Hampton Institute.

The Rev. H. B. Turner delivered a very entertaining lecture last evening at Boylston Hall on the Hampton Institute. The lecture was illustrated throughout by the stereopticon and the views shown gave one a splendid idea of the work that the Institute is doing.

The story of Hampton Institute is a very difficult one to tell in a short time and we must hurry on in order to give the briefest idea of the Institute.

Hampton Institute is situated on a point of land in the Chesyeake Bay. It was there that the cargoes of slaves were landed and the place where the Indian was first baptized. General Armstrong who was in command of some negro troops at his place during the war, afterwards thought what a grand work could be done with the colored race at that place. A few years later the Institute was founded and Mr. Armstrong was at its head.

The history of the Institute began as all great works began. It began with a few buildings and a little money, until now it is on a solid basis and doing a magnificent work.

If one who saw the condition of the negroes of the South after the war should see it now, he would see what a marvelous advance has been made. They have improved in every way and this especially in their homes.

The work of the Hampton student does not end with his graduation. The school does not give a dollar to a student hat he earn himself. He earns money to support himself. His +++ however is given him. Many of the young men who came to Hampton poor and ignorant now have comfortable homes, which they have built themselves and own entirely.

Many Indians are also brought to Hampton from the West, they go and graduate the same as the negro.

Mr. Turner then displayed some very interesting pictures showing the difference of the students., before coming and after leaving the Institute, He also showed scenes from the Western reservations, giving a clear idea of the manner in which the Indians are treated and how little effort is made to educate them.

In closing he stated that the cost of running the Institute for one year is about $155,000, That the United States gives $20,000 for the Indians, the State of Virginia $10,000 and $10,000 is made from investments. A large amount is also got from the work done in the school. The rest is made up in various ways.

The total number of students is about eleven hundred.