WITH CHRIST IN INDOCHINA - IndoChina1911

I THE TOURANE BIBLE SCHOOL 87
| vicinity of Tourane. Money was provided for the
buildings as they were needed, until, by 1928, there
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were a large assembly hall, several classrooms, and
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three dormitory buildings, enough to accommodate
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the ninety odd students who were then enrolled. The
teaching staff consisted of four foreign missionaries
and three Annamese teachers.
The school includes a Woman's Bible School as
| well as one for men. It has been found to be of the
utmost importance that the wives of the Annamese
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preachers know their Bibles, and this training of the
workers' wives has been an important factor in the
development of the church.
The course in the Women's School was necessarily
different from that of the men. Only students with
a fairly good secular education are accepted in the
Men's School, but many of the women can neither
read nor write when they first come. When they
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graduate, they are able to be a real help to their husbands.
They teach the women and children, explain
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the gospel to inquirers, and some of them—and
many of the men too—learn to play the small organs
that are used in almost all of the churches.
At the beginning no fees were charged; and when
the students began to come from a distance, their
board was paid from foreign funds. As the school
grew, this practice had to be discontinued; and gradually
the school has been made as self-supporting as
possible. It is not entirely so, nor is it altogether