Many kind words of approbation have come to us with regard to the high order and interest of the exercises. We trust that some new friends have been made, and a new interest developed in our work with some present that evening. It has been a very laborious year, but the teachers have all stood bravely and faithfully at their posts, and by the good hand of our God upon us, we have all “come through” without falling by the way. * * * * * TENNESSEE. Le Moyne School--Close of the Year--Conversions. MISS LAURA A. PARMELEE, MEMPHIS. At the closing exercises of the school our numbers were good, and the last recitation was as perfect as any lesson within the year. It was remarkable that interest in study did not flag in the least. The most cheering of closing incidents was found in the prayer meeting. We have regretted the lack of a decided religious influence--it has been the one failure of the year. In the last meeting we were not left without evidence of the Spirit’s work. Two young men confessed their trust in Christ and determination to be his avowed followers. Another young man, whose voice has been silent for years, and who has seldom attended meetings either at school or church, asked prayers for himself in a manly way that spoke well for his expressed desire to resume his place in the ranks of Christian workers. We are not satisfied with the spiritual record of the year. We hoped it would have been a harvest season. I have not heard from the church since the fever panic. Am hoping it will not scatter the members or retard the work, which seemed prosperous. * * * * * A Colored Girl’s Experience as a Teacher. REBECCA A. MICHEL, MARION, ALA. This little town contains about five hundred inhabitants. There are few colored people in Pikeville, but many live about it from one to three miles away. My school was not right in Pikeville, but just on the edge. The school-house was about eighteen by thirty. It is a frame house and has fourteen seats in it, all without backs except four of them.