New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

iu total failure be good natured and will
Ing and able 10 get along with other people.
Nowadays missionary undertakings. Ike
most other big activities. have been sys
tematzed and there is definite form OF
procedure. rcd tape. II you like. that a
young woman must go through II she
wants to be n missionary at home or
abroad. The first thing for your daughter
TO do after she has decided to make mis-
sion work her vocation and has gained
your approval OF her course. is to com
municate with the mission board Of her own
church. II she has no special church CON
ncctlon. or prefers not to 20 out under
any one denomination. she should apply
TO some such organization AZ the Young
Women's Christian Association, which
carries on missionary enterprise in all parts
Of the world. or to the secretary OF the
Student Volunteer Movement. which serves
az a sort Of clearing house for various
mission boards.
with the reply from the board usually
comes blank form OF application that
must be filled out by the candidate. This
blank calls for a good deal OF informa-
tion concerning the personality and train
ing of the candidate. 1t usually takes from
six months to a year after the first hlling
out OF the blank before the candidate Is
placed-that Ia. in case she Is accepted and
does not have to take any special study
involving a longer time than that.
In case the applicant Is a teacher. a nurse
or any sort OF specialist, she need usually
do no further studying, but in case she
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work, she will usually be required to take
course of from one to two years. such
as is given in one Of the Bible training
schools or in the National Training School
OF the Young Women's Christian Assocla-
ton.
Most OF the mission boards are able and
willing to give applicants considerable
choice as far as the location OF their work
is concerned, and providing the candi-
, date has had the proper training and is
, physically up TO the mark, she may go Ia
practically any field where missions di-
rected by her board are maintained.
The next thing after the appointment has
been made is the question of equipment.
For this the board sending the missionary
forth usually makes a rather liberal al
lowance OF something like 500, varying
according 10 where the work is to be done.
AS a usual thing half this sum is spent
in this country and half after the mission
ary reaches the field, and the money goes
for hooks, furniture, etc. The trip out Is
raid by the board under which the mis-
sionary is sent out, and such a trip is OF
itself OF great educational value.
Last but not least. what about the sal
airy OF missionary? This Is a subject
about which, for a very good reason, mis-
sionary boards do not like to give many
figures. Cost and conditions OF living vary
so enormously in the various centres OF
missionary activity that any figures would
lie misunderstood
For this very reason all that can be
said about the salaries OF missionaries Is
that the mission boards while they do
not aim In any way to give a salary
equal to the amount OF work done by the
missionaries do as matter OF fact pro-
vide them with large enough allowances
10 keep up q standard Of living at least
equal to that which they would maintain
in this country.
Copyright. 1912. by Mary Marshall)
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