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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 9, 1908

On December 9 the total enrolment of Union College, College View, Neb., had reached five hundred three.

Prof. J. B. Clymer, president of Mount Vernon College, has been elected chairman of the Department of Education of the new Columbia Union.

The names of M. E. Kern and E. R. Palmer have been recently added to the Department of Education by action of the General Conference Committee.

The Educational number of Life and Health for October is never too old to read and reread. It contains most excellent and helpful matter for parents and teachers.

Prof. M. E. Kern met with the students and teachers of South Lancaster Academy during the week of prayer, and Elder W. A. Spicer was with the Mount Vernon College.

The church-school building at Takoma Park, Washington, D. C., was dedicated on Sabbath, December 7, with appropriate exercises. The Takoma Park church holds its regular services in this building.

The Southern Training-School, Graysville, Tenn., is conducting a course of six or seven lectures during this school year. These lectures are of a nature that will be helpful and inspiring to the young men and women preparing for life's work.

Prof. Kenneth R. Haughey, principal of Mount Ellis Academy, Bozeman, Mont., reports that their school has thus far raised sixteen dollars in pledges and cash to assist on the fund for the establishment of a training-school in the Latin Union Mission Field.

At a recent meeting of the Department of Education held at Takoma Park, D. C., some changes and additions were made to the text-book committee. The committee now stands: Chairman, Frederick Griggs; Secretary, M. E. Kern; other members, M. E. Cady, B. E. Huffman , Miss Sarah E. Peck, Mrs. Fannie D. Chase, Mrs. Sarah J. Hall, Mrs. N. H. Druillard, Mrs. Flora H. Williams, and H. R. Salisbury.

Brother G. E. Johnson, principal of the Meadowglade Intermediate School, located at Manor, Wash., says: “About fifteen candidates have presented themselves for the baptismal service which takes place to-morrow, December 17. Nearly all the other students are members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Our enrolment has reached nearly one hundred.”

Brother H. M. Hiatt, superintendent of the Department of Education of the Kansas Conference, says of their work: “We have twenty-three schools, all told. Four or five are small; one is a family school. Some of the schools have an enrolment of thirty-five or forty pupils. There are, in all, three hundred seventy pupils, seventy of whom are above the seventh grade. All the schools seem to be doing very nicely.”

On November 30 the school board of the Chicago schools voted not to have the Bible read in the public schools of that city. A resolution favoring Bible reading was tabled after the report of the subcommittee, composed of Dr. Alfred Cohn, J. Addams, head of Hull House, and Miss Anita McCormick Blaine. “The non-sectarian character of our schools is one of the most precious possessions,” said Miss Addams. “On this ground we are putting ourselves on record.”

The manuscript of the Teachers’ Manual, authorized by the last educational convention, held at College View, is in the hands of the publishers, the Review and Herald. This promises to be the most helpful and complete manual which has been presented to our educational workers. It will be invaluable to all our teachers, and its many suggestions upon the question of education and training of children will make it a most indispensable aid for parents. It is hoped that it will be ready for distribution in February.

The Mission Board has prepared a Supplement to the “Outline of Missions.” This Supplement covers the work of the last two years. “The Outline of Missions” has been most helpful to many of our teachers in teaching geography from a missionary view-point, and they will be pleased to secure this Supplement, which brings the account of our missionary operations up to date. The “Outline” and the Supplement are both furnished free. They can be had, on request, of the Mission Board, Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C.

The students and teachers of South Lancaster Academy, on the evening of December 18, tendered to Prof. R. F. Cottrell and Mrs. Cottrell, a farewell reception in the assembly room of the young men’s dormitory, prior to their leaving for their new field of labor in China. Professor and Mrs. Cottrell were presented with an air mattress, two steamer rugs, and an autograph album. These good friends of the South Lancaster Academy are leaving with the sincere prayers and good wishes of all the friends of the school, for their safe journey and prosperous work in distant China.