Fernando (Cal.) College
By H. G. LUCAS
FERNANDO COLLEGE opened Wednesday, September 20, with an encouraging attendance. After a social meeting in which many took part, the plans and purposes of the school were fully set forth by Elder Reaser, who is the chairman of the Board, and by the president of the school. There was an expression of approval of the plans proposed, after which the students were matriculated. Examinations were conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, and regular class work began on Friday. New methods, which we believe to be for the best interest of the school, have been introduced with excellent success. Our school homes are being brought to the standard outlined in the Testimonies, and nothing short of it will satisfy us. We have been favored in securing the services of Prof. and Mrs. Joseph L. Kay for our young men's dormitory. Their Christian courtesy and kindness have already drawn the young men to them. Mrs. Lucas has charge of the young women's dormitory, and she is endeavoring to promote culture, refinement, and a love for the beautiful in character as well as in nature. There are forty students in the Homes, and these with the teachers and other workers make a family of forty-seven persons. The students now enrolled and in daily attendance number seventy-nine. The present seating capacity of our chapel is eighty-four, and the students who have written us, stating that they are planning to be here soon, will fill every seat. There is room for other seats to be installed, if necessary. We are pleased to say that every student in the school is taking a Bible class. It cheers our hearts to find our young people ready and willing to study the Bible. Those studying for the ministry number five; Bible work, thirteen; medical missionary work, two; normal, sixteen; business, seven; shorthand, two; regular course, thirty-four. The faculty consists of the following persons, carrying the responsibilities and teaching the subjects named: H. G. Lucas, president and business manager, bookkeeping, commercial law, penmanship, shorthand; Joseph L. Kay, preceptor, arithmetic, commercial arithmetic, algebra, geometry; S. Parker Smith, physics, history II, United States history, general history; Miss Myrtle E. Harris, grammar, etymology, rhetoric, literature, physiology; Mrs. Joseph L. Kay, Old Testament history, New Testament history, nature study; Mrs. H. G. Lucas, preceptress, typewriting; J. E. Evans, superintendent; Mrs. J. E. Evans, matron.