GATE TO one; Q-P THTi MANY QUAINT Ti;mPI.E;S IN BANGKOK, SIAM 
Siam has in the priesthood about 88,000 priests, 38,000 novices, and 71,000 boys in attend- 
ance, or a total of 197,000 devoted to religious work in a population of 6,750,000. The 
Siamese g-overnment is very progressive and is utilizing this great band of religious workers, 
which_ might otherwise be injurious, to educate the people in modern lines. Schools are being 
established in the temples with priests as teachers of elementary modern education, and 
normal schools are also being founded to prepare the priests for this work. 
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