Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-01
Secon1 OF Series OF Interesting
Letters Received From
C. b. Missionary

Fanny s. Wtekes, wife of Dean r.
Wickes, both Cf VII on are missioner
les fer Central Union church, has writ
ten al interesting letter to the church
telling Of the work among the Chi
nese at the Tungchou station, where
she q located. Tie letter Is, in full,
as follows:
While the North China Union Col
lege is located in Tungchou and is the
most generally known OF the work
done here Il by no means represents
all the activities of the station, and
indeed, being union institution, is in
sense not part OF the work OF
Tungchou as a station OF the Ameri-
can board. II is Of some OF this work
that i shall tell little.
Began Work 90 Years Ago.
Missionary work began in Tungchou
4O-odd years ago. IL was, of course,
Interrupted In 1900, and the country
work was practically wiped out of
existence; the starting again has
been a long uphill task. In the city
many suffered martyrdom, and the
mission buildings we're all destroyed.
When work was reopened couple Of.
years later new sites were obtained
cute de the south wall OF the city, and
a esa1idera5le tract of demon-haunt-
ed lard Just inside. On the latter
our church now stands, all other
buildings lexcept two Chinese shous-
esd are outside in a large, roomy COM
pound Rebuilding the plant was cas-
Ter than rebuildiRg the church, for
many who had suffered loss Of family
or property or both were left on the
missionaries hands. This has bred
fbi-,. oe dependence That has been
fbrd 10 outgrow, but We believe. Is
NOW really being overcome.
The present boys and girls schools
each celebrated their tenth anniver.
sary this fall Each is supervised by
q; missionary and has the full. time of
three Chinese teachers besides a
classical teacher. This year there
are 50-odd pupils In the boys school
and 81 in the girls. The former has
lust undergone q reorganization In
v0lving change of teachers that we
hope viii imean a larger usefulness Ia
the future. The latter seema to be !
going on well. THE first school for
girls, started after no little effort to |
break down prejudice so that girls |
should be allowed to leave home, was
suddenly brought to close BY the
news that "a man had walked
on the city wall in a place that over
looked the school court.l
Besides these two schools, which
have both boarding and day pupils, |
there Is an academy for boys (the |
girls academy is in Pekine). Seven
day schools, four in the city and three |
in country stations, are run by the |
woman's board These take the first |
two years of work Ia the city and a
year or two beyond IN the country,
think.
Both boys and girls attend these.
1856 in all. When children In the coun-
try have finished the day schools, II |
they want to continue their education, i
they come to Tungchou If their famf-
lies can afford the necessary money!
for board and tuition, or II someone
considers them promising enough to +
help with part or all Of the expenses
some $12 to s15 gold year. This us
ually means someone Of the mission
aries In Tungchou there are also two
ndergartens with 81 children, who
enjoy themselves hugely.
9ean0elistic Work.
Mr. Frame gives generous half
Of his time to the mems evangelistic
work. which is in charge OF the Evan
selistic Committee (joipt foreign and
chinese). The preaching in the city
church Is done by the teachers OF
he college and two unordained
preachers, who have the work Of the
street chapel in charge. For some
years there has been no pastor. a
thing to be regretted we feel, but it
Is seemingly hard to get the church
united In determined effort to find
and support one. The chapel is in
The business center of the city, on the
street that runs from the north to
the south gate. I