HAMPTON * *
PREPAREDNESS
MEMORIAL CHURCH
HAMPTON
PREPAREDNESS
THE HAMPTON INSTITUTE WATER FRONT
The aim of the Hampton School is to send out
men and women " whose culture shall be upon the
whole circle of living, and who will do a quiet
work that shall make the land purer and better."
THE HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY
The Library furnishes students information
and inspiration, cultivates a taste for literature,and
teaches them to use books profitably. Boys and
girls use the Library to supplement their work in
the shop and classroom.
CULTIVATING THE MISSIONARY SPIRIT
The Hampton spirit is the spirit of service.
Girls as well as boys take an active part in neigh¬
borhood work. A club of Senior girls ministers to
the poor at Christmas time.
CLARKE HALL, THE Y. M. C. A. CENTER
The Y. M. C. A. is a school of practical Chris¬
tian service. Its members carry hope and cheer
to the poorhouse, the Old Folks' Home, the Sol¬
diers' Home hospital, the jail, and the cabins.
STUDENTS THRESHING WHEAT
The fact that agriculture will be the ivocation
of a large majority of the Negro race, and the
avocation of many more, has caused Hampton to
give instruction in agriculture to all students.
REPAIRING FARM MACHINERY
Agricultural knowledge is carried to the coun¬
try people through extension work, including con¬
ferences for farmers, state and county fair exhibits,
farm-demonstration work, women's sewing, can¬
ning, and garden work.
SEEDING FOR GRAIN AT SHELLBANKS
The actual performance by the students of the
work in the dairy barn, horse barn, poultry plant,
piggery, vegetable garden, creamery, and on the
farm gives the course practical value.
HARVESTING SWEET POTATOES
Students choosing agriculture as a vocation
take a four-year course, including a careful study
of, and thorough practice in, the subject of soils,
plant life, gardening, horses, cows, hogs, poultry,
and dairying.
PUPIL-TEACHERS AT WORK
Each pupil-teacher at the Whittier Training
School, attended by the children of a neighboring
community, is put in charge of a group of children,
for whose teaching, under competent supervision,
she is responsible for four months.
A SUMMER-SCHOOL COOKING LESSON
Through its Summer School Hampton extends
its ideas to between four and five hundred Negro
teachers, who in turn pass them on to hundreds of
Southern communities. Principals, supervisors,
and teachers of rural schools attend.
A HAMPTON OUTGROWTH
Throughout the South women are doing help¬
ful work for the girls and women of their race as
teachers, industrial supervisors, and directors of
home-makers' clubs. They are also active in
settlement and community work.
A HAMPTON BY-PRODUCT
As a result of social-service work in one county
this modern schoolhouse for colored children has
been built. The timber was given by the patrons
from their farms, and the house was built entirely
by them.
MENDING THE WEEK'S WASHING
All the girls at Hampton are taught sewing,
and have practice in making and mending clothing.
Those showing special aptitude are employed in
the Dressmaking Shop, where orders are taken for
making and remodeling dresses.
LEARNING BY DOING
The Hampton Institute Laundry gives instruc¬
tion to every girl during her course. An average
of 25,000 pieces pass through the laundry every
week. Both hand and machine work are taught.
THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF COOKING
The aim of the work in domestic science
is to teach thoughtfulness, cleanliness, and accuracy
in the various household activities. The dormi¬
tories, kitchens, and tea house furnish practical
laboratories.
PRACTICAL DOMESTIC ART
The Sewing Room furnishes sheets, pillow¬
slips, caps, and aprons for various departments.
The weaving department, with the training that it
gives in color and design, develops the taste of the
girls.
THE ANNIVERSARY MARCH TO DINNER
The young men are under military discipline,
and are formed into a battalion of six companies
with student officers. The military system re¬
sults in an erect carriage, prompt obedience, and
respect for authority.
