Your letter, written under some very natural excitement, ^ 

 came to hand. There is no reason why you should not go on 

 until you graduate. There is every reason why you should. 

 You will then be in a position to care for yourself and by and 

 by care for others as well. You will then be where I was as a 

 young man, only you will have a much more thorough train- 

 ing. I believe you should undertake to teach — if it were only 

 in a public school. 



As the younger children were still in need of college train- 

 ing and minimum maintenance rates here or there were crucial 

 items, a debate upon the setup at different schools followed: 



As to the merits of Beloit I have no question & yet I do 

 not think it is in advance of Wooster. The advantages [of 

 Wooster] to me are ( 1 ) the tuition is free all around, (2) liv- 

 ing is cheaper, (3) it is nearer Mamma's home & relatives, 

 (4) other missionaries' wives live there, (5) the town is not 

 only beautiful but very healthful, and (6) I hope that by 

 and by Mamma can go out to India to be with me. If so, the 

 younger children would have better care at the Livingstone 

 & Westminster Homes than anywhere else while getting their 

 education for a sum of money less than is possible elsewhere. 

 I have thought the thing over well and while it is not impos- 

 sible we may modify the plan, still I cannot now see anything 

 so good as this. 



I hope I can arrange with some doctor to take you in & put 

 you through for about what you could do for him. If not, I 

 hope you can get some kind of service whereby you can work 

 your way. I have not yet had any reply to my application to 

 be sent to India. The time when I must depart will depend 

 upon that. Do not fail to understand that my reasons for 

 going back to India are not a question of money. It is with 

 me a question of duty. I did not expect to be at home so 

 long when I brought you all from India, but my way seemed 

 hedged about & I stayed under a sense of duty to my children. 

 Now the way seems open & I hope to spend a good part, if not 

 all my life in India. I should be glad if the Lord would lead 

 some of my children in the same direction but this is with Him. 

 There is a grand work in India for any one competent to do 

 it. Let us all pray to God for His guidance that we may make 



