The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-02-18

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tiIS ittfor NJ III 9
sihs NM Il. u r
IN che colaItFy Is sthts HNrS
s9t ths 16sh. IN AEHnt pps OF tn Con-
,4erSuea this yeNr. Waas tD fsart Their sthS
i tsori atd spread the indusnce etS tAiis
ECop6rSSes ~ 81. !, , \,
t. Ths a0b33set Of sspsnial intsrsat ut
bthtAiss a 6OtinS was ht0s.fSfsQt4 S0t 9uCk
Reasor Monroe N, Work. who NJ han
$been making q study Of the work and
Influence Of the Tuskegos Institute
tAmong the rural communities within
- radius Of twenty or thirty = rnilsa
around the achoplH MIR. Work haasan
ranged map showing All tAaSSArtNa
phases Of whattsiteE calls ttthS SWAlfarN
work" of the school, t4.., ), ,g,
r Thts map showed the number OF
new school bailfiniss, theyt lsn9th Of
the school terms, tina location of local
Econferences, etc, 1t appeared from
his report. that there are forty>aeven
schools In. the county, During tia
past three years In tAirty.three OF
these school Districts, new school,
Ehouses have been erected, aud theS PEG.
pie haye ,rRisedHfor school purposes; g..
aA712,N >0thsral persons deaStihe6 ! he
Tmothars' neatiRIs,". the Dernonstras
Etioa Farming Work. the work ;nf ;ti,s
farmers newspaper, The Messenger;
which is use dto certain extent in,
the &rNral schoolR rs IA snpplema ntary
reader. In addition to the publicaS
tion OF The Messenger. a series OF bul.
EEaetins are being prepared aby >tha
school co0ched in plain end %simpka
language 30 that they may be read by
the. children In the. schools, telling, the
people: I. How to lspgthen the school
term. 3. How toy raise pouftry.
|4foW to use whitewash and paint. 4.
suggestions as to carinE for the
heatth of the family. s: When young
people should nlarty. NJ y':@ .n.>@>.7
+ Particularly interesting was the de-,
scr1ptton of the model school which
mas been started q few miles from the
AnstitntN The school is at present
N IN ,eNpermental stage. The gen,
"ral plan. however, Is to make 1t. in
the hEst place. "a model rural home.
The teachers are McLain Birch, :aad,
Ethls wife. graduates OF Tuskegee Insti.
ktpte. alass ok 1901. They have ,bsen
crowded with a five room cottage in
which there Is an assembly room, with
|biack boards. desks. q. library, and 9th.
/ er accessories OF an ordinary school
room, two bed rooms, Kitchen, and. a.
dining room. Glasses are carried on
tefehe runder the direction OF Mr.;
Birch and his wife or some .of the.
older students, In every part or the
mousse Children ~ are taught to. cock;
/ Ia the kitchen; they are >taught to set
fthe table and serve the meals in the
dfnIng room: and they marc,ytaueht to-
make the beds and sweep the af1oors
IN the bed room. There is q barn af
tached to the place. where eventually,
there will be horse and q cow. A
carpenter shop has already been At
ted up In the barn where pupils will;
learn to perform those ODD jobs about
farm that farmers must know how
ITO perform. There are three and
on-haff acres of band which 1is to ,he
DIVIDED into plots upon which regular
neutrality-suspicious. Will be carried on.
Accurate account IS to be kept by the
pupils OF the whole farming opera
lions so that everyone can see the re.
fsuifs OF tho nwork ione~hy the&chfltfren
are to ba: accredited Ito the account OF
the school: 3A@l this work isrto be. car.
/ RED on under the general oversight
| and direction OF the people at the pns-
fkegee Institute,