Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-12-21
COLLEGE CATERS
EXCLUSIVELY To
POOR STUDENTS
(By The Associated Press)

Carlinville. ILL.,, Dec. 2O.--lI
student seeking an education can
go elsewhere to college he is not
expected at Blackburn college,
here. In fact. the first question
asked of every prospective stu
dent is. "Can you afford to attend
some other college?"
Blackburn college differs from
all other colleges in Illinois. and
from the majority of institutions
in the United States, in that its
whole purpose is to educate prom
ising young people who are nun
cry enough for an education to
work for it. but do not have means
enough to pay for an education at
other colleges and do not know
how to go about earning their way
elsewhere.
Many Inquiries Received.
That there is a real field ana
need for an institution of this KIND,
in this state, is evident from the
fact that without any paid adver-
tising for students or any student
scouts in the field. Blackburn re-
ceives yearly over one thousand in
uuiries from prospective students,
and is compelled TO turn away twice
as many young people as it is pos
sible to accept.
These inquiries come literally
from all over the world. A boy
from Vermont wrote that he DOUBT
ed whether he had carfare enough,
but was willing to hike it. An
i other boy wrote saying, Il have
nothing but my hands and God
but / am willing to do anything
honorable in order to get an edu-
! cation" A girl in Southern IN
nois who was rejected admission
wrote in reply saying that she was
willing to sleep on cot In a hall-
way or in an odd corner. if she was
only given the opportunity to get
an education at Blackburn.
Students are enrolled this year
from fifteen different states, and
from Canada, Mexico, Japan. Chi
ma and South Africa.
All work at Blackburn college is
done by student labor. The young
men operate the college farm OF
200 acres. and produce the bulk
of supplies for the college kitchen.
Two teams and a tractor furnish
motive power. Some sixty acres
is seeded to wheat and the balance
of the farm operations is divided
between corn, oats and hay. In
addition to farm work. the teams
are used for hauling coal. which Is
quite a task, as the college burns
| 500 tons year. Not only Is TINS
coal hauled by the students, but
1t is fed into the furnaces and the
ashes carted away from them.
Dairy OF Pure Holsteins.
The dairy of pure-bred Holsteins,
a herd of Duroc hogs, a flock of
Barred Plymouth Rock chickens,
constitute part of the farm equip
ment. All this work is done by the
young men who work under the
direction of a farm superintendent.
The course in agriculture accred-
| tied by the University of Illinois is
open to all these young men in the
| college class room. SO that they
have the opportunity of getting
both the how and the why of
things.
! In the same manner the young
women are taught home econom-
les. They apply what they learn
in preparing food for the college
dining halls. The girls have a
house mother, but aside from that
the work is planned and supervised
without any paid labor from the
outside.
The elimination of paid help et-
fects a great saving in many ways.
Students are expected to pay $50
for the school year in addition to
the two and one-half hours work
which they do each day with their
hands. This s160 pays for room,
I board and tuition. and in fact in
cludes practically the entire eX-
penses of the school year. Even
the laundry of the institution Is
done by student labor.