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Johnson for the organization of acadft- ■ nilae throughout ithe presbyteries, I Poynettn was prepared to respond.”They began is 18S4 with fifteen pn-pils in an old hotel, Bos beenand is.a good deal of collecting of money to support the academy, for in these (lays of splendid free pnbltc schools, prlvnte institutions are apt .to drag on the financial dde. But one of the features of tliis Academy is the hard work done by the pupils. Three hundred and eighty acres of land were given to the school and for some years the boys were kept busy clearing it. Then a farm of 100 acres was added. The boys, aided by a mason and a carpenter, laid out and pufup a dormb tory. Tho pupils number only fromlt;0 to 00. rBoy* To B j or. • It eecrus a. small thing, and yet earnest factors of this sort count. Id the competition of life—in the stress to get -on the bench, to go to the senate, to move men. I should be most afraid of young men from a school where (I quote the prospectus), “the Bible shell he studied and recited every ' day by every ..pupil- Pupils are led through a graded course, the Bible tho only test book for it, aud ore graduated with a kuowledgc, tnhiuto and comprehensive/ of the words of the Holy Book. Tl'.en It adds, “the results are esactiy what believers in the divine origin and power of the Book would expect: the Mighty Word regenerates, refines. energizes, consecrates uiincl and heart Tills may be claiming too much for every case, but the Bible-trained boy, the boy who works on a farm for Ills.education, (while he way lose his ideals later) has a. luxliiy intellect and heart outfit that utadc him i a dangerous antagonist for the honors of life. ^ i,Lt.is jnst the kind of institution that D. K. Pearson admires, Imt that liberal giyen has only full-fledged colleges on litejjlst. ....Ta nl Qv«»ATTI.
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Racine Journal
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Aug 01, 1901
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