Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-12-14
Department. or Domestic science.

The school comprehends a home and
partial personal supervision of the daily
life as we'll as the studies of the pupils
1t has pleasant anG comfortable Quar-
tiers and excellent equipment for : ~, >.
I'll lines of educational pursuit T1e
eir.oulum includes. besides t.,c
branches ordinarily taught in acade-
miles, physical culture. manual training.
art music, dancing and agriculture.
ohe OF the newest and most novel de-
partments is that of domestic science.
IN which the students are taught the
secrets Oh good cooking and good eat
ing. A practical kitchen is in operation.
New shops have also been recentiy
erected. in which wood ami iron v,,rls
is taught. The scientific department is
especially well equipped. and TO n
Thomas Lloyd-Jones. university grad
uate. is devoting his life work as in.
structor. The teachers employed are all
specialists and ahege trained The
c. Lloyd-Jones and Miss Jane I.lovd-
Jones. whose success in the founding
and building of this school, have Civ
en- them a deservedly great reputation
In educational circles throughout the
northwest, They are sisters OF, Rev.
Jenkin Lloyd-Jones OF Chicago, who en-
couraged the founding of the school and
whose personal influence brings TO II
many pupils from the foremost homes
or Chicago. Previous to the establish
ment of the school, the senior principal.
Miss Ellen Lloyd-Jones. had for nine
years held the chair of history In the
River Falls normal school.
The territory from which the nun;Is
are drawn this year includes wiscon-
sin Illinois. Minnesota, MichSan.
Iowa, Indiana. Ohio, Kansas, New Mex
ico Arizona. and New York One young
lady at the school purchased a ticket
straight through from Hawaii She is
or native and, of Japanese parentage,
Levi Toxic by name. She Is very
bright and skillful and takes much OF
the American conceit out of the teach
ers and her fellow-students. She will
remain two years. and after graduation
will return to her native home and fol-
low teaching.
An Ideal Home.
Many prominent families are repre-
sented in the student body. among them
some millionaires. Wealthy parents
NhO NaiiR HiONCNt eftI uduknIeTS
from enerVatine anu dangerous inf1u-
ences of society in their early teens
find here an ideal home Florence Fifer.
daughter of Ex-Governor and Mrs. Jo-
seph w. Fifer. was a graduate of 1895.
Miss Georgia HAYDEN, daughter Of II.
II. Hayden of Eau Claire, who has since
been graduated from the university and
studied in Europe, was one of the class
OF '92. The Moon and Burlington fam
| lilies of Eau Claire and the Hicks OF
| Oshkosh are among others OF proni-
nence also represented.
A delightful and wholesome freedom
marks the school life OF this rural re-
| treat. The roads afford excellent BIZ
| cycling. the river fishing and boating.
Al the school dancing is taught and
enjoyed. The absence of other distrae-
lions leads TO the cultivation Of out
door sports. The girls become athletic.
expert horsewomen. and this is che OF
the few communities in which the la
dies ride astride with no thought of i'm
propriety on the part OF any one AL
together the school is a most excellent
institution. the pride and JOY Of the
neighborhood population. with whom II
exchanges congratulations on environ