The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-14
the Hort5nia Power company.
IIve\ Stock.

the Hort5nia Power company.
LlveN Stock.
The stock consists. OF herd OF SIS |
head Of cattle. % or which are pure |
bred registered Jerseys. one pure |
bred registered Ayrshire and the rest |
grade Jerseys. The bull is a pure bred |
registered Jersey. There are seven
teen mich cows in the herd. There |
are five horses of the farm work !
horse type. The S5 head of swine |
are OF the Ohio Improved Chester |
breed. The poultry consists of II |
hens in FIVE focks and the breeds are
White Leghorns, Barred Plymouth |
Rocks, Buff Orpingtons, Rhode Island |
Reds and White Wyandottes. All
the live stock is in good condition
and shows the result of careful care
and attention.
The Curriculum.
The curriculum at the Vermont
State Agricultural school at Randolph
Center covers two school years OF
nine months each. There is a spe-
cial course of one year maintained
for graduates Of approved high
schools. Under normal conditions
the school year opens in the middle
of September and closes on the lst
OF June. The course is divided so
that about one-half OF the students
time shall be devoted to the prac-
teal work and problems Of farming
and the other half to the study OF
theoretical courses closely applied to
these problems, such as physics,
chemistry, biology, rural sociology
and ethics. English. farm arithme-
tic and short course in history are
also taught.
Your committee does not wish to
have It understood that the school at
Randolph is in any sense a theoreti-
cal school OF agriculture, on the
contrary it is emphatically practi-
cal school and the practical and the
oretical courses are used TO supple
ment each other.
Tuition.
Vermont boys attending this school
are not charged any tuition. Boys
from outside the State are charged
tuition of $40 year. All boys are
expected to furnish their own towels
bed linen, blankets, etc, and to pay
for laundering the same and arc
charged Sc per week for board and
lodging.
Their expenses for textbooks and
reference books run from $40 to $50
a year and every boy is expected TO
remain at the. Randolph school for
the nine consecutive months that
make up the school year. The
school encourages every boy to take
up some farm project during the
summer vacation and if possible
some member Of the faculty visits
his farm during the vacation, for the
purpose q insRectihg and sqpssfYiA7
| .ng his work
Opportunities, are gfyeu to die stu
! dests 10 do oltside work fbr, corhpen-
1 satfbn IN The evenings and on Satur-
T tfays. while iii attendance at the
I school. There is also an opportunity
/ FOR q boy to earn something by work
ing in the dorfhitory..d ihl'''1. u ..
I Out Of last years graduating ciaSs
{ df 90 students at least so per cent.
returned 10 work upon Vermont farms.
w ~ ~ Summary.
Your committee has gone into con-
/ siderable detailfin inspecting and de-
scribing tire buildings. stock and
4 methods of Instruction at the The
t'odore N. Vail Agricultural School and
Farms and the Vermont State Agriculv
i tural school al Randolph Center. We
4 have done this In order 10 place be.
fofe your Exoellepcy and The fheifil
4 berh Of the joint committee, the con-
4 ditions as we have found thcin az
Wthese schools. Iigl While visiting the
ilschoolR Your committee had nanlple
I opportunity observe tho students
Z al their work in the barns. shops and
classrooms. We conversed freely
with the students OF both institutions
as well as with the instructors and
We cannot speak too highly OF the
enthusiastic feeling Of corporation
that exists between the members of
the faculty and the student body at
both institutions and their loyalty to-
ward their respective schools.
Some criticism has been made that
the Theodore N. Vail Agricultural
School and Farms and the Vermont
State School of Agriculture are
maintaining parallel courses and for
that reason one or the other should
be discontinued. Your committee af-
ter examining into the educational
methods of both institutions found
that certain important differences ex-
LIST between the schools at the The
odcre N. Vail Agricultural School al
Lyndonville and the State school OF
Agriculture at Randolph Center
Some Of these differences are due
to tie conditions surrounding the
two schools. Others represent diff.
ferences in policy The deed OF gift
Of the Theodore ~ Vail Agricultural
School definitely hxes the entrance
requirements at that institution. Tho
important question concerning the
boys entrance at this school is moi
what education he possesses bul
what opportunity there is for the
school to be of service to him. There
are, therefore, no limitations as re-
CARDS age or experience.
At Randolph on the other hand, II
is desirable to make rather definite
entrance requirements and to insist
upon at least the equivalent OF gram
mar school graduation as minimum
entrance requirement. 1t has always
been customary for this school to re.
ceive considerable number o
graduates from approved high schools
The work must, therefore, be SUITED
to the ability of these more id
yanced students.
A second difference is indicated il
tho nOssibilitv Of sclf-sunnort nj