Du Quoin Industrial School, Du Quoin, Ill.
By A. C. Haughey
OUR school has been simply a church-school until since the last camp-meeting, when it was voted to make it a conference school. For two years we have struggled along under difficulties that are still existing, the main one being an insufficient number of students to make the school self-supporting. We have two teachers. Last year we enrolled forty-five students in all, beginning with twenty-two. The year before the total was thirty-two. This year we opened with twenty-six. We have others promised for the winter term, and hope to be able to make the school self-supporting this year. As to the grade of work, our pupils are all in the grades. We are getting a good grade of Bible work from them, and all who come are in earnest. We are making a special effort to interest our students in the message. We hope to be able to put some workers into the field in the near future. We realize that unless we educate young men and women to help close up the work, our school will fall short of its purpose. Hence this is our highest aim. A. C. HAUGHEY.