The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-08-14

Agriculture, Carpentry, Commerce, Home Science,
Nursing, Printing, Telegraphy, Sundry Industries

nursing printing, Ielegraphy, Sundry Industries.
Aims. These schools fit young people for the prac.
teal callings and vocations of life BY taking Of
these short student greatly increases his or
her power OF earning money, either in the employment
OF others or in the management of ones farm store
shop or home We do not wish to make people greedy
but we wish to make them useful The ordinary call
ings OF life appointed by God and necessary the
support of families and the welfare of the home the
church and country. People who conduct these ord-
nary labors in slipshod way fail to get the returns
that Providence intended for them. And what is even
more important, they fail to have the Joy and self-re-
spect which belong to good workman. 1t is Chris
tian and patriotic duty for all young and young
women to fit themselves by study and training to per-
form the duties of life in the best manner
Affiliations The students in these Vocational
Schools at Berea have all the advantages of belonging
to large institution. They have the full use of the
college library and gymnasium free singing classes,
baths hospital for SICK and board and rooms that
are better and cheaper than could be afforded in
small institution
The fine character of young and young women
in these Vocational Schools is of the greatest attac-
tions. Here the best young people from diff
ferent counties and different states One will have the
best companionship and form friendships that will be
pleasure and advantage through life.
The Material Equipment of these schools is remark
ably satisfactory They have of the stately chapel
the well furnished cassrooms and comfortable arrange
mens for student room and board and very expensive
tools and apparatus provided for their use.
The Expenses remarkably low so that these
rare advantages within the reach of all young people
OF ability who earnestly desire them See pages 364o
The Instructors. The Vocational teachers are Chris
tan men and women who have had practical experience
and possess skill and ability the different crafts
md tanu bo,,o ~
and friends is an inestimabe privilege.
Opportunities for Self-Help are numerous Students
who secure positions assistants in the domestic labor
y the boarding hall or laundry, in any of the shops
or on the farm or in the garden valuable training
no addition to some money compensation. One who
has had even brief training in of these Vocational
Schools command double wages the following
Special Features outside the regular classroom can
receive only brief mention Vocational students have
the benefits of public entertainments literary societies.
sports and the other general advantages mentioned
page 2e and the pages which advantages which
can only be enjoyed at great educational center.
Requirements for Admission
For admission to any of the Vocational Schools
show that he is above fifteen years age 0or
the school of Nursing 49, good health truthful and
reliable in character; also that he is able to read the
Textbooks write the instructions of the teacher
and the rules of Arithmetic including COM
and decimal fractions and compound numbers
One who is not prepared in these fundamentals can
make them up in the Foundation School. See page 1885,
Diplomas, Certificates, and Awards.
Each Vocational School, except the school of sun
dry industries, has a two-year course at the end of
which diploma is given and one-term short courses
at the end Of which certificates given
To secure diploma certificate from OF these
student must successfully complete least IS
lessons week during the entire The Dean may
assign from Is to lessons week but make fur
Their deviation without vote OF the faculty concerned
Diploma Courses. program or "course OF study" is
number OF studies selected for the purpose, and taken
in the best order through years bring the
student to definite point in knowledge, skill and
mental efficiency.
Certificate Courses Each OF the Vocational Schools
has short courses extending over single
term no, II, or IA weeks) which give the student in
formation and skill in some one industry. For the
successful completion of short certificate is
given.
Awards. All students at Berea while pursuing
their various courses of study perform some manual
Concluded on Pagesevsnl