Earlier text: The Washington SanitariumThe history of no one of the disciples better illustrates Christ’s method of training than does the history of Peter. Bold, aggressive, and self-confident, quick to perceive and forward to act, prompt in retaliation, yet generous in forgiving, Peter often erred, and often received reproof. Nor were his warm-hearted loyalty and devotion to Christ the less decidedly recognized and commended. Patiently, with discriminating love, the Saviour dealt with his impetuous disciple, seeking to check his self-confidence, and to teach him humility, obedience, and trust. But only in part was the lesson learned. Self-assurance was not uprooted. Often Jesus, the burden heavy upon his own heart, sought to open to the disciples the scenes of his trial and suffering. But their eyes were holden. The knowledge was unwelcome, and they did not see. Self-pity, that shrank from fellowship with Christ in suffering, prompted Peter’s remonstrance, “Pity thyself, Lord; this shall not be unto thee.” His words expressed the thought and feeling of the twelve. So they went on, the crisis drawing nearer; they, boastful, contentious, in anticipation apportioning regal honors, and dreaming not of the cross. For them all, Peter’s experience had a lesson. To self-trust, trial is defeat. The sure outworking of evil still unforeseen, Christ could not prevent. But as his hand had been outstretched to save when the waves were about to sweep over Peter, so did his love reach out for his rescue when the deep waters swept over his soul. Over and over again, on the very verge of ruin, Peter’s words of boasting brought him nearer and still nearer to the brink. Over and over again was given the warning, “Thou shalt . . . deny that thou knowest me.” It was the grieved, loving heart of the disciple that spoke out in the avowal, “Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death;” and he who reads the heart gave to Peter the message, little valued then, but which in the swift-falling darkness would shed a ray of hope: “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.” When in the judgment-hall the words of denial had been spoken; when Peter’s love and loyalty, awakened under the Saviour’s glance of pity and love and sorrow, had sent him forth to the garden where Christ had wept and prayed; when his tears of remorse dropped upon the sod that had been moistened with the blood-drops of His agony,—then the Saviour’s words, “I have prayed for thee; . . . when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren,” were a stay to his soul. Christ, though foreseeing his sin, had not abandoned him to despair. If the look that Jesus cast upon him had spoken condemnation instead of pity; if, in foretelling the sin, he had failed of speaking hope, how dense would have been the darkness that encompassed Peter! how reckless the despair of that tortured soul! In that hour of anguish and self-abhorrence, what could have held him back from the path trodden by Judas?25 He who could not spare his disciple the anguish, left him not alone to its bitterness. His is a love that fails not nor forsakes. Human beings, themselves given to evil, are prone to deal untenderly with the tempted and the erring. They can not read the heart, they know not its struggle and pain. Of the rebuke that is love, of the blow that wounds to heal, of the warning that speaks hope, they have need to learn. It was not John, the one who watched with him in the judgment-hall, who stood beside his cross, and who of the twelve was first at the tomb,—it was not John, but Peter, that was mentioned by name in the first message sent to the disciples by Christ after his resurrection. “Tell his disciples and Peter,” the angel said, “that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him.” At the last meeting of Christ with the disciples by the sea, Peter, tested by the thrice-given question, “Lovest thou me?” was restored to his place among the twelve. His work was appointed him; he was to feed the Lord’s flock. Then, as his last personal direction, Jesus bade him, “Follow thou me.” Now he could appreciate the words. The lesson Christ had given when he set a little child in the midst of the disciples and bade them become like him, Peter could now better understand. Knowing more fully both his own weakness and Christ’s power, he was ready to trust and to obey. In His strength he could follow his Master. And at the close of his experience of labor and sacrifice, the disciple once so unready to discern the cross, counted it a joy to yield up his life for the gospel, feeling only that, for him who had denied the Lord, to die in the same manner as his Master died was too great an honor. A miracle of divine tenderness was Peter’s transformation. It is a life-lesson to all who seek to follow in the steps of the Master Teacher.—“Education.” An Expert Declares Children’s Minds Injured by Early Study
By F. G.
