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Vol. 2 �COLLEGE VIEW, NEB., .AllIGUST 15, 1906 �
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THE EDUCATIONAL MESSENGER 
"The work that centuries might have done, 
Must crowd the hour of setting sun." 
ALL READY FOR USE 
The Educational Convention recently held 
voted to inaugurate a great Missionary Educa-
tional Movement, and among other ways sug-
gested that this be done "By promoting a 
general, thorough, and continuous study of 
home and foreign missions �
 By encour-
aging school boards to provide suitable litera-
ture on missions for ure in their schools." 
Nothing better could be prepared for meet-
ing these very ends than the recent book by 
Mrs. A. E. Ellis— 
THE MISSIONARY IDEA 
This is a 250 page bock, printed on heavy 
paper, and bound in cloth. There is not a 
page in the book, the reading of which will 
not fan to a living flame the sparks of mis-
sionary fire in your heart. It is manifestly a 
book for the times and meets the greatest 
need of our denomination to day—more of the 
missionary spirit. 
Write the publishers to day for free sample 
pages, and descriptive circulars, or send them 
75 cents and receive a copy postpaid. 
UNION COLLEGE PRESS 
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ON BENDED KNEE 
H. A. PEEBLES 
On bended knee when rising day 
Pictures our morning thoughts in gold, 
Aud smiling on us lights our way, 
And makes us bold. 
On bended knee at noon's high tide, 
While still our manhood says, "Be 
strong," 
Or yet the shadows that will glide 
Do make it long. 
On bended knee when twilight falls, 
In quiet rest at Jesus' feet; 
To find and love, 'spite myriad calls, 
God's mercy-seat. 
And bending thus, be it our prayer 
That when our twilights ended be, 
Our God may find His children there, 
On bended knee. 
La Ceiba, Spanish Honduras, C. A. 
(6eurral At-Wits 
*THE TRAINING OF OUR CHIL-
DREN AND YOUTH IN 
THE HOME 
MRS. C. C. LEWIS 
It is a great responsibility to occupy 
the time in the closing hours of this 
Convention, and it requires no small 
amount of courage to write on a subject 
* Read before the General Conference Educational 
Convention, held at College View, Nebr., June 
29 to July 10, 1906. 
that has been written and spoken upon 
since the days of Solomon. 
In every great controversy, there are 
certain objective points to be gained, 
and the leader who succeeds in taking 
these points has largely turned the con-
flict in his favor. We are in the great 
controversy between Christ and Satan; 
and in the struggle to rescue our chil-
dren and youth from Satan's control, 
there are certain objective points for us 
to consider. 
There are two periods of time brought 
to view in our topic, childhood and 
youth; the period of childhood, which 
covers the first twelve years of life, and 
the period of youth, 'which covers the 
next eight or ten years, and which 
brings the individual to the full stature 
of manhood and womanhood. If we 
can, by the blessing of God, hold the 
confidence of our children for the first 
twelve years, we have taken a long step 
in advance and greatly increased our 
hope of success in the second period. 
God said of Abraham, Gen. 18:19, "I 
know him, that he will command bis 
children and his household after him, 
and they shall keep the ways of the 
Lord, to do justice and judgment." Ab-
raham did not wait until the habits of 
his children were formed before he 
trained them in the ways of the Lord. 
He trained his servants also, those who 
were born in 49 house, Solomon says, 
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"Train up a child in the way he should 
go, and when he is old he will not de-
part from it." We have heard much 
said the past few days about "teaching" 
children and youth, but training begins 
long before there can be any teaching. 
Some one has said that teaching is caus-
ing another to know. Teaching gives 
knowledge. Training gives skill. 
Teaching fills the mind. �
Training 
shapes the habits. We teach a child the 
meaning of words. We train him in 
habits of study that he may learn the 
meaning of other words. Thus we see 
that training and teaching must go hand 
in hand, but let us be sure to begin the 
training in time. Hinsdale in his book, 
"Jesus as a Teacher," says: "Jewish ed-
ucation began with the mother, still it 
was the father who was bound to teach 
his son." 
Sometimes we wonder why so many 
of our children and youth give up the 
faith and go into the world. While it is 
true that even in the best homes because 
of inherited tendencies or because of 
worldly associations children drift away 
from the faith, yet usually it is because 
the early home training was neglected. 
I verily believe if this people had kept 
humble and lived up to the light God 
gave us years ago in the training of our 
children, there would not be so many 
young men and women lost to the cause 
of the Third Angel's Message. As we 
look over the last thirty years and see 
how many children of our people have 
drifted away from this blessed truth, it 
should cause us to seriously ask our-
selves what is the trouble. Have the 
promises of God failed?—Nay verily. 
 
Deut. 6:24 says, "The Lord commanded 
us to do all these statutes, to fear the 
Lord our God, for our good always." He 
further says, "It shall be our righteous-
ness, if we observe to do all these com-
mandments before the Lord our God." 
The trouble very largely is in the 
early home training. Most people wait 
too long before they begin to train 
their children. They confuse the terms 
teaching and training. �
The training 
must begin long before the teaching is 
possible. Educators tell us, and the 
Spirit of Prophecy tells us, that the lit-
tle child in its mother's arms should be 
trained in habits of self-control. It 
should be taught to eipect its food, its 
bath and its nap at regular periods. 
This will make it easy to obey in the 
future. 
Perhaps there is no class of people so 
abused and so injudiciously treated as 
little children, and yet there is no class 
so petted and indulged. When the lit-
tle one comes into the home, it requires 
most of the family to attend to its small 
wants; and every time it cries, it is 
trotted and rocked and tossed about. If 
it is at night, the lamp is lit; it enjoys 
the light; the next night it cries again; 
the light is turned on. It requires but a 
few nights until the habit is formed. 
By much the same process is formed the 
habit in regard to eating. The child is 
fed every time it cries; soon it cries ev-
ery time it is fed, and so we have two 
habits formed before the parents realize 
the child is old enough to understand. 
A little reflection, however, will teach 
us that the child does not have to reason 
to learn these things; for by the law of 
association, these first lessons are 
learned in the same way as similar les-
sons are learned by the dumb animals. 
This should teach parents the value of 
early training. In "Education," page 
290, we read: "Whatever it is found im-
possible to change, the mind learns to 
adapt itself to." �
Therefore parents 
should observe regularity and firmness 
in all the daily exercises of the children. 
