Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1919-07-09
ROWAN COUNTY FARM LIFE SCHOOL,.

The Rowan County Farm Life School
has come to stay. Theschool is now under
the direct supervision of the U. 8. Depart
ment of Vocational Education in &C -opera-
ton with The State and County Boards of
Education. At the recent session of the
Legislature the following men were named
as Trustees Of the school: A M Hanna,
@hairman; F D Patterson. secretary; p A
harnilardt, assistant secretary; J B Ling e,
v J Swink, DL Neal, B L Phillips. j S
Hall, W b Graham, l + Bailey, I c Shay
r, W P sloop, G Brown, GIN Fisher,
'olorel \ II Boyden.
While this is being written, workmen
IRE assembling the material for a splendid
ooys dormitory to b. finished aboutth fl st
If October and which will be equal in every
respect to the one already built for girls.
Both buildings will be equipped with steam
heat, electric lights, and baths with hot
and cold water. The building when com.
p'eted will be among the hest of their kind
in the country. Each building will have
thee stories Tie first floor in each will
he occupied by class rooms, laboratories.
heating plants, etc. The dining room and
kitchen will be in the girls building.
Each building will have a reception room
The office and music room will be located
in the girls building. Each building will
have an infimary room.
The farm now has fifty acres, thirty acres
having been recently added. The farm
consists of a well arranged barn and some
modern machinery. There are several head
of livestock, including some registered
Guernsey cattle and Duroc hogs. Arrange
ment has been made for pnre-bred poultry
from the state poultry farm and for several
colonies of pure-bred Italian bees. Among
other things planned for the farm are sew
eral smaller buildings, including a modern
poultry house, a wood working shop, a
we'll equipped creamery and dairy room,
and a meat curing room,
The Home Economics Department ia
standard and up to-date. The sewing room
is furnished with Singer machines and 9th.
er equipment necessary for the most efficient
work. The equipment in the cooking
laboratory is made very complete. Addi-
tions will be made to these departments as
the needs demand.
The High School work necessary for vo-
@cational students will be done at the Farm
Life School; thus it will not be necessary
for our students to go down for their work.
The work in Agriculture will embrace
Crops and Soils, Animal Husbandry includ.
ing Poultry and Bookkeeping, Horticulture.
and Farm Management including Farm
Accounting and Farm Engineering, Sup
ervised practice will be given great EN- pha.
sis in this work. Each Agriculture student
will be required to take, either on his fathers
farm or the school farm, some farm proiect
under the direction of the Agriculture
teacher. This feature o. the work has
proved very interesting and very practical,
The work in Home Economics will en-
brace Cooking, Canning and Preserving,
Sewing and Dress Making, Nursing and
care Of the sick, care and feeding ofinfants,
and sanitation and hygiene.
The expenses will be made as low as Dos
sible. Good wholesome food will be pro.
vided and furnished at actual cost. There
will he no tuition charges.
Neither skill nor ability can be acquired
from books alone. Both require active par
ticipation in the productive operation of
those vocation, in which il is desired to be-
come et1ici.n Books are necessary, but
practice is equally necessary for this reason,
the vocational schools have been called
into existence. We are looking for young
men and young women who are eager for
this sort Of training and who will come
here with a serious purpose and an ambi-
ton to get the best preparation for their
life's work. We shall not allow dancing,
card playing, and other practices which
tend to .hinder the work of the student. We
shaIl insist on attendance at church and
Sabbath School Clean, wholesome enter
tainment will be provided from time to
time, and we shall strive always to make
the oImitories as nearly like the best reg
ulated homes as possible. Our faculty i.
made up Of college trained men and women
Write for catalog
0. B. JOEE IS, Director
China Grove, N. @.
June 20, 1919.