A. H. PIPER by A. H. Piper

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 26, 1902

A. H. PIPER

By A. H. Piper

Raratonga

ARORANGI.—We opened our boarding school on Monday. The attendance at present is not what we expected, but this is owing to the fact that the children have not the proper clothing. However, they are to pay at the rate of ten shillings a year, bring their own food (uncooked), and pay also for necessary books, etc. I plan to have all the running expenses of the school, with the exception of Sister Gooding's salary, met by the receipts. The receipts will also help to pay the wages of a married couple, who will live on the place, and cook most of the food for the children, and make themselves useful in the general work.

We thought it best to put up a school building, and all the material is on the ground. The best thing about the school so far is that it is making friends for us. Doors are open to us in every village.