In this way the mind of the child grad-
ually comes to operate in harmony with 
the will of the parents. Professor Bain, 
in his "Education as a Science," tells us 
that the brain grows with great rapidity 
up to seven years of age. The increase 
is much slower from seven to fourteen. 
This quiet time at home is the pareAt's 
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opportunity. This is not a time for 
formal education, but for observation, 
for experiment, a time for the parents by 
wise sympathetic assistance to lead the 
child to understand its relation to them, 
to other members of the family, and to 
the loving heavenly Father. 
Our children should be taught rever-
ence. The first step in teaching rever-
ence is to teach respect to parents, to 
old people, and to superiors and assist- 
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ants. Let the idea of God be early im- 
pressed on the young mind. The heav-
enly Father supplies air, the sunshine, 
and the rain, without which we could 
not have food or anything to sustain 
life. "In him we live and move and 
have our being." As the children see 
that every good thing they receile from 
their parents comes from God, they are 
led to love Him. Milton says, "True 
education is to know God aright, and 
out of that knowledge, to love Him, to 
imitate Him, and to be like Him." 
If we train our children to trust us by 
always dealing truthfully with them, 
and seek to avoid conflicts, it will be 
easy for them to obey. We should make 
it easy to follow our leading in early 
years, and gradually they will form the 
habit of loving obedience; but if we fail 
in this, conflicts will arise between the 
will of the parent and the will of the 
child. If so, let us not be too arbitrary. 
Instruct, reason, counsel, and if we 
must command, let us do it kindly and 
with tenderness. But we should secure 
obedience. 
We are told that character and the 
Word of God are the only things that 
will remain in the destruction of the 
last day. Actions repeated become habit, 
and these early years should be spent in 
forming such habits as will result in a 
pure, strong character. 
We should respect the rights of our 
children. Many a parent who regards 
his word to his neighbor as good as his 
note will thoughtlessly break his prom-
ise to hio little child, to whom he stands 
as the representative of God. The object 
of all our training is to form a symmet- 
rical character. �
When God placed 
Adam and Eve in the garden, He gave 
them employment. One of the evils of 
Sodom was abundance of idleness. 
Therefore we should see to it that our 
children are taught to work. It is per-
haps the strongest element in character 
building that children be taught use-
ful labor. We should take time and pa-
tience to teach them to do things suited 
to their age and strength. It is natural 
for children to want to do things. They 
are always interested in creating things 
with their own hands. If we will give 
them the time and assistance necessary, 
we will bind them to us by bonds not 
easily broken. �
It is an injustice to 
children to deprive them of the joy that 
comes from useful occupation. 
We give our children food, clothing, 
presents, money, and everything that 
we have but ourselves. Nothing can 
take the place in the child's life of the 
personal companionship of the parents. 
It was Froebel who said, "Come, let us 
live with our children." If we would 
enter into their joys, their sorrows, and 
their childish difficulties; if we would 
by wise ,:ounsel and quiet talks in the 
twilight hour make them our compan-
ions, we would fortify them against the 
many evils that await the feet of child-
hood as they pass over the threshold to 
manhood and womanhood. 
"Like the swell of some sweet tune, 
Morning rises into noon; 
May glides onward into June." 
So gradually does nature do her work 
that we have not realized the great 
changes that have taken place in our 
children, till we find ourselves leaving 
the meadowland of childhood, where the 
daisies and sweet violets have blos-
somed at our feet. We have passed 
them by and they are gone. We are 
now entering the unknown forest of 
manhood and womanhood. To the 
youthful feet there are rnariy pitfalls, 
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many alluring paths that promise joy 
and happiness, but which soon end in 
disappointed hopes and blighted pros-, 
pects. This is the transition period, 
when the little girl becomes self-con-
scious and embarrassed, and the boys 
are awkward and inclined to be restless. 
Their hands and feet seem to be always 
in the way. If we have held our chil-
dren in loving companionship until 
now, we are prepared for the new trials 
that await us. 
I want to relate two stories which 
you will recognize as being true to life. 
Johnnie was a careless, good-hearted 
boy, full of life and spirit, loving every-
thing else that had life, but with no 
special love for "doing chores." 
One bright spring morning he discov-
ered a new colt in the pasture, and 
greatly desired it for his own. His 
father told him he would give it to him 
if he would do the chores without being 
told. "Honest?" cried Johnnie. "Hon-
est. If you will do this, we will say 
that you have earned him, and he shall 
be yours." 
It took many months to show to the 
family that Johnnie was faithfully keep-
ing his part of the contract. The 
boy and the colt were loving com-
panions. Prince soon learned to come 
to a certain place at the pasture fence 
to await the coming of his little master, 
who always had a bit of sugar or an ap-
ple hidden away in his jacket pocket. 
The story is too long to go into the de-
tails; but who can estimate the value of 
this experience upon the boy's charac-
ter? For years he was faithful to his 
horse, and to his father. He daily per-
formed the duties that were laid upon 
him, and carried his share of the re-
sponsibility. But a dark day came. Let 
us blush for shame if or the father, who 
who could so cruelly blight the hopes 
and future of his child. Johnnie came 
home from school one day. He was 
now about thirteen years old. He went 
to the usual place to find Prince, but he 
was not there. He called him, but he 
came not at his call. Seeing his father 
at work near the barn, he asked him 
why Prince should behave in this 
strange manner. He was cooly told 
that a horse dealer had been there, and 
Prince was sold. 
"Sold!" cried the boy in astonishment. 
"Why, yes, sold, of course." 
"I never intended to sell Prince. 
Why—he—was part of—the family. I 
can't have him sold." 
"Well, he is sold and gone." 
Johnnie stood for a moment dumb 
with astonishment, and then, forgetting 
he was talking to his father, said, "I'd 
like to know what right you had to sell 
him. He was mine!" Then followed 
a rebellion in which the big man was 
victor for the time. 
Johnnie went about his chores, but 
the elasticity was gone out of his step, 
and the joy out of his heart. He went 
off muttering to himself, "If he'd done 
that to anyone else, he'd 'a' been a horse 
thief. He is a horse thief!" 
From that time on, John had no res-
pect for his father's religion, and family 
prayers were a mockery to him. He 
did what work he was compelled to do, 
but soon ran away from home, and 
never saw his parents again. 
This is no fairy tale, but forcibly ill-
ustrates how many parents deal with 
their children. I believe this is one 
great reason why there is so little confi-
dence between some parents and their 
children. 
But there is a better way, as the fol-
lowing story will show:— 
A certain business firm was known 
as John Smith & Co. When asked who 
his partner was, John Smith said his 
little boy was his only partner. The 
boy was a bright, manly little fellow. 
