1. Those who actually prepare for a profession.
2. So-called “hospitantinnen,” mostly ailing ladies, ordered by a doctor work in the open air.
3. Young girls between sixteen and eighteen years of age, who in healthy open-air work seek relaxation after school time, and a substitute for the usual year in a boarding-school. This state of affairs is not likely to last much longer. New institutions will branch off; some, perhaps, only for delicate women, others reserved for young girls.
STATISTICAL OBSERVATIONS
The school was from October 1, 1894, to April 1, 1904, attended by
| Two years’ scholars | 114 |
| One year scholars | 31 |
| Scholars less than a year | 33 |
| Special students | 54 |
| Total | 232 |
| April 1, 1904. Scholars received | 13 |
| April 1, 1904. Special scholars received | 7 |
| May, 1904. Special scholars received | 2 |
| 254 |
Till April 1, 1904, course completed by 77 scholars. Of those
| In situations | 38 |
| Occupied at home | 18 |
| Self-supporting on their own account | 9 |
| Married | 4 |
| Studying botany and chemistry | 2 |
| Occupation and residence unknown | 6 |
| Total | 77 |
| In the school | 37 |
| Total | 114 |
There remain in the school 37 scholars + 13 = 50 + 9 special students.