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IN D IA N S A T H A M P T O N IN S T IT U T E A N N IV E R S A R Y
An important feature of the exercises in celebration of the forty-eigth
anniversary of Hampton Institute was the laying of the corner stone of
the Robert C. Ogden Auditorium,” a $150,000 building with a seating
capacity of 25,000 which is a national tribute to Robert Curtis Ogden,
who was such a devoted friend to Hampton Institute and did so much
for education all over the country.
Governor He.iry C. Sturat of Virginia presided at the exercises and
also laid the corner stone.
At the regular anniversary exercises 69 candidates for trade cetificates
and 90 candidates for diplomas were presented bv Dr. H. B. Frissell,
the principal of Hampton Institute, to the Board of Trustees.
Raymond W. Jamerson, a Seneca of Irving, N. Y., and Charles Mar-
tine, an Apache, of Apache, Okla., were candidates for agricultural certi
ficates. Among the candidates for diplomas were five Indians—George
P. Gunroe Bayfield, Wis., Luther S. Smith, West Depere, Wis., Daniel
N. Thomas, Sacaton, Ariz., Carrie Warren, Cantonment, Okla., and
Lucy E. Hunter Winnebago, Neb., all, except Thomas, having finished
a normal training course for teachers and being candidates for Virginia
State certificates.
I h e Indian represenative on the anniversary program was Daniel N.
Thomas, who delivered a very interesting paper on past and present con
ditions among the Pimas.
PRINTING DEMONSTRATION
R V IR V IN G S I I E P A R D
► accustomed are men to the accomplishment of vast
undertakings that they seldom stop to think of the
enormity of labor and expense required to perfect
great achievements. They stroll along beautiful
avenues, enjoying the order and harmony of archi
tecture on either side, but there comes to them no
conception of the manual labor that entered into the
magnificent homes, nor of the period of time that
elapsed before the building of homes reached its present state of
perfection.
Men ride in cars along streets, between buildings that are marvels of
size and structure, but they do not appreciate the greatness of the in
vention which transports them quickly or the fine arts of constructing