Booker T. Washington directed his faculty to "take their teaching into the community." Carver responded by designing a "movable school" that students built.
I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me. (George Washington Carver)
My very soul thirsted for an education. I literally lived in the woods. I wanted to know every strange stone, flower, insect, bird or beast (George Washington Carver)