Twelfth Annual Report of The National Farm School November 1909 . n appreciative ears. He hears an old melody,as it were, a familiar tune. The attractiveness of modern farm-ing contributed in part to his desire to return to the soil. But more than the attractiveness of farming, the haunting pathos of his life in the crowded Ghetto awakens within him the yearning to share more of the sweetness - . ^ , . 1 . Ml- Farm also a and sanity of a rural existence than is possible m means of es- the stifling atmosphere of the congested city, in cape from the din and clamor, the filth and dirt, of the Ghe
Twelfth Annual Report of The National Farm School November 1909 . n appreciative ears. He hears an old melody,as it were, a familiar tune. The attractiveness of modern farm-ing contributed in part to his desire to return to the soil. But more than the attractiveness of farming, the haunting pathos of his life in the crowded Ghetto awakens within him the yearning to share more of the sweetness - . ^ , . 1 . Ml- Farm also a and sanity of a rural existence than is possible m means of es- the stifling atmosphere of the congested city, in cape from the din and clamor, the filth and dirt, of the Ghetto. The sane and wholesome, that which is natural and true, is the ideal of life the Jew upholds. Toward this end he shapes all his activities. This wise, beautiful way of living is inculcated in his religion. It is the theme of prayer and poem- This alTords him a (spiritual outlook on life, and centuries of experience have counseled him to adopt this course. When, as in our day, moral depravity threatens to undermine the 18 STATEMENT FOR YEAR ENDING 1908-1909. Monorial Trees Segal Hall Main Building Green Houses R. R- Stat: U Jliiid Mill PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE SCHOOL FROM THE RAILROAD purity of his home life, when tuberculosis and foul diseasestalk through his habitation, he sees with horror the ravagesof city life, and he is only too anxious to rid himself of the plaguewhich is laying low his dear ones, upsetting the foundation of hishome, and destroying the existence of his being-City life, as it is lived by the multitudes, contributes thelarger part of applicants. So many are now begging to be as-sisted in going back to the farm that our Agri-Demands for , , . , f^ . -1 1farms larger cultural Aid bocieties cannot cope with them. than means So many are the students on whom parents rely for labor and assistance in establishing their in-dividual farms that we have been embarrassed with thenumber of seriously-minded earnest young men who fill all therequirement, but who are pre
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