Opening at Adelphian Academy
By J. G. Lamson
The past few weeks have been very full of history-making events, so far as this school is concerned. Immediately following the camp-meeting it became evident that we should not be able to get our building ready for occupancy at the time the fall term was to begin. Sabbath, September 23, I felt called upon to speak from the experience of Nehemiah, and to dwell especially upon the verse which says, “The people had a mind to work.” I told them that if all would be faithful, I was satisfied that one week later we might have a building which would house us temporarily, and permit us to carry on our work. The following results showed that the listeners took the sermon to heart. We set the first posts in the ground the next morning. At half-past nine we began22laying the sills. One week later the building was finished, and school was held in it. It was certainly inspiring to watch the men at work, for it was one continual race. We now have a building twenty by fifty-four feet, one story and a half in height. The first floor is used for a commercial room, business office, and living-rooms for the principal and his wife, while up-stairs the boys find comfortable lodging places. The entire cost of erecting the building will be in the neighborhood of three hundred dollars. School opened Tuesday morning, with twenty present. The number has now increased until we have a school family, teachers and students, numbering thirty. There is an excellent spirit in the school, and we praise the Lord for an opportunity of working for him. The classes already formed are all tenth grade or under. We have an excellent printing plant, and shall publish the conference paper. The crops are reasonably good upon the farm, and market is first class. In all my experience as a teacher, I have never entered upon a year's work with greater eagerness and more happiness. I love the work, and I am learning to love even its perplexities. I have an able and sufficient corps of assistants, and we are endeavoring to make a first-class school. We shall be glad to mail our prospectus to any who desire it.