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 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH SCHOOLS 117 ing day in 1878, when I sat down to the table with five boarding pupils, one of whom, fortunately, was a full-pay pupil, two of them were half-pay, the other two paid for their board and tuition by doing janitor work about the school. Here it may perhaps be proper to say that from the beginning I had assumed not only the management of the school but also the financial responsibility, or in other words, that I conducted it under a lease from the Bishop, until 1889, when Oregon became a diocese" In 1880 Bishop Morris suggested the introduction of Manual Training, but it awakened little interest. In 1887 the name of the school was changed to the Bishop Scott Academy and a modified system of military drill and discipline was introduced. This proved to be a popular innovation and the succeeding three or four years found the school at its height, so that the buildings had to be enlarged. The highest attendance ever reached was in 1891, when a total of 234 students was enrolled. The rules of the Acadamy describe a strict code of discipline, accompanied by detailed provisions for devel- opment of all phases of a student's life, mental, moral and physical. All boarding pupils, together with the Head Master and teachers, attended the services of the Episco- pal Church, none being excused. On other days than Sat- urday, no boy was permitted to make or receive visits, except from members of his own family. One rule states that no pupil can receive 100 demerit marks in any four successive weeks without being reported for expulsion from the school. Another states that every pupil who shall be absent from school for more than two full days in any month, except in cases of unavoidable necessity, shall be reported to the Head Master for discipline. It is stated that in extreme cases, "corporal" punishment may be inflicted, but that it will be used only as a last resort. The school year was divided into two terms of twenty weeks each, called Christmas and Easter terms. The cost of board and tuition was $150.00 per term. For day pupils tuition was $15.00 in the Primary department, 111 m