Hopkinsville Kentuckian

PRAISE THE MISSION SCHOOL

Bulgaria Expresses Its Gratitude for
Work Done in That Country by
American Teachers.

· Bulgarian mails bring news that
the Bulgarian ministry of education
has officially certified by decree that
the work of the American mission
schools at Samokov is equivalent to
that of its own national gymnasia.

The full text of the certificate, the
correct translation of which is offi-
cially certified, is as follows:

"The ministry of national educa-
tion of the kingdom of Bulgaria
hereby certifies that the American
gymnasia-boys' and girls'-in Sa-
mokov, Bulgaria, founded more than
fifty years ago, and continuing to
the present time to carry on their
educational and moral activities,
have been, during all their existence
centers of spiritual culture and
progress. The Bulgarian nation has
always looked with special respect
and honor upon these schools, which
even from the dark period of slav-
ery (to the Turks) until today, with
special perseverance and zeal, have
fulfilled their mission-the educa-
tion and the moral and spiritual
training of the youth. From the last
inspection of these schools which it
made, the ministry ascertained that
they have done very much for their
development and perfection, espe-
cially on the moral and spiritual
side, on account of which the minis-
try recognized the girl's gymnasium
as equivalent to our national gym-
nasia for girls. In order to fully at-
tain, however, to the standard, both
of our gymnasia and of these in Eu-
rope as well, it is indispensable that
they significantly broaden their ac-
tivities, by securing a teachers' body,
corresponding to those of our na-
tional schools and by also procuring
modern equipment, laboratory ap-
paratus, libraries, etc. In this way
they will enhance the educational
side of their work (as well as the
moral and religious side), and they
will increase still more the gratitude
of the Bulgarian nation."