[The San Francisco Examiner of Feb. 17, 1907, published the following report of an address by Mr. Luther Burbank. It is so suggestive that we copy it.—F. G.] “THE public school is no place for a child,” said Luther Burbank, the plant expert, in a recent address before the Eugenics Society of San Francisco, delivered at Fraternal Brotherhood Hall. Mr. Burbank was discussing the similarity between the raising of plants and of children. “One false step in the care of a young plant will retard its growth for life. So it is with a child,” he declared. “A few drops too much water on a plant, or a few drops too little, a harsh wind,—a circumstance seemingly trivial,—will leave its impress till death. A child must be as tenderly cared for. No child should be sent to school until the mind has definitely formed—until the age of ten or twelve. Our children are held back through their entire careers by being forced into the class room too soon. This is apparent even in their school days, when they are two or three grades behind the place they would occupy were they not forced. “A child should run barefoot on the ground. Leather prevents the absorption of the magnetism of the earth.” An Experience in Primary Bookkeeping
By Jessie G. Young
How simple and sensible is the instruction given us on page 238 of that wonderful book “Education.” I quote a paragraph:— “In the study of figures the work should be made practical. Let every youth and every child be taught not merely to solve imaginary problems, but to keep an accurate account of his own income and outgoes. Let him learn the right use of money by using it. Whether supplied by their parents or by their own earnings, let boys and girls learn to select and purchase their own clothing, their books and other necessities; and by keeping account of their expenses they will learn, as they could learn in no other way, the value and the use of money. This training will help them to distinguish true economy from niggardliness on the one hand and prodigality on the other. Rightly directed, it will encourage habits of benevolence. It will aid the youth in learning to give not from the mere impulse of the moment, as their feelings are stirred, but regularly and systematically.” “Well,” I said, “I shall try to do what that says,” for I always liked practise better than theory. But I well knew it meant extra care and work. I looked through an eight-month term, and wondered how many of my thirty-six pupils would be able to make a final balance of their accounts at the end of the term. I was more than sure that the majority would not, but started at the first of the term by having each pupil purchase a five-cent account-book, and write in it the amount of “cash on hand” the day he entered school. And in Texas that means a little purse full of money, when the cotton crop is good, for children six, eight, ten, and twelve years old earn from one to two or more dollars a day when they work from early till late. Often they would say, “But my money is in papa’s pocket.” Then I saw the parent, and explained to him about our little accounts, and asked him to let the child have the money in his hands, to count and to understand what “cash on hand” meant in his little account-book, then deposit again in papa’s pocket, the bank, to the child. The children were permitted to bring their tuition money to the treasurer, and entered it in their accounts. Instead of writing the terms debit and credit at the top of their books, I wrote “received” and “paid out,” as that was more simple for the children. All the “incomes” and “outgoes” were written in their books at arithmetic class each day. On the first day of each month the arithmetic classes handed in their account-books and passed to the board, and on the “received” and “paid out” sides of a line wrote the figures and balanced the accounts read from each book by the teacher, the owner of the book sitting by the teacher to draw with pride the final red-ink lines which ended his monthly account. Of course, lessons were taught concerning our accounts in the books of heaven, and how we must balance up our accounts there before probation closes. “Balance day” was high day for the arithmetic classes, for the pupils enjoyed comparing accounts. It did not take long for some pupils to suspect that “teacher took that turn just to find out how much money we spend for candy and gum.” It gave opportunity for counsel with pupils who did not spend their money wisely. Those who balanced accounts on the last day were happy children, and said they were glad they knew how much they had cost during school. A Suggestion for Teaching Writing
DURING the first three years of my experience in teaching, my beginners readily learned to write by merely watching me write the lesson on the blackboard. I helped them a little, guiding their hands as they made their first letters, and correcting their mistakes. I did not have much difficulty in teaching them to write, and in a short time they wrote their lessons without any special help from me. The fourth year, however, I had a beginning pupil who seemed to find it very difficult to distinguish one letter from another. When given a pencil and some paper, or when sent to the blackboard to write the sentence she had been reading, she would write a line of m’s, and seem quite satisfied. I did not censure or criticize but smiled encouragingly, and then tried to show her that her writing was not quite like mine. When I guided her little hand, she wrote quite well, but as soon as she was left to herself, she again would write nothing but m’s. At the end of the first week, one could not know, from her writing, what she had been trying to write; for it did not in the least resemble the copy which she was expected to reproduce. I was not discouraged, however, for she was a bright child, and I knew that if I could devise the right plan for teaching her, she would soon be able to write. I then thought of a plan which I decided to try. We both went to the blackboard; each took a piece of crayon, and as I slowly drew the lines of a letter, I had the little girl follow very closely with her crayon, making her letter near mine. As I drew a line upward, she drew a line upward; when I brought my crayon downward, she brought hers downward; and when I had finished my letter, she had hers completed also. We wrote one letter over and over in this way until she could make it without my assistance. After we had written letters in this way for two or three days, we wrote words, and continued in this way for two weeks. Later whenever she had a new letter to write, I helped her in the same way, and in a short time she was able, without my aid, to write all the letters, and any word that I wrote on the blackboard. She made marked improvement in her writing from week to week, and at the end of the six months she had progressed in all her lessons beyond the expectations of teacher and parents. * Pacific Union College, Healdsburg, Cal.
