Hillcrest School Farm addresses Ellen White's counsel regarding a specific educational institution and its agricultural program. This pamphlet demonstrates White's vision for Christian education combining mental, physical, and spiritual development through manual labor, particularly farming. Hillcrest represents the model of self-supporting schools where students work to pay expenses while learning practical trades alongside academic subjects. White's counsel typically addressed curriculum balance (academic and manual training), operating farm efficiently and profitably, teaching students agricultural skills, maintaining spiritual atmosphere, and financial management. The pamphlet emphasizes that manual labor educates practically, develops character, provides exercise counteracting study's sedentary effects, and prepares workers for mission fields where self-support proves necessary. Hillcrest exemplifies educational philosophy preparing balanced workers rather than merely intellectual scholars.
Educators, administrators of Christian schools, supporters of self-supporting education, and those interested in practical training programs balancing mental and manual labor.
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