Alberta Industrial Academy by J. I. Beardsley

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 13, 1910

Alberta Industrial Academy

By J. I. Beardsley

I AM glad to be able to report that we are moving into our new building. The girls moved in a week ago to-day, and we hope to move the kitchen and dining-room next Sunday. We are well pleased with the arrangement of the building, and only regret that we have been so long getting into it. Some of our girls have been living in a tent.

We have an enrolment of sixty-nine, and several are yet to come. Our teachers are taxed to the limit to supply all the classes that are demanded. We have about fifteen in our German department, and others are expected. Of course, we have had some turbulent times, but have tried to be careful and trusting, and the Lord has been good to us. We are giving some eleventh-grade work, but no twelfth. We seem to have a reputation outside of our own denomination in at least one distant neighborhood. Five have already been enrolled from that place, and now another has applied for admittance. These students give us no trouble whatever, but seem to be falling right into line, and the teachers say they can not tell the difference between some of these and some of our own students. We all appreciate the new paper, and it is read by all our teachers, I think. We have five teachers doing active work, besides our matron and cook. Some of our classes are so large, and so many new demands are being made, that it almost seems that we must have another teacher. However, I hope we can so adjust matters that this will not be necessary this year, as we are having to plan closely to come out even in the spring.

For the present, our boys are rooming in the new barn building, and our schoolrooms are there also. This building will serve these purposes this year, but the kitchen and dining-room will be moved into the new building, as previously mentioned. The students are enjoying good health, and we expect a good time during this week of prayer.

J. I. BEARDSLEY.