He was devoted to his parents, and did 
his share of the family duties with the 
air of one who had an interest in the 
firm. His father was asked how this 
very desirable condition was brought 
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about. He said: "I determined from the 
first that he should be associated with 
everything iu my life. I decided to tell 
him everything about my business that 
he could understand. I soon saw I bet-
ter tell him everything, and let him 
indicate what he did not understand. 
Of course his share is a boy's share. 
He makes his own little investments, 
and he is just as much a partner in the 
business as if he were thirty years old. 
"He takes and brings the mail; he 
opens the letters and we read them to-
gether, then he files them. The busi-
ness is not 'mine,' but 'ours.' 
"Ever since he left our room and went 
to sleep in his own room, I have put 
him to bed myself. We have our Scrip-
ture verses and prayer together. We 
are going through Proverbs now verse 
by verse. We have just finished the 
study of Romans. He and mama are 
going through the gospel of John in the 
morning. I have my work to do for 
him that my wife cannot do unless I 
was called away. Then she could carry 
the whole work beautifully." 
"What do you intend to make of 
him?" 
"A Christian business man, unless 
perhaps the Lord should call him to 
preach the gospel." 
"And this is the wicked town you 
told me of?" 
"Yes; but we believe that if we hon-
estly do our part, God will do His, and 
between us all, we shall get a good true 
man out of this small beginning." 
We can all see the desirableness of the 
plan of John Smith in training his son. 
We need better fathers. While it is 
true that an unworthy father cannot 
prevent a Christian mother from doing 
her duty to her children, yet the child 
that grows up without the strong, pure 
influence of the father, has lost much 
out of his life. 
To sum up the points: Begin early; 
train the babe in its mother's arms. 
Let us be what we want our children to 
be. Let us live the true simple life. 
Give the children tasks to do, burdens 
to bear, and treat them as the younger 
members of the Lord's family. Let us 
take them into full partnership in the 
affairs of life, and then when the battle 
is all over, and the ransomed of the 
Lord shall return and come to Zion 
with songs, and everlasting joy upon 
their heads, we can say, ''Here am 1, and 
the children whom Thou hast given me." 
THE PLEASURE AND BENEFIT 
OF GOOD READING 
E. C. ROWELL 
It has been said that, other than a liv-
ing man, there is nothing more wonder-
ful than a book. Sometimes I almost 
think that the book is the more wonder-
ful of the two. Comparing them, we 
find that they resemble each other in 
some points, while in many others they 
are different. 
First, they are alike in that their out-
ward appearance is no indication of 
their merit or character. A book con-
taining the richest gems of thought may 
have a plain and unattractive binding, 
while one that is nothing more than a 
collection of garbage may be made 
showy and elegant to catch the eye of 
a possible purchaser. So with men. 
We see some going about in canvas and 
cowhide, that, when we open them, we 
find to contain a mine of knowledge 
and truth, of virtue and power, of sym-
pathy, faith and love. Others we see 
in all the adornment of person and pol-
ish of manner which the tailor and the 
instructor can give them, whom we find, 
upon opening, to be nothing but a cheap 
and trashy assortment of things that are 
weak, vile, and low, untrustworthy and 
untrue. The only safe way with books 
and men is to open them before you 
make a bargain. 
Books are square. This is a point of 
difference between them and the major-
ity of men. Books keep still till they are 
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opened, when they are ready to give in-
formation to the one who is earnestly 
seeking for truth, though they tell but 
little to the one who opens them through 
idle curiosity. Some men make a great 
fluttering of leaves and turn loose page 
after page of idle talk upon the slighest 
pretext, but when you seek for informa-
tion they contain none. You can buy a 
book, but you cannot make it say any-
thing more or less than its maker in-
tended it should. You can buy a man, 
though not a good one, and have him 
say just what you want him to, though 
it may be contrary to his Maker's will. 
Our knowledge and love of books, and 
the good we get from them, is a matter 
of cultivation. It requires mental and 
spiritual development to rise up to the 
level of a good book; but the reading of 
it will lift us up to a realization of its 
own beauty and excellence, and to an 
appreciation of what is good and beau-
tiful in other things. But assuming 
that we have developed a refined taste, 
let us look at some of the pleasures and 
benefits to be derived from good reading. 
In the first place, a book is a compan-
ion, good or evil, as the case may be; 
and a good book is the condensed per-
sonality of a refined, noble, educated 
person. To read such a book is to have 
the friendship and acquaintance of a 
pure and gifted mind; nay, mere than 
that, in reading a good book we see the 
inmost soul of the author, and come un-
der the influence of the best that is in 
him, while in our personal friends the 
evil must be taken with the good. 
Reading from a good author is like con-
versing with him when all affectation 
of manner and self-consciousness of 
person and feeling is removed from both 
him and us. What other pleasure do we 
know that is so refining and so enjoy-
able as sitting by the fireside in the 
glow of the evening lamp, and reading 
some pure sweet tale of human life? 
But pleasure and enjoyment are only 
the smaller benefits that we get from 
good reading. Greater than all these, 
there is the broadening of mind and 
deepening of the sympathies, the refin-
ing of character, and the uplifting of 
soul. Go to the text-book of the sage, 
and enjoy there the gleanings gathered 
by master minds through ages of re-
search on the land, in sea and sky. See 
there the gems of knowledge and the 
pearls of truth which great men have 
found after years of seeking, and thrown, 
as it were, at your feet. Read in history 
the story of nations. See the struggle 
between good and evil, and how men 
have reached upward to the light from 
ignorance and hatred and warfare, and 
see behind the curtain the guiding hand 
of God. Be inspired and strengthened 
by the story of heroes and martyrs 
whose lives have sealed their allegiance 
to their cause and their faith; read a 
story of life among the lowly, the great 
host of toilers who bear a burden of op-
pression and poverty and wrong, and 
have your heart and soul drawn out to 
those who labor and weep, till you get 
a better understanding of the brother-
hood of man. Read of the men who 
have stood firm for principle against all 
odds, who have resisted every tempta-
tion of evil, and fearlessly declared 
themselves for God and the truth, and 
you will have your character strength-
ened and developed for good. Read 
the lines of the poet in whose work God 
has revealed some of His own beauty, 
and as that flood of song, drawn from 
the fountains of purity and truth, 
sweeps over your soul, you will have 
every emotion refined and exalted, 
every wrong passion softened and sub-
dued, every noble impulse strengthened 
and will see in the most common things 
the touch of the hand divine. 
