The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-07-10

J crust of their conservatism.
Not aloug'I visited one of thes.
schools near the Hot Springs of Nortt
Carolina, which was founded by I
Dartmouth College man named Luke
Dorland. who wen. acTrS tthhss1e luau,
years ago for his health. AS he wan
derod over the mountains, studying
the lives and habits of the people, he
was most impressed by their abomina.
BILE cooking and started schcol "a hil
kitchen. He could accommodate but
few pupils, whom he selected from
among the brightest girls in the neigh.
borhood, but the field was wide and
the school kept growing until it now
consists of several departments, which
are under the supervision Of the Wo-
mems Home Missionary Society Of the
Presbyterian Church. At Asheville
there is similar industrial school,
where 100 girls from IL to 18 years
cid, are being taught housework, cook
ing, sewing, gardening and other prao-
tioal knowledge. It costs only S75 a
year to educate one Of these girls and
''do not >know where money can be
better invested. There is also nor
NAL school where the brighte, minds
are trained to teach others what they
themselves have learned OF the. house
hold arts, and 1870 young missionaries
are being fitted to go into the noun
tains to preach the gospel of order,
neatness and comfort among the primi-
tive homes of the mountaineers. At
the little village Of Denmark is farm
school Of 400 acres where 115 boys are
being taught the use Of modern ma
chinery and economical methods and
the rudimentary principles of agricul-
ture.
The .Dorland Institute, at Hot
Springs, like the other schools I have
named, is under the care of the wo-
mems Zone mission board Of the
'resbyteriau Church. but is support
ed directly by individual churches,
societies and benevolent people, who
pay certain sums every year to sustain
scholarships. There are now fisty-two
girls in the institute, who can be edu-
GATED in the art Of housekeeping for
$50 year, whi,h is the cost of q
scholarship. This possible because
the teachers try to make the school as
nearly self-supporting as possible. In
looking over the list Of contributors I
found the names Of Mrs. William Ell.
Reid, of Chicago; Mrs. Grace Reid
Nash, Of Lake Forest; Miss Lucille
Hit, Of Campbell Park; Mrs. M. s.
Lesheur, Of DeDanville; Mrs. v. C.
Harbert, of Jerseyville; Minerva G.
Titterington, of Rock island; Mrs.
Jessie Fisher, Of Peoria, and several
other good women Of illinois. The
'"Gleaners," of Peoria, and several
otherSunday School organizations and
Christian Endeavor societies are also
contributors. -
Mhe pupils in this school are select
ed from the most intelligent girls in
long.list Of applicants, flor it can ac-
commodate but small proportion Of
those who wish to attend. They all
come from the cabins in the noun
tains, and the brightest ones are
chosen on the theory that the,greatest
good can be accomplished using the
best material. They are taught 20
sew, to cook, to make gardens and
sufficient amount of book learning to
enable them to read, write and keep
accounts. If girl proves too dull Of |
intellect to comprehend the einple !
purposes Of the institution she is sent |
home and her place is filed ,hy anoah-
er Of greater promise. The course is |
three years, ct the end of which
exercises are held with
considerable ceremony to impress the
Eathers and mothers and the neigh
bors with the Importance Of eduea-
tion. Nest Of The girls marry at once
after leaving the school, because the
young men appreciate the advantage
Of having "a wife who. is trained TO
make 6 good honjekeeper.
An ox-eyed girl with freckled face
and long, awkward frame sat sun
ning .heraelf By The roadside, her long
!egs being gathered up under her
skirts and her calico sunbonnet having
'allen back Of her towsly auburn hair.
3he seemed full Of the confidence and
Independent spirit that is called
spertness" down in North Carolina.
After while asked her why che did
,ot attend the industrial school in the
,illage.
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