The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-20
A FRIENDS SCHOOL
FOR THE MEX|CANS
Missionary Work in that
Country Will Be Great
ly Enlarged.

In accord with the plan of develop
ment of the missionary work in Cuba
by the location of an industrial school
in the eastern section of the island re-
public, the American Friends Board
OF Foreign Missions at the Friday
morning session at the South Eighth
Street Friends church agreed upon the
location Of similar schools in Victoria,
Mexico, and Mombassa. Africa. If
the needed funds are raised within
the year the work will be undertaken
at once. A committee including the
Rev. Morton c. Pearson, of Indiana
polls. Charles Carey, of Paramount,
and Charles Tebbetts of this city, and
others, was named to take over the
work of the subscription campaign,
incident to realization of the plans
under way.
The Mexican industrial school will
be located in rich farming district
where the Friends for many years
have had missionaries and are doing
excellent work. But it is believed by
the Friends board, on recommends
ton of members of the board who have
become personally acquainted with
the conditions, and also on reports OF
the missionaries in the field, that
with better educational facilities, the
success of the missionary work would
be greatly increased. Already nine
ty-acre farm has been purchased and
several farm buildings and a school
building and a dormitory will be
erected on the land, the training farm
also being fully equipped with imple-
ments and other apparatus. The
amount already spent totals $4,000
The amount needed for the Mexican
missionary work in general will ap-
proximate $4,000, which does not in>
clude expenditures incident to the
school.
In Africa, no less than $4,000 will
be explained in the work, which will
include the expenses incident to the
training school for sons of chieftains.
In addition to the discussion on the
industrial school problem as means
of promition of the success of the
missionary work, the board discussed
the outlook in the Mexican field in
general, it's demands and it's necessi-
ties. 1t was decided that the facili-
ties should be enlarged as far as
practicable. The board is handicap
ped in this, however. Although there
are thirty-five candidates for mission
airy work, there are but few who are
fully equipped, as the majority who
have signified willingness are as yet
in college, undergoing preparation for
the work Miss Kendall, living north
of the city has signified her intention
to do missionary work.
Another discouraging feature of the
outlook is that there are but a few
men who have signified willingness
to undertake the work. The propo-
sition of increasing facilities for in
forming people in the United States
with the foreign missionary work and
keeping them acquainted with it was
discussed.
That the Friends are fraternalizing
with the other denominations in the
Characterization of the world was we'll
illustrated by the action on Thursday
evening, when it was determined to
dUduuOu Luc Liant nAu Dou6ldoo oIt-
tons in Alaska to the Presbyterians,
who have agreed to take over the
church property.
The Friends stations are smaller
than those Of the Presbyterians, and
by giving up these two fields and cen
Trailing their efforts in the mission
airy posts on the other side of the
Arctic circle among the Eskimos, the
American Friends board felt that
greater success would be had. The
Friends posts beyond the circle are
large and prospecting.
Charges that too much of the mon
ey raised by subscriptions for foreign
missionary work was used at home
were refuted at the Thursday session.
1t was shown that Of the entire
amount collected for the propagation
Of foreign missionary work but five
per cent was spent at home, therefore
IS per cent OF the amount subscribed
was used in the foreign fields. The
five per cent expended at home was
made necessary by reason of the ex-
pense in raising the money, forward
ing it to the foreign fields and main
tanning a secretary who had the work
under his jurisdiction.