Identifier: lifelightforwoma15woma (find matches)
Title: Life and light for woman
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Woman's Board of Missions
Subjects: Congregational churches
Publisher: (Boston : Woman's Boards of Missions
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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in the education of daughters, that it seemeddoubtful whether a school for girls would succeed at all. Nine-teen, however, presented themselves the first term, and the num-ber increased during the year to twenty-eight. Mne of these firstpupils remained from four to six years, and one of them has beena valued helper in the school ever since her graduation. In thethird year there were forty-seven pupils, more than could well beaccommodated, and the overcrowded state of the rooms and thelack of sufficient help in teaching, made it necessary to send homean entire class. This, although fully explained to the parents, caused some dis-satisfaction, and kept away some in years following. In 1877 theincreasing number was again reduced by enforcing the paymentof board. A few were sent home on this account; others stayedaway; but it was only a temporary reduction, and since 1879 therooms have been well filled. The largest number of different 162 LIFE AND LIGHT. liipil;illpiif;;;Pi;i;l!l;jlli;;(
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illlii!!! IN AND A SEMINARY. 1(33 pupils present in one year was fifty-six, in ISSO. The wholenumber connected with the school during the fifteen years, istwo hundred and five. Of those who have left the school, thirty-one remained from four to six years, sixty-two from two to fouryears, and seventy-two less than two years. Day-pupils were con-nected with the school for several years: these are not included inthe numbers given. For a time the station school of Inanda wastaught at the school under Mrs. Edwards supervision: over sixtyscholars were in it. There is a course of study arranged which covers five years.Most of those who come to us have been taught in the stationschools, and are expected to read well in Zulu, and to have fin-ished the English Primer and First Reader, and know a little ofarithmetic. But many who come are poorly prepared to enter,and, as has been shown already, many are unable or unwilling toremain long in school; so it has been impossible for them toadvance ver

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