Word: atendance
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hampton Normal Institute, large Negro school at Norfolk, Va., faculty & student body took issue. Four hundred students went on strike, refused to atend classes or sing at church service. The faculty countered by suspending classes. Thereupon, 900 of the 1,200 students entrained for home. The striking students may return to Hampton provided they apply in writing, pledging loyalty & obedience. Otherwise they are automatically ousted. The controversy resulted from the students protesting by strike against the illumination of Assembly Hall during cinema performances. The illumination was insisted upon by the faculty because, darkened, the room had been used...