The Government Normal, the Sikang Normal and two other Normal schools in Tachlentu, are putting in very good work. The Sikang Normal thas 160 young men and women in residence, with a staff of five or six teachers. The Government Normal has close on 100 men and women in residence, also with five or six teach+ rs, And two other Normal schools have something like 00 students in residence, with probably five or six teachers in each school. Tachientu is slowly but surely becoming the Scholastic centre for Sikang. Young men and women come from every part, of the province to put in six months, one year oF three years in school work in this elly. In all the normals the students are fed at government or public expense and in Luis way they are encouraged to tend school and thereby further their education.
Unfortunately Tachienlu is a ter ribly cold place and many students come from" warmer paris. "Rubber shoes are persistently -worn and a considerable number of the scholars suffer from throat and bronchial trouble. 'The local doctor said that 40 per cent. suffer from bronchial trouble ud' this was no doubt due boy and a bystander rebuked me for my lack of tact,
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