 
And then, when all things else have 
failed you, when hopes have perished 
and friends have gone, and you are 
lonely and discouraged and weary, turn 
to the Book of books and read:— 
"Come unto me, all ye that labor and 
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are heavy laden, and I will give you 
rest." 
"The Lord is my shephe;d: I shall not 
want." 
"Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast 
down, but not destroyed." 
Truly there is nothing else in all the 
world which gives us such refined and 
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elevated pleasure, as good reading, and 
nothing else can so round out and fill 
in our characters; can so add to our hap-
piness, sustain us in sorrow, and teach 
us to look forward to that glad time 
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when we shall see Him as He is, as the 
earnest reading of the things which God 
has caused to be written in His Word. 
Oh then, let us prize good reading, 
and strive to be lifted up by what we 
read, choosing only that which is noble 
and pure, for we have no more right to 
pervert this blessing than we have to 
put to a wrong use the other gifts of God, 
which, perfect and holy in themselves, 
may yet be made to serve an evil end. 
Be as careful in your selection of books 
as you are in your choice of friends; 
for truly in both books and friendship, 
an All-wise Father has given us that 
which, if properly used, will best fit us 
for a place in the kingdom of heaven. 
THE BOYS' STAIRWAY AT 
SOUTH HALL 
4 �A correspondent asks us to send rea- 
sons why the stairway at the east end 
of South Hall is being erected, its prob-
able cost, and the good we expect to get 
out of it. He would also like to know 
how much has been appropriated to in-
sure a steady water supply for the Col-
lege and Home, and what progress is 
being made to accomplish the same. 
Since these questions are of general 
interest, we take this occasion of ans-
wering them through the MESSENGER. 
The stairway is being erected because 
at their last annual meeting the Board of 
Trustees, consisting of E. T. Russell, J. 
H. Morrison, C. C. Lewis, P. E. Berthel- 
sen, N. B. Emerson, L. F. Starr, G. F. 
Watson, R. C. Porter, H. M. Stewart, A. 
T. Robinson, and J. H. Wheeler, unani-
mously voted to have it erected. 
The reason which caused the Union 
College Board to have the stairway built 
was that Union College might in this 
respect be placed on a par with other 
respectable colleges of the world, who 
consider it entirely improper and out of 
place to have ladies and gentlemen asso-
ciated as they have been in the South 
Hall of Union College. At the women's 
building of the State University in Lin-
coln, I am informed that gentlemen are 
not allowed above the first floor, where 
the reception room and parlors are lo-
cated. Probably it would be impossible 
to find among the colleges of the world 
an institution where the ladies and 
gentlemen not only room in the same 
building, but where gentlemen have to 
pass through two floors occupied by 
ladies in order to reach their own floor. 
Such conditions may exist somewhere 
in the world, but we have never known 
of them, and we doubt very much if 
they could be found elsewhere. It was 
not designed originally that ladies and 
gentlemen should occupy South Hall to-
gether. The gentlemen roomed in the 
building now used by the Nebraska San-
itarium. There are parents, and we 
have met them in our experience, who 
simply would not allow their daughters 
to come to Union College when they 
learned the fact that ladies and gentle- 
men roomed in the same building. On 
general principles they regard it as an 
improper plan, and would refuse to pat- 
ronize the institution on these grounds 
alone. 
In reply to the question as to what 
good we expect to get out of it, we 
would say that we believe there will be 
two results which we would regard as 
good. 
1. It will do away with the too com-
mon and too familiar association of 
ladies and gentlemen in yassing up and 
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down stairs together constantly, day 
after day, week after week, month after 
month, and may avoid some embarassing 
conditions which have in the past 
grown out of this too familiar associ-
ation. 
2. This plan will avoid the noise and 
confusion which seems to be unavoid-
able when seventy-five or eighty boys 
are passing up and down stairs within 
the building. The noise of this travel 
will now be entirely outside the build-
ing. 
The contract price of the stairway is 
a little less than five hundred dollars. 
It had been the plan of the Board to 
erect an addition to the north wing of 
the building sufficient to accommodate 
the gentlemen without having them 
room over the ladies' floors, but this 
building would cost eight or ten thous-
and dollars, and it would leave the 
third and fourth floors of the present 
building unoccupied. The Board did 
not wish to incur this large expense un-
less it became absolutely necessary. 
Another plan was talked of; namely, 
that of erecting a more elaborate stair-
way at the end of the north wing. 
This was expected to cost over a thous-
and dollars. But it was finally decided 
to finish off rooms in the attic of the 
main College building at a cost of about 
fifteen hundred dollars, and then to 
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present stairway at 
a cost of five hundred dollars. Thus 
the present plan saves from six to eight 
thousand dollars over what the plan 
would have cost which had almost been 
decided upon by the Board. 
There has been nothing appropriated 
to improve the water supply since the 
building of the large cistern last winter. 
It is the belief of the management that 
the present plan will furnish an abun-
dance of water. We have water enough 
and have now cistern capacity enough 
to store it. The only uncertainty in our 
system is that while wind is quite a 
certain quantity in this country, it is 
not absolutely certain. If, after the 
present plan has been thoroughly tested, 
it does snot prove adequate to supply 
our needs, some other plan, like the use 
of a gasoline motor, or other power, will 
be added to help in pumping the water. 
MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS 
A resolution in regard to music was 
introduced just before the close of the 
recent Educational Convention, and in 
the press of business was passed with-
out comment or explanation. It was so 
general that no one could see any ob-
jection to it, and it sounded so good and 
loyal that all were iu favor of it. A 
careful examination, however, sets one 
to guessing what it means and how to 
apply it. Of course music not in har-
mony with the spirit of our work should 
not be used. What is such music? If 
reference be made to instruments, what 
instruments are intended? Surely any 
"grade of music which does not and can 
not tend to the increase of spirituality 
on the part of either students or teach-
ers" should not have a place in our 
schools, What "grade" of music is 
meant? Does "grade" refer to diffi-
culty? Probably not; it doubtless means 
class or kind. But each one is left to 
answer the question from his own stand-
point according to his own convictions. 
There axe three general classes of 
music. First "ragtime" music and senti-
mental songs. This is the popular, 
giddy music of the day, sung without 
thought or taste, and banged without 
mercy on the instrument. It coresponds 
to the sensational in literature. Probably 
all would agree in ruling this class of 
music out of our schools and our homes. 
