6 Tuskegee

Chapter 6 Tuskegee The city of Tuskegee and the surrounding area turned out to be an amazing place. George found many new plants and flowers to study. The school itself, however, wasn't so amazing. When George arrived, he had no rooms in which to store his collections, and not even a laboratory in which to work. But George didn't worry about what he didn't have. "Use what you find around you," he told his first students. He took them to a junkyard. They dug up old pots and pans, saucers and spoons, boxes and string—whatever they could find—and made their own laboratory. It was all part of hands-on learning for George's students. He didn't want to just stand in front of a classroom and give lectures. He wanted his students to touch and feel nature— and to think.

塔斯基吉市及其周边地区原来是一个令人惊奇的地方。 乔治发现了许多新的植物和花卉来研究。 然而，这所学校本身并没有那么令人惊叹。 当乔治到达时，他没有房间来存放他的收藏品，甚至没有实验室来工作。 但是乔治并不担心他没有的东西。 “利用你在身边找到的东西，”他告诉他的第一批学生。 他把它们带到一个垃圾场。 他们挖出旧的锅碗瓢盆、碟子、勺子、盒子和绳子——他们能找到的任何东西——建立了自己的实验室。 对乔治的学生来说，这都是实践学习的一部分。 他不想只是站在教室前面讲课。 他希望他的学生去触摸和感受自然，去思考。

On early morning walks, George collected samples of soil or flowers or insects that he shared in his classroom. Outside the classroom, he set up a practice farm on ten acres of land. It

在清晨散步时，乔治会收集土壤、花朵或昆虫的样本，并在教室里分享。 在教室外面，他在十英亩的土地上建立了一个练习农场。 它

was an experiment station. One acre was for testing the soil, another was for growing sweet potatoes, another for studying fertilizers, and so on. With the experiment station, George took his wish to be "the greatest good to the greatest number" seriously. He invited local farmers to come to the school once a month to learn about the soil.

是一个实验站。 一英亩用于测试土壤，另一英亩用于种植红薯，另一英亩用于研究肥料，等等。 有了这个实验站，乔治认真地实现了他的愿望，“为最大多数人带来最大的好处”。 他邀请当地农民每个月来学校一次，学习土壤知识。

During their monthly meetings, George analyzed the farmers' soil and gave them samples of his. Then he started encouraging them to come in between the monthly meetings, whenever they needed some help. Then he invited the wives to come along, too. He showed them ways to plan meals and prepare food, and he discussed the value of different foods. George didn't have the money for fancy equipment at Tuskegee, so his advice was helpful to the farmers who didn't have the money for fancy equipment, either. George wanted farmers to pay attention to nature and all it had to offer. He wrote different booklets that taught how to grow tomatoes or raise hogs or preserve meat. The more farmers could do on their own, the less they had to spend at the market—and the less they had to go without. "Anything that fills the dinner pail is valuable," he said. He wrote other booklets that helped farmers improve the appearance of their land and their

在他们每月的会议上，乔治分析了农民的土壤，并把他的样品给了他们。 然后，他开始鼓励他们在每月例会之间来找他，只要他们需要帮助。 然后他邀请妻子们也一起来。 他向他们展示了计划膳食和准备食物的方法，并讨论了不同食物的价值。 乔治在塔斯基吉没有钱买花哨的设备，所以他的建议对那些没有钱买花哨设备的农民也很有帮助。 乔治想让农民们关注大自然和它所提供的一切。 他写了各种各样的小册子，教人们如何种植西红柿、养猪或保存肉类。 农民自己做的事情越多，他们在市场上的花费就越少，他们的生活就越少。 “任何能填满饭桶的东西都是有价值的，”他说。 他还写了其他小册子，帮助农民改善他们的土地和农场的外观

homes. He knew they couldn't afford to buy paint, but he also knew there were plenty of natural resources. Different types of natural clay, for instance, could be mixed to make different colors for paint. With a little glue mixed in, it would stick to cabin walls. George also taught farmers how to care for native plants, flowers, and grasses, and how to fix up their homes. Such a work schedule, though, was exhausting. George liked to get up by four o'clock in the morning and walk in the woods.

房屋。他知道他们买不起油漆，但他也知道那里有丰富的自然资源。 例如，不同种类的天然粘土可以混合成不同颜色的颜料。 再加一点胶水，就能粘在船舱墙上了。 乔治还教农民如何照料本地植物、花卉和草，以及如何修缮他们的家园。 然而，这样的工作安排让人筋疲力尽。 乔治喜欢早上四点起床，在树林里散步。

Then he taught four or five classes each day. He also ran the experiment station and worked in the homemade laboratory. He continued to paint and draw, too, and he often wrote letters to Moses and Susan Carver and to the other families he had lived with. He also organized a Bible study class once a week. His intense workload and many interests left George little time for fun. Sometimes, his friends set him up on dates, but he never married. In 1906, George designed the Jesup Agricultural Wagon. It was a movable classroom

然后他每天教四到五节课。 他还管理实验站，并在自制的实验室工作。 他也继续画画，他经常给摩西和苏珊·卡弗以及其他和他住在一起的家庭写信。 他还每周组织一次圣经学习班。 由于工作量大，兴趣爱好多，乔治几乎没有时间娱乐。 有时，他的朋友给他介绍对象，但他从未结婚。 1906年，乔治设计了Jesup农业马车。 这是一间可移动的教室