The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-02-22

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I It Is not to be inferred from anv
previous statement that the w,rk
mere ID In any degree inferior, nor
are the accommodations. AS to ae-
comodations, while they are good.
they do not suffice. The need in
Iexas Is greater than in any other
state In the Union. While there gre
CHURCH schools and private schools
III nearly every important center In
Texas, the students are icrowding In
to them also, and there Is no other
stape ,school In the country that has
e larger or better appearing set OF
students. ... ....-. 49,. .. -
Here good work is done IN spite
or the eongested conditions and 1ttr
clnss OF equipment that most or our
school men have to PIT IN With.
II must be borne In mind that state
s"h1ets are handicapped. often with
the: burden OF the. State aan.e. That:
Is: to say that an institution owned
ii'and controlled, by the stare can not
SO readily receive aid from the gen.
.erous public ias other &c luols the
| II sum 2tion being that the state IS
amply able to maintain them,
whether 1t be SO or not. =, " ; 1
yet Prarie View Is making its ex-
1stence worth while. One of she
lEany features that struck the india
vidual members of the WASHINGTON
party most forcibly on the visit 70
THIS institution, was the discipline
maintained among the. students, the
great amount Of college spirit manf.
Tested by them, the cleanlinesss@of
, the shops and all surroundings and
the very efficient work done lin: the;
shops and on the farm. E'.-
1t Is stated here that it Is difficult
to keep the young men off the farm
tthat at this school Ithe1farm claims
more than It's fair share Of students
from the other industries. Texas
offers such advantages to young men
las expert farmers, that they are in
1 clined to take up that work here
more than any other. It is no un-
usual thing to see many graduates
OF Prairie View and other schools
| In Texas who have become large
| farmers, and who thereby are emo
bling the. work far above the state Of
drudgery..
+ The department Of farm work IS
we'll organized with w. B. woodruff,
superintendent and John Harris,
Foreman: C. H. Waller, very eff
Efcient graduate from the Tuskegee
Institute and Pennsylvania State
college, has charge Of the truck
gardening division with e. G. Fisher,
foreman. In this WORK also, is
found f. w. Scott, broom and mat
tress making. The general farm de-
partment deals chiefly with the prac-
| tical. work Of agriculture, furnishing
tthe greater part of the school nee
esstties, such as ':Negetables, farm
crops, hogs and beef. During the
last Year, the department embraced
fthe following crops: corn, 1876 acres;
sweet potatoes, 10 acres, Irish pota-
toes. 2 1-3 acres; ribbon cane for
syrup, 10 acres; sorghum, 6 acres;
colorado grass, S acres; prairie grass
so acres; garden truck, acres;
watermelon, LIS acres; blackAeyed
peas, 8 acres; broom corn, acres; ;,
trucking for hogs, acres; The de-
partment also has four mule teams,
| one horse team, 1 OF head of Poland
China hogs; a grist mill and syrup
| mill
Vegetables for the mess hall are
grown in the truck gardening de-
partment, and much material for
the market. The department under
Mr.. Walters supervision during the
last summer, shipped large guam
tity of melons, in car load lots to
the Houston market, with a hand
some profit to the school.
The chief aim of this department
however, Is not to make money, nor
to raise provisions, but to expert
ment with the growing of different
vegetables, and to prepare young
men for work as foremen and mana
gers of farms. The truck farm
proper has seven acres, with G5 ad-
|.ditional nor field crops. The div1-
sion has two mules and six horses
for its use. = The dairy herd, also I'M
der Mr.. Waller's supervision has SIS
cows and one registered male,-4Prof.
Waller is also associated with Prof.
J. w. Hoffman, principal of the de-
partment Of agriculture in teaching
theoretical farming, which is com
bined with the practice in the fields.
This department is we'll equipped
with laboratories for research and
experimental work, good dairy
being by no means a small portion
Of this equipment.
The great object Of the mechani-
cal department Is to foster high
appreciation Of the value and dignity
of labor. Prof. w. p. Terrell has
charge of this department, and has
associated with him e. w. Madison,
tailoring; A. E. Flewellyn, engineer;
j. B. Moore, blacksmithing, wheel