Catalogue of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year (1910) (14592777130)

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Title: Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year ..
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Subjects: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Publisher: Hampton : Institute Steam Press
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign



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and rhetoric, and the relation of thephysical sciences to human development. In addition to the time given to study, much timewill be given to actual work in the neighborhood, inhomes and gardens, in night schools, clubs, churches,and other helpful social activities. SUMMER SCHOOL There will be a summer session for teachers andfor business men, begining June 14 and ending July 12.A descriptive circular will be sent by the ApplicationDepartment, on request. HAMPTON NEGRO CONFERENCE The Annual Negro Conference for 1910 will beheld on Wednesday and Thursday, July 13 and 14. The most important results of the last Conferencewere the organization of a state anti-tuberculosis soci-ety and the appointment of a committee to devise planswhereby all institutions in Virginia, educational, reli-gious, and business, could unite in a campaign for theeducation of all the colored people in Virginia. The reports of the progress of these two move-ments will constitute an interesting and instructive 100
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MISSIONARY TRAINING—READING TO THE AGED HAMPTON NEGRO CONFERENCE part of the 1910 conference. Such reports are valua-ble, not only in the information which they give, butalso in the suggestion of methods of work to be clonein other states. The committee on religion and morals are pre-paring information on the place and power of the relig-ious press. This is a reading age, and it is importantthat the religious papers of the colored race shall attainto a high standard. The Virginia Board of Charities and Correctionwill send a representative to tell the conference someof the ways in which colored people can help the statein caring for the poor, the unfortunate,and the criminal. The subject of most general interest to be discussedis that of the home. The plan is to have a symposiumin which the home will be considered from variouspoints of view. The round tables on farming, insurance, womanswork, teaching, and other special interests, will giveopportunity for some valuable group discussi