From every station came the word. Jat the beginning of the year that. Schools were crowded. Many new children from families of railway employees and refugee families came. Some of the mew teachers required to handle the increase were refugees also. The Kwangteh Boys Schoo! more than doubled its student bod; Fuhsiang and the primary, schools a [Changsha at. the request of the Government took in, after the influx of refugee, as many as possible. Enrolments Teached a total never known {h the schools before. Because of the fall of Nanking the schools were late im opening in the autumn, The Kwangteh school moved 60 from the eily. The daily bombings at the North Gate of Hengyang made unwise to continue there. The school closed at the end of November.
Fuhslang and Yali moved to Yuan-ting. in the northwestern part of Hunan, 'This was a dificult' and ex: pensive undertaking. In spite of very Jerowded and entirely inadequate accommodations of all sorts, there has been a splendid spirit shown by the servants, students and faculty. Pupils slept on floors for weeks, but the bent "has been "excellent and the morale splendid "All the schools of the mission, except the two Union middle schools closed, when' it seemed that Hunan would' soon be in occupied territory. One young irl in company with many Jothers began a Jong walk to Kwen~ ming, and wrote back to her uncle ili efigineer In the Huanan-Kweichow Railway, saying that she had ridden an Il bus, meaning her two legs. Their spirit goes marching on.
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