The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-02-04
DWIGHT MOODY'S SCHOOLS.
M o GIRLS At NORTHFIELDj ONE
IOR BOIS ~ MOUNT VERNON.
scope Of instruction Given ut the I%nstitu-
t%ions-The Extent of the Plants Moody's
Plans In Building Them-Th~ scheme
for kecninR Them In ExlAience.


N%oRTHriELp. Mass. Feb > When one
travels down the Connecticut Valley, he notices
a group n academic buildings within the shadow
NJ the Mortified hills. 4 little further on he
sees another group Of similar buildings, rerched
higher on a hill, and at frs, he thinksthese To
he the same cluster broug', rgnir into view by
a curve in the road, But they are really
separate schools The group first noticed IS
the Mortified schoolfor girls, and the other, at
a sale distance oi three miles Ia the Mount liermon
school for young men. These are the famous
schools founded by Dwight !" Moody. and we're
his especial pride. At Nor,hirld. too, are held
the summer conf.ren ices Of |, h~ristiais, which have
received wide attention,
Mr. Moody's a,uwed object IN starting the
schools WAS To give a Christian education 10 those
who otherwise could not afford II, At the girls
school there are enrolled $40 pupils, md At the
young mems, il3 Mr.. Moody's death caused
anxious solicitation as 10 what would become
Of the schools Every effort Is being made 10
make their foundation secure. To this end y
Who'll" army of helpers IL being rallied all over
the world, The first purpose is 10 raisea Moody
memorial endowment fund Of $4,000, 900, iocarry
them on after The manner Of their present man
agement There has been pledged already
$4,000 by one person, and many other large
subscriptions are expected soon. NJ a meeting
held in New York recently, at which the trustees
Of all the schools, including that in Chicago,
were represented, it was voted unanimously 10
continue the work Of education JUS, a. il had
been done, carrying on the schools and The sum
mer conferences after the rreseG; method. \
this meeting an advisory committee was up
pointed 10 have charge Of the endowment fund,
the interest to make up the deficiency which re
suits from charging Only 500 for tuition when
the cost is 5000 Nj. Moody persis,enIly refused
to increase the tuition les, by So doing he should
turn away tho very young men and women he
wished To help.
The Advisory Committee is composed Of William
r. Dodge, James Talcott. Morris X, Jesup, Arson
Phelps Stokes, T ", NlcWilliams, d. Willis
James. John 5, Kennedy and Ira II. Sankey Of
New York, John Wanamaker and john II. Con
verse Of Philadelphia, Cyrus Mccormack and
+, 6. Keith Of Chicago, Charles A. Hopkins of
Boston, and Francis White Of Baltimore, with
power to add To their number from he cilies Of the
United States and tanCda From these were
chosen a. u finance committee Messrs, Talcott,
Jesup and Stokes Mr.. McWiliams was added
To the Ommitt as treasurer Of The fund.
The estimates for 1900, a,ed on the treasurer $
report of the last school year for the running rx-
pFnNfS 81 Dbln NNlNliSi are as lhIlbNh.
Mount lietmon Valuation Of grounds and
buildings, si26,5l7 Running expenses Sals.
rles, boarding students, SC, SSl, 49,. Receipts
Board and tuition Of students, s37 1894, income
from and invested funds, Sll $50;
royalty on Gospel Hymns, s5,2j7; raised by dona-
tons, s27, O66.
Mortified Seminary Valuation Of grounds
and buildings, 1919 ,722. Running expenses
S.lariau hnardiny stnIarts 81 81 lAO Re-
ceipts Board and tuition Of students, So ,5li;
income from endOW ments and invested funds,
s3,5ll; royalty on gospel Hymns, 1920, sundry
other sources, S 3,0S7. raised by donations, S2707l.
