St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-24
PRESS COMMENT.
An Ideal school.

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the agricultural and Industrial de-
partment of the Lyndon Institute is
a very interesting document and
should make strong appeal to the
young men of the state who are
locking for educational advantages
of a practical sort at nominal cost.
The object is to give practical and
theoretical instruction to- Vermont
boys who have neither the money
nor inclination to pursue an extern
sive college course. The Agricul-
tural Department is strictly a Far
mers' School and it aims to educate
students along the various lines OF
work that will be met with on the
farm and Ia the home life. 1t is not
intended to fit students for college,
but to furnish a line of training that
will be of immediate use in farming
and its allied industries, like carpen-
try, blacksmithing masonry, and
concrete work, preparing the stu
dents not only to do farm work in
telligently, but also to dc for them
selves practically all the other work
in connection with the farm, such as
the repairing of buildings from base
ment to roof and the repairing of
wagons and machinery: in a general
way making them Independent of
any outside skilled labor and also
putting them in position to assist
their neighbors whenever spare
time may permit.
The course covers a period of two
years of nine months each. The
theoretical work is given at the Lyn-
don Institute, while the practical
work is done in the shops and on
the school farm.
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to any approved high school are adj
mitted to this department. A. certi-
fcate showing that they have COM
pleted all of the grammar school
work will be accepted. 1t may be
possible to accept a few young men
who have not had this amount of
schooling, providing they can per-
sonally satisfy the director that the
work of the school can be proftabiy
followed.
The tuition is $50 a year, board
and room $40 and book rent, fabora-
tory fees and other incidentals
about S19, making the yearly ex-
pense $175. Each student is re-
quired to meet all of this expense
either by cash payments or by work.
Students who pay their way entirely
by work are compelled to remain at
the 1uSl1Lut1Cu QUfluS The Sutunl0f
vacation as we'll as during the school
year. During the schoo. year pay
ment is made by the hour, the
amount varying with the amount
and quality of work performed. The
maximum payment is Is cents an
hour During the summer vacation
period payment is made at $25 per
month.
The illustrations of the buildings
and quarters showing the boys en-
gagged in practical work such as
blacksmithing, carpentry, painting
and glazing, judging cattle, etc., are
sufficiently attractive to appeal to
boy who is really anxious to equip
himself for the actual work of ag-
riculture.
That the boys soon become compe-
tent is evidenced by pictures of the
buildings that have been construct
ed entirely by their labor. Such adj
vantages as are furnished at the
school at Lyndonville should mean a
great deal to the boys of Vermont
and through them to the future of
the state It is to be hoped that the
institution will always have all the
boys it can take care of and that
there will be a waiting list large
enough to compel rhe establishment
of similar schools in other parts of
the state.-[ Burlington Clipper.