Putnam patriot., 1921-12-30


ton the great need in our Rhodesian
Mission for three nurses. One is need
ed at Mt. Silinda where there is a hos
pital but no nurse 70 be in charge or
70 train native girls as nurses, there
is also need for nurse at both Chi
kore and Gogoi to care for the people
who come to the missionaries at those
stations for relief from all sorts of
ills. The Mission has been waiting so
long for these recruits Shall We have
to wait yet longer?
Fine Hospital Work
There is a fine class of nurses in
training at the Durham Hospital, Il
Zulu girls who have been educated in
the Mission schools Fifteen or
twenty patients are receiving treat
ment in the hospital most of the time
Here can also come the missionaries
when in need of hospital care. A visit
TO the Dispensary. where the doctor
spends many hours Of each day. is in
teresting. Every morning the doctor
finds crowd Of natives, Christian
and heather. waiting to consult him
Before the doctor sees any Of his pa
| tients, the pastor Of the Native Con
gregational Church holds Gospel
service in the waiting room. Thus the
medical work ministers to the spirit
ual as well as the physical life of the
people The Christian and the hea-
then come and both alike benefit from
the healing power Of the missionary
doctor.
Rev Ralph Abraham is the Super
intendent of the primary schools for
the Mission. which are located here
and there up and down the coast from
Durham. The Government is sympa-
thetic towards Native education and
grants are made by it to the Mission
Schools. One evening he invited Us
TO accompany him on one of his
regular visits of inspection. to two of
the six native night schools which the
Mission conducts in Durham. We were
very glad of this opportunity. We
wen. first 10 the Ordinance Road
Barracks This is large barn-like
structure where the native men, who
are working in the city. may have the
privilege Of sleeping on a board for
the payment of five shillings monthly
/ They cook their own food in the
kitchen whore fires are built on the
floor. OF in the courtyard where they
build individual fires also The school
( is conducted in a building originally
used for stable The teacher is a
young man who has had some eduea
/ ton, and is willing, for small wage.
to help his less fortunate brothers
There We're about twenty-five men
and boys present that evening. stud
ying reading from English and Zulu
charts. writing aud arithmetic The
membership of the schools il constant
k changing Some attend for few
weeks while others who are really
eager to learn may attend for months
OF even year or two. II they can
learn To read and figure little. they
can secure better paying jobs. The
fact that these are Mission schools.
and that they are conducted to teach
them how 20 live as we'll as 20 teach
them 50 that they may get more to
live with. Is shown hy the period given
To Bible Study each evening The
other school which We visited was
held in the Montpelier Road Conere.
gational Church Nativel In this
school seventy-ive To ninety scholars
are enrolled and there are four tea
cheers More subjects are taught here
because Of the larger teaching staff.
Some ~ the boys are very eager 70
learn. and very thankful for an oppor-
tuuity TO attend school in the evening
Ricksha~ Men Abound
One Il the many things which at
tracted our attention in the city Of
Durham were the native 'rickshaw men
lust as YOU find them in China ar
Japan. SO here in South Africa, the
man turns himself into a beast Of