Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-10
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WHY DENMARK PRODUCES BEST BUTTER. BACON AND Eccs
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Ills teachers were nature, waIEtrainsd
men Of good intellectual ability. well
raid, and. IN most cases. community
leaders and organizers.
Fror fourteen 10 eighteen is an age
when Danish boys and girls are grow
Ing physically and working at prAc-
ticai things. for the ycuhg Dane can
not enter the folk high school until he
Ia eightsen.
Farm Apprenticeship.
The prospective farmer. however.
has not stopped hts cducative proc-
esses during this period. There III In
Denmark a recognized system OF farm
Apprenticeship for the future farmer.
1T 10 common practise here for the
father who wishes his son TO become
q farmer 20 put him for period DE
three Years upon some Of the accredlt.
ed model farms OF the country. Gen
orally he stays ON one farm for one
year, moving on to 4 second and then
third In order that he may get Git-
fsrent and broader points of yiew asld
may see agriculture specialized along
different lines upon the different farras.
On these farms he IN given On opppr.
tunity to learn, but for the most part
bis time - spent 10 hard labor. He
learns 10 farm by farming.
Folk Schools and Patriotism.
After his apprenticeship IL corHplst
ed he goes for at least few saunths
TO one OF the folk high schools. which
ara In the broadcast sense schools Of
patriotism. Inspiring lectures are
used for instruction more widely than
arc text books. The history and liter
AZURE Of the country 10 the theme OF
many an hour. Every class Is opened
with soflg. either patriotic cr re-
iigioua. and each day extensive read
ings upon patriotic and religious topics
are given Practical political economy
and sociology are included In the daily
work No one under eighteen may at
tend these folk high schools. but many
an older man or woman In later life
finds there that for which there was
no opportunity In youth. The schools
ara co-educasionaI but ara co-educa
tlonal In thoroughly segregated
way. for the men attend In winter and
the women only In the summer
months,
These schools are privately owned
and not absolutely free. The cost OF
i've mouths instruction and hoard for
the men for the winter months Ia
about SIS. while tbs women. who gen
orally attend these schools In summer.
pay only about $50 for three months
instruction. including board and lodg
ing. Small a. these fees seem TO be
the state has various ways Of re
dncing the fees. especially for the sons
and daughters OF the small holdera
The total number OF students In these
summer and winter schools the last
few years has never been less than
ten thousand
University Extension.
These folk high schools have, too
an extension form of education some
what similar to the university extern,
sion courses given BY some OF our
American colleges. The high school
professors frequently go out TO the
schoolhouses for popular lectures upon
history aud literature, and upon soci.
illogical subjects Generally a little
association Is formed for the course Of
from ak To ten lectures. Possibly one
crona ttwenty.seven centsl Tor the
year IL charged. or there may be q
charge OF twenty ora Tour centsl for
each lecture. Here at the high school
bNilding they also hold IN the fall a
special community meeting for three
or four days during which three lee.
lures per Say on sahjects similar to
those taught In the school are given.
and in addition men OF learning Or re-
nown from the outside are brought In.
AT this folk school the young farm,
er who has had his common school
training. with NH its contact with tha
realities of life. and who has learned
IN shreA years apprenticeship how TO
farm. has an opportunity 10 learn how
to be citisen and patriot But he
has not set conplesea his school work.
upon the tArn he has learned how TO
do things. he has yet 70 learn Why,
50 he gees TO an agricultural college
and learns the theoresscal and scisn-
the why which 10 back OF the prac.
tfcai how, This ID the story Of Len-
marks farmer u tn makiag. through
comnoa sehool. apprenticeship. folk