•Hie  years  had  passed  yet  he  had  not  forgotten  this  pledge,
and  when  the  Rev.  A.  H.  Sutherland  made  an  earnest  appeal  to
him  to  aid  the  school  at  Monterrey  he  directed  the  efforts  of
the  children  of  the  Rosebud  Society  into  this  channel.^
The  school  was  named  Laurens  Institute  in  his  honor.   The  Rose-
buds supported  the  school  entirely  for  a  number  of  years  but
eventually  it  was  taken  over  by  the  General  Board  of  Missions ,

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though  the  Rosebuds  continue  to  contribute  to  it**^

B.  a.  Marsh  was  selected  by  the  Rosebuds  ia  1689  to
conduct  the  work  of  Laurens  Institute*   Mr.  Marsh  held  an
A.M.  degree  from  Trinity  College,  North  Carolina,  and  had  had
several  years  experience  both  as  a  teacher  and  school  admin-
istrator.  I^e  school  was  first  conducted  in  a  rented  house
on  the  corner  of  O'Campo  and  Rayones  streets .   This  was  not  a


building  on  the  Purissima  Plaza.   The  first  year  the  enrollment
was  small,  there  being  8  boys  and  7  girls.  But  the  school

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1.  Supplement,  Rosebud  Missi  Jiary  Society  Program.  Sept.  1922.
2.  Personal  letter,  B.G. Marsh.   Sept.  13,  1922.
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began  to  grow  rapidly  and  in  1891  the  Rosebuds  purchased
the  present  site,  a  block  of  land  one  hundred  meters  square
paying  1;1500  for  it.  k   three-story  brick  building  was
erected  having  seven  school-rooms  and  tw o  dormitories,  and  the
school  which  now  became  both  a  day,  and  boarding  school,  was
moved  to  its  new  home.  The  cost  of  the  building  was  $7000.
