The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-02-04
WOman'S Board Hears of
the OberIin China
Band.
President Resigns But Action Is
Deferred Until Another Meet.
ing May Be Held.

! terjected into the monthly meeting of
| Union Church yesterday, when the sec
rotary read the resignation of Mrs. C.
NJ Hyde, who for dozen years past
has been the president of the organic
alton. The matter was known to only
few of the ladies in attendance, and
the expressions were such as. to show
| the place close to the hearts of the
members held by their absent official.
1t was voted unanimously that no ac-
ton should be taken on the matter I'M
til the annual meeting, still three
months distant, with the hope that by
that time Mrs Hyde might have had
her plans so changed that she will re-
turn to Honolulu to make her home.
The meeting, well attended in spite of
the weather, was one full of interest
for those who were present. There
were not only the usual papers and
reports, but certain items of interest
were submitted which held the atten-
ton of the ladies during the hour and
q half of the session. The reports
showed excellent conditions during the
past month, and the outlook for the
work IN, itc 1-arjouS branches is of the
best The report of the treasurer show
ed that the cash on hand had grown
to $172.65 by certain donations, one of
500, and the returns from the collection
were $17 80 The usual payments to thel
various objects had been made, and thel
affairs of the board were in good con-
dition.
Vice President Miss Chamberlain pre-
sided. and after the devotional exercises
called upon the secretary to read the
letter from Mrs. Hyde. She then read
the resolution passed by the executive
committee, in which it was ordered that
the secretary notify Mrs. Hyde that no
action would be taken until the annual
There were feeling remarks
by Mrs. Whitney and Mrs. Hall, and the
board ratified the action of the COM
mittee without dissent. The expressions
that Mrs. Hyde had not made
definite plans for her future home. 1t
was said also that Miss Chamberlain
would leave for long visit to the states
n April
Several items of interest were report
ID during the taking of the collection,
md Mrs. Cowan reported for Mrs. Gill
nan that the Ramabai school had been
or a time in a peculiar state, owing
o the fact that Pandita Ramabai, who ,
ounded the school of Sharada Sadan, 2
n Poona, India, had felt compelled to I
emove it to Khedogan, and that she
ad taken exception to the use of the 4
'ord ''non-religious," taking it to mean h
and had resigned. Her e
was not received and she =
as instructed to carry on the work c
S she thought best. There was some 0
uestion as to the making of special :.
lnds for India, so that they might be h
evoted to the schools or to the famine p
elief as the donors wished. a
The fact was called to the attention :
the members of the board that Moth
Taylor, one of the most constant
embers of the organization, was at
ome i'll, and Mrs. Quick made a spe-
al TraHar. for bar recox-aryr
Mrs. Bowen then read the paper of tn
lie day on the subject of the mission &C
tablished by men and women from l.
berlin, Ohio, in the province of Shansi, sb
China This mission was perhaps in
e only one in which, during the Boxer nc
oubles, not a single one of the foreign RI
$ was permitted to escape, five men, co
e women; and five children meeting o.
cir death. and of the native Chris
ms many being killed. some in their
votion to their friends in that they
ed to give them decent burial.
rhe paper, which was a thoughtful
e, told of the organization of the
ina band among the students of :
'erlin in 1881, and how a large number :
these, some well known in Honolulu, 4
e Mrs. Price who will pass through
the Doric this week, went out to the
Id and began the work There were
looIs and hospitals, churches and
,idences, and then came the uprising
tn its terrible results, the people be-