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FARM 1914 – 1918<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/melv_II_album_019x-674x1024.jpg\")
<\/figure>\n“While the school has been a-building Miss Pettit and our farmer have accomplished titanic tasks on the farm.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\nFrom the beginning in 1913, the founders believed that education was comprised of “head, hand, and heart.” Of the two co-founders, Miss Katherine Pettit<\/a> must be seen as the director of “hand” education — the industrial side of the educational model. Even in their earliest years students were enlisted to participate in all aspects of campus life, including the agricultural endeavors, as excerpts from this letter demonstrate.
A report of the School’s progress details Katherine Pettit’s educational accomplishments of maintaining the land.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nWhile the school has been a-building Miss Pettit and our farmer have accomplished titanic tasks on the farm. Four-thousand feet of box-ditching drain the land, and a large portion of it has been fenced away from the efforts of that intrepid citizen-at-large,\u00a0the hog.\u00a0Besides fruit trees, berry bushes and grapevines have been set out, and four acres have been cleared for orchard. A disc harrow, lime sprinkling,\u00a0cow peas and rye are turning neglected fields into garden land.\u00a0Daily our family of thirty-three is fed on homegrown vegetables and we are putting away for winter cabbage, beans, apples, and corn .<\/em>…<\/p>You would really believe that this is an industrial school if you could see what our children are learning as they help us in these tasks. Watermelons scientifically planted by children from six to\u00a0nine years old;\u00a0sweet potato vines trans\u00adplanted by a brood of the same age; young fruit trees set out by little girls, with the greatest care for their roots:\u00a0these are real lessons in agriculture …\u00a0
Although we are pioneers we have tried to keep in mind not only present needs but a future ideal. Expert agriculturalists, orchardists,\u00a0civil and hydraulic engineers, and builders visited us in the first few months and freely gave us expert advice. Miss Mary Rockwell,\u00a0our architect, has been with us twice and insists that we grow according to a plan, not only to achieve convenient grouping for our buildings, but also to preserve the enchanting natural beauty of our grounds …<\/p>
Assets:
125 acres recently given. (Mostly coal and timber.) A coal bank. A limestone cliff.
A boundary of timber aggregating 600,000 ft.
A stone quarry.
A maple sugar grove.
Annual pledges to the amount of $1600.00.
An unpolluted water supply.
Three dwelling houses.
One tool house.
Two sanitary closets.
Sawmill.
Two mules.
One hog and two more chickens.
Two collie pups, promised.<\/p>Letter to Friends, 1914. (Excerpts)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\u00a0SEE ALSO:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nFARM Agriculture Correspondence<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\nDANCING IN THE CABBAGE PATCH Farming the Land Early Years 1913-1930<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n DANCING IN THE CABBAGE PATCH Farm and Dairy Years I<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nFARM Agriculture Correspondence 1918<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nCOMMUNITY Fair Day 1914-1915 Farmer\u2019s Meetings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nWELLS RECORD 08 PMSS Farm Dairy Poultry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nRECORD Pine Mountain Settlement School 03 \u2013 1914-1915<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nEVELYN K. WELLS 1915 Excerpts From Letters Home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPUBLICATIONS PMSS Brochure 1915 PMSS Appeal to Annual Subscribers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nPUBLICATIONS Brochure 1915 Pine Mountain Settlement School in the Making<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nCREECH LETTERS 1915<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>“While the school has been a-building Miss Pettit and our farmer have accomplished titanic tasks on the farm.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n From the beginning in 1913, the founders believed that education was comprised of “head, hand, and heart.” Of the two co-founders, Miss Katherine Pettit<\/a> must be seen as the director of “hand” education — the industrial side of the educational model. Even in their earliest years students were enlisted to participate in all aspects of campus life, including the agricultural endeavors, as excerpts from this letter demonstrate. While the school has been a-building Miss Pettit and our farmer have accomplished titanic tasks on the farm. Four-thousand feet of box-ditching drain the land, and a large portion of it has been fenced away from the efforts of that intrepid citizen-at-large,\u00a0the hog.\u00a0Besides fruit trees, berry bushes and grapevines have been set out, and four acres have been cleared for orchard. A disc harrow, lime sprinkling,\u00a0cow peas and rye are turning neglected fields into garden land.\u00a0Daily our family of thirty-three is fed on homegrown vegetables and we are putting away for winter cabbage, beans, apples, and corn .<\/em>…<\/p> You would really believe that this is an industrial school if you could see what our children are learning as they help us in these tasks. Watermelons scientifically planted by children from six to\u00a0nine years old;\u00a0sweet potato vines trans\u00adplanted by a brood of the same age; young fruit trees set out by little girls, with the greatest care for their roots:\u00a0these are real lessons in agriculture …\u00a0 Assets: \u00a0SEE ALSO:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n FARM Agriculture Correspondence<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n DANCING IN THE CABBAGE PATCH Farming the Land Early Years 1913-1930<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n DANCING IN THE CABBAGE PATCH Farm and Dairy Years I<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n FARM Agriculture Correspondence 1918<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n COMMUNITY Fair Day 1914-1915 Farmer\u2019s Meetings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n WELLS RECORD 08 PMSS Farm Dairy Poultry<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n RECORD Pine Mountain Settlement School 03 \u2013 1914-1915<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n EVELYN K. WELLS 1915 Excerpts From Letters Home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n PUBLICATIONS PMSS Brochure 1915 PMSS Appeal to Annual Subscribers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n PUBLICATIONS Brochure 1915 Pine Mountain Settlement School in the Making<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n CREECH LETTERS 1915<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
A report of the School’s progress details Katherine Pettit’s educational accomplishments of maintaining the land.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Although we are pioneers we have tried to keep in mind not only present needs but a future ideal. Expert agriculturalists, orchardists,\u00a0civil and hydraulic engineers, and builders visited us in the first few months and freely gave us expert advice. Miss Mary Rockwell,\u00a0our architect, has been with us twice and insists that we grow according to a plan, not only to achieve convenient grouping for our buildings, but also to preserve the enchanting natural beauty of our grounds …<\/p>
125 acres recently given. (Mostly coal and timber.) A coal bank. A limestone cliff.
A boundary of timber aggregating 600,000 ft.
A stone quarry.
A maple sugar grove.
Annual pledges to the amount of $1600.00.
An unpolluted water supply.
Three dwelling houses.
One tool house.
Two sanitary closets.
Sawmill.
Two mules.
One hog and two more chickens.
Two collie pups, promised.<\/p>Letter to Friends, 1914. (Excerpts)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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