Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . For Indian girlsLace Making only.—A course in pillow-lace makingis given to the Indian girls inorder to furnish them with a pro-ductive industry that will be usefulto them after their return to theirhomes. Fo r Indian girlsIndian Pottery only.—A course of instruction in themaking of Cherokee pottery isgiven to the Indians by a Chero-kee Indian graduate. It is hopedto gradually develop othercourses in the native Indian in-dustries. Upholstering and Caning Lessons are giveni n mattress-ma
Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . For Indian girlsLace Making only.—A course in pillow-lace makingis given to the Indian girls inorder to furnish them with a pro-ductive industry that will be usefulto them after their return to theirhomes. Fo r Indian girlsIndian Pottery only.—A course of instruction in themaking of Cherokee pottery isgiven to the Indians by a Chero-kee Indian graduate. It is hopedto gradually develop othercourses in the native Indian in-dustries. Upholstering and Caning Lessons are giveni n mattress-mak-ing, the caning of chairs and oth-er branches of up-holstery, for the purpose of en-abling the students to make orrepair various articles of house-hold furniture. These include sim-ple carpentry, glaz-ing, white-washing,painting and papering. The ob-ject of this course is to make itpossible for girls to do ordinaryrepairing; to keep their homesclean and attractive, and to de-velop what a New Englanderwould define as gumption. HouseholdHandicrafts. 11 A M P T ON IN S T I T l1 T E 45 All the girls are given a three years course in agri-Agriculture culture, which includes nature-study, gardening, dairying and animal industry. Hampton feels thatthe importance of agriculture for girls as well as for boys cannot betoo strongly emphasized. A large part of the care of the dairy,the breeding of poultry, the raising of vegetables and small fruits,and the making of gardens should be the work of women. NORMAL COURSE TWO YEARS The Normal Department offers the following two years courseof study to all persons who wish to fit themselves for more effect-ive educational work. Regular students are required to hold theacademic diploma of Hampton Institute or its equivalent. Specialstudents may be admitted to any of the courses which they are fit-ted to enter. General 1, Introduction to Education.—This course dealsCourses with five primary elements in education.— a. Education as a scienc
Size: 1194px × 2093px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, bookidcatalogueofh, bookyear1869
