Show THE WAY OPENING OF THE ACADEMY established BY THE MINNESOTA SEVENTH DAY adventists SOME SOJIE NOVEL FEATURES yEA TURES true to its announcement the seventh day adventist school at lake street and fourth avenue south opened up at sharp 8 yesterday morning the first session began under very auspicious circumstances 45 students of both sexes being in attendance itis expected that f fully ally a third as many more will come in in the course of the next week or two the appointments of the school are unusually good the basement of the adventist church has been divided off into three rooms these rooms are provided with the latest improved desks there are blackboards and charts and in fact all the various paraphernalia of a well regulated school room it is intended to add a course in kindergarten work to the primary department in a few weeks the daily pro gramme is rather interesting in various ways ivis rather spartan in tone and the hours kept would be truly appalling to some the boarders rise at and after dressing clear up rooms then comes breakfast followed by domestic work for an hour or so tile regular school session begins at there to is morning and evening worship and domestic work at noon and at the close ot of the afternoon session the boys yesterday were enga in various useful occupations A couple of them were numbers numbering ng the s chool desks and others sawing wood most kost all of the young people are from farms and the aim of the institution will be to make them handy out of doors as well as proficient focient in their studies onland one and jtb od half hours each day is the regulation amount of exercise required the retiring hour is hr at which time all lights must be out and complete silence ence re reigning A g for the accommodation of t I 1 III at oar d ers two cottages contag as on oa linton clinton I 1 avenue A ue have been rented the one n e for the A troys ys undercharge under charge of krof prof lewis the principal while the girls occupy the other under the charge of aae of the lady principals at least as many more boarders are expected later and the whole number will tax the accommodations of the cottages to the uttermost all of these students board in commons the large temporary structure recently built opposite the church next year it is planned to build a large dormitory capable of accommodating IV pupils the f fund and for this has already amounted to quite a considerable sum this is the first school of the kind east of the rocky mountains and the third Inthe in the country it is planned to establish these schools all over the country and by another year there will be sev eral in california kansas Miss missouri guri and other western states this is part of the missionary work as arranged bythe by the adventist conference con terence prof C clewis has entire charge of the school and during this year will have two lady assistants st paul pioneer press nov 15 7 5 s |