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Our teachers were Mission Inspector Von Lüpke who was epileptic and lived with us in the house, often suffered his seizures in class and on the street.
Then Pastor Sültmann and then in particular the old retired Pastor Ernst, an upright man. Teacher Schuren taught us singing, geography and astronomy. And others.
In the first two years I had very little to do because I had already studied Latin, Greek, French, English, German, Bible catechism, world history etc. etc. in Natal. So, I gave English classes to the pupils and also to a Miss Kröplin who in turn taught me more French. And I and Max Harms had a few Greek lessons with von Lüpke and I had to edit books that were printed in Zulu and Setswana. When we then started dogmatics, church history, rhetoric, theology, ecclesiastical order, exegesis etc. I also had a full schedule. We also had to write and hold sermons, visit the surrounding villages and
give mission lessons. We also had to travel elsewhere for this purpose. I often had to talk about Africa and the missionary work there. The offerings, less the travel costs, we had to submit upon our return. We had to attend mission feasts and, in this way, got to know pastors and congregations.