Secondly, sacred music and gospel 
hymns. This corresponds to the sacred 
in literature. All will want to retain 
this class. We need to exercise caution 
however; for much which is neither 
music nor poetry has crept into the re-
ligious songs of the present age. It 
should be weeded out. 
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Thirdly, classical music. This does 
not pertain to the history, literature, or 
art of the ancient Greeks and Romans. 
That is the meaning of the word "class-
ical" in language and art, but not in 
music. The Greeks and Romans gave 
the world no music worth preserving 
In music, "classical" means "conform- 
4 
lug to a high ideal, chaste, pure; com-
posed by the great masters." It is the 
music which, on account of its beauty 
of melody and sweetness or sublimity 
of harmony, has endured, while other 
▪ music has been forgotten. It has come to 
us principally from the German, Italian, 
and Jewish peoples. Much of it is sac-
red. Many of our hymns are snatches 
from its compositions. It embraces 
home, folk, and patriotic songs, and 
songs of courage and friendship which 
have soothed and cheered the hearts of 
millions. Some might wish to discard 
such music because of its name,—class-
ical,—or because their ear has not been 
trained to appreciate or enjoy it. 
Others would retain it, especially for 
the training of music teachers, just as 
teachers of English think it wise for 
their pupils to study the great masters 
• 
of English as well as sacred literature. 
Studying classical music is like study-
ing the writings of the great poets. Per-
haps some do not like poetry. Would 
it be best for them to deny the study of 
poetry to those who do like it? Per-
haps they would even themselves be 
benefitted if they would cultivate a 
taste for poetry, 
When the course of study for music 
teachers was before the Convention, one 
speaker said he had observed at camp 
• meetings that many players who had re-
ceived such musical training could not 
play hymns well. Asked where they 
got their training, he could not tell, but 
said they were called fine players. 
a Probably worldly teachers neglect sac-
red music, keeping their pupils on pop-
ular and classical music; hence their 
failure to play hymns well, not being 
accustomed to hymn playing. It may 
be that teachers in our own schools 
have made the same mistake. A judic-
ious blending of the sacred and the 
classical is best in the judgment of the 
writer. He has had opportunity to ob-
serve the effect of this plan in three rep-
resentative schools of the denomina-
tion, and he feels justified in giving it 
his endorsement. Care should be taken, 
however, not to let the piano and class-
ical music crowd out the organ and sac-
red music. On this point, Prof. B. R. 
Shryock, director of the School of 
Music, Union College, says, "All piano 
pupils should study the organ. It 
gives the smooth, legato style which is 
so difficult to acquire on the piano. A 
pianist is a poor one who cannot play 
the organ beautifully. The denomina-
tion needs ten organists to one pianist. 
All Seventh-day Adventist young peo-
ple should play the organ well enough 
for services." The enrolment of organ 
pupils has risen from six to fifty dur-
ing the two years of his leadership. 
The MESSENGER is in full sympathy 
with the resolution passed by the Edu-
cational Convention, believing it to be in 
harmony with the judicious use of both 
sacred and classical music, and under-
standing it to exclude the popular, sen-
sational, and so-called "ragtime" music 
of the present time. 
THAYER, KANSAS 
It was my privilege to attend a Sab-
bath School Convention in Thayer, 
Sabbath, Aug. 4. Invitations were sent 
to the surrounding churches, but on ac-
count of a rainy day there were few of 
these present. Several came about five 
miles, and one family came twelve 
miles. In the smaller churches there is 
a personal interest taken in the work 
which is an inspiration to one. 
In the forenoon session the "Value 
and Object of the Sabbath School Con-
vention," and the importance of the 
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Sabbath school work under different 
topics were discussed. Many helpful 
thoughts were brought out. In the after-
noon session the "Ideal Teacher and 
Pupil" were discussed, and "How to 
Gain a More thorough Preparation of 
the Lesson in Our Sabbath School" was 
studied with several other subjects. 
Here, again, I was glad for the train- 
• ing received in Union College. Just be-
fore the meeting closed, the Superin-
tendent asked me to take charge of the 
Question Box. Of course questions 
puzzling the workers there had bee n 
sent in. By looking to Him who has 
promised wisdom to him who asks, we 
had a very interesting and profitable 
discussion of the practical side of the 
Sabbath 'school. 
The children and young people took 
an active part in the meetings, render-
ing several recitations and songs. It is 
in hearty co-operation that our strength 
lies. 
I am sure all felt repaid for the effort 
put forth, and the school will be better 
for having held the Convention, al-
though there were only about fifty pre-
sent, and most of them were from their 
own school. 
W. H. 
JUNIOR WORK 
E. J. WILBUR 
"But Jesus said, Suffer little children, 
to come unto me: and forbid them not 
for of such is the kingdom of heaven." 
Matt. 19:14. 
I fear that the work among the chil-
dren of our denomination has been neg-
lected in the past. In Joel 2:16 it says, 
"Gather the people, sanctify the congre-
gation, assemble the elders, gather the 
children,"etc. This statement was made 
for us at this time. We certainly need 
to gather the children and train them 
for service in the Master's vineyard. 
We should recognize the children as 
younger members of the Lord's family, 
and treat them as such. 
If we could in some way hold our 
children, and train them as workers 
while they are young and their minds 
susceptible to receive everything we 
wish to give them, we would not have 
so much trouble to hold them in the truth 
and the work when they are older. 
"Train up a child in the way he should 
go, and when he is old he will not de-
part from it." It does not say take a 
child or send a child to Sabbath school 
every Sabbath and then let him go dur-
ing the week, that when he goes away 
from home out into the world and* 
sows his wild oats he will come back 
into the truth. I am afraid many have 
looked upon it in that way, but this is 
a sad mistake. When a twining vine 
begins to put forth its tendrils, we at 
once fix something for it to twine 
around and grow upon. If we let it go 
a little too long before doing this, it is 
very hard to get it trained as we wish. 
So it is with a little child. If we would 
have our children to be missionaries 
when they are grown, let us begin by 
giving them missionary work when 
they are little. If we wish them to be 
faithful in paying tithes and offerings 
when they are grown, let us see that if. 
they have something to pay tithes and 
offerings from while young, and teach 
them to be faithful in the little things. 
We like to see our young people, and 
older ones, faithful in reporting their 
work for the encouragement of others. 
