New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-13
Cultured MISSIONARIES.
,r THE HIGHER EDUCATION DOES
FOR CHRISTIANITY.
4, MOTT TELLS THE CONFERENCE OF
voNAN-s BOARDS THAT COLLEGES ARE
nEcIDE-n .ESSINIS-

DECIDED BLESSINGS.
-. second days session OF the Conference OF
,rnrrsn's Boards Of Foreign Missions in the United
&C. and Canada opened yesterday at 9B
IN the lecture-room OF the Tabernacle, a
-. number Of women being in attendance After
-. opering prayer by Mrs H. B. Elliot. Presby-
..,,sn Mrs J. r. Mott. who is widely known In
u,rsc.,on with the Student Volunteer Movement
- who accompanied her husband on his visit TO
AZ the colleges OF the world. presented most in
,sresting paper on Higher Education for Girls in
Mission Fields
80, every civilized land there has arisen a move
rsrt for the higher education OF women. In 1870
onv one college IN this or any other land was open
"a somewhat OF Oberlin, Ohio. In the early days
~ this movement its motive power the spirit
A. helpfulness the missionary spirit awakened in
N. DAYS Of Mary Lyon. when the Mount Holyoke
iris were among the first 70 go out help the
world We shall never know what America owes
N the fact that higher education In this land
hesun and fostered by most earnest Christian
and women for the highest purposes. The aim Of
Mary Lyon. Mr.. Durant and others was spiritual
no less than intellectual To-day the fruit OF
their toll in the fact that America has larger
propor,ion OF women students than any other land.
she has ihrty-1ve thousand in her universities and
colleges. and ten thousand OF them. in three hun
dred Institutions, enrolled &c active members
Of Christian associations
rnrng OF the movement in our own land TO write
l,s history or to see clearly all It's results but to-
DAY the women OF America are a mighty power in
the social. intellectual and spiritual life Of our
country. Is II chance that corresponding almost
exactly in time 10 the beginning of the remarkable
movement for higher education IN our own land.
there should also have come 70 us the knowledge
o, the condition Of hundreds OF millions OF women
o. non-Chrisuan lands. and open doors should
swing back before India, China, Japan. Africa.
South America md Mexico7 Could. indeed. such
Infinite opportunities for service and such cry Of
need and such God-gven facilities for preparation
have relation 10 each otherT
To the question What Is the aim and scope and
what are some Of the advantages Of the higher
education Of girls IN mission heds?' Mrs. Mott
answered in the words Of Dr. Duff. when asked
his theory Of missions.
Theory" he said II have theory: anything
ano everything that will promote the cause Of
Christ"
Tn. immediate objects Of higher education she
defined as "hrst 70 build up Christian charac-
ter or IN other words 10 give 10 the individual tho
highest Intellectual. moral and spiritual culture he
r. capable OF receiving: second 70 create demand
FOR the higher education OF women. and where the
demand already exists 10 supply II under the best
Christian Influences: third 10 provide wellzordered
Christian homes
"A current proverb among the Indians and Ma
hometans" declared Mrs Mott is TO the effect that
woman's wisdom should not extend beyond the
oven. and many in every land practically believe
the same thing. 1t Is true that a college degree
cannot make goq6 wife or mother or woman. but
IN the long years of daily contact in school life
there is opportunity to shape the home life. the
social life. the religious life and through these the
whole character OF people"
"A fourth object" she defined TO provide Christian
teachers for schools and to train for Christian
leadership wherever needed. and fifth. to reach
Ia rkn nal Tha
need OF the most elementary education for girls
when missionaries first went out and the progress
which higher education has already made In these
lands stand to-day IN startling contrast Cyrus
Hamn says that IN the first year OF his missionary
NE In Turkey ne met but one who could
read and the entering wedge was driven In the
gulss Of a school OF embroidery. When Duff went
10 India he said. might as well try TO scale
wall 800 feet high as 70 attempt female education"
In China Mrs. Nevins estimates that to-day. aside
from those trained in mission schools probably
not one woman In ten thousand can read In , lSs
IN Nagasaki, Japan what they meant should some
day be college. and their buildings were pointed
out 70 passengers on the steamer as Ladies
Folly" According 10 the most recent statistics at
tainaole, there are to-day IN me MISSION nel o
different boards or agencies giving higher educa-
ton About three-hfths Of the whole number are
found under the Presbyterian, the American Board
and that OF the Methodist Episcopal
THE APPARENT RESULTS
To the question. What influences are going out
from these colleges and what results are APPARENT
Mrs Mott gave answer: Some thousands OF
women have been thoroughly educated This means
much in lands where few years ago II was be
l,eve5 20 be impossible OF disgraceful for woman
10 learn 10 read. Can the wonderful record OF the
ino;6er Of thousand daughters Eliza Agnew. Of
Cevion ever be surpassed In this respect? During
=. - coDseor,+iva service in
one was professed Christian In the college at
IA
week for half an hour. and volunteers troln Siie
Prom the Methodist College at NagasaN. Japan,
thry-fve girls 90 ogt every wen S 10 ~ cam
ton China has given TO the cause OF MISSIONS IA
China eightyhve teachers, hfty-eight bipls fsSo
ers and nine graduates OF the medical coHese, VIZ
are ira cfising their profession. During the twenty
FIVE wears OF It's history the American College, o,
Elm young women from eight different nations,
nearly all OF whom are engags1So IN soa 1a3enese
rr has gone as missionary 70 the Looche9 Isl dsi
snds and another has orered ior Tored ~ 1919 a
Medcsf training schools and still greater ma,
jorlty IN the university colleges are at
Christians largely In the majority r.eb II, war Win
Spain there one spot Where nin oarSacT mar
Spanish worked and lived together IN peIa,o1aI
Institute for Girls at San Sebastian. SPAN ha,..
ToSssrfa rscord Of Ieaping over everything
taking the highest marks ever given al da ~
,ifa ana ,,r3versity This school was Iou4'1SS -.
rsseb the aaI,ghteYs OF the better classes and 70
raise 10 CHRISTIAN workers for SPAN 5ina,io5 ~
Grafton % Spain must begin with inc
The whole understanding Of women ci,,IIi
is allen 10 the thought and SPIT. OF ~ ~ vvonans
zation. and involves q reao1 ustNic4iN -
position In the home and society. g. =. mission
scbnos - ,ben sent 10 America for the stuuS %
medicine who 50 much impressed II ct Hons mat ne
when he met her on MS return 70 - china In the
asked her 10 represent the women OF 0ni u. vas a
Worlds Congress Of Women In t xqo,s the hymn
native daughter Of India who, ~clbrsstendom. In
the Secret OF HIS Presence or, o,. our best
In closing Mrs Mott f ss,a: woman and her
daughter in mission lands. because o. ner oppor-
sentative character. her influence anu "e
tunty.' A., Smith OF
IN the discussion that followed MIS- Nm Ray.
Chicago Of the Board Of the Interior, Sir ss,aSsb
Q. Chicago one OF the first teachers IN u, tha
Persia Dr. Cooler OF India Mrs In"ine esc e1 OF
Protestant Episcopal Boaio. anu sddad strong argu-