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. The cost of
tuition, which was fifty dollars a year for each student, we had
to secure then, as now, wherever we could.
This small charge in cash gave us no capital with which to start
a boarding department. The weather during the second winter of
our work was very cold.
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