HAMPTON 
 
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 MRTIME 
 
<4T URGE that the people continue to give 
 -i- generous support to their schools of all 
 grades * * * to die end that no boy or girl 
 shall have less opportunity for education be- 
 cause of the war .” — Woodrow Wilson 
 
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 in 2016 
 
 https://archive.org/details/hamptoninwartime00hamp_0 
 
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER 
 
HAMPTON IN WAR TIME 
 
 When a nation gives up its 
 best youth to save its princi- 
 ples and its freedom, it is 
 richer for the sacrifice. 
 
 — Armstrong 
 
PRESS OF THE HAMPTON NORMAL 
 AND AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 
 HAMPTON, VIRGINIA, 1918 
 
HAMPTON IN WAR TIME 
 
 Extracts from Letters of Hampton Men in the Service 
 
 tt/^'VNE thing Hampton taught me I am proud of, and that is to obey 
 orders. Nothing has helped me more since entering the army 
 than the ability to obey orders with a smile even if they seem unrea- 
 sonable.” 
 
 t<T HAD planned to enter the State Normal School during its summer 
 session. Because of my work at Hampton and here I would 
 have been able to complete the life state-certificate course in one term. 
 But now that the call has come for me to give my services to my 
 country I answer with a heart full of joy that I am able to give all 
 that I have struggled for since childhood. This experience will be three- 
 fold — for my country, for my future work, and above all for my God .” 
 
 7"ERY definitely I can recall that motto of our General Armstrong 
 T hanging over Major Washington’s door. It says ‘Put God and 
 Country first; ourselves afterwards.’ Is there anything more inspiring 
 than those words?” 
 
 (( 4 LTHOUGH I like army life very much it is strenuous. My 
 
 training at Hampton has given me ability to stick, no matter what 
 the hardships are, and I am making every effort to he a good soldier. ” 
 
 ((TTPON my arrival at Camp Sherman I immediately began work as 
 a corporal. After two weeks of this I was successful in passing 
 the examination for entrance to an Officers’ Training School. This 
 amounted to fifteen weeks of hard study, cramming, and concentration. 
 
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I was completely lost to the outside world. And when certificates of 
 graduation were passed out on April 20 I was among the successful can- 
 didates. At present I am attached to the next Officers’ Training School 
 as assistant instructor. Hampton has been my making. Before the 
 end of this world conflict I am hoping to accomplish still more. And 
 if it be my fate to pay the price upon the battlefield, rest assured that I 
 give my life gladly and that I remain loyal to the Stars and Stripes and 
 to Hampton.” 
 
 << T is very pleasing to be able to tell you that the training furnished 
 
 me at Hampton has proved invaluable to me in the work among 
 the soldier boys who come to my building from reveille to taps. With- 
 out the all-’round training that I received I am positive that often I 
 
 come to me in the course of a day. 
 
 ‘‘The work varies greatly in a period of twelve hours. I have been 
 called on for everything imaginable, from the lending of a needle to the 
 witnessing of a will. Once I have loaned my presence to a marriage 
 ceremony, and four Sundays ago assisted the Chaplain in the sacred 
 duties of baptism of five young men who were leaving for ‘Somewhere 
 in France.’ ” Y. M. C. A. Secretary 
 
 <(TTTHY should I, a Negro, be willing to lay down my life in this 
 t Y war? This question comes on every hand. My only answer 
 is this : This old world is going to be made better only by inches. Every 
 inch upward is going to be won only by sacrifice. The sentiment to- 
 wards the oppressed, Negro or Jew, is going to be improved only as 
 world sentiment against oppression is strengthened.’ 
 
 (4T went to camp as a volunteer to be a saddler for the regiment. 
 _I_ Later I was told by one of the officers who is in charge of all the 
 shops that if my work was good I would be given a class to teach. I 
 have at present four boys who have been sent to me for instruction. 
 I am trying to turn out a saddler for each company before we leave for 
 the overseas service.” 
 
 should find myself handicapped in dealing with the many problems that 
 
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SHIPPING BOOKCASES. MADE IN THE TRADE SCHOOL. TO THE 
 LIBRARY WAR SERVICE 
 
 MAKING CHECKER BOARD TABLES FOR THE ARMY Y. M. C. A. 
 
