p. 29 | The Tunesassa (N. Y.) School by C. L. Bowen

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 12, 1907

The Tunesassa (N. Y.) School

By C. L. Bowen

THE Tunesassa Intermediate School is located in the southern part of Catt County, New York, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, twelve miles from Salamanca. About two years ago the New York Conference bought two hundred acres of unimproved land, and began pioneer work in building a school where our children can be given a Christian education away from the influence of the world, and close to nature.

By Nov. 19, 1906, we had completed a brick veneer building, twenty-eight by forty feet, three stories above the basement, so we thought it advisable to open school. Our largest enrolment during the year was sixteen. We opened this year September 19. Our present enrolment is seventeen, and there are enough others coming to bring our enrolment up to thirty. We had to refuse some applicants for lack of room.

The students are helping to clear the land and to put in crops, which gives them good, clear minds to grasp their lessons. At present we are building a barn, thirty-two by forty feet, with a basement, and we expect to add another dormitory in the spring. Many of our students are fitting themselves for some part in the Lord's work, for which we feel thankful. Parents seem to be awakening to the fact that their children will be lost if given a worldly education, and that is one reason our schools are full. C. L. BOWEN.