Why not teach them to do missionary 
work and report it at their missionary 
meetings before they get so old? As we 
want them to prepare for usefulness in 
the work, why not form Junior Bands. 
f or service where they will be taught to 
feel an especial responsibility in the 
matter, and to do whatever they are 
called on to do? They should be taught 
to pray and to testify for Jesus, and do, 
personal work for others of their own 
age. These Bands should be in charge 
of one or two older persons. Perhaps 
some father or mother whose heart God 
THE EDUCATIONAL MESSENGER �
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has tendered and prepared for the work. 
A secretary may be chosen from the old-
er children, and under guidance of the 
leader learn how to do her work faith-
fully and well. 
We feel very sad to see so many of 
the very flower of our youth going to 
+he world. Something is surely wrong 
with the way we have been working. 
Let us "repent and do the first works." 
"As the children sang in the temple 
courts, 'Hosanna. Blessed is he that 
•ometh in the name of the Lord,' so in 
these last days, children's voices will be 
raised to give the last message of warn-
ing to a perishing world. When 
heavenly intelligences see that men are 
no longer permitted to present the truth, 
the Spirit of God will come upon the 
children, and they will do a work in 
the proclamation of the truth which the 
older workers cannot do, because they 
will be hedged up."—Test., Vol. 6, pp. 
202, 203. God has given us a part in 
helping to prepare children for this 
work. Let us not forget the work God 
has given us to do. 
4MUSIC, WHAT IS IT AND WHY IS IT? 
Music is a form of expression—a form 
of expression that has its grandest use 
when used in worship, but is common 
to all the different phases of life. The 
♦most expressive form of music is song, 
for in song definite words are wedded 
to the music. But melody without any 
words, or with meaningless words, can 
be a means of expression. 
Folk-songs of different countries have 
*isen at times, which expressed the 
feelings of the people at that time, but 
some of these had words which were 
practically meaningless or were foreign 
to the origin of their rise. 
4For example, during the Civil War, 
the soldiers of a Massachusetts regiment 
adopted as their "yell" a southern hymn 
tune. Clothing this with jesting words 
about one of their comrades, whose 
name was John Brown, they sang it in a 
body at different cities as they went to 
the front. In a short time it became na-
tional property, and the words came to 
be applied to John Brown, of Harper's 
Ferry. Melody alone, in its rythm, in 
its combination of tones, is expressive 
of feeling. Their war-cry was martial 
and melodious and expressed their feel-
ings at that time regardless of the silly 
words. 
Such folk-songs as are spontaneous 
and expressive of the sentiment of their 
time or similar times are music. They 
come forth, as it were, without being 
sought for. Such is the origin of the 
German choral, the fountain head of all 
Protestant church music. They sprang 
into life during the Reformation and 
later and are as full of vitality and 
strength to-day as they were hundreds 
of years ado. 
The thoughts and words we express in, 
worship are sober, dignified, and 
thoughtful. If the same are to be ex-
pressed in a musical way the same is 
true, dignified, sober harmony and 
rhythm is used. 
When the two are joined in worship 
such should be the case. How untruth-
ful it would be t o sing the words of 
"Nearer, My God, to Thee," to a melody 
similar to "Yankee Doodle." The words 
breathing a different spirit than the mu-
sic, would in this case make the expres-
sion untrue. I do not see how we could 
mean the words we uttered. �* * 
(To be Continued) 
IMPORTANCE OF WORKING FOR 
THE YOUNG 
Every year, young men and women 
are coming upon the stage of action, tak-
ing up the duties of life. While their 
minds are active is the opportune time 
to impress upon them the correct teach-
ings of the Scriptures. We find many 
organizations engaged in this work be-
cause they realize that the young man 
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of to-day is the leader of the community, 
law-maker, and business man of to-mor-
row; the young woman of to-day is the 
moulder of minds for to-morrow. To se-
cure their interest before they settle 
down to the ordinary cares of life is an 
end which we should labor to accom-
plish in every community. 
When a person is converted, it is his 
first ambition to give the message to 
others, and to fit himself for that work 
by goik to school if necessary, in order 
to accomplish the God-given desire. He 
is in the spring• of life, and what is taken 
up is with energy. The apostle says of 
such: "I have written unto you, young 
men, because ye are strong, and the 
word of God abideth in you, and ye 
have overcome the wicked one " If our 
labor for this class of people has ceased, 
surely it should be renewed. 
Should we allow our energies to 
slacken the least in giving the message? 
Tne circumstances in our community 
may be discouraging, but work for the 
young people should never cease. A 
jewel may be found here and there 
which will repay us many times for our 
labors. It is said of Dr. Judson, who 
wei t to Burmah nearly one hundred 
years ago, that he labored for fourteen 
years before he saw his first native con-
vert. But that convert was a young 
man who immediately began to fit him-
self for the same work that Dr. Judson 
was doing, and the gospel was brought 
during the ministry of this one man to 
thousands of people.—Pacific Union 
Recorder. 
"TREASURE THOUGHTS" 
It has been said that "he who casts 
a rich thought into the mind of a friend 
is giving as the angels give." It would 
be well for our young people to spend 
their spare moments storing their minds 
with beautiful thoughts, that they may 
beautify their lives and that they may 
have something to give to others. An 
Iowa worker speaks especially of the 
help that the little booklet "Treasure 
Thoughts" bas been to her in working 
among the Christian Endeavor young 
people. There are still a few at this 
office, and the price is ten cents. 
M. E. K. 
REPORT OF IHE YOUNG PEOPLE'S 
SOCIETIES OF THE COLORADO 
CONFERENCE 
QUARTET. ENDING MARCH 31, 1906. 
No. of Societies, 22. 
Present membership, 421. �4 
REPORT OF WORK DONE 
Missionary letters written �
97 
Missionary letters received �
50 
Missionary visits 
�
115 
Bible readings and cottag... meet- 
ings �
 162 
Subs. for periodicals 
�
149 
Papers sold �
 1636 
Papers given away �
 1060 
Books sold 
�
34 
Books loaned.. 
�
32 
Pages tracts given away � 22840 
Hours of Christian help work. �
284 
Persons supplied with food �
6 
Offerings for home mission work �
 $20.63 
Olf'rings for foreign mission work .127.9* 
This is a very incomplete report. 
Reports from ten societies out of the 
twenty-two. 
1 HE GERMAN DEPARTMENT OF,0 
UNION COLLEGE 
Recently a brother expressed disap-
pointment because the German Depart-
ment of Union College was not turning 
out more laborers. He did not feel to 
blame the College, but seemed to think 
there was a failure somewhere. 
I told him I had been in charge of the 
school but two years and could not at 
the moment give facts about those who 
had attended the school in former yeah. 
