AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL PIONEER 119 



This was his precedent for opening a girls' depart- 

 ment in the Agricultural School. In the teachers' 

 cottage, occupied by the matron and her staff, the upper 

 floor was fitted up for the use of the girls. A course 

 in cooking, general housework, mending and sewing 

 was started, under the direction of our amiable and 

 able matron, the late Mrs. Jennie Steinberg. Work in 

 the hothouse, courses in English, arithmetic and other 

 studies in the schoolroom completed the curriculum of 

 the fifteen girls who were found ready to enter the 

 department. In return for the instruction given them 

 they assisted Mrs. Steinberg in taking care of the 

 dormitories and keeping house for the hundred or 

 more boys. 



With the high standards of accomplishment insisted 

 upon by my husband in the school, only those teachers 

 were employed who were able and willing to carry on 

 the work in the right spirit. In answering an applicant 

 for the position of governor, he said: 



"It is superfluous for me to state that the position 

 is a very important one, involving a great many moral 

 responsibilities. Only a person who has zeal and en- 

 thusiasm for our work need apply. We should like 

 to have a man who loves boys and is a teacher by 

 calling." 



It was not, by any means, a light task to control the 

 school and to ensure the contentment of the boys at 

 all times. During the winter months life was easy, 

 as there was no field work; but in summer the boys 



