Atlanta Daily World

HAMPTON, Va.-Dr. Clarence H. Faust, president of the Fund for the Advancement of Education, was the featured speaker during the observance of Founder's Day and the 87th year at Hampton Institute, Sunday, January 30.

The former University of Chicago and Stanford University dean expressed his views about the "magnificent march of American education over the centuries." He said Hampton's founder, Samuel Chapman Armstrong, waged a personal war against ignorance, prejudice and the lack of education.

"The essence of education"-said the visitor "is to develop to its fullest possibilities, man's capacity for learning." The objective of education seemingly is the task of making the next generation better than the present.

The idea that the purpose of education is to get credit or grades, is wrong. "We can (and must) turn our minds upon our ideas. Education is the development of a capacity for pure reflection." Dr. Faust concluded by stating that it is "necessary for man to turn his mind, reflect and then judge situations."

Dr. Alonzo G. Moron, president of the College, inducted three new members into the Quarter-Century Club of Hampton Institute. Mrs. Ednora M. Cooper, assistant professor of home economics; William Mason Cooper, registrar; and Clarence W. Lewis, college butcher, were those honored for 25 years of service to the school.

The Hampton Choir, directed by Henry N. Switten, sang "Gently, Lord, O Gently Lead Us" (Dett) and "Let Us Cheer The Weary Traveler" (Dett). W. Barton Beatty, Jr., president of the Armstrong League of Hampton Institute, welcomed the audience, and Dr. Vernon P. Bodein, college chaplain, delivered the invocation and benediction.