The Redwood gazette., 1914-08-11

pared song was sung ny d group VI
eight boys, and the work proper Of
the nesting began. The idea was that
as many members as cared might
select any geogra phical subject which
attracted them, and tell the others
what they knew about the subject
selected, each speech not to occupy
more than three minutes. 1t was
really an educative meeting. Nine
teen pupils, Is boys and six girls,
spoke, and the subjects were great
mixture. For example, British Col
umbia, the Mississippi, Norway, Alden,
the Great Lakes Of America, the Bar
barry States, rivers of India, the Me-
diterranean, the West Indies, Japan,
| Vienna, Constantinople, johannesburg,
Gibraltar, the planets, the discovery
of America, British India, Rangooa,
Sweden. They are strong on history
and geography, as will appear from
the subjects chosen. There were some
things said which were new to me.
A boy said about the Mississippi that
it ran from one end of America to
the other. and watered the whole
country, so that the Americans did
not care if it never rained That, of
course, was slight exaggeration,
but it did not come near the fight
Of imagination Of a girl, who described
volcanic mountain in Japan as be-
ing $4,000 miles in height. The house
broke into a roar She clearly meant
feet. The speakers were very slow
in rising at first, but grew more live
ly every five minutes. Just as the
hour was closing, the president asked
if there was any more speaking |
counted 16 on their feet at once, want
ing to speak, and elbowing one an
other little excitedly. The chairman
called "order," but they refused to
sit down. Then the chairman said
loudly, "Sit down; it is my duty to
keep order, and l will do my duty.
| did not want the billet of president,
and if any of you think you can do
it better than l can, you can have the
job" There was dead silence before
that speech was finished. The chair
man asked one of the students to
offer prayer, and called on me for
the Benediction, and the meeting
closed.
| witnessed a debate of intense in
terest in the literary society. The
subject was: (Which does most good
to his country, the statesman, the
minister of religion, or the teacher"
A splendidly conducted debate lasted
for two hours. Three judges were ap-
pointed at the beginning of the meet
ing. They promptly decided for the
teacher.
Temperance
On two of the days of my visit to
Adams, Mr.. Theo. L. Schreiner, men,
Der of Parliament for Tembuland
native constituency, was there. Mr..
Schreiner is the son of a missionary
of former years, and he follows in
the footsteps of his father in max
ing himself active in the interests of
the native. He is 70 years of age, but
his eyes are not dim, neither is his
natural strength abated. He gave
three addresses on the subject of tenn
perance. On two evenings he spoke
for an hour and half each time, and
in the forenoon for two hours. Mr..
Schreiner throws himself with vim
into what he says, and is an inter-
esting and effective speaker, but it
would have been an ordeal for white
audience to have listened with atten-
tion to such long addresses. The ma
tives. however, never budged all the
time, and the interest marked in their
faces showed that they were under
standing and appreciating all he said.
The Purely Spiritual
On Sunday morning, at quarter
to 10 o'clock, there is preaching for
the whole band of students in the
Mission Church. This is usually con-
Quoted by Mr.. LIE Roy, who is an or
dained minister of the American Con-
gregational Church, or by any min
lister who may happen to be visiting
the station. A Sunday School is held
in the afternoon, at which the attend
ance of all the students, as at the
church services, is required. On SUM-
day evening there is regular church
service in the dormitory dining hall
for the boys, conducted by one of the
native teachers
From a minister's viewpoint, one
of the most impressive things / saw
in my visit was a volunteer prayer
meeting of the boys in the reading
room, preparatory to the evening SER
vice, to ask blessing on that SER
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