The Washington bee., 1911-11-18

the training is practical and broad.
1t IS not an industrial school in
the ordinary sense OF the word; it is
a Vocational Training School that
insists upon each student, taking
along with her life work, a thorough
I training in English 1t begins with
/ the primary and carries them through
| the college preparatory Above all,
it looks well to the moral develop
ment of each stuednt. The Bible is
| the standard classic They have a
| strong missionary department, pre-
pairing workers for both home and
| foreign fields 1t does model Sunday
school work. and then, it takes US
out into that great, big, industrial
world, and teaches housekeeping,
home-making, domestic science, PLAIN
| sewing, dressmaking, millinery, hair
dressing manicuring, shorthand, type
writing and music.
Plans are now or foot and appeals
are being made for money with which
to build and equip a laundry, to
teach laundering
One is impressed, on entering the
institution, of the scrupulous cleanl1-
/ ness of every room. The floors are
bare, and are scrubbed once or twice
a week. The kitchen gets daily
bath The girls who go from the
school, will carry lessons of cleanli-
! ness that they have learned SO thor
oughly that they will apply them in
: their own homes.
! We were impressed, too, with the
/ furnishings, which are good, but very
simple. The beds have felt mat
| tresses; double sheets are furnished;
| they are unbleached, but as clean as
soap and water can make them. The
I institution furnishes the towels, and
each student is allowed as many as
| she needs. You would wonder how
they take care of the things. Are
they lost or destroyed? No, not on
your life. They count, follow up, col
leCt and distribute so that very little
is lost The students are taught to
be careful and must pay promptly,
for all breakage or damage.
Are the students careful in their
dress and careful with their per-
sons?" we asked the lady in charge.
IF they are not when they come
| here, they are before they leave, was
the reply. "We look after them, we
follow them up, we examine them
from head to foot, any moment in the
day; we go through their laundry
bags, their trunks, and it is really
easier to keep clean than it is to be
annoyed to death Some girls have
been loose in their habits and we find
! it necessary to give them much atten-
ton, but you can put it down in your
note book, that they will have to both
take care of their hair and look neat
if they stay on Lincoln Heights,
said the lady III charge. And when
we looked over the student body, we
said to ourselves, "They are we'll ac-
quainted with the bath tub and the
comb and brush has done its best or
. these heads, that looked better to me
than any number of heads that I have
seen at one time, for many day.
Well, you will want to know some
= thing about the buildings When they
took possession two years ago, there
was one building, with twelve room.
and basement, on the grounds. An
other building, with chapel and dor
mitOries was erected, and the frs
: building enlarged, and now there /:
in the course of erection, a building
with dining hall, another chapel, dor
mitories and baths. Last term room!
were rented in the community, bu
the student body has grown so fas
that the president found it necessarI
to rent whole building this year, in
stead of rooms here and there.
3 You will want to know next abou
the students They come from TWEEN
, ty-nine States, the District of Colum
: bia and four are from foreign cOun
: tries.
We were telling you about building
and you may think that they hav,
plenty of room, but let me remin'
YOU that standing room IS at a pre-
; MUM Every available space /
taken. and the builders are beinl
pushed to complete their job SO tha
those VINO have made application, MAJ
! be accommodated.
The school is too far out to hav,
the benefit of the city water supply
but a water system IS being installed
; and the students are to have the ben
eft of the modern improvements
8 which will add greatly to their con
. yenience and comfort.
- People who help themselves vii
| be helped Miss Burroughs starte,
out with the idea that she wante,
% the colored women of the countr.
to pay for the land and to run tn
school two years, without calling Ol