Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-31


 and There Parents and Children
 Will Work at Flowing, Harvesting,
 Milking and "Doing Chores" From
 June Until utumn-Betterment of
 Health an Important Object.
 A summer school at which the chill dren may learn the most advanced methods of raising poultry, cattle and pigs and of cultivating the soil while spending their vacation in the open air is the plan which will be put into prac- tice this summer by Professor William Hill, professor of political economy at the University of Chicago; several fac ulty members of that institution and their families, says the Chicago Trib- une. s's.as- -,kk.s~
 Beginning with the close of the spring quarter, about June 20, those who are engaged in the experiment will leave Chicago and go to a farm near Wheeling, H., where they will spend the summer delving in the soil, tending to the cattle and performing all the chores" that ordinarily fall to the lot of farmer and farmers fami- lies, combining the pleasures of exer- else with practical experience.
 The work at real farming will be be- gun in berry time and will continue through the having and harvesting sea- son until the crops are all safely stow. ed away in the barn. Then the urban agriculturists will return to the city, Drowned by exposures to the summer sun.
 The experiment primarily is intended for the benefit of the children. It is a project that long has been discussed in the elementary school of the univer. sity. Professor Hill and his family, however, will try the experiment as a private enterprise. Mrs. Hill and her daughter Cecil also will be with the party. gi sgi Qiii..
 The objects of the school as outlined by Mrs. Hill are five: The cultivation of fields by the best known methods with modern machinery, the raising of shorthorn cattle, the raising of the best varieties of pigs, the raising of the best breeds of chickens and mar. ket gardening.
 Although there will be some real farmers around the premises to attend to part of the heavier work, the in. struction in all these branches will have to be given by competent teach CTS. who will have charge of the shil- dren and elders who make up the classes.
 Plans have been made for the fami- Hes who will take part in the novel experiment. Five hundred acres have been purchased near Wheeling, about thirty two miles from Chicago, on which three houses have been erected, two of which have twelve rooms each. It is the idea of Professor Hill to S. cure if possible from ten to fifteen young people of other families. rang ing in age from twelve to eighteen years, to take courses in the new school.
 The schedule for the day is to be an arduous one. No drones will be al- lowed on the University farm" The morning will be spent in some kind of manual labor. hoeing potatoes, mirk- ing the cows. raking hay or tending to the live stock. In the hotter hours of the afternoon the students will devote themselves to the reading of historical or similar educational It. erature The evening will be given over to games, music and a review oe the work of the day. The members of the school will follow the rule of ''early to bed and early to rise,- as the betterment of health is not the last nor least important of it's objects.
 According to the present plans the party will consist of thirteen, but in order to avoid the danger of having an i'll omen hanging over his new pro ject Professor Hill is endeavoring to get other families to join in the move rlpnr