The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-22
and IT had taken him years to pay

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But 1t happened that the young
people In in the school at the forks
OF Troublesome creek had saved up
| money enough to buy a Christmas
tree. They had done this by doing
extra work during their one free hour
| Of the day-for all Of them earn
their way through school, so that
when they aren't studying they are
busy working outside all but one hour
and after they had bought the tree
with all the eight cents which they
could collect, for that is what they
earned an hour. they still had for
ty-f1ve cents left. Forty-five cents is
large sum there, and they imme-
diately called a meeting to decide
what should be done with 1t, and diff
ferent pupils made speeches telling
what use they thought should be
made of 1t.
"One girl told OF the pitiful sit
uation OF the child widows In India
and urged that the money be sent
to them A boy described DR.. Gren-
fells work In Labrador. and suggest
ed that the money would do the most
good thre. Still another told Of the
need of funds in S0dth Africa, and
then one of the boys got up and
told of the plan for a school in Pine
Mountain. and how. though they had
land enough. there was not enough
money to establish such a school.
That boy wasn't much of a speaker,
and we who we're present to hear
| him speak never dreamed that he
! would hold his own against the elo-
quent plea of the girl who wanted
the money to go to the child widows
of India But what was our surprise
when 1t came to the actual vote to
y>1alCa n the Pine
Mountain school. For the establish
ment OF a school at Pine Mountain
we pledge this forty-1ve cents was
the form of behest. and 1t expressed
the enthusiasm and optimism OF
those boys and girls who knew so
we'll the needs of their country and
were deter mined that they should be
met.
THE girl who had talked on In
| dia said afterward:
We'll. guess It's better. Folks
| in the outside world will like as not
hear about those widows. but there $
no one but ourselves to know about
US
with this forty-flve cents we be-
| gan our work for a new school.
we'll known woman architect drew up
| a plan for a community school. 1t
accommodate about twenty pupils
each a central dining room and
kitchen. and hall which shall be
/ gathering place for the whole COM
munity You have no idea how much
they need such a gathering place,
/ Because other persons were interested
! in our work and sent other forty-nve
cents to help us out, IL was possible
| to break the ground the last OF May
. laykv tyrs n
| tiny cottage, and our pupils camp
| about us in tents.
| The richest asset Of the commu-
nifty Is the children, Within radius
of seven miles are 500 children who
have never known the influence OF q
| good school, People sometimes think
! the mountains are already overSup-
piled with schools. They do not re-
/ alize that the $4,000 square miles
| of mountain land In Kentucky would
| more than cover the whole OF Mas
sachusetts and Connecticut
| Its papers OF Incorporation give
| the school entire freedom In this large
| field of rural service. The board OF
| trustees, an Independent organization,
| is composed OF MEN and women from
| different parts of the country who
are deeply interested in working out
/ such problems. They believe that
| the laws of health and sanitation. &C.
! onomic and intelligent ways Of farm
| ing, a wise use Of timber resources,
! practical cooking. sewing. home nurs-
/ ing. weaving and woodwork should
| be taught. They wish the school TO
cooperate in every way with the
community; TO help solve the prob
| lem OF recreation, by clubs. outdoor
games and wholesome social diver
sions; to share in the religious life
by Sunday school work and non-sec-
tartan Christian association.
/ IF we are to e., on and put up the
buildings which are necessary for the
school, said Miss de Long. I'VE need
/ the help Of the people all over the
| country who will! be interested in the
1 work and appreciate our needs
Right here in our own country Is a
/ field for splendid work and q people
1 who are worthy of it. Sprung from
| old kish, English and Scotch ances-
! try, they are essentially Anglo-Sax-
| ons of the best type. and. intellect
/ Contributions for the support OF
/ unify, superior people.
! the school may be sent to Miss c,
] N. MaQnings Lexington. Ky.
/ In Alsace. SO far as at present
known. the deposits of potash under
/ lie an area OF nearly seven. square
miles They range in thickness from