Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-01
Second Of Series of Interesting
Letters Received From
C. u. Missionary

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Fanny s. Wilkes. wife 6 Dean z.
: Wickcs, lboth CT WhoAn are missionar-
Mes fer CENTRAL Union church, has writ
stem an interesting letter. 10 the church
telling efs The work among the Chi
[ nese.; at the Tungchou station. where
-1she is located. Tie letter)is. in full.
as fe14ows: +
{ "WHlditihe North China. Union Fol
1ege.is iGSatcd hi T'ungehou and Is the
: most GENERALLY ,klpwn Of sthe work
done here 1t byaioF means represents
all the activities .of the station, and
indeed, being 4 union institution, is in
a sense not part of the work of
Tungchop as station of the Ameri-
!. can board. Il issof some OF this work
that 7 shall 4el1 little.
Began Work 20 Years Ago.,
Missionary work began In Tungchou
40-odd years ago. II was, of course,
interrupted In 1900, and the country
work was practically wiped out of
existence; the starting again has
been a long Aphilr task. lin the city
many suffered martyrdonI, and the
missicn buildings were all destroyed.
When work was Feopened couple OF
years later new sites were obtained
outside the south wall OF the city. and
a Considerable tract OF demon-haunt-
ed lAEa ssLat inside.. On the latter
our church now stands, all other
buildings texeept two Chinese hous-
es) are outside in a large, roomy CON-
pound Rebuilding the plant was cas-
Ter than rebuilding the church, for
10 O., t.,
sor property or both we're left ON the
s1issscnaric hands, This has bred q
1'3.r.t &C dependence sthat has been
lard 70 cutgrows but we believe is
now really being overcome.
The present boys and girls schools
leach celebrated their tenth anniver-
.safy this fall Each is supervised Thy
"a missionary and has the full time bf
three Chinese teachers besides ia |
classical teacher. This year there \
are 50-odd pupils ii the boys sphdol
and 81 IN the girls The formef has
Just undergone q reorganization a. |
yolving change OF teachers that Ne |
hope will mean aTiarger usefulness "a |
the future. The iattef seems to Ded
going on well. TITS first school for |
girls, started after floFlittle effort toll
break down prejudice so that girls
should be allowed to leave home, was I
suddenly brought to a close by the
news that a man had walked I
on the city. wall In q place that over
looked the school court
Besides these two schools, which I
have both, boarding and day. pupils.
thare As an academy for .boSs 0he
girls academy is in Pei1ing). Seven
day schools, four in the city and three
in country stations are run by the /
wnman3 board. These take the first |
two years Of work. In the city and "a
year or two beyond IN the country, !,
thiuk. IA
Both boys and girls attend these,
f36 In all. When children IN the coun-
try have finished the day schools, IL
they want to continue their education,
they come to- Tungchou If their famI-
lies fean afford the necessary money
For board and tuition, or If someone
considers them promising enough to
help with part or alikaf the expenses
some $12 to SIS gold q year This u.s.
nally means someone OF the mission
aries. In Tungchou there are also two
kindergartens With 81 children, who
enjoy themselves hngely d +
EvangeIlstic Work Il
Mr.. Frame gives a generous half
If his timestU the. mems evangelistic
york. which is in charge OF the Evan
&listie1 Committee (joint foreign and
zhinese). The preaching in the city 1
Riurchs is done by the teachers OF
he college and two unordained
Feachers, who have the work of the
areets chapel in charge For some
years there has been no pastor, a |
hing to be regretted we feel, but it |
S seemingly hard TOT get the Nehurch
lnited In a determined effort toN find /
md supportl one The chapel is in
he business center of the city on theSj
street that runs from the north to d
ne south gate "a 49, b