Putnam patriot., 1909-07-09
American Schools Wanted.

Although Edward Everett Hale was
 .'chaperon Of the Senate, as a little Boston girl innoeently stated, he never failed lo attend the annual meeting of
 Isls a I.entt 3. Y aad Society, in the city
 \ here both he and rhis useful orgaai-
 zation were eefn. His famous quatrain
 is known al over the world and has inspired Euitilgdes of individuals to lend a handn fo others, hesides giving,
 a suggestive and beautiful name to a
 society that has branches ia many places outside of Boston.
 X notable figure at fast annual meet ing was gentleman from Calcutta, who pleaded fer the education of his own people, saying. "Ameriea can help us by starting schools in India Evi- dently he is unaware of the vast eda- eational work, from she Kindergarten te the university. carried on there hy American missionaries. They hayees- tablished upwards oi l0, ,0oN day schools for Ss5.oo0 pupils. besides 3a7 higher institutions of learning i'll which 3d.-
 0o0 more youth receive a thorough ed ucation.
 A fine type of these higher institn. tions is; the American College in Ma- dura, which recently dedicated mag nificent new building in connection
 with the seventy.llth anniversary Of the mission, The style of architecture is Saracenie, and on the second floor is large assembly hall where :, COG peo- pie gathered on the opening day. Adj dresses were made by eminent repre- sentalives of both the Madras and Brit
 ish governments, who spoke in terms | of highest praise of what America Is doing through it's Christian missions 1 for the uplift Of the Indian people. A | dermitory has accommodations on one side for Brahman students with diu- ing room and kitchen, and q similar I provision on the other side for the 1 Christian and non Brahnin Hindu stu | dents. This delicate consideration for
 native traditions and customs refuies
 the charges that the chief aim of the missionary Is to force his religion upon unwilling listeners. Colleges of the | same grade for women as we'll as men,
 started by different denominations in l the United States, may be found else- where in India. Although pitifu Y
 few in comparison with the need, ths Y
 are splendid experiments of the "lend
 d. a-hand" idea in India. Would that
 the followers of Df. Hale would endow 1 a dozen such,
 Industrial education also has made
 wonderful progress within few years. 1 In Bombay is a School of Arts and l Crafts, and another for making lace, with an average daily attendance in
 each of over a hundred women and girls. The high school there carries on
 five different lines of industry, includ-
 ing carpentry, metal smith, rug and carpet weaving. The principal, MT. D. l c. Churchill, has made new loom l which promises to be of great service not only to the students of the school, 1 but to the people of India in general. 1 The government has recognized it's va.
 lue by appropriating sl ,oUo fora build l ing and equipment. What is true of Bombay is true of scores of other 1 places.
 l The American Board, the oldest for eign missionary society in lhe United | States, which will observe its centen- nial in 1910, has always laid much em- 1 phasis on education. It supports about
 thirty higher institutions of learning, l besides hundreds of lower schools in foreign lands.
 Even the gentleman from Calcutta must admit that this Is a pretty good | start for just one society.