Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . practice work required in theAgricultural Course is given to those who have made asatisfactory record on the Farm during their work other words, they are excused from the school duringtwo summer vacations of four months each. The dis-cipline of continued and systematic work with thehands has an educational value—from the standpointof character—which is not likely to be those will be allowed to omit the year in theWork Class who have had equivalent training els
Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . practice work required in theAgricultural Course is given to those who have made asatisfactory record on the Farm during their work other words, they are excused from the school duringtwo summer vacations of four months each. The dis-cipline of continued and systematic work with thehands has an educational value—from the standpointof character—which is not likely to be those will be allowed to omit the year in theWork Class who have had equivalent training else-where and who are intending to take agriculture ora trade course. Boys in the Work Class are paid from$15 to $20 a month according to the value of their enables them to be entirely self-supporting dur-ing the first year and to accumulate a balance towardthe expenses of the second year. A boy entering the 1 A picture of Shellbanks farmhouse will be found on page 20. THE DAY SCHOOL 39 Work Class will therefore need to bring very littlemoney besides his entrance fee and first months POULTRY AT SHELLBANKS FARM (2)The Day School—The lower classes in theDay School are made up of boys who are not farenough advanced in their studies to begin the regularcourse in Agriculture or to enter the Trade certain cases a boy of some maturity who knowshow to work with his hands may shorten the time re-quired to get through the school by spending his firstyear in the Day School and then beginning agricul-ture or a trade. The cost in the Day School for a newstudent varies from $100 to $125 besides the entrancefee and first months board, but it includes his uniformsuit and books. A boy in the Junior Class in DaySchool will be able to earn very little. 40 HAMPTON INSTITUTE JUNIOR (OR PREPARATORY) DEPARTMENT Most new boys will need to take a part or all ofthe work of the Junior (or Preparatory) boy who passes his entrance examinations fairlywell should
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