The Redwood gazette., 1914-08-11
Describes Life And Labors Of The Missionaries Try
ing To Educate And Ciivilize The Blacks
In Their Native Country
EDUCATION BEST MEANS OF CONVERSION
BeleveslMusic One Of The Most Evangelistic OF
Means Used; Cleanliness Another Strong
Factor In Work OF Moral Salvation

cautioned about rough behaviour in
the former session, but allowed to
remain in the school. He pleaded for
another chance, but the principal
thought it better in the interests Of
the school, as well as Of the boy him
self, to carry out the expulsion. lie
gathered his belongings next morn
ing ard left. The Principal said 20
him that he might write him about
retu ing in the beginning If ne>
session il he cared, and he would con-
slider receiving him again, but he
would lose that school year. At the
chapel exercises in the morning the
tension in which the school sat was
strong enough almost to be felt. In
a few quiet sentences Mr.. LIE Roy
told the students what had happened,
and warned two or three other boys
that if anything of the kind occurred
again, expulsion would sure enough
follow, as it had done in the case of
this boy. Expulsion very rarely takes
place in the school, not more often
perhaps than it does in a we'll regu-
lated English or American white
school, but when it does take place
it never fails to produce a good eff
feet.
Sugar Cultivation
Mr.. lie Roy left while l was there
for Durham, on his way to Botha's
Hill to attend a sale of oxen, and to
animals. The week previous he bought
planting was in the air those days at
two span of oxen at So head. Sugar
planting is in the air these days at
Adams. There are 200 acres onthe
mission farm which will grow sugar,
and these are many more acres around
the amphitheatre formed by the basin
in the hands of the natives in the
kraals, which can be turned to good
purpose in the same way. The natives
are all poor, and seldom have much
money to handle. Mr.. LIE Roy con-
ceived the idea of putting in a few
acres on the farm, and also of max
ing provision for the kraal natives
to make money for themselves and
to develop the countryside. Mr.. Pearce,
managing director of the Illovo Sugar
Mills, has offered to take all the cane
that can be grown in the region of
Adams Mission Station for crushing.
He will put in a tramline between
their estate and Adams, 80 as to take
it from their door, and will pay them
the market price for all they can
grow. Mr.. LIE Roy has borrowed money
dustry; is now buying oxen for the
natives, and expects to have in 100
acres before the end of the year.
He lends the oxen to the natives, and
takes security for payment on the
sugar that is planted, and expects to
come out all right in two years, when
the first crop is reaped He estimates
that the 100 acres will produce sugar
to the value of 81 ,000 If this scheme
succeeds, it will be big thing for
the natives in the way of industry
in this section of Natal They are
striking in with great heartiness to
the project, and Mr. LIE Roy has no
doubt that they will stick to it and
make a good thing of it. He is in the
habit of saying that there is no spec
ial gift needed to gauge the nature
of the Zulu. His nature is human
nature, and every human heart is
human. Sugar planting will give the
native work to do, and if he sees
there is something to be got out of
it, he will work.
Literary Society
In the reading room of the boys
dormitory, every Friday evening, all
the boys and girls meet, when q lit
erary society is conducted. The mis-
sionaries seldom go there. The meet
ings are conducted by the natives
themselves. visited the literary So
ciety one Friday evening. l meant
to stay only few minutes, bu. when
they. got into full swing, | fel> as
much interested as they seemed to be-
and remained till the end OF the
meeting. The president and secretary
sat at a table A hymn and prayer
were the opening exercises, then the
minutes. When the secretary aska
If the minutes were approved, oEe
boy in the back of the room objected
to the word ''impromptu" appearing
in them. He said that the secretary
had given out some of the subjects
to be introduced the morning OF last
meeting. The chairman ruled that
speeches might be impromptu even il
the subject was known beforehand
IL.