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State Agricultural
ch9eIS Commended.
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received in the school, Tha main
farm also furnishes opportunities for
students to learn the slaughtering OF
animals, the care Of sick animals, the
training of colts and oxen, and other
activities Of like nature. AT the be-
ginning of each week the groups
change. Those who have been IN
group one take up the work preyi-
ously done by group two, and so on.
No textbooks are required, but the
library is well supplied with standard
works on farming and whenever a
problem is encountered in the farm
work, the student is referred to a
passage in some text book directly
applicable to the problem at hand.
The boys are also taught English,
farm arithmetic and a simple form
of civics designed to inculcate the
principles Of good citizenship.
Tuition.
Vermont boys attending this school
are not charged any tuition. Boys
from outside the State are charged a
tuition Of $50 year. All boys are
expected to furnish their own tow
els, bed linen, blankets, etc. to pas
the expenses of laundering the same,
and are charged IS per week for
board and lodging except for the
week in which they work for wages.
During the week in which the boys
are working, they receive their
board and lodging free of charge and
are paid at the rate OF from $50 to
$40 a month, according to the nature
of their employment and their abil-
ity 1t Is also possible on Saturdays
of the other weeks for the boys to
work at from fifteen to twenty cents
an hour and throughout the twelve
months Of the school course all boys
who so desire are able to work for
compensation about the farm or in
the dormitory during the hours in
which they are not engaged In school
work. It is safe to say that any boy
who is willing to work will be able
during the year TO earn from three
quarters to tho entire amount of his
expenses for the years instruction
/ at this school This policy was one
OF the conditions made by Mr.. Vail in
| his deed OF gift to the State Of YER
mont and has been strongly empha-
sized by the teachers at the Theodore
N. Vail Agricultural School and
I Farms and by the members Of the
/ State Board OF Education ever since
they took over the management Of
this school, -" csas
F0' Requirements for Admission. WI"
THE requirements Of admission to
! this school are strictly III accofd
\ With the conditions set down IN the
deed OF gift which states "'rhe re-
I uuirenient for admission to such
/ school not 20 be so exacting as to
/ exclude anyone who has q fair. sab
I stantiai primary education ard who
/ shows in his work and study. Industry
! and application.pihO the graduating
lfclassi Of 1918, consisting OF ffwen
members, thirteen went back TO filrin
work, zone found employment in man
\ ufaetnre Of farm implements andIone
enlisted in the army bloY sa1 70 Hi
uThe State School Of Agriculture at
b. hada Randolph Center. D8ih 'si
liiThis school has an acreage Of APP
dproximately liz acres. It may be
lIdlvided as follows Pasture and su-
( gar orchard. 81 acYes; pasture and
woodland, % acres; and tillable land
SO acres. The soil at the school at
/ Randolph is OF a quality peculiarly
adapted to farm crops and of the SO
acres OF cultivated land, 40 acres are
used for the raising of hay. In the
( sugar orchard there are about zoo
acres that arc suitable for tapping
Last year over 500 were tapped and
\ Increased equipment will permit a
larger number TO be tapped this year
Your committee first visited the
school building which was formerly
the old Randolph Normal school and
is leased by the State of Vermont
from the trustees of the Orange
County Grammar school. This build
ing Is in excellent condition, con
tains Office accommodations. six reci-
iation rooms and laboratories and an
assembly room. In the basement
there is, soil room and the farm
machinery repair shop.
Your committee then visited the
shop, where a number OF the stu
dents were dismantling an old farm
wagon under the supervision OF one
OF the instructors. In connection
with this building there is also a
lumber and stock room.
Excellent Farm Barn, Etc.
The COW and horse barn is an OK
cellent building, we'll kept and fiteo
with modern farm appliances. The
piggery, including slaughter house
and feed room, is new building
built from the proceeds of the farm
and was largely erected by the stu
dents and the instructors. II is IL
good condition and well kept
The dairy building is also a new
building, built from the proceeds o.
the farm, and was also largely erect
ed by the students and instructors
Both these buildings were built dur
ing the summer and autumn of 1918
The dairy is equipped with all tho
modern dairy appliances.
The hen house Is of sufficient SIX
TO care for Ave flocks of hens OF Mt.
birds each and is in a good state o
repair.
Your committee also inspected th'
tool shed and found that the farm
was equipped with adequate farm
machinery and tools.
r The manure shed was built out o
| the proceeds Of the farm and by chs
; school instructors and is valuable
, asset 10 the school.
New Modern Dormitory.
The dormtory building has beer
: built recently from a special Stat
! appropriation and would be a credi
60 any educational institution. TIL
construction Is modern, the toilet
and bathing facilities all that coul'