p. 17 | The Japan Mission Training School

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 1, 1916

The Japan Mission Training School

The Department of Education has recently received the following interesting report from Elder H. F. Benson, in regard to the school at Tokio, Japan:—

“The Japan Mission Training School has no special allotment of ground other than that occupied by the buildings. There is no ground for cultivation, as our compound contains only three and one-half acres. On this land we have four foreign homes, eight Japanese houses, the publishing building and offices, and the school. There is room for two more buildings, which have not been put up yet.

“The school is a two-story frame building 36 by 66 feet. The ground floor contains a chapel with a normal seating capacity of one hundred, four recitation-rooms, principal’s office, and entrance. The boys’ dormitory occupies the second floor, being divided into eleven rooms; a hall six feet wide extends the entire length of the second floor. Six-foot halls

are required by law for all schools here in Japan. Each room has glass windows, affording plenty of light and sunshine. In the rear is a separate apartment used for the dining-room, kitchen, baths, etc.

“The average attendance this year is twenty-five. There are seven young ladies attending the school. The girls’ dormitory has not yet been built, so they are using a vacant Japanese house in the compound. A man and his wife, who are also students, have charge of the girls’ home. The students are given an allowance by the mission to cover their board, and each one is required to work three hours a day. They are given work in the printing office and about the compound. The preceptor’s wife has charge of the kitchen, and the students take their turn there very much as in the schools of the States.

“There is a good class of students in the school, and they will no doubt make efficient helpers for this summer’s work. The students and teachers are all of good courage, and an excellent spiritual influence prevails.”