The copy-books exhibited fair specimens of penmanship.

On a desk lay a well worn reading book containing a dozen of AEsop's fables translated into Russian and profusely illustrated.

It corresponded to an American 'Second Reader.' There was a dormitory containing eight beds, and there was a wash-room, a dining-room, and a kitchen, the latter separate from the main building.

Close at hand was a forge where the boys learned to work in iron, and a carpenter shop with a full set of tools and a turning lathe.

The superintendent showed me several articles made by the pupils, including wooden spoons, forks, bowls, and cups, and he gave me for a souvenir a seal cut in pewter, bearing the word 'Fulyhelm' in Russian letters, and having a neatly turned handle.
The school is in operation ten months of each year.