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through. Having evinced an interest in the school, 

 I was presented the next day with a copy of 

 selections from the rules of the Girl Sunday School, 

 Curatorium : 



Pi . The aim of the Curatorium is to help the poorest 

 girls to visit the school by giving them clothes, 

 boots, etc. 



P2. The Curatorium consists of an unlimited number 

 of persons both male and female of any religion, 

 state & position in life. 



?3. There are three kinds of members; honourable, 

 actual & fellow labourers. Honourable members 

 have to pay 10 roubles a year, or 100 r. once for 

 all time; actual members 3 r. a year & fellow 

 labourers are especially school-teachers. 



P4. The means of the Curatorium is formed of 

 members' yearly payments & of voluntary 

 offerings of members of the society & as well of 

 persons not belonging to it. 



P5. The management & the direction of the affairs 

 of the Curatorium fall upon : the Administration 

 of the Curatorium & the general assembly of 

 members. 



P6. All the members of the Administration work 

 gratuitously. 



This document is an indication that the Sunday 

 School in Russia has not advanced beyond the 

 original established by Ludwig Hecker in Ephrata, 



