p. 812 | BATTLE CREEK COLLEGE ITEMS by W. H. Littlejohn

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Tuesday, December 23, 1884

FromThe Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 61, No. 51

BATTLE CREEK COLLEGE ITEMS.

By W. H. Littlejohn

HAVING felt the need of some arrangement by which the Faculty would be enabled to render it certain that the students were putting in their time to the best advantage possible, the following order of exercises has at last been adopted:—

ORDER OF THE DAY AT BATTLE CREEK COLLEGE.

All students in the College, unless excused from so doing by the proper authorities, are expected to carry out the following order of exercises:—

At the ringing of the first bell in the morning, students will repair to the College building, and go immediately to the room assigned to them for study.
At the regular hour for chapel exercises they will go, under the direction of their Teachers, to the College chapel.
At the close of the chapel service they will repair either to the College rooms in which they sit or to those in which they have recitations at that hour.
The hours intervening between the chapel exercises and the close of the College session for the day, must be spent in recitations or study, in the rooms that are devoted to those purposes, except such time as may be given to recess or other matters provided for in the programme of classes.
The time from one until half-past two o’clock P. M., may be devoted to dinner and recreation or labor.
From half-past two until four o’clock, students will be expected to spend the time in study in their private rooms, unless engaged in regular class work, or laboring under the direction of those in charge of the Manual Training Department.
The time from four until seven o’clock P. M. can be devoted by the students to recreation or labor.
From seven until half-past nine o’clock P. M., all students are expected to be in their rooms engaged in study or other College work.
Students are requested to retire as early as half-past nine o’clock, when they can do so consistently with other duties. In case they are found to be up as late as ten o’clock P. M., they will be subject to discipline, unless they can render a good excuse for their conduct.
On the Sabbath and on Sundays there will be no literary exercises at the College. Those students who have Sabbath-keeping parents are expected to attend the Sabbath-school and public services at the Tabernacle at least once on the Sabbath. They are also required to abstain during the day from anything that would be inconsistent with a proper external observance of the Sabbath. On Saturday and Sunday evenings students are expected to retire to rest in their private rooms at the time specified for that purpose on other days of the week.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

READING CLASS FOR FOREIGNERS.

Many of our foreign brethren, particularly those who wish to labor in the cause, have felt the need of a sufficient knowledge of the English language to enable them to read our publications in that tongue without difficulty. To meet this want, a class has been organized in the College especially for the instruction of such persons. It is interesting to attend its exercises occasionally, and surprising to see the rapidity with which many members of the class advance in their work. Miss Ida E. Rankin, their teacher, has had the benefit of experience in the same line of work in other institutions.

SWEDISH CLASS.

For some time a German class, conducted by Prof. A. Kunz, and a Danish class, conducted by Eld. Niels Clausen, have been in operation in the College. We have been anxious for a long while to organize a class in the Swedish language; but have not been able to do so until the present time for the want of a sufficient number of students to warrant the step. The class now formed is taught by Bro. Augustus Swedberg, and numbers but five. We hope that our Swedish brethren will see to it that its patronage is increased.

Let it be remembered that the prosperity of the cause among the nationalities mentioned above will be materially affected for the better if the classes in the College which have been created for the purpose of qualifying laborers to work successfully in these respective fields, are sustained as they should be.

BOARDING HOUSE.

The new boarding house is so near completion that its occupancy was entered upon yesterday morning, Dec. 15. The lady students will room in the building, and the gentlemen will unite with them in taking their meals in the ample dining hall which it contains. Since the rooms have been furnished, the building presents quite a home-like appearance, and answers our present purpose very well. It is heated by hot air; and if the furnaces employed work satisfactorily, we see no good reason why the boarding house may not furnish a pleasant home for its occupants.

W. H. LITTLEJOHN.