By L. A. Reed
During the past two years Pacific Union College has taken on new strength. Through financial reverses and a number of discouragements the school work was considered enough of a failure to warrant the closing of the school; but early in the spring in the latter part of April, 1906, the school was entirely reorganized, placed on a self-supporting basis, and has been making progress in the number of its students, in the amount and character of its work, and in the favor of its patrons. Last fall at the opening there were as many students in the Home as there were in the entire school one year before. The attendance last year was fully double the attendance of the preceding year. This year the attendance is considerably larger than the attendance of last year. For example, Oct. 1, 1905, there were forty-eight students in the Home. Oct. 1, 1906, there were fifty-eight students in the Home. Last year we planned on having sixty students in the Home, but the numbers increased to seventy-five; and for the last five months of school up to the very last week, we had seventy-five in the Home. This year we expect an attendance in the Home of eighty-five or ninety. There are still a number of students who have not yet reached here who have written us that they will arrive ready for school work in a very short time. The number of students outside of the Home is fully double what it was last year at this time, so that at the present time, with sixty-four in the Home and our increased outside attendance, we have a larger school by ten or fifteen than we had last year when we had seventy-five in the Home. Our total enrolment above and including the ninth grade is now ninety-five, not including special students taking music. When we have a full attendance, it will thus be seen that our numbers will easily rise above one hundred. Through the liberality of the conference, a number of improvements have been made this year; this greatly facilitates our work, makes our Home much more comfortable, and gives us an opportunity to carry on our work to a greater advantage than the past year. Our college building, one block from the city plaza, has been sold, and thus the first definite step is taken toward placing the school on vantage-ground by locating in the country. As soon as finances make it possible, we expect to be located where we can conduct an industrial farm. When this is accomplished, we can drop our rates enough to greatly increase our attendance. At the present time practically all our students are coming from the California-Nevada Conference. The school at Fernando claims everything south, and it has a few students from our own territory. We are thus limited in attendance much more than we would be were this the acknowledged college of the Pacific Union Conference. Loma Linda is building up a strong school for those interested in medical work. Thus we have three large schools in the one State; but with the fairly limited facilities which we have at present, we have nearly all the students we can care for. Last year at the beginning of the second semester we were compelled to find quarters outside for a few of the young ladies. This year we have increased our facilities to care for nearly forty additional students, so that we can properly handle with ease whatever increase of attendance we may have. Opening of the South Lancaster Academy
By SARA J. HALL
“We have been praying all summer that the Lord would greatly bless our school by filling it with young people, anxious to fit themselves for his service, and he has poured out a blessing that we are not able to receive,” were the fitting words of Prof. B. F. Machlan, the principal, on the morning of the opening of our academy this school year; for our large chapel was filled almost to overflowing, and our students’ Home had proved entirely too small to accommodate the number that had come to us so early in the year. We were obliged to hire another building at once, before being able to give comfortable places for lodging. Very busy days have they been for both teachers and students. We have now a daily attendance of two hundred twenty-five earnest young people of various nationalities,— from far-away China, India, Germany, Holland, Austria, Armenia, Jamaica, the provinces of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec, as well as from all New England, Pennsylvania, New York, and the Southern and Central States. The outlook for our academy the coming year is most encouraging. An earnest Christian spirit prevails. This morning, after a few remarks from Elder Spicer on the foreign missionary work, in response to the question, “How many have for some time been laying plans to go to foreign fields, and are only waiting for a better preparation?” ninety-one young persons rose, signifying their desire; while nearly two hundred of the two hundred and fifty-five students present rose to the question, “How many are preparing for some line of gospel work?” We are of good courage, and it is delightful to meet our large, well-filled classes each morning, feeling that we have the most beautiful work entrusted to mortals,— that of preparing laborers for the great fields, already white for the harvest. SARA J. HALL. Bethel (Wis.) Academy
By A. W. Spaulding
