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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 5, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 35.

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Fox River (Ill.) Academy

By W. T. Bland

The first commencement exercises of the Fox River Academy took place June 22-24, marking the close of a school year which in many respects has been the most successful of any in the history of the institution. From the beginning of the year until its close, the school has been crowded with an earnest and intelligent class of young people.
An effort has been made during the year to better classify the work, and to encourage the students to seek for a more thorough education and preparation for life's duties. With few exceptions they have responded with a keen desire for the best within their reach. Nearly all have enjoyed an earnest Christian experience, and at the close of the school several entered at once into some branch of denominational work.
Some improvements have been made during the year. A comfortable dormitory for the boys has been provided, and the school farm has been put in much better and more attractive condition. While there is much yet that ought to be done, a good start has been made, which doubtless will be followed up until the school is all that its friends can hope for.
Commencement week was pronounced by all who attended a most pleasant and profitable occasion. The chapel being too small for the meetings, a large tent was pitched on the campus, thus making comfortable accommodations for all. The annual sermon was delivered on Sabbath morning by Elder Wm. Covert, at the close of which eight of the young people were baptized in the stream near by. The commencement address was delivered by Dr. Paulson, and was greatly enjoyed by all who heard it. His subject, “True Manhood and Its Price,” brought forth many excellent thoughts.
The entire commencement program illustrated the efforts toward the complete education—the mental, moral, and physical development of the individual. The general expression among the students was that this had been their best year. And this is as it should be, each succeeding year marking definite advancement. W. T. BLAND. Albion, Ill.