The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-04-23

EIaporato system OF Eoucation ooon
to Be Tried Out on Long Island Quite
as Ambitious an Undertaking as Any
of the Kind Ever Attempted and In
eludes Unique Features.
Some time In April great group of
buildings will begin going up on IA
tract of land near Farmingdale. y. Y.
to be owned by the state of New
York. and here young men will he
taught practical and scientific farm
ing. while young women will be train
ed as housewives. They will learn
how to cook, sew. take care Of the
farm home and to ecouoluize. At the
end of four years they will come out
able to do anything and solve any
! problem lilely To confront the woman
in the home.
This state school will rank with the
most elaborate undertakings of it's kind
and will have various distinguishing
features
The institution will bear officially
the title of the New York State School
of Agriculture on Long Island. 1t will
be conducted under the direction of
Albert a. Johnson, director of the Mil
waukee County School of Agriculture
ut WauwatUsa.
81 do not think it is possible to
| teach farming without IA farm" says
Mr.. Johnson in the New York Times
I'VE have been provided with lab
oratory Of almost 300 acres. on which
the students will do practically all the
work. AS for the girls and young wo-
men. we do not think it possible to
teach them h0memaking without Z a
home to experiment with. and such
will be provided"
How Farm Will Be Laid Out.
The central part of the farm. COM
priSing about sixty acres. will contain
the buildings. of which over seventy
five are projected. The relation of one
structure to another has been carefully
studied.
The grounds of this central group
center about big octagon. which has
band stand in the center The big
gest structure will be the administra-
ton building, facing the entrance. but
is on the opposite side of the octagon.
Besides this, the educational group will
consist of the agriculture. the agron-
omy. the science and the domestic sci
ence buildings. the gymnasium, the
greenhouse. the library and the store.
Just back of these buildings will be
the residences of the director and the
professors. In the rear of the educa-
tional group will be the farm group.
Consisting of machinery. farm mechan-
fcs. poultry and stock Judging build
ings. horse barn, COW barn. storage
barn and power house.
The COW barns will contain forty
cows. which will not only produce milk
and butter for the school, but will be
used for breeding. The horse barn
will contain from ten to fifteen horses.
Each boy will learn to drive. feed.
clean and care for horses. and the lat
fer will be used for judging. In the
poultry building. which has big yards
behind it, will be studied all the phases
Of poultry raising
To the left of the educational group
will be the boys dormitories and their
refectOry. There will be ten dormi.
tories. each accommodating from fifty
to seventy boys. Near by will be a
small hospital with a nurse in charge.
who will also teach nursing to the
girls.
On the right Of the educational group
will be thirty-five or forty girls cot
tages. costing about $4,000 apiece.
They will contain eight rooms. and
there will be six or eight girls In each
house. ...
Daily Mark For Housekeeping.
The girls will get their first training
In the domestic science building. but
much Of 1t In their third and fourth
years will be In the cottages They
HI NC hcu CttCu w Luc way
they keep house
The store will be located near their
quarters. and there they will get their
training in buying Then they will
have to prepare their food After a
little time the senior girl In each house
will be responsible for 1t. and during
the course each girl will have had one
years experience in actual charge Of
house.
For each cottage there win be flow
er and vegetable gardens. and the girls
Will be expected to take care of these.
Each house will be different from the
rest. and the whole group will be sort
of restricted village. the houses being
mostly of bungalow type.
The eventual capacity of the school
will be 1000 students. Sessions will