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No improvements to suggest except a greater care in the selection of superintendents. Both societies made this year failures in the men they sent, not a little in my opinion to the detriment of the school work. They send two cheap men: the lady teachers this year have done their duty well and very faithfully.
I believe however that too great care cannot be taken to select trained teachers; many very worthy teachers employ the old methods of teaching. I believe the "object" method peculiarly adapted the Anglo African mind. It is now justly held that teaching no infant or primary school is as difficult and as possibly scientific as the duty of any professor of the higher departments.
I greatly depracate all unnecessary changing of teachers from year to year: the second year of the same teacher at the same place is worth one third as much again as the first: this third is too often, I fear, sacrificed.
Relations with the above named societies have been of the pleasantest character and my great desire is to have larger means of cooperating with them.
I am General With Great Respect
Your Obdt Sevt
S C. Armstrong Agt.