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Show - 103 - Six of the girls joined the church last fall, quite spontaneously, two this spring, and fourteen on probation. The seventh grade girls teach small classes of the little girls in Sunday-school, preparing the lessons beforehand with Mrs. Sheffield. Three of the sixth grade class help in the infant class at the church, and recently four more have been going out Sunday afternoons with the preaching bands. It is always hard to find work that the girls can do This year there have been more chances than usual. They were invited to help the women repair the Psalm-books, and also to act as ushers and on two occasions to sing and do gymnastics at the lectures. Three little girls had to drop out after the first semester, as their work was too poor, one went home later to meditate on her conduct, and another because of her health. But seven new girls have come in during the year, so that the number has kept good. The latest comer is a girl of twenty, who has unbound her tiny feet, put her pride in her pocket, and entered a class with little girls in order to get a much desired education. Last July for the first time a separate normal class was held TEACHING for the teachers of day-schools. The class numbered fifteen, TEACHERS as several girls who are not regular teachers were glad to attend. Mrs. Wilder led morning prayers, and showed how Bible and other stories can be made interesting to children. Miss Reed cams down from Peking to lecture, and Mr. Frame and Mr. Porter also lectured, the latter on Child Psychology. Music and drawing had a place in the daily program. But the main subject was Methods of Teaching, conducted by Miss Payne, who was responsible for the class. The teachers enjoyed their work very much, and seem to have profited perceptibly by it. The summer floods wrought havoc with the East Gate school- PRIMARY house, but masons and carpenters succeeded in putting it in SCHOOLS ora e r in time to begin with the others on September 1st. All GROWING the five s c h o o l s have had a large number of pupils. Especially since the New Year has there been an increase of pupils, many of them from heathen homes, and some from very well-to-do families. In one school three of the children are accompanied by an amah, who sits by all day, rmb.b.ng learning or taking care of the teacher's baby. Even a young lady ,n lavender satin came in a cart for a few days, but did not find the surround.ngs qu.te elegant enough, and decided to study at home. Our new school for boys has been opened at Yung Lo's Inn. The two country schools for g.rls were delayed in opening last fall on account of the state of the roads. One of them lost ,ts teacher by matrimony, but her place was at once supphed. The Fragrant Rrver school had been closed for about a year. One of our best young teachers went there in October with her mother as chaperon, and has done good work with her sixteen children, and won the respect and love of the women. As the compound is on a very busy street, neither the girl or her mother ventured o u X four months, and they were as excited as ch.ldren when vacat.on time released them for a visit to Tungchou. The attendance at the Infant Sunday-School held during the time of the Tungchou church service has been almost too large for comfort. Seldom has |