Working Out

From NMH’s founding, its students have labored over mathematical theorems, gerunds and apostrophes, history’s vexing lessons, as well as metaphors lurking in great texts. They also have engaged in physical labor, be it mucking stalls on the farm, scrubbing pots after breakfast, or dusting under beds at the infirmary; founder D. L. Moody made respect for the dignity of labor a cornerstone of the NMH experience, hence, an education for the head, heart, and hand.

Students still have work job, as we call it, and now assignments include leading prospective students and their families around campus when they visit, sugaring over spring break, helping staff members with office duties, and writing for the parent newsletter. Here’s an ode to the NMH Work Program.