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Show !- ' a- a The G-irlst Boardi .. tool a t L i n t s i n g i s under the care of Sflsi Long with Miss'-VanKlrk m *hi tat i s t * n t . We are so happy in the name , :3chool of Many F r i e n d s " for erateful for every one of them, m $Mi$ffl nifttitolt fHMr&htodfii Sixty-two g i r l s have l i v e d in the" school as boarders t h i s y e a r , w i t h four t e a c h e r s and awo cooks. I t ir l e a a o n s are a l l a n - d n i n e s e , [ d a l ^ i o u / : ah melao^e varry a r e a t l - Iron ta»~e o$;,,myy - ty iual -ainese ^ h o o - . / dri L - d . , l a s ^ i o b ar> -taught oy an e l d e r l y Chinese ;tnn who comes to the sehoox d a l l y , Th< $%mv- four yourm, women who t e a c h art a l l graduates of t h i s tjchooj. and most l o y a l and w i l l i n g in taking t h a a r share of r e s p o n s i b i l i t y . One of imm is Hsiao i.len Chu,wLo$us PearlH,wao wae sold uj her family when a l i t t l e g i r l and then boa l i t back by an ol woman l i v i n g in the same yard who had known and loved h e r , a n d who hai m aagecl With some help to take care of her §M through a l l these y e a r s , a n d give her the chance to go to s c h o o l , u n t i l now she i s repaying some of t h i s c a r e. hav€ a small dtudent Aid Fund which i s being used to aelp our_ mduates in ieehow or Peking. We depend on those ^ i r l s who a r t using it to ,ive a year or more during t h e i r time of study to come ana t e a c h at m l n t o i n g , a n d when th< in a s a l a r y one/ repay what they can to the fund and i t helps o t h e r g i r l s in t u r n , mat to repay i t a l l would be a very great burden for ! a i r s a l a r i e s are small. p u p i l , , A A s i x years ol study in t n i s school and are then ready to e n t e r the J u n i o r HIgn school at Tec how. Their l e s s o n s arc a l l in Chinese 7 Books of modem methods are being p r i n t e d and i u i s good to be working ^forward to the time when i n s t e a d of using oibly the cla* I < 1 or l i t e r a ry l a n g u a g e , c h i l d r e n * 1 school books w i l l he in the language taey speak. d o s t of a pupil, e n t e r tern school * - >out , a O l d . A who 10m ar« n< a t ' i l l have r e a d a* /'-pupil - - -«. ; o M> m ••• -• - .-»-i. a i a MT'I 1 "i *<»o ; • •-• am r\i tbvt r* i f t l f '7 p n; i ••"':% v o "•' i L a . t 3 • '*•• U -\ o r ...;- • i ... ... pupxxs i'fix.L ; • ,: • •• : i •• ' - -'•'-*•j- •" ••- •• -" , i A ^ i n c l u d i n g L i n t s i n g i t s e l f - ^ Jh^-,. ' - 14%J^yy* $U -w I t "oul iard to say which f±8 thi I day for these i r l i ! ms, >rk p< r i O d for o'a gj i ; . • ..; tes in 7 . . . -i " ,., -j r,,:~y, - • . ,\ ach tear make a r d e n s . The play time ie a QOI t isj o . for swings *- arid .-- b r i d e , e s p e c i a l l y since thej share with t h e day-school p u p i l s from iron. Each I s .and p a r e n t * ^ a r e i n v i t o, to an e x h i b i t i o n at .tin school, rhc ; • • irlb ' note Dooaa . i > • i t l n g and drawing a I • i r 3£n3 worawnicu i n d u c e s sewing, <ni ,ou:5,cr^fi m n n ' J . zrTS«r J i m a > «*nd fa*a^u.rin*xng the gufcsts are fflfip <"rfh€ clean cixia. roo.: . a.-re u.aej live and study y i x,. ba, yara UJ I - i -u« 6^mua*xum d r i l l s . Ta,. , y n , alike _and loo a ve r j m( : b and lu¥« ly e... «**« aa^m..» -^u s»»xcniug a^c «u ua- end wxu.i ormpib coxorm. etxeamers wind, and unwxo, .,ae ._B.y p o l o . Old^er among urn g u e s t s are (.a* p u p i l s of government scrioois. l o r .^xris _ana we hope t h i s da somtstaittg xn e s t a b l i s h i n g a public ^ u a i o - a j u a g a i n s t tne bizxding of f e e t , a n d show how worun wui.lt ie Health and^ stx-enL,ht for g i r ls School l e e s have. ue«n iiiCi'eased g r a d u a l l y since the uegin*i>g aa^t a shoes aad a t o c a l i ' re giveu for the i x t t x e Ua-aouna f e e t CA a a e l o to oreak down p i a d u c i s e , a n a the school fee was *ess than naii « ApM d o l l a r , to ln& time now i len i icatlon i o r g i r l s i * d e s i r e d e a r n e s t l y vand f e e s almost cover urie c o s t of board, we t a t e n d uaat iuwj Snail soon i/Z^t e n o x r e l y cover t r u t expense, but oe cause so many oi uA... y r i f come i m ; ve r j poor homes and an.j ready cash to brin_ is a reat burden i^ baeir p a r e n t s , w e ci*y« uee^i must a a p w Lnat some s p e c i a l g i f t s nave _«,de pu»*ibl« e s t a b _ t « a l n g an I n d u s t r i a l OepartmenL. 3oi.a 01 uae g i r l * can now earn p a rt of t»aoerOfa>cnae* p n a a i m o a . ; u uttey can do oni^- pari, woim In l e s s o n s , a nd a u s t te more slowly loan ouutrwise . gui s t a n d a r d s of s c n o l a r s n i p a r e a s h high asaoOESiDfe,DUb aoove tu e j e n l f i t derived irom study-we place tef benift of tne I n s t r u c t i o n and nelp ,aiat coiai uo tue oe g i r l * as znej live together under the G n r i s t i a n iijfluences of the school, iney are eo w i l l i n g a n d eagr |
