The Washington times., 1923-08-18
Sc v,
SWEEP AND
COOK
Unique School in Tennessee
Fits Men for Clerical
Orders.

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school where the students argue
over the Pauline psychology while
they sew buttons on their overalls;
where the man who sweeps out
chants Latin verbs to the swish
ing Of his broom, and the engineer
at the sawmill talks classic
Greek with his fellow workers. Out
in the truck garden cabbages and
cauliflower are cultivated amid dis.
cussions of second century heresies,
and fundamentalism versus modern.
ism is threshed out over the milk
ing Of the cows. In one day q
group Of these students buried the
baby Of a broken-hearted family,
having first made the coffin, wrote
Greek exercises, mended a wagon
and wound UP by playing a winning
game of baseball.
Trained for the Ministry,
Except for the baseball, 1t sounds
like a tale Of the academic shades
OF ancient Greece, doesn't IT? In.
stead, 1t is right here in the heart
Of the. Tennessee mountains. and
the school is a unique institution
where men long past school age,
but DESTROYS of fitting themselves
for clerical orders, are trained for
the ministry. For the most part
they are poor men who come to
the Du Bose Memorial School,
named after a famous Episcopal
divine, after having spent a con-
siderable portion Of their time In
manual occupation. There are two
former sailors among them, one
or two with army experience, some
It is thoroughly cooperative.
There are no tuition fees, and
every one Of the fifty students
who tax the present capacity Of
the institution works at some &C.
cupation about the farm and in.
dustrial plant which IL attached to
the school for his keen and the
training he Is receiving for a future
career in the ministry.
Rev. w S. Claiborne. an arch
deacon Of the Episcopal diocese Of
Tennessee, is the directing genius
of the work. which is Immediately
supervised by Rev. M. p. Logan.
D. D., the warden.
All Practically Pennlless.
Among the students are some who
were once well-to-do but are now
practically penniless, but there 10
not one who is not capable OF
making a secular living and has
done so. But there they are. work
ing with their hands, with a fixed
purpose to fit themselves for a
later career Of service. Rev. Louis
Tucker, of Mobile. Ala, recently
spent a month at Du Bose. He
says Of It:
"I thank God for some glimpse
of what the church primitive and
apostolic must have been. Every
one had board, lodging and clothes
some clothes. No one had any
money Every man had given up
good salary or wages. Most OF
them had not seen dollar of their
own for so long that they had for.
gotten how 1t looked. They farTned
and carpentered, pruned the or
chard. tinkered with pumps, MIXED
the cows and fixed the fences, made
beds, washed dishes and swept the
floors, then studied-for rest and
recreation. 1t is the only known
school where students study over
time and come to class with more,
far more, prepared than was as.
signed them.
"some Of the men are married.
The children go to school. The
women sew, sweep, cook, mend,
tend chickens nurca anv S1rIr and
are too busy, almost, to turn
around. And all agree. There are
no hard and fast Jules except that
of cooperation. All meet daily for
consultation and all help each other.
Never was wilder adventure more
self-sacrificingly translated into fact.
Already men have gone out from
this school and, in small spheres,
have become nowersn