boys and girls? You patient mothers know so
well what are the needs of forty-two play-loving active children, who
wrestle, play football, tag, jump rope and barbed wire fences; and the
needs of Indian boys and girls are nearly identical with those of the
same number of white children.

I think I have never yet heard an Indian Christian man or woman offer
a prayer in which I have not heard this petition, "Oh Father in
Heaven bless all the white people who love us and send us these
teachers to tell us of God's ways." Shall we not return their grateful
thought, by loving prayers, generous and sympathetic interest and
every practical aid?

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EXTRACTS FROM ADDRESS BY MISS HELEN S. LOVELAND.

I have come to tell you something of Orange Park, the town, the school
established there, and the trouble connected with it. The village is
situated on the west bank of the St. John's River, which at that point
is a beautiful expanse of water three miles wide. Nature has been very
prodigal in that section. The trees and plants are of a luxurious
growth. Flowers are numerous. Every kind of fruit is plentiful.
Because of these natural advantages, general climate and apparent
fitness for orange growing, a Northern settlement was made. The people
were from various Northern States. The principal industry was orange
growing.

Five years ago when the Association was looking for a favorable place
in Florida in which to locate a school, attention was drawn to this
town. The place was selected because of its healthful situation and
beautiful surroundings. The people in the town were anxious such a
school should be established. To secure this the town voted the
Association a considerable tract of land on which to build, and in
addition a large wooded park. This was done with the understanding
that all children in the town should be allowed to attend school.

The buildings belonging to the institution are a church, in which both
white and colored people worship together; the Girls' Hall, in which
the girls, teachers and matron live; in the rear of this, connected by
a passage way, is the dining-room and kitchen; next, to the west, is
the school building, containing the chapel, study room and recitation
rooms; yet farther to the west of this is the Boys' Hall, in which the
principal and his wife live, in charge of the boys. Back of the two
last mentioned buildings is the shop where the boys do the indus