The fall term of Bethel Academy opened September 25. The fall is the third term of our school year, which begins in the spring, in order to correspond with the natural year. We are, therefore, finishing rather than beginning our school year. This term's work starts off with good spirit. Our students, with almost no exception, take hold of the problems of the school with energy. Books, a necessary supplement to work and social life in the scheme of education, are given attention the larger part of the forenoon; and the work of the farm, the building, and the Home, is wrestled with in the afternoon by every member of the school. Our farm is a better text-book this year than ever before, we believe. By the efforts of the students and teachers, marked improvements have been made in the general farm, in clearing land, removing stumps, and bringing the whole under better cultivation. Our large new barn has a well-planned and well-equipped dairy, and we are looking now more particularly at the problem of improving our herd. Although still crippled by the results of the fire, having to hold our school sessions in the church, we are cheerful at the prospect of having our girls' new Home ready for occupancy in a few days, when we shall use the temporary dormitory for class rooms. The spirit of self-sacrifice and energy in this part of God's work is the greatest part of the right education students can receive; for that spirit, kept and enlarged, is the secret of success in the more distant mission field. We rejoice to see the development of character in some of the strong young men and women who have been with us, and the birth in others of the same principles and ideals. Our literary work is strong, and we know that God is blessing us in the spiritual work. We are planning immediate every-day evangelistic service for some of our more mature students, and expect greater developments in this direction. Though we are near no large town, there are many souls about us to whom light must be given; and by faithfulness in every phase of the work, we wish to fulfil God's design, that “through the excellence of the work done in our educational institutions the attention of the people is to be called to the last great effort to save the perishing.” Our enrolment at the date of writing is one hundred ten,— seventy-four in the academic department, and thirty-six in the primary. Our school Homes are full, there being twenty in the girls' Home, and twenty-three in the boys'. We aim to make these real homes, and must limit the attendance in order that they may not be shorn of the chief value of the home,—the personal supervision and companionship of the teachers, who are to act as parents. We are of good courage in helping finish God's work. An Explanatory Word
By F. G.
THE “Our Schools” section of this Educational number has been greatly enlarged this month to give room for the reports of the fall opening of our schools. We are certain that these reports will be of as much interest and inspiration to our educators and to all interested in our educational work as any other matter which we could place in this number. These most encouraging reports are in themselves an evidence of the fact that our God has now set his hand to make an end of sin and to set up his kingdom of everlasting peace. From these schools there must go out within a short time a large army of intelligent and consecrated workers. These full schools mean that we must still further extend and perfect our educational work. We most sincerely believe that our educational system has been greatly strengthened by the addition to it of the Washington Foreign Mission Seminary, and we are most gratified to note that our people universally greet this new departure with the highest satisfaction. Let us all take new courage. F. G. Union College
By C. C. Lewis
THROUGHOUT the summer, at camp-meetings and by correspondence, we had been rallying the forces with the cry, “Five hundred students and the wiping out of the college debt.” We really meant it—that is, the enrolment of five hundred students during the school year; but we did not expect to reach so nearly the number at the very beginning, nor did we appreciate the burden of preparation and responsibility their coming would bring. Three weeks before the opening we began to write to applicants that our rooms for ladies in the college Home were all engaged, and if they came, they would have to be placed in rooms which the college would rent from residents of the village. But the correspondence did not then indicate an overflow of gentlemen. By the time of the Hastings camp-meeting we knew that we must provide for about thirty ladies outside the college homes, and hastened to secure rooms. We succeeded in finding good accommodations for about thirty ladies on the streets bordering upon the campus, and at the close of the first week twenty-seven ladies are comfortably located in them. The situation in regard to the gentlemen did not appear until the opening day, since they are not so thoughtful to engage rooms as are the ladies. On the opening day, however, the preceptor took account of those who had engaged rooms, and of those who were present without giving notice, and found that while we could accommodate in the homes only about eighty young men, he had one hundred twenty to provide for. It was a busy time during the first few days. To secure rooms, see that they were in readiness, and locate this unexpected overflow of students taxed the strength, the wisdom, and the patience of the workers to the utmost. It was trying for the students also. But the Lord has wonderfully sustained and blessed us all in this experience. A good spirit is manifested among the students. There is no