"Educative Experience"

It is unlikely that a Negro will be elected to the U. S. Presidency for many a generation to come. But even in the South a Negro may take an academic interest in politics. Hampton Institute (Virginia) did not, like certain other institutions, hold mock conventions last spring to nominate presidential candidates. But last week it went the white colleges one better, announced an "election" to be held Nov. 4,-- an ''inaugural ceremony" March 4. In the November election. Hampton students will cast their ballots not only for President and Vice President but also for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and many another nonelective official. Then on March 4 the elected Hamptonians-- students and faculty members--will go through the curious motions, minute by minute and detail by detail, of the real inaugural taking place in Washington. In Hampton's inaugural there may be a Franklin Delano Roosevelt. There is sure to be a Hampton Hoover, either as retiring president or president-elect. To administer the oath there will be a Hampton Chief Justice Hughes, "bearing as close a resemblance as possible. ..." There will be an Inaugural Parade, with "colorful and pleasing surprises." All is in charge of Isaac Fisher, general secretary of Hampton's Y. M. C. A., who put on a similar show in 1928 and has since worked diligently for "great improvement." Said Hampton's pressagent: "The College will have an educative experience."

'Real election day is Nov. 8

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