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labor have been necessary.

Schools in Summer.  Every succeeding year has furnished evidence of the importance of continuing many country schools during the "vacation" months. January to March and July to September are seasons of great leisure in the planting sections, while the spring and autumn months are harvest and it is impossible to have the children in school when there is a general demand for labor. “The crops must be 'made' and harvested is the unanswerable argument in reply to all appeals against the removal of the children from school. Accordingly I arranged to have a large number of schools continued and several new ones opened during the last summer so that there were more than twice as many teachers and pupils as at any former corresponding period. The success of the plan warrants its more general adoption. This plan is also especially convenient for the Normal pupils of the Hampton, Richmond, and other schools to make their first essays in teaching. They have gladly availed themselves of these opportunities and then later have given good promise for the future.