# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1913_S29
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'The Lutheran Pioneer.

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Scott Normand.

Scott Normand, whose picture appears in this
column, is one of the pillars of our church at Man-
sura, La. In his house the Rev.. Lankenau preached
the first Lutheran sermon to the colored people of
that parish, and there the services were continued
till the chapel was built. Under his hospitable roof
our missionaries have always found a soft, clean
bed and a table with appetizing food. Despite his
seventy-five years he is still as active as a man of
forty, and tills his farm without outside help. He
is an inveterate smoker. With his pipe he retires
at night, and with it he arises in the morning at
the crowing of the rooster, demonstrating thereby
that the users of the weed do not all die young.

The writer, on his last visit to Mansura, was
a guest at his house and after his hipbone was frac-
ture in a runaway was lovingly and faithfully
nursed by him and his wife till he could be removed

to a hospital in New Orleans. These good people
acted the part of the good Samaritan to the un-
fortunate stranger. But not they alone. The en-
tire congregation, together with Pastor Peay, were
untiring in their efforts to minister to the wants
of the patient. He experienced at their hands
many unmerited tokens of love and kindness, for
which he remembers them in heartfelt gratitude.
“Tasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the
least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto
me,” says Christ. May He bless them for the
services rendered, and be their exceeding great re-
ward! N. J. BAKKE.

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Items from North Carolina.

Our students at Immanuel College have had
very good health, in spite of the great amount of
sickness in the city. In February we had one case
of measles. The patient was at once isolated, and,
thanks to God’s providence, other students were
spared. About two weeks later Theodore, the little
son of Mrs. Lowder, who has charge of the kitchen,
also developed a case of measles. He is doing well.

Prof. Berg was confined to his home for about
a week with a severe cold in the chest and head.
He has again recovered so that he can take full
charge of his duties.

The General Assembly of North Carolina is
occupying itself much with the school question. It
has resolved that the term of school shall last at
least six months each year. This will, no doubt,
receive hearty commendation in many parts of North
Carolina.’ The honorable “body has gone a step

farther, and is now debating a compulsory school
law, according to which each child, from eight to
twelve years old, is to be compelled to attend a

Missionary J. Alston’s School, Mount Pleasant, N. C.