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war as an hospital,) with fifty scholars; and, as soon as the news
spread that “a real Yankee tea¢her’’ had come, the number
icreased to one hundred. A native teacher was temporarily
provided by Reuben Tomlinson, and, subsequently, Mary A.
Taylor, Carrie Taylor and Eliza E. Way were also sent to Mt.
Pleasant. The subjoined extracts from letters give details of
interest.

From Cornelia Hancock.—Boxes 19 and 30 were safely received,
and their contents distributed to our school children, much to their
pleasure and the relief of our eyes. The bright linseys look beautiful in
this part of the country, and, since they have had clothes to wear, the
children think it worth while to wash their faces and comb their hair.
The First-day school is almost three times its former size, as the children
thought it wrong to appear there in rags. We have reduced the day
school to about 150 scholars by excluding the youngest portion. The
people are so interested in having their children educated, that they want
them to come when entirely too young. Toteachthe children punctuality
has been very difficult. They were much astonished to find that I taught
on cold or rainy days. At present the punctuality in attendance is very
good, and it is a gratifying sight to see them line the roads on their
way to school. Their eagerness to get up head in their classes has to
be curbed rather than encouraged, and there is nothing my scholars are
not willing to attempt.

Finding much inquiry as to how those who must work could obtain
instruction, we have opened a night school three evenings in the week,
and have about forty scholars steadily attending. The number will in-
crease as soon as they find it a permanent institution.

This week, for the first time, we had a sewing school; but we were
surprised at their sewing. The house servants all sew well, and the

children have learned from them.—Mé. Pleasant, Third Month 2\st,
1866.

From Mary A. Taylor.—* * * Idid not feel until last week
that I was fully under way; and now I have blackboard, charts and
slates, and think we make good use of them. The schools do much better
now that they are divided; I have an attendance of 65 every day, and
very often 70. The school-room is not very large, but is in a very pleas-
ant place near the beach, with a splendid view oneach side; and I think,
when the warm weather comes, will be as cool as any place we could get.
We have three doors on one side, which is more than many school houses
can boast of up north. I have the benches ranged around the room, and
when my band gets in there are not many vacant seats, :

We thought at first. that we would only have fifty scholars apiece in the
three schools ; but more crept in, and I had not the heart to dismiss them,