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sign that our school had done anything for him except 

 increase his weight and improve his general health. 



But one day he entered the office and told my hus- 

 band and Dr. Boris Bogen, the principal, that he had 

 learned a little English ; that his parents needed his help 

 badly; and that he felt it his duty to go out and work 

 for a living and to support them. He said that he ap- 

 preciated deeply what the school had done for him and 

 added that while he might stay and learn a little more 

 during the winter months, he would be obliged to leave 

 in the summer, just when he might be of some use. He 

 felt that this would be unfair to the school. When he 

 came to take leave we tried to induce him to accept 

 some warm clothing as a little start, until he should 

 secure work, but he declared that the school had done 

 enough for him already, and that he would wear the 

 old clothes in which he came to us. 



My husband and Dr. Bogen felt that the boy showed 

 much independence and self-respect. Surely the school 

 had left its good impress on him, but as to his show- 

 ing on the record, he had done us no credit. So much 

 had been spent on him, with nothing tangible to show 

 on the books; yet few of our graduates could reveal 

 more gratifying results of what we had done for 

 them! 



As another and final tribute in relation to the Agri- 

 cultural School work, I may insert a letter which speaks 

 for itself, coming as it does from a student who had 

 to leave before his course was completed: 



