Evening star., 1909-05-19
Seventh Day Adventists Main
tain Schools of All Sorts.
REPORT OF PROF. GRIGGS
535 Primary Schools and 81 Acad-
emies, Colleges. Etc.
PROPERTY WORTH $l,4sI,577
Early Morning Exercise-M c.
Wilcox Leads Devotion-Mrs. E.
g. White Makes Address.

That a complete system of education.
ranging from primary graded schools mp
through collegiate courses tu special
training courses is maintained by the
Seventh Day Advcntists was brought out
this morning at the main session of the
conference at Takoma in the report OF
Prof. Frederick Griggs. chairman of til"
department of education. Hundreds OF
delegates and visitors attended the meet
ing in the auditorium tent.
Steady promotion and advancing work
for the children in the most approved
modern educational methods has been de-
veloped in lie past six years. according
to the report. A plea was made for even
more study among all ages, that more
keen-minded men and women may be able
to handle the great work of the educa-
tional department and of the faith.
Statistics on Schools.
In statistical vein, Prof. Grigss said
in his report:
I'VE have 535 primary schools. with
60 teachers and 10,4s7 pupils. The es-
timated value of our primary school prop
critics is now s141, 1905; and their annual
operating expenses. sl01 ,375.5o.
'Of schools above the primary. namely.
intermediate, academic, and college, we
have 81, employing 469 teachers, with
an enrolment OF 5.729 students These
schools have 291 buildings, with a capac-
city of 1874 students; S,691 acres of land
are owned by them. Their total property
valuation is $1,333, S2S.1s''
During the quadrenn!al term three of
the advanced schools listed in 1904 have
been closed. and forty more have been
opened. OF these forty, two do work of
college grade. eleven are listed as acade-
mics and twenty-seyen as intermediate
schools. These forty schools which have
opened have a property value OF s2lG,-
471.61.
'There are 300 acres of land connect
ed with them. They have ninety build
fngs, with a capacity for 2,4S6 pupils.
Their enrolment last year was 1,s29, and
they employed 40 teachers
Concluding his report, Prof Griggs said:
In connection with the establishment
OF our headquarters at Washington, ID.
vision for q new training school for
Christian workers; accordingly, tho
Washington Training College was estab-
liShed in 1904.
AT the Gland. Switzerland, council.
held in the spring of 1907, the need OF
special training for work i'm heather lands
was SO emphasized that the brethren
sembled realized the Importance Of hav
ing a school where instruction might be
given especially adapted to prepare for
service abroad.
Accordingly, arrangements were made
for changes in the character of work
done in the Washington Training COL
lege so that such instruction might be-
provided: and the name of the school
was changed to that Of the Washington
Foreign Mission Seminary.
a somewhat similar line OF work is Of
fered by the College OF Evangelists, locat-
ed at Iona Linda, CAL
Early Morning Exercises. Z
The bugIe call for rising at tho Ad-
ventist camp this morning sounded at )
am. The usual devotional service was
held in the large pavilion. led by NJ. c.
Wilcox, editor of Signs Of the Times. one
of the missionary journals published by
Seventh Day Adventists.
At s am. departmental meetings were
held In different parts of the camp.
Mrs. E. @. White Of California, a worker
and writer among the Adventists, gave
q discourse at the 8 o'clock meeting.