complaining, although there would naturally be ground for complaint. Everybody seems to be trying to meet the emergency with a courageous, self-denying heart. Many of the old students have given up the rooms they engaged in the summer to new students who have never enjoyed the privileges of the Home. A few comparisons will illustrate the extent of the increased attendance. Last year the enrolment on Friday, the third day after the opening, was 225. This year it was 295. Brother Joseph Sutherland, from his observation as business manager thirteen years, says that the enrolment for a year about doubles that of the first three days. Thus, last year the enrolment was 448, or only two short of twice the number of the first three days. If this rule should prove true the present year, the enrolment will reach nearly 600. The school’s largest enrolment was 608—that of the second year. On Friday, September 27, 370 students had registered. Three years ago there were no more than eighteen tables in the dining-room for several weeks, and last year the highest number was twenty-eight. This year we have thirty-two tables, or two hundred fifty-six boarders. The partition which was made three years ago, cutting off a portion of the dining-room for a sewing-room, has been removed to give space for more tables. Last year we had room enough during the fall and spring terms, but had to place about six students outside during the winter term. We now have about sixty Home students rooming outside and boarding at the Home. C. C. LEWIS. Oakwood Manual Training-School, Huntsville, Ala.
By W. J. Blake
The morning of September 18 found a good company of students present at the Oakwood Manual Training-school, ready for work. We were especially thankful for the privilege of beginning this year's work in our new school building. The chapel is well lighted and commodious, and will afford excellent accommodations not only for our day-school, but also for our Sabbath meetings and other public exercises. This is much appreciated by the school family, after being so crowded last year on account of the loss of our chapel by fire in the early part of the last session. A very encouraging feature of our work is the fact that the great majority of our students in attendance are a class who realize the great need of workers in the Southern field, and are anxious to prepare themselves to enter some special line as quickly as possible. With this in mind, there is a spirit of earnestness manifested in the class work, which goes a long way toward success. We have several here who are preparing themselves to become ministers, teachers, Bible workers, and canvassers. Dr. Bascom has charge of the medical work of the school, and a nurses' training class has already been started. We believe good results will come from this work. Several more students will probably come in after the rush of autumn work is over. We believe there is good prospect of a successful year before the school. W. J. BLAKE. Mount Vernon (Ohio) College
By J. B. Clymer
The first month of the school year is almost in the past, and both students and teachers are enjoying their work, and a good spirit is present in every department. Fifteen or twenty more students were in attendance the first morning of this term than were present last year at the opening exercises. The time for the opening was placed two weeks later than formerly, as the time between the camp-meeting and the beginning of school was too short for students to prepare to come. As a rule, the students are older than those of last year, and several have expressed themselves as desiring to prepare speedily for the work both at home and in foreign lands. The good spirit which was characteristic of the Young People's Convention is still present with our young people, and is having its effect in the laying of their plans for future work. We have with us some who have earned the means wherewith to meet the school expenses by canvassing during vacation, while others have saved their weekly wages, and are enjoying the school because of it. The old saying,28 “Where there is a will there is a way,” is a true one, and we hope that many more will take hold of this plan, and thus secure an education. A normal department has been started this year. Nine students are taking work in it, most of whom will complete their work this coming spring, and they are looking forward to the time when they may be able to fill some of the many calls for teachers in our schools. A cylinder press is now being installed as a part of our printing department, which will greatly add to our facilities. Both students and teachers are looking forward to a successful year's work at Mount Vernon College, and we pray that the rich blessing of the Lord will be with all our schools, that many may quickly be prepared for an active part in this great work. J. B. Clymer. The Western Slope Academy
By A. M. Woodall
The Western Slope Academy, at Palisade, Colo., opened Wednesday, October 2, with the largest attendance in the history of the school. This is the fourth year of the academy, and heretofore there have been only two teachers, but the school has grown until it was necessary to have another room added, and this year we have three teachers, and they carry from the primary grades up to the tenth. We have an older, more settled class of students than we have ever had before, and they seem to consider that the Lord calls them to make a special preparation as quickly as possible, in order that they may have a part in carrying this message to the world in this generation. Our enrolment is sixty, and more will come later. We have a class in Christian education, and several of our students are taking preparatory work to teach church-schools next year. Our object is to make our academy a true training-school for the young people, and we ask your prayers that the Lord may bless us, and that our institution may be all that the Lord desires that it should be. Fox River (Ill.) Academy
