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 educational institutions are being conducted under the auspices of this Board: Goshen College and Hesston College and Bible School. The latter institution is located at Hesston, Kansas, and was founded in 1909.

The Eastern Mennonite School, located at Harrisonburg, Virginia, and established in 1916, is under a separate Board but co-operates very closely with the other two church schools.

It is the purpose of the Mennonite Board of Education to oversee and direct the operation of the schools sponsored by the Church, along such lines as may be considered beneficial to the Church, especially her young people.

The publication of books and other reading matter took form at a very early period in the history of the Church. At such time the work was usually carried on by certain brethren who assumed all responsibility of publication. Others began work with or without the sanction of the Church, but received its support to a greater or less degree.

The Mennonite Publication Board was sponsored and recognized by the Church in general at the time of its organization in April, 1908, at which time also the Publishing House was located at Scottdale, Pennsylvania. Including basement, the four story fire-proof building, with dimensions of 80 x 110 feet, was erected in 1921 at an initial cost of $125,000, and was dedicated April 4, 1922.

Of the eighty-six different books written by Mennonite authors since our people are located in