From these figures /, will BE- seen that s27 600
il needed for both Mount liermon and \or'hield
seminarirs for running expenses. Perhaps M
better idea can be- given Of what these schools are
doing and are striving to attain than Is told bv
two graduates, one NJ Mount Hermon and the
other Of Mortified, IN sketches which were pub
lished as pine sketches recently in the NOrfh dtId
Echosr. Every pupil is required 10 work AT leas,
one hour q day. and all the work except the seyereS'
manual labor is done by them 4 new studen,
enters Mount Hermon fully expecting TO be ha2ed,
and is surprised To I've heartily greeted with offers
NJ help by the older pupils, Then ha il further sur
prissd thai the honesty Of all Is taken for granted
Money for stamps is left without fear nj the public
letter box, and doors are not locked at night
That there is little time for losilng can be seer
from the daily programme The pupil has TO rise
at q 4 NJ, and IN lfteen minutes a student, VIII,
Is officer Of the door, makes a tour Of the rooms Il
see that oil are up. For twenty minutes there i,
silent time for private drvOIon NJ ! O'Clock
comes breakfast in the large dining hail, q sepa
rate building, with long tables, the boys doing III,
WORK, including baking and waiting under tn,
direction OF "A nlTeu cook. IMpnlN minutes f.
given for breakfast, after which beus are made and
rooms cleaned Between 7 10 and II 50 \ VI. art
study and recitation periods. " lld5 come
chapel exercises lasting about half sn hour \
~ 80 is dinner. AT 20 comes work time. which
lasts until 800 =. NJ, and then study OF Other
duties until $50, when the time until o =. VI is
given for recreation, At O'Clock * supper, devo
ton being held lust before the meal, and al : there
Is study for two hours, ylass prayer meetings
are held at . o'clock on Thursdays, From 83I
to 10 o'clock is evening silent time, and at lC
7 NJ lights are out and ,hor" Is inspection by the
floor officer. In few educational institutions does
the democratic spirit prevail SO largely.
4 certain youth with al stuCrAtiC ideas and
dress was met me day by me III authority and
suddenly requested To- 80 and catch a pig that tad
broken bounds. lie Obeyed and was soon seen
running round after tie squealing fugitive, holding
its hind legs, and his cuffs having slipped from
his own wrists were adjoining the legs 81 the ca p
tive, much 10 the amusement Of the onlooker
The Work which the students have to do consists
Of farm work, m king and caring for the cows
and there Is a large herd Of cleaning and caring
for the horses, feeding pigs and chickens, making
butter and saving wood, driving teams, garden
work and caring for the lawns, also sweeping.
hopping, care Of furnaces, work IN the dining
room and kitchen and laundry, and work in the
blacksmith, carpenter, paint and harness shops
and IN the canning stnbll~hm rnt, which has
recently been started Tor canning the farm fruits
But the boys have time for sports. baseball foot,
ball and tennis. although they are not allowed
10 play with teams from out " town There are
two debating societies ana n strong \ Dung Mem
Christian ASSOCIATION, the students dong muc h
Christian work in surrounding places.
VI Mortified i the same Kindly welcome To the
new students The first thing q girl does, II
course. u To inspect her room, and in a iitiy with
the mysterious art Of woman She makes out ut bar"
floor and walls a cOSeN and pretty lttl" apartment
where Sh" rclgns supreme all her daSs at school,
Like her brother ST." hes tu work an hour a dHN,
but only such a. T., n w"manS part Tie daily
programme is similar, except she has what m"
boys do not, u I'm" ~ mnaNlum. In summer are
delightful walks, tennis and rowing on Wanna
maker LIKE. named for John NenAmakpr Il
Philadelphia who has contributed literally t. the
schools. and in the winter there is prime cuaStlnC
on '%rippers" pushed aud s,eered by girls, and
skating
~ IL. pupils At Mount iIemon 1870 camc from
Massach lsetts, 100 from New Nnrh, 63 from
Connecticut. II from III no,. California has
tw" representative. England five. Jopan four,
Norway and ST"dnr one each, aHd about Every
country ON the globe has one or more rrpr'S"l
tatyls The same proportion oi Nu''hir'H
Seminary holds good MANY came from lh'
farming distinct around Mortified II vNN the"
young men and women that Mr. M""Iy bad ~
mind when h. eStah!I' he'd the schools T." S1W
all around him. not only al wa IN" country u'
his travels, but night near hUr bonn" ~ Moth
field, Young men and women v hn wct" 'uitrr'uE
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