At present we have a fine class of Ger. 
man students, who will make workers 
if allowed to stay in school a year or 
two longer. 
TH1 EDUCATIONAL MESSENGER �
13 
This conversation set me to thinking. 
I turned to the last calendar of Union 
College, which contains the names of all 
graduates of the institution, and I found 
that twelve persons had completed the 
German course. Of these, seven are now 
engaged in the ministry, two are teach-
ers in our denominational schools, and 
one is a tract society secretary. I do 
not know what the other two are doing. 
This seems to me very encouraging—
that• out of twelve graduates, ten are act-
ively engaged in the cause. It is a 
strong argument for our people to keep 
their youth in the College long enough 
to finish the course of study. 
There are other students, perhaps 
many of them, who have attended the 
College for one or more years, and are 
now laboring in some department of the 
cause. We have no record of such stu-
dents; hence, I would be glad to have 
them write me as soon as they read this 
article, telling when and how long they 
were in school, and where and in what 
capacity they are now laboring. 
I.Address, C. C. LEWIS, President Union 
allege, Co'lege View, Neb. 
HELP FOR THE NASHVILLE 
SANITARIUM 
4. he Nashville Sanitarium and Train-
ing School for Missionary Nurses is now 
locating in its permanent home, after 
several years of living in rented build-
ings where it has carried on its work 
under very difficult conditions. The 
securing of a home has been made pos-
site by the co-operation of the General 
Conference brethren and the help that 
will be given by our people throughout 
the field. 
There are a number of ways to assist 
thin enterprise. Now is a good season 
in which to put up some canned fruit, 
dried fruit, or other articles of provision 
that can be shipped. A supply of bed-
ding will be greatly needed and much 
appreciated. Good use can be made of 
worn sheets or other articles that may 
be utilized for bandages or cleaning 
cloths. 
Any assistance that may be given in 
these or other lines will be greatly ap-
preciated in this institution where 
means are scarce but where work is 
plentiful. Those who cannot send pro-
visions or goods might help in prepay-
ing freight. 
Address: Nashville Sanitarium, 
Nashville, Tennessee. 
PROPHETIC AND LAW CHARTS 
The Southern Missionary Society pub-
lishes two charts; one illustrating the 
prophetic symbols of Daniel and John, 
the other containing the law of God as 
given on Mount Sinai. 
These charts are 20x29 inches in size, 
printed in beautiful colors on a fine qual-
lity of cloth-lined paper, making them at-
tractive, legible, and durable. They are 
particularly desirable for the home. and 
a set should be owned by every family 
and hung in a convenient place for ref-
ernce and study. 
These charts will be sent to any ad-
dress in the postal union for 50c each 
or $1.00 a set. 
Address Southern Missionary Society, 
North Station, Nashville, Tenn. 
GENERAL CULTURE COURSE 
John G. Paton, Missionary to the New 
Hebrides. 
HISTORICAL NOTE 
1. Briefly sketch the history of the 
New Hebrides. 
THE GOSPEL IN THE NEW HEBRIDES 
2. Explain the divisions, races, and 
languages, of the South Sea Islands. 
3. Locate the New Hebrides. 
4. Explain the native hatred for the 
French. 
S. Sketch the missionary efforts and 
martyrdoms of the New Hebrides. 
6. Give the results of the work. 
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7. What now is the great need? 
ROUND THE WORLD FOR JESUS 
8. How was Mr. Paton's time spent 
from 1886--1902? 
9. What two things does he espec-
ially mention as having been accom-
plished through his work? 
10. What was the occasion of Mr. 
Paton's being sent to the United States? 
11. 
Note the incidents of the journey 
from Australia to Toronto, Canada. 
12. 
Describe Mr. Paton's work at 
church conferences and among the 
churches in Canada and the United 
States. What can you say of the stren-
uousness of it? 
13. 
What impostor had been working 
among the churches of the new world, 
and what was done with him? 
14. On what inissson did Mr. Paton 
go to Washington, and with what result? 
15. What is Mr. Paton's custom in 
regard to his observance of what he be-
lieves to be the Lord's day? 
THE HOME LANDS AND THE ISLANDS 
16. What great change had taken 
place in England since Mr. Paton's last 
visit? 
17. 
Describe the raising of the main-
tenance fund of the Day Spring, and 
other funds. 
18. What were Mr. Paton's reasons 
for insisting on a mission ship? 
19. Describe the building of the mis-
sion ship, its work and loss. 
20. 
Locate on a map the various sta-
tions mentioned in this last chapter. 
21. 
Describe the plan of work in the 
New Hebrides. 
22. 
What is Mr. Paton's closing de-
sire? 
23. 
What is your estimate of his life? 
24. 
What benefit has this book been 
to you? 
NOTE.—Those desiring a brief examin-
ation on the contents of this book 
should make the request of M. E. Kern, 
College View, Nebraska. 
1.1r Eburafinnal 
1' I: rasengrr 
Representing the Educational Department of the Cen- 
tral Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists 
which embraces its Training College, Inter- 
mediate Schools, Church Schools. Sab- 
bath Schools, Sanitariums, Nurses' 
Training Schiy4s and Young 
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EDITOR �
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Entered as second-class matter January 4, 1905. at 
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Nano attic 
ntrs 
New brick walks are being put in be-
tween South Hall and the church. 
Merlin Lee Neff is the name of the 
little stranger that came July 20 to live 
with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer L. Neff, of San 
Antonio, Texas. 
Several improvements are being made 
in South Hall, preparatory to the open-
ing of school. New bath tubs are being 
placed on all the floors, with a shower 
over each one. 
Elva A. Green, who spent three years 
in Union College, is now working at the 
Paradise Valley Sanitarium, Natio& 
City, Calif., as bookkeeper and stenog-
rapher. She enjoys her work there 
very much. 
H. E. Reeder is engaged in tent work 
at �
Parsons, Kansas. He • writes tat 
nine persons have taken their stand for 
the truth, and others are deeply stirred 
as a result of the work thus far. He is 
assisting Elder Lair, 
THE EDUCATIONAL MESSENGER �
15 
Mrs. E. H. Huntley is assisting her hus-
band in tent meetings at Egeland, S. D. 
Elsie Baer, was recently married 
to Mr. Salem McCully, of Sheridan, 
Wyo. 
Henry Willers has returned from 
New Mexico and is now in College 
View. 
Winnie Hunt is in Kansas working in 
the interest of the young people and 
♦/.Juion College. 
Wm. Eden recently called on friends 
in College View. He expects to return 
to school this fall. 
