Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . ( observed Feb. 2 ) Indian Citizenship Day Washingtons Birthday Anniversary Exercises Class Day for candidates for certifi-catesClass Day for candidates for diplomasMemorial Day ( observed May 25 )New students arriveEntrance examinationsNew students assigned to workOld students arriveRegistration DayTerm begins in all departmentsThanksgiving DayChristmas Holidays begin 5 : 00 p. Holidays end 8 : 00 a. m. Emancipation Day Founders Day (observed Feb. 1 ) First half ends Second
Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . ( observed Feb. 2 ) Indian Citizenship Day Washingtons Birthday Anniversary Exercises Class Day for candidates for certifi-catesClass Day for candidates for diplomasMemorial Day ( observed May 25 )New students arriveEntrance examinationsNew students assigned to workOld students arriveRegistration DayTerm begins in all departmentsThanksgiving DayChristmas Holidays begin 5 : 00 p. Holidays end 8 : 00 a. m. Emancipation Day Founders Day (observed Feb. 1 ) First half ends Second half begins Indian Citizenship Day Washingtons Birthday Class Day. The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute The Hampton Normal and Agricultural Instituteis situated in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, onthe Hampton River, overlooking Hampton Roads. Itis two miles from Old Point Comfort and within easyreach of the town of Hampton, which is on the line ofthe Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. It is reached byelectric cars from Old Point Comfort and from New-port News, at both of which places steamers land fromNorthern and Southern ports. The school stands on a plantation of one hundredand eighty-five acres—the site of Hampton Hospital,one of the military hospitals of the Civil War. Thespot is famous for its beauty and for its historic associ-ations. It is a place peculiarly appropriate for the lo-cation of a school devoted to Indian and Negro educa-tion, being the site of the Indian village of Kecoughtan,from which the Indians were driven by white settlers,and near the spot where the first Negro slaves weresold in America. The Institute was opened in
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