Annual Report Of The Sewing School

In looking over the annual reports of the sewing school for many years past and comparing them with what we have to offer to we find many things to encourage us. In '83 when wl introduced industrial work in ou: school we gradually ncreased in numbers, and from a class of perhaps twenty-five or thirty we now have eleven classes numberng over one hundred, our average he past year has been seventy three. We have thirteen teachers and two assistants. We meet every Saturday from two o'clock until four in he second story of the Courier building, Mr. Beal kindly donating the use of the room free. We had the room cleaned and papered. Our riends are always welcome. The question how do you get money to carry on the school ? is often asked. It is by private donations, collections from the churches 'the Congregational being the only one this year), and largely from the Ladies' Charitable Union. We have also been .personally remembered by Mr. Mills, Mr. Schairer and Mr. Haller. We formerly gave entertainments, the last o-ne was four or five years ago, "The Deestrict Skule," which was a success financially - but this money could not last always, and when we found that we had but a few dollars in our treasury, we too asked "where are we to get means to carry on our work?" And now we hear, that Mrs. Trueblcod wiil soon give us a benefit, the school board granting the use of the High school hall for the entertainment. Our annual picnic was omitted this year, but we gave the chi.Jren a dinner dtiring holidays, our friends contributing a generous supply of provisions. The garments made in the school are distributed among the needy or sold for a trifling sum. Donations of material or money will be thankfully received by the superintendent, Math.ua S. Brown.