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self in school and acquainted with the life and prohlems of students. And it f-iTes us a man 'ffb.o is still 'isrorking on a missionary allovmnce as we could not ask a man to do if he should become a National Secretary. In raost missions there is not now a more acute jjrohlem than the holding of the ""best raen in mission employ on a mission alloT/ance. Had we come to the schools with a. high salaried man it ?Jould haa^e increased the discontent simong the Chinese teachers, a,nd in consequence would have closed the door of effective work b.b far as our work must ""be done through missionexies which is practically in toto. Under the present a,rrangement the missions have most cordially welcomed our nan, and have frequently used him before the students as an illustra/cion of the work a man can do for China if he continue in Christia^n ?/ork. All three of the m^en used have been conspicuously successful in the v/ork. All jiave exf)ressed their delight in it, and I think all are available for similar work agsiin. So the long vexing problem raaj be solved by training in each section one lee.ding m-an /ho will continue in massion employ and yet under our darection make occasional visits to the schools, ha,ve a lea,ding part in the training Conferences of the diffei'ent sections and become the student Secretgur^/ for tha,t section. We will need nattiona^l m.en for unifying the work, but visitation and Conferences would seem to be best provided for by the plan into which we heive been led by cir-ci;ffiista,nces. Conditions in the Schools:- Since the .National Convention la.st Spring there has been evident a new interest in the