By B. A. Wolcott
THIS school began a new year's work September 18. There were but eleven present on the opening day, as less than two weeks' time had elapsed since the date of opening was announced. This number has increased, until at present we have an attendance of thirty-three, all above the sixth grade. We are pleased with the outlook, and expect to have a full school in a few weeks. As a rule we have a good class of students, so hope for a very successful year. Elder Wm. Covert is to conduct a four-weeks' special Bible course at the school this winter, taking up the main points of our faith. The workers are of good courage. Beechwood (Ind.) Academy
By C. L. Stone
NINE school days have passed into history at this writing, since the opening of Beechwood Academy, and they have been days filled with work, but withal pleasant ones. The enrolment up to the present is forty-six, with a larger per cent in the Home than at any previous time in the school's history. Some of the resident students finished the school last year and year before, thus cutting down to a considerable extent the resident attendance. Our Home is comfortably filled, and the boys' dormitory is filled to its capacity. Many of the best students of last year returned, so that the atmosphere of the Home was easily revived. Not a large per cent of the students worked for a scholarship the past season. However, six earned more or less toward a scholarship. Some spent a large part of the summer at camp-meetings, or at the Mount Vernon Convention, or were engaged in other pursuits during the canvassing season. The faculty feel especially thankful for the good class of students the Lord has sent to us, and have bright hopes for the success of the year's work. The prospect is good for a much larger attendance when the fall work is done. Loma Linda (Cal.) College of Evangelists
By Dr. G. K. Abbott
God’s blessing rested upon the work of the Loma Linda College of Evangelists during the last year. He has brought us to the beginning of another year’s work and study, with renewed promise of his abiding presence. Up to date, there are fifty-eight students in attendance, a gain of about twenty over last year. Outside of the regular courses offered, many are taking special training for a speedy fitting up that they may quickly enter the needy fields. Two regular courses are offered,—one for evangelistic physicians and one for missionary nurses. It is the special aim of the school to prepare workers for the “ministry of healing,” to labor for both the physical and the spiritual uplifting of the needy. These courses, in full or in part, are also offered to those who wish to engage in the gospel ministry, Bible reading, canvassing, health and temperance work, and other departments of the work. There is a decided spirit of earnestness and consecration manifested among the young people who have gathered here for this training. A live Young People’s Society has been organized in connection with the school and sanitarium. We hope that many nurses who have previously labored in professional lines will see the great need of gospel workers, and ask the Lord, “What wilt thou have me to do?” “There is no limit to the usefulness of the one who, putting self aside, makes room for the working of the Holy Spirit upon his heart, and lives a life wholly consecrated to God.” Williamsdale (N. S.) Academy
By E. E. Gardner
Our present school year opened according to announcement September 4, with but fifteen students ready to take up the work. Professor Griggs was with us the first four days. His counsel was a help in our work, and the fact that the General Conference representative of schools made us a visit is an encouragement to our patrons, and especially to the older students of the school. Our enrolment is now twenty-eight, with a few applications for the immediate future. Of the nine students who entered the book work at the close of last year, eight did work of value. Three labored in connection with tent-meetings, devoting only a part of their time to the book work. Four spent most of the vacation in faithful canvassing. Two of these young men sold books enough to earn for them more than two scholarships each. Two young ladies succeeded in earning one scholarship each by selling the number of books required. This first experience of these young people has proved most encouraging, and we expect a larger number to enter this work another year. Our hay crop on the farm was light this year, but turnips and potatoes were excellent. We are now building a barn twenty-eight by thirty-six feet, on which several of the young men find agreeable and profitable exercise. Most of our students work twenty-one hours each week, for which they receive a credit for one half their school expenses, the full rate being fourteen dollars for a month of four weeks. We are hoping to see a larger number of the youth of this conference improving every opportunity to obtain an education that they may be of service in the work of the Lord. E. E. GARDNER.