ECHOES FROM HONOLULU ANGLO-CHINESE ACADEMY.
By W. E. Howell
The evening of August 22 there sailed out of Golden Gate, San Francisco, five teachers selected by the Pacific Union Conference to conduct the Chinese work in their new mission field, Hawaii Territory. One teacher was already on the ground. The new ones are Brother and Sister I. C. Colcord, formerly connected with Graysville Academy, and for the last four years in charge of Columbia Academy, Kettle Falls, Wash.; also Brother and Sister C. P. Moon, of Wisconsin. Brother Moon is nephew to Elder Allen Moon, and during the last year taught a church school in his own State, assisted by Sister Moon. Our voyage was an unusually smooth and pleasant one, and all arrived in good trim to take up the abundance of preliminary work necessary to be done in the ten days left us before school opened. This work was much lightened, however, by our being able to study its principles and plan many of its details, en voyage. Our school entered upon its fifth year of work September 9, with the largest opening attendance and the most encouraging outlook in its history. Sixty boys were enrolled the first day, against about forty-seven last year. By the end of the second day there were seventy-two, twenty-seven of whom are boarding students. We are just closing our first week of school-room work. In almost every sense it has been the most pleasant opening week that I have experienced in the Chinese work. One feature of much strength is the large proportion of last year's students who have returned. Of the boarding boys, two thirds are old students; while among the day students the percentage is but slightly smaller. Other features for gratitude to God are a kindly spirit between the church and the school workers; earnestness and accord among the teachers; better plans for conducting the home work; and a decided improvement in text-books, methods, and principles of instruction, in the daily curriculum. We have adopted for our working motto the last three words of Isa. 25:1, accepting this as the counsel of the Lord to us for this work and at this time. Brethren and sisters, pray that we may be faithful and true.