The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-08
CHINESE WELCOME THE WHITES.
CnfQus Gathering n Their Mission
sehooi-speeeh hx Chin Kee

Cnf4us Gathering ~ Their Mfssfon
sehoei-speeeh by Chin Kee.
The chin-ss pupils Of tie Baptist mission
school gave . recepsiOa TO taelr teachers and
frieads Friday erening at SO Yssler aveaua I,
vas ths arst snkir OF the kind ever given
In this city, and. aside froEa the novelty oi
Cinnamon singing in English. telling of their
faith in Jesus Carisf. there was a speech By
Chin Kee. manager of the Gee Lee Company,
and q grand banquet Supsrirten lent Thomas
8 Babb presided, and there was not q vacant
chair in the bal. many having 70 stand
The school room 10 ss the rear of the Wa
Chong building On South Fifth street, but for
the celebration last evening the hall At SD Yea
Ter avenue had been engaged The walls were
decorated ia Chinese style with large fans, para
soils AMI banners. In the middle OF the room,
suspended from the ceiling, was a large paper
lantern. attractive in itself. but made more so
By number of grotesQas figures that reyoiyed
around the center AT the end Of the hall op-
poslte the entrance, seated on az improvised
platform. we're forty Chinese students. everyone
dressed in his "Suntay go TO meeting costume
and holding in his hand hymn book.
The exercises opened with the singing of Q
hymn By stroag chorus OF not oyer-musicai
voices Sometimes they lost the key, but IL was
plain that their hearts were in the work before
them and any one familiar with the hymn had
no trouble in following them. Owing to the
duhFpiuaDle aDseuCe % MISE cIlibns VINO Wss 70
have talked OF Chinese women, one OF the most
Interesting features of the programme was
omitted. Judge Roger Greene made Q few
remarks and spoke OF the differing interests Of
the Monaghan and Caucasian races common,
however. as to the benefits derived from Christ
Then came one OF the features Of the even
ing, an address by Chin kee, Chinaman OF
great business ability He spoke in good
English, and though al first embarrassed by the
curiosity of his hearers. soon regained his COM
posture aud continued:
81 take this opportunity 60 thank the superin-
teudent and teachers of this school for the as
ststance they have given US. They have always
our people We have taken this evening to
show you what their work has done for US, how
we have progressed"
He closed by thanking the people for coming
TO the meeting and was highly complimented
on his speech Mr.. G. W. Ward made q few
remarks on Chinese mission work, after which
several of the classes reed in English and indi-
yidualiy told of the benefits they were receiving
from IL. Superintendent Bubb then invited all
to remain aud partake OF the generous repast
provided by the pupils, consisting of sweet
meats, pastry. cakes. big platterfuis OF chicken,
ham and turkey.
The Baptist Chinese mission school was
started about one year and three months ego
ana now has seventy-nine pupils, with an aver
age daily attendance at both morning and after
noon sessions of thirty. There are twenty-n
volunteer teachers. who give instructions in
reading. writing, arithmetic and spelling. The
committee that oversees the work 10 composed
of Prof o. s. Jones, Mrs. R g. Greene and Mira
Richard Holyoke