Maude Barnes was recently married 
to Tom Sproll, of Eldorado, Kansas, 
where they make their home. 
Altie Wardell is canvassing at Beat-
rice, Nebr., and expects to be able to se-
cure a scholarship for next year. 
Prof. and Mrs. H. A. Morrison have re-
turned from a trip to Yellowstone Park. 
They report a very pleasant time. 
Prof. C. C. Lewis expects to attend 
the Missouri and Kansas camp meetings 
din the interests of Union College. 
Louise Mathwig, who attended Union 
College in 1902 and 1903, is now assist-
ing in tent meetings at Bayard, Neb. 
Gertie Grant spent some time canvass-
iwg after finishing her church school. 
She attended the summer school at Col-
lege View. 
S. C. Mathiesen and Walter Schmaltz 
are on their farms in North Dakota. 
They expect to teach in North Dakota 
this winter. 
Cards are out announcing the wed-
ding of Mr. Cush Sparks and Miss Anna 
Erickson, which will take place in Col-
lege View, Wednesday, Aug. 15. 
N. B. Emerson is visiting the 
home of her parents in Oklahoma. She 
will return in time to get the Home 
ready for the students when school 
opens. 
Prof. M. E. Kern is attending camp 
meetings in Missouri and Kansas. 
Prof. E. C. Kellogg is now on his farm 
in New Mexico. He will return before 
school opens September U. 
From the Iowa Bulletin we learn that 
Henry Pelmulder and Miss Ethel Shaw 
were recently married in Des Moines, 
Iowa. 
J. S. James, who had charge of the 
canvassers' institute last spring, spent 
a few days in College View after the 
Aurora, Neb., camp meeting. 
FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW, CAL. 
Warren Dayton is one of the Pacific 
Press progressive pressmen, whose work 
goes on in spite of the fire. 
Elmer Johnson had a new linotype 
in operation in an improvised shelter 
before the smoke of the old Press 
cleared away. 
Fred Reinke was until the Pacific 
Press fire connected with that insti-
tution. He will probably take up work 
again as soon as the Press is rebuilt. 
J. Rollin Ferren, who has been visit-
ing at Sheridan, Wyoming, the past two 
months, has been called back to Moun-
tain View on account of the burning of 
the Press. 
The Nelson brothers spent a few days 
with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Stansbury, of 
Mountain View, California, recently, 
one day on the camp ground in Oakland, 
and a day or two viewing the ruins of 
San Francisco. 
Max Hill reports meeting Mrs. Leer, 
nee Lydia Krause, on the camp ground 
at Oakland, accompanied by her hus-
band and little son. All look well and 
happy. Their home is at Lodi, Calif. 
He also met Mrs. J. L. Jones, a former 
student of Union, and her husband. 
Their home is in Oakland 
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THE EDUCATIONAL MESSENGER 
Cush Sparks is in town. 
Orrel Graham is visiting relatives in 
Iowa. 
Prof. P. E. Berthelsen is in College 
View at present. 
Laurence Weeks spent Sabbath, Aug. 
11, in College View. He expects to re-
turn to school this fall. 
J. P. Anderson is visiting friends in 
College View. He sails from Vancou-
ver, Aug. 20, for China. 
Mrs. Shultz and daughter are again at 
home after a period of visiting with rel-
atives. Mrs. Shultz's mother returned 
with her. 
Miss Millie Rogers, of Iowa, who is to 
assist in History classes the coming year; 
recently spent a few days in College 
View, planning her year's work. 
Mrs. Glunt recently visited in College 
View. Her home is now in Kansas City, 
Mo., where, with Mr. Gluut and Winnie, 
she is conducting a good health cafe. 
Emma Mourer is at her home near 
Aurora, Neb. She may not be able to be 
in school this year, but we hope she 
may be happily disappointed in her 
prospects. 
Prof. J. Wallenkampf is holding a 
successful series of tent meetings in 
Worcester, Mass. He will soon be joined 
by his family who have been visiting in 
the old country. 
Twenty-five of the Swedish workers 
now in the field have been students of 
Union College. The prospects are for 
an increased attendance in this depart-
ment the coming year. 
Arthur Smith writes from Pitkin, 
Colo., that he wants the MESSENGER. He 
is enjoying himself in the gold mines, 
and expects to return to Union College, 
at the opening of school. 
Prof. August Anderson has returned to 
College View, after laboring since the 
close of school in the tent meetings in 
Omaha, and attending camp meeting. He 
reports a successful summer's work. 
Miss Winifred M. Peebles is visiting 
friends out of town. 
Mrs. C. C. Lewis expects to visit rela-
tives in Kansas next week. 
Lena and Harry Hunt are in New 
Mexico, on account of Harry's health. 
Mrs. A. T. Robinson has resumed her 
position as Bible teacher in the Nebras-
ka Sanitarium. 
Eld. M. D. Mattson has just returned 
from the Fremont camp meeting. He 
reports a good meeting. 
Professor Kern is attending the camp 
meetings in Kansas, Missouri, and Colo-
rado. Mrs. Kern is visiting relatives. 
Dr. Orville Rockwell, a graduate of 
Ann Arbor, has become a member of 
the Nebraska Sanitarium staff and is giv-
ing valuable assistance. 
Among the old students who are to 
return to College this fall, are;---Ethel 
Collie, Matilda Erickson, Lillian Mc-
Bride, T. C. Nethery, E. R. Johnson, and 
Arthur Dick. 
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE 4, 
I reached the Missouri camp-ground 
Wednesday, Aug. 8, just in time to at-
tend a canvassers' meeting where some 
of our Union College students were re-
lating their experiences. They were all 
of good courage, and said they had, 
learned the most valuable and precious' 
lessons of their lives. Nor had they 
been lacking in financial success. C. E. 
Eden had worked about six weeks, and 
had taken orders to the value of $146. 25, 
Erma Fisher, four weeks, $204. 00; W. J. 
Eden, six weeks, $245. 75; Mrs. Bella, six 
weeks, $325. 80: A. L. Kienhoff, eights, 
weeks, $387. 50; Catherine Faulsen, seven 
weeks, $400. 00; G. W. Kieuhoff, nine 
weeks, $446. 25; Etta Oppy, eight weeks, 
$778.00; Max Trummer, tourteen weeks, 
$1014.00. The prospect is good for ev-
ery one to win a scholarship. What ia 
the use of our young people's sayiiir 
they are too poor to go to College? 
C. C. LEWIS 
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