Claremont Union College
By Ellen I. Burrill
The first half-year of our school work is just closing. It has been a prosperous year. We have had no sickness, and are seeing steady improvement in our students. We now have about one hundred students, thirty-three of whom are boarders. A large number are not Sabbath-keepers, but they study our Bible lessons. We feel that this is a grand branch of missionary work, for these children carry the truth to their homes. The fact that we are vegetarians attracts much attention. Some time ago one of our patrons took his little girl to one of the Cape's leading physicians. She was very thin, and her father thought it was because of her vegetarian diet. The doctor said that he did not care for vegetarian principles, but when he saw the Union College students, he could say nothing against it, for they were the healthiest, strongest, and happiest looking girls in the colony.14 We welcome Dr. Thomason. We have waited long for the medical work to be started again. Last Sunday a reception was held in the college gymnasium to welcome him. About seventy were present, and Dr. Thomason's heart was encouraged as he listened to the promises of support from our leading brethren. We also rejoice to see Brother Albert White, one of our former students, who has just returned from Australia, ready to enter the native work. He is to go to the Buluwayo Mission farm. He is the second of our college students to enter that work. Others are preparing for it. The work is onward here. There are difficulties, but God is strong, and in him they can be surmounted.