The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-16

or front" as the American slang has Il.
must always be considered.
The nearly 800 students Il the Tohoku
Gakuin are enrolled Ia preparatory. COLI
lesiate and theological departments The
STAFF OF teachers number twenty mine.
seven Of whom are Americans. with Dr..
SCHNEIDER at their head ] was particu-
larly struck with the strength of Paul L
Gerhard and William g. Seiple Phi D..
The latter a Johns Hopkins man. whose
BOBBY is archaeology Likewise Miss
Weidner. Miss Powell and Miss Zurfuk
Of the girls school impressed me as being
teachers and executives who would not
he without honor IN thir own country.
All that the government schools teach.
and more. is given in the Tohoku GaNin,
the students OF which. like those OF the
former. are exempted from military SER
vice. The vigorous athletics OF the Japan
ese. as we'll as baseball and other Ameri-
can games. form part of the physical
training.
Many Of the students support them
selves working and living in tho indus
trial home which the denomination main
tains at Sendai. arising az and O'clock
IN the morning 10 deliver milk and news
Papers There IS a pronounced religious
life among the students: they have y.
NJ. G.. A. and hold student PRAYER meet
ings on the roof OF the college tower:
they 90 eyangelistto work IN the coun-
try, teach in Sundav-schools. etc. One
OF them was my Interpreter when was
called upon 20 make an address 70 the
Manchurian veterans and other soldiers
In the military hospital. and he GER
tainly was a self-possessed free and
forecful speaker
Making the Most Of Miss Tapan.
Japan's newly awakened interest in'the
education Of women affords the mission
aries an opportunity for work that
reaches far. There are three schools FOR
girls In Sendai. maintained by American
churches. As already said. that OF the
Reformed Church. which has beon IN
existence since 1855. is the largest and
best equipped X IS run by three Ameri-
can young women. with a star OF Il
japanese teachers and has 100 students
All but two Of the graduates OF this
school have been Christians: and the
aggressiveness Of the Christianitv n the
undergraduate students IS indicated nv,
tho fact that every week twenty dl~or-
ent Sunday-schoois are supplied with
workers by the school
similar high religious standarl &c
maintained by the Baptist school. vbiob
has 90 pupils and less pretentious build
ings. The Methodist girls school With
about 80 pupils. OF whom . live in dorn,i-
tory IS industrial I'm character and does
efficient work with an equipment uneoual
70 that Of the neighboring schools.
In going over these schools MANY
strange phases OF the work STRIKE on,
American. The kitchen contains little
besides the oven. over which two or fhrao
large rice kettles boil and a thfrl keftie
Tor the one additional dish that usually
accompanies the girls meals. Rroillne~ Is
done over a simple charcoal firebov
dinlrg-room viii be pointed out with pride
as half European" because. forsootb
the girls eat from long tables. Is or %
inches high, instead OF from the tinv in
dividual tables common IN Jananeee
houses OF course they sit on .ha floor
ana use chop sticks. Sensibly enough.
the schools maintain a Japanese stand
ard, since the girls must return TO Ian
anese homes and customs
The bedrooms are 1900 miles removod
from those OF American college girls
Their furniture IS apparently notbiny
but the straw mats on the floor. and on,
table, less than two feet high. FOR each
girl to work upon. The bedding Is A th,c
quilt or two. which is rolled up during tn.
daytime and kept in a closet
Simple pictures-frequently the famiiio,
highiy-coiored Sunday school lessen ,,r1
prints-hang from the walls Naturally,
as In all japanese homes, evervbodv
removes his or her shoes before entevina
The housework IN all these dormitorse.
is done by the girls themselves.
The Missionary as Matrimonial
Agent.
When calling at the Baptist school Z