The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1922-02-03
Letter From
Huldah Bryan


have heard nothing from Miss
Murray (the Principal of our
schooD and her party. If they
actually sailed from New York on
the Goth, of Aug. they should have
been IN Bombay about the Goth. OF
sept and we expected a telegram
rom there. Travel is light, pass
ports easy and if they came right
ON they ought to be here at any
time. Yesterday one of the Ar
menian girls was late going to the
bath house and the Persian girls
thinking to play a joke on her,
called to her that Miss Murray had
come. The poor girl came tearing
out with most of her clothes in
her hands, she was SO ecxited-
only to be laughed at. Teachers,
pupils and the whole community
as we'll are looking forward very
eagerly to Miss Murray's return.
School, except for the music and
domestic departments is running
quite smoothly. Kids are just the
same the world over, aren't they!
Whether they speak Armenian,
Persian, Syriac, Aaribc or English
If l could only speak all these
languages l would get along
pretty slick. Though l would
need Turkish to use to our SER
wants. Most of them understand
Persian so of course that is the
language for me to learn. AT
present / am only teaching foul
classes a day, but besides that i
go round to the different rooms
to take the roll and collect tuition.
Tuition is paid monthly and it is
just the dickens to get it. We
give a receipt for each payment
even if it is xust a kran. Then ]
spend all my spare time in the
study hall because it gets on my
nerves the way they study. They
have the Oriental idea of studying
out loud. All my talking in Per-
sian and English was of no avail.
At last l hit on the plan of max
ing each offender stand on the
platform facing the others and
study that way. / was rather dub
ious as to how it would work for
l feared the platform would not be
big enough. But it seems to be
terrible punishment, several
kids having wept up there. They
held up their books high so their
faces can't be seen by the others.
l haven't had the same one twice
nor have l ever had two at time.
But it is hard for them to get out
of the habit. / study, too. !
skipped the Primer and am read
ing the First Reader. Sometimes
l am quite chagrined to find a
little tot next to me reading the
Second. Of course most of the
girls have black hair and eyes.
but we have many with brown
hair and blue eyes and some who
are very fair with golden hair.
One little girl came this fall who
reminds me quite a bit of Doro-
thea when she was about ten or
eleven, hair, eyes, and complexion
all of the same color. She had on
a spick and span white MILDLY and
skirt and looked so nice. We put
her in the fifth class tho she is
behind in English and Persian,
but she is such a bright little kid
and is studying so hard that /
think she will leave her class far
behind before the year is over.
Her name is Julia. Of course l
know those little things about
school are not interesting, but l
am so crazy about all the kids and
the school and the teachers, too,
that it is all l think about or talk
about, to the detriment of my
language study. Margaret and
entertained the station at supper
last Friday night. There were nine
in all. We had a roast (mutton.
of course. as in Persia meat does
not need explanatory It is all
off the same animal. Please when
/ come home let's have roast of
pork, and some sausage and / will
keep the dear animal company by
my actics. We had baked potato
es, delmas Ia Persian dish) cold
slaw and tomato salad and peach
short cake. Then we played Rook
I've come to the conclusion that
Rock is a missionary game. 1t
seems to go to every land along
with the Bible. It is the chief di-
versian in our mission stations,
they played it in India and l re-
member Irene mentioning it 50