The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-14

1885 Since that date it has steadily
grown. until in 1908. we enrolled 164.
/ Der in attendance than at the same
/ date last year. A fee Of a bout SO per
month is charged for board. tuition and
washing. and about 50 for tuition only
I The Missionary society pays about two
thirds of the salary Of the principal In
! other respects the school is self-sup-
porting. Government gives a grant
maid" to such schools as II recOg-
nizes as doing a work of such a quality
as TO warrant the grant. and on this
basis We have just received our grant
of nearly 81. 500 earned" in 1903. This
amount is usually consumed in paying
our teaching STAFF during the months
of the winter vacation; for school is in
session but nine months. while teach
ers must be paid Z.
At present the school is in its own
property. worth about lakh OF rupees
or S33O 900. We have. however, OutgrOwn
il, and one of the things I desire to ac-
cOmplish Is to secure new site and
buildings. Our site is small and we
have practically used every place 1T
for a building We can grow no more
here. We should have 500 boys in this
school instead OF Us. and then we could
be wholly seIf-supporting. especially if
the present property could be retained
as an endowment It is well located
and would rent for a good figure An
other $4,000 would give Christian edu-
cation in India a real boom
A volume might be written on the
class of people that we are educating.
but I will now say only that from them
are selected the greater number OF sub
ordinate government officials Here
government controls the railroads, the
telegraph, the postofhce- the forests
the survey of lands, the revenue de-
E partnents, salt, opium. etc. and thus
the civil service" becomes a means of
( employment and livelihood for thOus-
ands OF men of this class In great
/ measure. we are educating the future
Ri TarF
but the subordiuaUes who come in daily
touch with the native and from whom
he will take his ideas of the Christian
religion So far as I am able TO judge
from my stay of four years in this
/ country, one of these boys is worth ten
/ natives and the cost to the mission is
l much less in proportion. for they can
nearly support the school by their
fees
For the last year we have been bless
ed with almost a continuous revival
and about half our boys are not only
I nominal but converted Christians All
any college or school in the United
i States. I know Of no more Influential
I or promising field for Christian effort
than that of educating 4 country 5
rulers under evangelical Influences.
The climate is delightful The sea
sons seem to vacillate between the
three Of the tropics and the four Of the
temperate zones. though We always
have our rainy season from June TO
September. our winter and our spring
/ Except in the rainy season the sky Is
/ usually clear. and the air balmy and
bracing. The temperature ranges from
3 degrees 10 80 degrees
The scenery of the hills" cannot
be described. especially in September.
when the trees are covered with
ferns. the hfllsides gorgeous with wild
dahIias and the clouds floating in
and out among the mountain peaks
We are about geo feet above sea
level, and a walk of two hours viii
take us TO Rajpore, at the foot OF the
hiIls-a place with a sen-i-tropical
climate and fora
We are obliged to depend alto
gether upon natives for serva nts
from the coolie who runs an errand
and carries a load. to the cook and
tailor. Wages of servants are low. but
it is a cheap" service It takes about
four servants to keep up the most
unpretentfOus blishmenr. and If a
man is fond Of display "a vice in the
east) he may keep twenty The man
who cooks viii not dust your furui-
ture and make your beds the latter
viii not sweep your floors Then in
this land you must have another mar
for carrying water, still another e
wash your clothes. still another "a
groom your horse, another to niIh
lyour COWS, and SO on throughout the