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420 OTHER INTERDENOMINATIONAL ASSOCIATIONSthe school is determined by the contributing members whomeet semi-annually and elect a Board of Directors to actuntil the next meeting.This year the school has forty-six students enrolled.All grades from the primary to the second year of highschool are taught with the exception of the Fourth andSixth. Tuition for children from the Third grade up, ifthe mother does not teach, is $11.50 a month and eachfamily is assessed $15 a year as payment toward the debton the building. Each child furnishes his own books. Asthe school grows, instead of paying off the debt quickly, theywill increase the teaching staff, and also put the schoolthrough the New York State Regents Examinations. Theynow follow the Ithaca, New York, curriculum.V. SCHOOL FOR MISSIONARIES CHILDREN AT CHENGTUThe School for Missionaries Children at Chengtu wasopened by the Canadian Methodist Mission early in 1909with five pupils. Since then the school has steadily grownuntil during this past year, the total number of pupils attending reached twenty-four. Of these two are the children ofa non-missionary, seven, the children of missionaries of othermissions and fifteen, the children of missionaries of theCanadian Methodist Mission. Seven out of the total oftwenty-four are resident students.The school has been graded into the customary eightgrades. The more important subjects are taught daily toeach grade separately, others are taught two or three times aweek. Written examinations are given at intervals, andreports on the progress of each student sent to the parents.Since the students come from eight different missions, areof varied nationalities, and will in the near future attendschools of various kinds, it is obvious that no course of studycan be followed that will produce pupils already adjusted towhatever schools they may finally go. The aim is toproduce pupils that can readily adjust themselves to anycurriculum.The school is looking forward with hope to the erectionof the central part of their new school building, as soon assufficient finances can be secured. In this building there