All this,
it seems to me, makes it important that the whole Nation lend a hand
in trying to lift the burden of ignorance from the South.
Another thing that is becoming more apparent each year in the
development of education in the South is the influence of General
Armstrong's idea of education; and this not upon the blacks alone, but
upon the whites also. At the present time there is almost no Southern
state that is not putting forth efforts in the direction of securing
industrial education for its white boys and girls, and in most cases
it is easy to trace the history of these efforts back to General
Armstrong.
Soon after the opening of our humble boarding department students
began coming to us in still larger numbers. For weeks we not only had
to contend with the difficulty of providing board, with no money, but
also with that of providing sleeping accommodations. For this purpose
we rented a number of cabins near the school. These cabins were in a
dilapidated condition, and during the winter months the students who
occupied them necessarily suffered from the cold. We charge the
students eight dollars a month -- all they were able to pay -- for
their board. This included, besides board, room, fuel, and washing.
We also gave the students credit on their board bills for all the work
which they did for the school which was of any value to the
institution.
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