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124 CHARLES E. LEWIS this country in 1881. There was considerable opposition to this step, as is evidenced by the plea which Bishop Morris made in his address to the convention: "It is to be hoped no narrow and foolish prejudice upon the part of any of our people or patrons will be manifested against this religious order of self-sacrificing women, pledged unto God for the accomplishment of this noble work. In addition to the management of the school, they have charge of the religious instruction and in sdme cases take charge of the regular classes, although this is mostly handled by special teachers employed for this purpose." 16 Bishop Scott Academy, as has been mentioned before, made a tremendous growth in 1888 and 1889 following the introduction of military training, but suffered a severe slump during the years of the panic. It had gained a high reputation by that time, as is shown by the fact that there were students enrolled from eight states in 1892. In 1895 the military discipline had new life in- fused into it by being placed under the charge of an officer of the regular army. In 1896 a movement was started to introduce manual training but this was not brought about until the spring of 1898 because of lack of funds. In that year a capable and experienced teacher was secured from the East and the work was evidently very popular and successful. In 1899, Dr. Hill made this report in regard to the work and attendance of the school: "The religious work has been carried on with the belief that man is a threefold being, body, mind and spirit, and that any true education will take all of these into consid- eration. Attendance upon Chapel services is compulsory but has required no efforts or friction to enforce the rules. Brighter times are certainly before us, for I can truthfully say that should no more pupils present them- selves than have already spoken of coming, we shall have 16 At no place in the Convention Journals is the salary of any teacher or principal given. Occasionally the total amount expended for teachers' salaries is listed, but this is no indication of the individual salaries. The Sisters, of course, serve without pay.