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Sanders Theatre was well filled last evening at the meeting in the interest of the negro and Indian education. The meeting was opened with music by the Hampton Quartette, which is composed of students of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. Dr. McKenzie made a somewhat lengthy introductory address, in which he said that the institute, whose representatives were to address the meeting, was founded on a principle and for a purpose essentially the same as our own university. He was followed by W. H. Daggs, a graduate of the school, who spoke of the advance of the negro since...
...What is needed is that the whites should settle in their midst; show them that there is no hard and defined boundary between the whites and the Indians. He said in conclusion that if a bond of sympathy is once established the progress of the Indians is assured. The Hampton Quartette rendered some very sweet negro melodies. They sang as an encore the favorite of all negro melodies, "Way Down on a Swanee Riber...
Meeting in the Interests of Hampton Institute. Addresses by Gen. S. C. Armstrong and others. Singing and speaking by colored and Indian students. Sanders Theatre, 7.30 p.m. The public are invited...
Meeting in the Interests of Hampton Institute. Addresses by Gen. S. C. Armstrong and others. Singing and Speaking by Colored and Indian Students. Sanders Theatre...
...furnishing, and of giving instead an opportunity for the Indian to earn his daily bread on lands which he himself can own apart from the tribal lands. Gen. Armstrong concluded his address with suggestions in regard to the government's policy, and an interesting account of the Hampton Institute and its work...