HAMPTON GIRLS ENGAGED IN RED CROSS WORK 
 
 TRAINING FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE 
 
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SUMMER TEACHERS LEARNING TO CONSERVE FOOD 
 
OVER 400 TEACHERS IN HAMPTON’S SUMMER SCHOOL 
 
 RECEIVED. BESIDES THE REGULAR COURSES. INSTRUCTION IN FOOD 
 PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION IN THE HOME SERVICE 
 OF THE RED CROSS 
 
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LUXURIANT CROPS IN INSTRUCTORS’ WAR GARDENS 
 
 HAMPTON’S CROP OF CEREALS THIS YEAR.0918) WILL BE 
 OVER 9000 BUSHELS 
 
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SOME OF THE HAM PTONI ANS IN THE 
 
 HAMPTON MEN IN THE FIFTEENTH INFANTRY BAND 
 
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FIRST NEGRO ENGINEER REGIMENT 
 
 THE HAMPTON SCHOOL BATTALION 
 
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" WHITTIER-MITES” WITH THEIR WAR AFGHANS 
 
 A CHILDREN’S KNITTING CLASS 
 
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THE WHITTIER SCHOOL ENCOURAGES HOME GARDENS 
 
 BUYERS OF THE WOOL USED IN THE WAR AFGHANS 
 
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SOLDIER STUDENTS : SETTING-UP EXERCISES 
 
 THE WAR DEPARTMENT SENDS 500 SOLDIERS EVERY TWO MONTHS 
 TO BE TRAINED BY HAMPTON INSTITUTE IN ONE OF ITS 
 ELEVEN ARMY EMERGENCY COURSES 
 
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STUDENT SOLDIERS: MILITARY DRILL 
 
 SOLDIERS IN THE ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT 
 
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SOLDIER MOTOR-TRUCK MECHANICS 
 
 SOLDIERS IN THE WHEELW RICH TING COURSE 
 
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PRACTICAL WORK OF SOLDIER CARPENTERS 
 
 CLARKE HALL AS A HOSTESS HOUSE 
 
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HAMPTON INSTITUTE RED CROSS AUXILIARY 
 
 SOME OF THE BOOKS COLLECTED AT HAMPTON INSTITUTE FOR 
 CAMP LIBRARIES FOR NEGRO SOLDIERS 
 
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THE HAMPTON INSTITUTE BATTALION MARCHING IN THE LIBERTY 
 LOAN PARADE OF THE TOWN OF HAMPTON 
 
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"THE BATTALION BABY" 
 
 FRENCH ORPHAN, SUZANNE, ADOPTED BY 
 THE HAMPTON INSTITUTE BATTALION 
 
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES 
 
 WILLIAM H. TAFT, President, New Haven, Conn. 
 FRANCIS G. PEABODY, Vico President, Cambridge, Mass. 
 CLARENCE H. KELSEY, Vice President, New York City 
 GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY. New York City 
 CHARLES E. BIGELOW, New York City 
 ARTHUR CURTISS JAMES, New York City 
 WILLIAM JAY SCHIEFFEL1N, 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 
 CHESTER B. EMERSON. Detroit, Michigan 
 JAMES E. GREGG, Hampton, Virginia 
 ROBERT R. MOTON, Tuskegee, Alabama 
 
 To make Hampton s work possible it is necessary to raise 
 annually over $1 35,000 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 James E. Gregg, Principal, or 
 F. K. Rogers, Treasurer, Hampton, Va. 
 
 General Armstrong said: “Hampton must not go down. 
 
 See to it, you who are true to the black and red races of the 
 land, and to just ideas of education.’’ 
 
 FORM OF BEQUEST 
 
 I give and devise to The Trustees of the Hampton Normal 
 and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia, the sum of 
 dollars, payable 
 
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