A Good Time to Enter by M. E. CADY

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jan 4, 1906

A Good Time to Enter

By M. E. CADY

THE first semester of Walla Walla College will soon be in the past. We have about one month before the closing of this semester, and the second one will begin January 10. This date will be a good time to enter the college to receive the benefits of the last half of the school year, which will be four and one-half months in length. The college year is now divided into two semesters, four and one-half months each, or nine months for the entire school year.

Several new classes will be formed at the beginning of the second semester, January 10, and this makes it an excellent time to enter the school. Classes will be formed in subjects that have been carried on through the first semester, provided there is a sufficient number to warrant it. We are glad to report a very large attendance at the college this year. At the present time we have an enrolment of one hundred and eighty pupils. About forty-five of these are in the first seven grades, composing what is known as the Normal Department. The remaining one hundred and thirty-five students are in the eighth grade and above. We feel very grateful to the Lord for this large number of children and youth who are attending the school this year. There is an excellent spirit of work in the school, and we hope this year will be more prosperous than any preceding one in the history of the college. Why should not each succeeding year be the best?

Students can enter to advantage any time between now and the beginning of the second semester, and can take up to advantage several lines of study. We speak especially of the Bible-doctrine class, which affords an excellent opportunity for the study of the truths that apply to our time, thus giving to the student a knowledge and preparation for the giving of the last message to the world. Several classes will be started in the various sciences, and a good opportunity will be given to take up bookkeeping. Those who may desire to learn how to keep books in connection with Sabbath-school work and our missionary societies, as librarians, will obtain just the instruction they need. We believe that every student who comes to the school will be able to find here those direct

lines of work that will qualify him for service in the Master's vineyard.

Time is short. The Lord is soon coming. And why should we not improve every opportunity to fit ourselves for some place in the closing work for this time? Now is the time for our youth to make haste in the work of preparation for service. Unless we are very vigilant, and faithfully walk in the light the Lord has given us, we shall find ourselves drifting into the world, and Satan will have our talents employed in his service, and we shall be deprived not only of the privilege of working for God, but of a home in his kingdom. This we can not afford. Seek God earnestly that you may be able to find your place in his work, and find it quickly.

Those desiring further information regarding the college and its work, should address Walla Walla College, and a calendar of the school will be sent to them.

M. E. CADY, President.