The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-10-19
PLAN HIGH SCHOOL
FOR YOUNG CUBANS
American Friends Board of
Foreign Missions Makes
Appropriation.

Recommendation of the field COM
mittee in charge of the missionary
work in Cuba. which comes under the
Jurisdiction of the American Friends
Board of Foreign Missions that the
scope of the missionary work in the
republic would be enlarged by the
construction of a high school in the
Eastern section of the island. was con-
CURED in by the American board after
much discussion Thursday morning.
James Carey, Jr, of Baltimore who
is chairman of the Cuban Aeld commit
tee reported on the necessity of such
a school which in the curriculum agri-
culture, business courses and others
essential to the proper development
and training of the young Cubans. The
American board determined to expend
$4,000 for the school. which in Gu
ba will take the same rank as attain
ed by a college in the United States
The location has not been decided
more definitely than that it will be in
the great sugar district, somewhere
in the eastern part of the island.
M tJupOVI0UI otSP.
In addition to appropriation for the
school, the board decided that $4,000
was needed for the general mission
ary work to be conducted during the
ensuing year. The board feels that the
step taken at the morning session was
one of the most important actions it
has taken. In the afternoon the board
discussed the publicity feature of
mission work This likely will be left
to committee to be named by the
board.
On Wednesday evening the African
work in detail was debated and it was
decided to hasten missionaries to the
dark continent, as Christianity is now
facing it's crisis there. Mohammedan
missionaries are already entering the
field and rapidly converting the ma
tives. The plan of the American
Friends board is to concentrate their
efforts in the Soudan, Egypt and Brit
ish East Africa. In order to do this sew
eral more missionaries will be de-
tainel to the field. The board has re-
ceived offers from forty persons who
desire to enter the mission work.
Campaign Africa.
On request of the governor of the
province of British East Africa, the
board directed to undertake the edu-
cation and training of the sons Of the
chiefs of the tribes in that territory
The purpose will be to not only make
the tribesmen Christians but also to
educate them along general lines. BY
concentrating the work of education
on the sons of the chiefs the board be-
lieves as do the missionaries who are
already in the field, that these con-
verts will return to their tribes and
more quickly accomplish results
among the tribesmen than missiona-
ries themselves could do. The task is
such an enormous one, that it pre-
cludes missionaries undertaking the
education of each individual tribes
man.
The report of Edgar F. Hiatt, treas
urer of the board. showed the total
receipts during the year were $39, ,259.-
SO, the disbursements $32,O42.29 and
the balance now on hand $7,217.3O.
General secretary Charles Tebbetts re-
ported that during the year he had
delivered 213 addresses on mission
work in the United States and had
spent 36 weeks in travel. The annual
report of E. Gurney Hill, the presi-
dent, was of much interest in that he
urged larger support for the mission
aries. SO that he work would be more
easily accomplished and with more
comfort to the workers. He advocated
sending young people to the foreign
fields, believing their youth and en-
thusiasm would be such as to accom-
plish great results. Miss Edith Teb-
belts of this city was selected as as
sistant secretary to succeed Mrs. Eliza
C. Armstrong of Plafnfield.