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174 FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
"All the work of the place is done by the students under the
direction of trained leaders. We have sent out some fifteen hun
dred boys, who came to us from the most poorly equipped homes
without even the rudiments of an education, knowing nothing of
the value of time or how to work with hands and head together;
but who went forth fitted to be real leaders in their communities.
We are forced to turn away hundreds of applicants waiting to be
admitted.
"So great was the need to educate our girls from the moun
tains and remote rural districts that six years ago I started the
school for girls, a mile from the boys' school. The boys cut the
logs and put up all the buildings, under the direction of a master
builder, made the furniture in our shops, and the girls wove the
rugs and made the curtains. So we have a 'home made' and
'homespun' school. We use the cottage system for the girls,
and they are trained to be good home-makers and practical, effi
cient women. They have courses in cooking, gardening, weaving,
home-nursing and basket-making, and they are under the direct
influence of inspiring Christian teachers.
"Boys and girls come to us from the mountains and valleys all
over Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Virginia and
Kentucky. We are now sending back to their homes trained
farmers, teachers, preachers, practical builders and leaders in com-
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