The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-09-22
SELF-HELP UNIVERSITY
OPENS AT MT. LAKE PARK
Fifty Students From 5 Neigh
boring States To Pay Tuition
With Work, Cash Or Produce
PATRONS ARE ORGANIZED

yourself" college career this week, at
tending the first classes on Monday
morning in the recently organized
Mountain Lake Park Self-Help Uni
versity. The students, coming from
five neighboring states, were assigned
lessons and dispensed with preliminar-
les at the opening session and began
III earnest on the second day of the
school. Many applications for admis-
SION to the school had to be turned
down, Rev. Paul R. Maness, field sec
rotary, reported.
Paying their way in work, farm
products or cash, the students will at
tend classes covering first year col
lege work, including English, physi-
cal education, health, algebra, psy-
chology, Bible literature, current his
tory, geography and nature study
Credits for the work done will be
given through Salem College, Salem,
West Va.
Paying their way in work began i'm
mediately for most of the group.
While Freeman Lewis, of Terra
Alta, West Va, was busy trimming
trees in the campus area the first
day, many others were at work dig
ging a two-mile ditch which will per-
nit the lowering of the water line
from four inches below the surface
to twenty-four inches, so that Garrett
county's freezing weather will not
stop the flow of water in the Univer-
sity buildings. Busy at this task were
George Sherren, Tunnelton; Joe Ben
nett, Clarksburg; Milford Johnston
Southwest, Va; William Miller, OF
Terra Alta, w. Va; James Walker
Washington, D. c.; Harold Teagar-
den, Mountain Lake Park; Harry Har-
vey, White Church, and others.
Girls were busy in the dormitory
doing the family wash and clearing
up the dishes. Shirley Ault, Tunnel
ton; Catherine Day and Melissa
Wolfe, Kempton, W. Va, and Dorena
MCGEE, Tunnelton, were kept occu-
pied about the laundry tubs.
Digging bitches is hard work,
spoke up Joe Bennett, "but we want
an education; we're all glad to work
for it, too," he added.
cts worth working for" chimeo
in Milford Johnston, Southeast, Va
"a couple left because it looked toe
hard, and a few thought they were
going to try to make preachers out OF
all of u.s." said another.
Plan of University Explained
The plan of the university was ex-
planned in opening ceremonies on last
Sunday. Rev. Dean C. Dutton, chan
cellor, spoke at program on Sun
day night, after which patrons of the
college met to form an organization
Rev. Paul R. Maness was elected ex-
ecutive secretary.
Many of the patrons brought dona-
tions of farm produce and canned
goods on Sunday, and Rev. Teagarden
taking the University truck arounc
the Countryside was given chickens
cabbage, flour, vegetables of various
kinds, canned fruits, ETC., to keep the
students we'll fed.
The school is sponsored by the Ma
tional Character Education Associa'
ton, which recently purchased the
property of the Mountain Lake p
Association from the Methodist For
eign Mission Board.
The registration fee of $4,000 is re-
quired, paid either in cash, produce
live stock, or work of $50 hours. Each
semester hour of work will cost q
hours of labor. Board and room 1OC
hours of work per month.
Students stopped their duties the
first afternoon from 1870 to 2 to lister
to broadcast in their behalf over sta
ton WMMN, Fairmont, which is to
be daily feature to interest people II
the self-help school.
The active staff OF the university
now includes Earl D. Ford, secretary
treasurer, in charge of business man
agement; Joyce B. Webster, of Okla
homa City, dean of men; Miss Frances
Miller, dean of women; Miss Maudt
l. jefferson, former superintendent Of
practice teaching at West Libert!
State Teachers College, West Lib
erty, w. Va, registrar and instruc
tor.
Students may select IL hours O.
work from a range of 20 semester
hours in first year college work.