The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-27
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BEREA COLLEGE
Is FIVE SCHOOLS
MADE INTO ONE
Institution In the Foothills off Ken.
lucky Mountains Is Accomplish.
ing Much for MOutain
Boys and Girls.

Berea, Ky. - Primary schoi men,
bers we'll out of their teens, a. well
a sgrave and reverend seniors IN col
lege, most of them younger than some
of the pupils just learning to read,
are one of the seemingly paradoxicai
features of Berea College. 1t Is one
of the few institutions of learning In
the land in which student may Sc
cure an education running from the
rudiments to an A. B. degree, and also
one of the few colleges where grown
but uneducated man or woman may
begin at the beginning.
There are five schools in Berea Col
lege. The most interesting one is the
Foundation School, open to students
from fifteen years old up. AS the
name implies, it starts from the foun-
dation, welcoming to its precincts old
er as we'll as younger students VINO
have never had chance to study.
The Academy is ethe equivalent OF
the usual preparatory or high school
course, which gets ready for college
those students who wish to continue
further than the primary grades.
The Vocational School brings to the
students a knowledge of pursuits
which they may desire to use in their
choice of a life work. Shops, herd
of cattle, an experimental farm, hos
pital for courses in nursing, and other
equipment are ready for vocational
school students.
The College itself carries students
from the Academy to their degree OF
A. B. and is the equal of any college
course in the South. Many OF It's
graduates return to their mountain
homes as teachers at graduation.
The Normal School is used for the
training of students as teachers, ana
gives a certificate for this purpose.
MANY of the school-teachers in the
mountain districts are Bereas pro-
duct With these five schools ready
for the mountain boy or girl. Berea
College is able to perform duty to
education with unique chances oil
service.
The development of the five schools
is an outgrowth of Berea's desire to
be everything to the mountain people
who depend upon it. 1t could do TINS
only by being ready to give 10 all
who asked anything that was desired
in the way of courses or teaching
That the scheme is success is shown
by the fact that in the year just CON-
pleted 1850 students passed through
the %er-open doors of Berea
With an ideal situation, a huge eli
entele to draw from, and the good VIII
of the mountain people, but one thing
has handicapped Berea - the lack OF
money Its friends have been many
and new and much-needed equipment
and buildings have appeared as If by
magic. But the old methods of raising
money no longer suffice to meet the
rapidly growing demands, so Berea is
taking part in campaign to be known
as the Berea Necessity Fund. The
sum being sought is sl,0O0,OOO, and
the acquisition of it will relieve emer-
gency conditions of overcrowding,
provide equipment, and increase fac
ulty salaries.