South Lancaster Academy
By Sara J. Hall
This institution is now completing its twenty-fourth year of school work. So far it has been a pleasant and agreeable one indeed. The regular attendance in the school has been larger than in any previous year. The class of students is most excellent. As a consequence, a good religious spirit has prevailed throughout the year's work, and an excellent average of deportment has been maintained by the students. The graduating class for this year will number about twenty. While there have been a number of changes in the personnel of the faculty, yet these changes have not made any serious break in the progressive work of the school. We have missed our old and tried friends of former years, and yet the new ones who have come to us have proved themselves effective and earnest in their work, and we feel that the Lord has an especial care over the school in sending to us competent teachers and earnest students. The students have done considerable work for the people in this vicinity. Meetings have been held in the church regularly on Sunday nights for some time, and our students have taken an interest in getting the people to attend, and in visiting and working with those who have attended. A deep interest has been manifested by the people of this community in these meetings. Our students have been holding Bible readings with some of them. This work has been under the direction of the teachers, and is connected with the work of the seminars. These seminars, held once a week by the students, are meetings in which Bible plans of work are studied. We have with us in the school a number of persons who live in this vicinity, but who are not of our faith. The majority of these are in our commercial department, but several are doing regular work in the other courses. We expect that the school will unite heartily with the people throughout the Atlantic Union Conference in the coming campaign for “Christ’s Object Lessons.” Altogether, we feel to thank the Lord for his kind care and mercy in our school work. SARA J. HALL.