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408 CHINA MISSION YAR BOOK.the Associations are proof of this desire on the part ofthe young men to use their leisure hours for increasingtheir working efficiency. The gain in attendance upon theeducational classes at Foochow over the preceding yearis one hundred and fifty per cent. The attendance isonly limited here and in Peking by the size of theAssociation buildings. At Seoul, although the newbuilding has been occupied but a year, some of theeducational classes have waiting lists. As a rule thelonger the hours the more popular the classes.In Korea industrial subjects are being taught withmarked success. The classes in the Seoul Associationin wood and iron work, although conducted withoutadequate equipment, have proven that a wide fieldexists for this kind of effort.The experience of the year has brought into clearerrelief the importance and hopefulness of the eveningschool as a field for religious work. In one of theAssociations a series of weekly lectures on religion andethics was instituted with the purpose of giving explanation of the leading teachings of Christianity. Atthe same time a Bible class was organized, attendanceupon which was purely voluntary. Both features proveda decided success. The number of Bible classesincreased to four, and the attendance, although themembership was non-Christian, averaged about 45 percent, of the total attendance at the evening school.At the close of the first term a group of ten and ofthe second of twenty men agreed to meet regularly forserious study of Christianity with a view to its personalacceptance.So great is the demand for education the Associationdoes not find it feasible to confine its educational workto evening classes. The demand that the rooms usedby the students at night should be opened for dayclasses continues as insistent as ever. The Associationbuilding thus becomes a hive of busy industry from ninein the morning until ten at night.