clergymen.
Two teachers correspond with and supply reading matter regularly to these graduates.
A'complete record of them will soon be published.
FORM OF BEQUEST.
I give and devise to the Trustees of the Normal and Agricultural Institute
at Hampton, Va„ the sum of dollars, payable etc., etc.
3C, LABOR MUST EE FREE." (Garfield.)
Tailoring: Dormitories, 101 Bjys. Graves and Mirq'iand Cottages 117 Colored Boys. Pierce Machine Shop 19 Boys
demie Hall—Class Rooms-. K7 Boys in Attic. Science Bldg. 23 Boys in Attic. | Huntington Industrial Works,
apel. Technical Shnji and Training Shop, in rear. 20 boys ^ Saw MiH^ E^d^^Vood ^Working Shop,
Wheelwright, Tin, Shoe, and Harness Shops: 63 boys in all.
y Harm" (grain and stock) of 553 acres, 4 miles distant, is cultivated by 10 students.
urai Institute, Hampton, Va.,
•achers and Workers.
ITS NEEDS.
1st. Annual Scholarships of $70.
2nd. Permanent Scholarships of $1,500.
3rd. Gifts for the general work of the School.
4th. An Endowment Fund.
Amount to be annually raised from charity $60,000.
Let us Make the Teachers and We Will Make the People.
Fdnration by Self Help is the fundamental idea of the School. Last year, colored stu¬
dents earned $50,146.37 in the household industries, on the farms and in the *2 work shops,
paying that amount towards the total charge of $55,118.01 for their board, etc. (at $10 a month
each,) clothing and books; the balance being met by cash payments and a small amount of
aid from the Beneficiary fund. More students than ever before are paying all their living
expenses by labor.
Tuition costs seventy dollars a year, which they cannot pay, and must be provided by
friends. It is solicited of people who are willing and able to help those who help them¬
selves.
The board and clothing of 120 Indians, at $167 apiece per annum, i= given by the govern¬
ment; thirteen more are on charity. They work half of each day, but their labor is
chiefly for instruction and does not go towards their support.
The foundation of the School is the class of Work Students, over 200, who
labor on wages ten hours a day, and, for eleven months of their first year, study from seven to
nine o'clock at night; then enter the Norma], or three years' English course, and study
four days each week, working two.
The School is open the entire year, with an attendance of about 300 boarders in the sum¬
mer. Fifty-two Indians spent July, August and September working in families in the North.
" If any will not work, neither shall he eat." Unless the Indian will "blister his
hands," he will fail as an American citizen. His great progress in the past ten years gives
ground for hope. The Negro, at Hampton and elsewhere, is struggling for education with
an energy never surpassed in the history of any race.
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The Hampton Institute is not a Government School,
It Needs Sixty Thousand Dollars a Year in Contributions
From the People.
While receiving $10,000 a year, interest on college land scrip fund, from
the state of Virginia, tor doing the work of a State Agricultural College for
Negroes, and $20,000 annually from the U. S. Treasury for training 120 Ind¬
ian youth, the Hampton Institute is chiefly dependent on the charity of the
people for its support.
The total annual current expense is about $98,000, of which a little over
$8,000 is yielded by its small Endowment fund; $30,000 are from public sources, as
above stated ; and'the remainder, $60,000, has, so far, come from friends by gifts
and legacies, in "mites," and in thousands at a time. The School has no soci¬
ety at its back, nor any adequate money raising agency. Help to it goes direct,
and is accounted for in detail to all contributors.
The closest scrutiny of the School's accounts and work of all kinds is in¬
vited.
Permanent and reliable means of support are its great need; hence a par¬
tial endowment fund is sought.
Much of the students' "hard earnings" is non-productive, and a drain
upon the School's resources, but Instruction is as important as Production.
Not what the boy can do for the shop, but what the shop can do for the boy, is
the question. Poverty and ignorance, with unbounded pluck and purpose, are
the facts before us
Thorough training of head, hand and heart, by Christian teachers, and the
spirit of self help, create a self reliance, skill and character that seem to justify
the Hampton School in asking the people for $60,000 a year to help do its
work of supplying teachers and leaders for the Negro and Indian races" of our
country.
Contributions may be sent to, and further information obtained from
S. C. Armstrong, principal
H. B. frissell, Vice Principal,
or F. N. Gilman, Treasurer.
Hampton, Va., Nov. iSSg.
prooramnje of Jfeeting in|jcl|alf of j^egro an3 JnSianJJilccation.
all are invited.
SlaVe Soipgs of tlpe Soutlp,
Hampton Quartette.
Africa aip& •Anpericsi,
Arthur Boykin, Class of'81.
Slpe 016 Isife aip6 tlpe KeV/ Ltife,
Henry Kingman, Sioux Student from Dakota.
Slpe § outlperip fiel6,
W. H. Daggs, Clas; of '78.
MoVv I Got np\^ £i6ucatioip.
John Pattee, Sioux Student from Dakc ta.
J^enparl^s bv] Geip. S. G. Arnpstroipg, J^eV. H. B. frissell atpS others.