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The school rooms Of the home are
equipped with back lights, drinking
fountain, open fireplaees, central
heating plant, shower baths and lav-
atories. The library contains all
books necessary for research reading
as well as agricultural publications
and current magazines. There is also
a nursery for the growing of trees
and shrubbery wherein the student
will have an opportunity to study the
life of fruit trees, shrubs and small
fruit from seed, scion and graft to the
bearing stage.
In the conduct of the school self
government will be emphasized. as far
as possible, and the fewest possible
rules for the government Of the stud
ents have been adopted.
It is the purpose of the founder of
the Green Mountain Home that the
institution shall be all that the name
implies; that it shall provide home
to be used and enjoyed by its students
and that it's benefits shall be secured
without expense of any nature TO the
student.
The school faculty Is headed by
Herbert A. Albyn, superintendent,
Ohio university, whose subjects will
be fruit growing, o. namenta. planting
and rural improvement.
The principal is Heifry p Thurlow
University of Illinois, subjects, ac-
counting, botany, chemistry, history
hygiene, mathematics, sanitation
vegetable gardening.
Other members of the faculty are
James Mckee, Ohio State university
subjects, drainage, entomology
fungous diseases and orcharding
John G. Ryan. superin OF
The Orchards farm motors, pack
ing of fruit and scoring of varieties
August Himsted, tree surgeon FOL
THE Orchards" propagation.
The three year course as at pres
ent prepared is extreme Y practical
A system of accounting will be KEEP
by the studen in connection witt
the orchard operations and also II
the dairy and garden. The students
will be regularly taught American his
tory and cyics, government as ap
ped to county state and nation, The
course in botany will include tht
study of weeds. subject that is be
coming more important every year
The course in chemistry will embrace
the usual subdivisions but viii hay,
a predominating tendency toward thI
use of the science in ag iculture. Il
English special attention will be givel
to composition and oral deliver.
through the entire three years, TIL,
course in mathematics will compris
practical arithmetic.
1t is evident that the trustees hay
laid particular stress upon the pract
cal side of education of students a
the home in establishing the cou s
of study. Such subjects as drainag
of land, farm motors and agricu tura
machinery, fruit growing in all of it
branches including the diseases tina
must be combatted in the successfr
operation OF orchard property spray
ing, etc, a.e included in the curr
culum.
A dairy with modern equipmen
VIII be main aimed for the use Ct IN
home, and students will be given ol
portunity to obtain general know
ledge of dairying, as we'll as the car
of hogs and poultry The student ma
also acquire a practical knowledge {
the sheep industry. as flock {
Shropshires is kept at The Orcl
ards"
Upon entering the school /, is r,
quired by the trustees that a studer
shall be morally and physically fit
acquire the advantages offere,
? Blanks for the purpose of applcatio
have been provided. One of the +
quirements is a physical examinatio
by physician This examinatio
must be verified by the physician {
u the home Any applicant may be +
jected in the discretion of the tru
tees.
The Green Mountain Home, Inc.
not organized for profit. It is beir
trustees at the direction of its foun
er for the sole purpose of providin
deserving boys, primarily the sons
, men who took part in the world W:
against the Central Powers of Europ
y with a practical education in come
= tion with the greatest industry in Ii
: world, the production of food, I'll
= : school has been officially endorsed.
the American Legion and the Grar
Army of the Republic Direct ma
defendants of men who served in IL
= : civil war have preference of admi
= sion over applicants whose ancestor
!. have no military records.
The officers of the institution are
. . President, William II. Bradford; viz
y president and treasurer, George
Graves; clerk, Edward L. Bates. I'll
!, officials constitute the board of tru
Il tees.
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