Items of Interest

A Normal Class has recently been completed by the Christian Science Board of Education. According to the By-Law, Article XXX, Section 1, of the Manual of The Mother Church, the class convenes on the Wednesday of December in every third year. The teacher of this year's Class was Mr. Duncan Sinclair, who is well known to the readers of the Christian Science periodicals as one of the Associate Editors.

The pupils from abroad who were members of the 1931 Class came from Australia, England, Germany, New Zealand, and South Africa. Those in the United States came from the following states: California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, and Washington.

The last of the forty dwelling houses on the site of the new Publishing House has been demolished. Derricks and trucks have removed the heavy timbers and steel beams as well as débris from the location, and a neatly painted fence has been erected around the property, so that all is in readiness for the steam shovel excavations to begin preparatory to laying the foundation.

The only buildings which remain on the site are a onestory business building and the six-story structure formerly occupied by the Church offices, both fronting on Massachusetts Avenue. Until the new quarters for the Massachusetts Avenue Reading Room of The Mother Church and for adjacent shops at the south corner of Norway Street and Massachusetts Avenue have been renovated, the wrecking of these two business buildings will be deferred. Six or eight weeks will be required to complete the demolition of these two buildings after their occupants have withdrawn.

Many favorable comments have been made by residents of Boston and visitors from other countries upon the absence of noise, dust, and débris in connection with the wrecking project. The utmost care has been taken by the wrecking company to protect not only The Mother Church edifices, but the homes of near-by tenants, from unnecessary annoyance. The dust nuisance has been minimized by the use of water in wetting down the walls as the wrecking proceeded, and bricks, plaster, or spikes falling in the streets have been promptly removed.

Never before have The Mother Church edifices thus stood out from surrounding buildings so that an open view of them can be obtained from almost every vantage point. The Norway Street side of the Church can now be seen at a distance of two hundred feet, and is thus visible in all its majesty and beauty.

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