The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-30
STATE UNIVERSITY
FOLLOWS PLANS
OF ITS FOUNDER
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ing either tho B. a. or b. s. degree.
year by year this feature is appeal
ing more and more to college students.
and from all Indications 1t would be
safe to say that there will be a much
larger number this session of this
class OF students than ever before.
Ihe third great need that the sum-
mer school is fulfilling is that of the
whole South. the need for a socialized
school which while Offering necessary
academic preparation provides al the
Same time curses OF study which ara
most distinctly vocational. to nrcn.ra
young men and women for the du,;a.
Vi iitc after they shall have left school
ms splendid vocational training
iuhos It's best expression in farm lem
onstration work. canning clubs. school
iairs and the like. And in manual
training. domestic science, agriculture
ana practical sanitation. the universitv
is afrying out the belief OF tho Ger
mans that whatever We would wish 10
see omins out of the life o. n nation
we must put first In the schools.
Put IL Is not enough for us to pro-
VIDE merely for the material needs Of
|
! thirsty men and women who durinp
June ana July treqeunt tne classic
s'hues OF the university, the spiritaul
needs arc looked after in the fourtn
p'hce oF the truly splendid musical
FESTIVAL that has been arranged ana
which Will be treated in another ma
per. p"
Rural Life Conference.
The NTH of the ways in which IN.
summer school is seeking 10 render
service is the Rural Life Conference
lasting several days during which VAL
uaple papers on pressing problems ara
acad by experts in their individual
reia; Men and women at the front
IN the ranks now growing SO rapidly
Oh those who are seeking to make
INC conditions on the farm more at
TactiNe and healthy and fuller and
richer In tho better things of life.
These now departures are even now
bearing rich fruit. but the harvest,
though rich is but an carncst of what
rs, rs ooun1 to come in the near future.
! / ne teachers OF state are conser-
vatlVe class. and the great mass of
them do not RAPIDLY change their views.
Many of them who entered upon school
"rrk withou; this special training
VIII continue In active and useful SER
Nice 'or sometime TO come, but they
VIII inevitably sooner or later De sue.
cecded by the adequately trained II
is this thing that tho summer school
is doing. 1t has been ana mus; ao.-
tinue 10 be the cnc-t tive agency for
tho Introduction OF rural life ana
Voeationa subjects and tho vttalizinz
OF their STUDY. In no other instttu-
lions, except the normal schools with
comparatively few students. are these
subteots taught
AS 1t ir. however. thanks to the sum
MGR school. there are going out from
tho university each year. hundreds OF
teachers. carrying with them an ex-
pert knowledge OF these subjects for
use in the school room. and with their ,
Interest re-awakencd and v!talized in
new enthusiasm for Increased eff
cheney in their chosen profes sion.
Tho vocational courses are certainly ,
accomplishing positive and speedy re- !
suits. but when We take into consd- F,
Grafton the men who arc in charge :
OF the work and the sterling quality
OF the courses themselves il could hard
~ be otherwise.
Strong courses in agriculture
In the essential work OF agriculture,
Tor example, there is given work that
could not be improved on as far as |
genuine worth is concerned. Under,
that head the summer school offers I.
SIN courses. general agriculture, hor-
ticulture. animal husbandry, animal
tary agriculture and nature study, and /
school gardens. which last has always
neen extremely popular with the sum.
mer school workers. In almost every
course, whatever II may be. there Is a
department provided for emphasizing
It's particular value in vocational work
and strong course adapted to the
needs of everyday life. In the school.
of chemistry, for instance. there Is Of
fered, In addition TO the regular work.
course in household chemistry. which
takes up the chemistry of air. food AMI
sanitation. with special reference to,
the processes that go on in the home.
This course has two hours of fascinat- .
ing laboratory work per day. attached (
to IL where the student may learn
first hand the reactions sometimes so
vague and hard to grasp on paper.
Domestic Economy Emphasizes scien- I;
tiac Work.
In the unusually strong offerings
this year In the department of domes-
tic economy. the work is stressed In
the direction of purpositive service. !
The courses take UP the study of foods. !
home management sewing and study /
of textiles. advanced home manage
ment, advanced sewing and other work
of this sort. Strong courses in draw ,
Ing are also offered.
complete course in education Is I
oIereo, GIVING Work In any DIVISION
Of the development OF this essential
science. Hygiene and sanitation adapt :
ed to the needs of teachers, will take :
up work In food and dietetics. house,
hold drugs on tho human hody. bao-
THEOLOGICAL decomposition of SOIL air
and water and other vital points,
while the most distinctively valuable
work In the vocational department is
that offered in splendid and compre-
sensive school of manual training.
giving six complete courses in all de-
partments OF this newly developed
branch.
And so the work continues On
every side the hand is stretched out
to bridge the gap that separates the