A visitor at one of our normal schools in the South asked the principal for a schedule of a week’s work, outside of the regular school duties. The visitor reports this school to be equal to Northern schools of the same grade and one where the aim is not only to promote good scholarship but also to develop earnest and intelligent Christian character.
SCHEDULE.
| Sunday, 9 A. M. | Miss H. | S. S. Teacher’s Meeting. |
| Sunday, 10 A. M. to 1 P. M. | S. S. Church and Choir. | |
| Sunday, P. M. | S. S. Class, Reading and Prayer Meeting. | |
| Sunday, 7:30 P. M. | Church Service. | |
| Monday | Miss P. | Mothers’ Meeting. |
| Monday 3:30 P. M. | Miss L. | Girl’s Society. |
| Monday 3:30 P. M. | Miss F. | School Visitation. |
| Tuesday, 4 to 5 P. M. | Miss F. | Class Prayer Meeting. |
| Tuesday, 7:30 P. M. | Church Prayer Meeting. | |
| Wednesday | School Visitation. | |
| Wednesday 6 P. M. | School Teacher’s Meeting. | |
| Wednesday 7:30 P. M. | Miss H. | Reading Circle. |
| Thursday | Miss F. and others | Girls’ Prayer and D. B. Work. |
| Thursday 3:30 P. M. | Teacher’s Class. | |
| Thursday 7:30 P. M. | Daniel’s Band, Bible Study and School Prayer Meeting. | |
| Friday | School Visitation. | |
| Friday | Miss L. | Primary Teacher’s Meeting. |
| Friday | Individual Work. | |
| Saturday | Cleaning, Mending, etc. | |
| Saturday | Miss H. | Music Lessons. |
In addition to this regular missionary work every week and every day in the week, there are Temperance and Missionary meetings, the preparation of Missionary letters and various incidental Christian works. This school is a fair illustration of all.
HOW WE RAISED THE DEBT.
Mother was East and father had gone to the Association at Plankington. Only Taute was left to keep us straight. We had run through the list and done most everything, except going swimming and the pillow-fight. There were still several raw September days to be disposed of.
Putting the play-room to rights one day, our throats just ached for chocolate creams. We would make Taute pay so much a sight of the play-room in apple-pie order. Taute would not be taxed, but would like some jumping-jacks and nuns for her little Oahe girls, and we could come by our chocolate creams honestly.
It would be hard to tell how it all came about, for one said one thing and one another, until out of all the Babel and confusion we decided on a fair, a real missionary fair. How our tongues wagged while our fingers flew! How the jumping-jacks multiplied, and the sedate little nuns came trooping forth each with prayer-book and rosary, after whole families of pert-looking acorn dolls! As by magic the bright bits of paper grew into kites, mats and book-markers, and pen-wipers and pin-cushions; how could one have a fair without them!