The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute HAMPTON VIRGINIA H. B. FRISSELL, Principal F. K. ROGERS, Treasurer H. B. TURNER, Chaplain What it is Object An undenominational industrial school founded in 1868 by To train teachers and industrial leaders Equipment Land, 1200 acres; buildings, 135 Courses Academic, trade, agriculture, business, home economics Enrollment Negroes, 1317; Indians, 82; total, 1399 Results Needs Graduates, 1612; ex-students, over 6000 Indians Outgrowths: Tuskegee, Calhoun, Mt. Meigs, and many $125,000 annually above regular income Any contribution, however small, will be gratefully received and may be sent to H. B. FRISSELL, Principal, or to F. K. ROGERS, Treasurer, Hampton, Virginia. FORM OF BEQUEST I give and devise to the trustees of The Hampton Normai and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia, the sum of payable dollars, THE SOUTHERN WORKMAN was founded by Samuel Chapman Armstrong in 1872, and is a monthly magazine devoted to the interests of undeveloped races. A complete list will be sent on application. One dozen will be sent free to Southern teachers and superintendents. To all others the price is fifty cents per dozen. Address: Publication Office, The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia The Southern Workman VOL. XL JULY 1911 NO. 7 A New Reconstruction Editorials Dr. Walter Page, editor of the World's Work, put into book form some years ago, under the title, "Reconstructing Old Commonwealths," a number of addresses on Southern conditions, which he had delivered on various occasions. The work that is going on in the Old Dominion and other Southern states under the name of education is most fascinating. It is really what Dr. Page calls it, a work of reconstruction. This word is not popular in the South, for it is associated with some endeavors at reconstruction just after the war which were not altogether wise, but the work that is now being carried on commands the cordial support of all the best people of the South. Some years ago a small company of Southern men and women met with a few representatives from the North at Capon Springs in West Virginia, to talk over the question of education in the Southern States. Among the number were Hon. William L. Wilson, a member of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet, Bishop Dudley of Kentucky, and several professors from the University of Virginia and Washington and Lee. At the second session of this Conference for Education in the South Hon. J. L. M. Curry, former Minister to Spain, a Confederate general and a member of the Confederate and Federal Congresses, took an active part. At that meeting Mr. Robert C. Ogden of New York was elected president for the ensuing year, and has acted as president ever since. Under his wise leadership the Conference grew in importance, and great educational meetings, bringing together prominent men and women from all parts of the country, have been held in almost every Southern state. The Southern Education Board, growing out of this Conference, was chosen by Mr. Ogden; and Hill of Georgia, McIver of North Carolina, Alderman of Virginia, Walter Page, Edgar Murphy, Houston, Kirkland, Mitchell, Claxton, Rose, Dillard, and other leaders of Southern educational thought, have served loyally as members under Mr. Ogden's leadership. Smaller organizations for improving school conditions have been formed in almost every state. In Virginia, under the leadership of the Governor and the Superintendent of Schools, the Co-operative Education Commission was formed. With the cordial co-operation of the General Education Board, the Peabody Board, the State and United States Departments of Agriculture, and the Jeanes Fund Board, campaigns have been carried on for the improvement of the rural schools of this state. Mrs. Munford and Mrs. Dashiell of Richmond have enlisted the women of the Commonwealth in this great movement. The General Education Board, co-operating with the Agricultural Department in Washington, has done much to reconstruct the agriculture of Virginia, and a determined effort is now being made to improve the social life of the rural districts. President Alderman and his able board of workers stand in the closest relation with the work of the rural public schools. Able men, appointed by the state, supervise the work of both white and Negro schools. Negro supervisors, trained at Hampton and Petersburg, are introducing industrial training, especially adapted to the needs of the various communities, into the Negro public schools of the different counties. The Sanitary Commission, under the John D. Rockefeller Foundation, co-operating with the State Board of Health, is reconstructing sanitary conditions in the state. Antituberculosis leagues have been formed among both whites and blacks. A society similar to the Co-operative Education Commission has been organized among the Negroes with Major R. R. Moton of Hampton as its president, which is bringing together the Negro churches and other organizations into one great movement in favor of better education and better sanitation. This is known as the Negro Organization Society. The name which is more closely associated with this great movement than any other is that of Mr. Robert C. Ogden, who has just celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday. To him we offer our hearty |