READY FOR WHOLESOME RECREATION
Track athletics, baseball, basketball, football,
and gymnastic work promote the physical develop¬
ment of the boys. Hampton's football eleven has
this year gained the championship of Negro schools
in the North Atlantic states.
ON FIRE PREVENTION DAY
The fire company is composed of all the boys,
to each of whom a responsible station is assigned.
On Fire Prevention Day demonstrations are given
of the various methods used in extinguishing a fire.
MAKING THEMSELVES FIT
Every student receives training in calisthenics
with wands and dumb-bells, and in folk, indoor,
and apparatus games. The girls also play basket¬
ball and tennis, and pupil-teachers are taught to
supervise children's games.
PRACTICAL BLACKSMITHING
The blacksmith-in-the-making, like all Hamp¬
ton tradesmen, learns to do his work accurately
and neatly. Through tasks of graduated difficulty,
he learns to do common tasks with skill and un¬
derstanding.
TECHNICAL CARPENTRY
Negroes and Indians master the building art
at Hampton and prepare to meet life's emergen¬
cies by learning how to make good use of their re¬
sources— time, tools, skill, and moral qualities.
IN THE MACHINE SHOP
Ability, patience, judgment—these are fruits
of Hampton's trade training. Learning by doing
becomes an educational practice and not merely
an educational theory. The machinists are building
a 22-inch turret lathe worth $2000.
BRICK CONSTRUCTION WORK
Students in the bricklaying and plastering de¬
partment touch the Hampton School at many points.
They set boilers ; build ovens ; make and repair
walks. Hampton graduates are successful journey¬
men, teachers, and contractors.
WHERE SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS ARE PRINTED
Literature describing Hampton and its meth¬
ods, and leaflets for rural-school teachers are sent
to all parts of the world by the Publication Office.
To 753 periodicals Hampton regularly sends in¬
formation on Negro and Indian progress.
OUT OF THE OLD INTO THE NEW
Graduates and ex-students of Hampton are
indispensable factors in its extension work—build¬
ing up communities in the South and West, and
teaching in the outgrowths of Hampton and in the
county training schools.
THE "HAMPTON" ON A CAMPAIGN CRUISE
The Campaign Office receives 20,000 visitors
annually, sending them with well-trained student
guides to see the various departments of the school.
It also directs Hampton's educational and financial
campaigns.
A RETURNED INDIAN FARMER
Since 1878 Hampton has fitted Indian students
to serve their people as leaders. Some are in
mission work, others in Government service,
The majority of the men are farmers and stock-
raisers, the women, homemakers.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
WILLIAM H. TAFT, President, New Haven, Conn.
FRANCIS G. PEABODY, Vice President, Cambridge, Mass.
CLARENCE H. KELSEY, Vice President, New York City
HOLLIS B. FRISSELL, Secretary, Hampton, Va.
GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY, New York City
CHARLES E. BIGELOW, New York City
ARTHUR CURTISS JAMES, New York City
WILLIAM JAY SCHIEFFELIN, New York City
LUNSFORD L. LEWIS, Richmond. Va.
WILLIAM M. FRAZIER, Philadelphia, Pa.
FRANK W. DARLING, Hampton, Va.
SAMUEL C. MITCHELL, Newark, Del.
ROBERT BACON, New York City
W. CAMERON FORBES, Boston, Mass.
ALEXANDER B. TROWBRIDGE, New York City
To make Hampton's work possible it is neces¬
sary to raise annually over $135,000 by voluntary
contributions.
A full scholarship for both academic
and industrial instruction - - $ 100
Academic scholarship - 70
Industrial scholarship ... 30
Endowed full scholarship • - 2500
Any amount you may care to contribute,
however small, will be gratefully received by
H. B. Frissell, Principal, or F. K. Rogers, Treas¬
urer, Hampton, Va.
FORM OF BEQUEST
I give and devise to The Trustees of the Hamp¬
ton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton,
Virginia, the sum of dollars,
payable