New Britain herald., 1928-10-13
AMERICAN B0ARD'S
 ANNUAL GATHERING

More T1m W WleleeauOnal-
 bE to Meet in Bridgeport
 More than 500 congresationalists the churches of this denomination in, America will gather next Tuesday. October ls. to Thurs day. October ls. in Bridgeport. for the 1lsth annual meeting of tho American board of commissioner for foreign missions. This organt- ration, founded in 1910. directs tho work of Congregational missions overseaa More than 1s nationals and missionaries will appear on tho program.
 Two sessions of peculiar interests are those devoted to China and Africa. The all.china session which comes on Wednesday afternoon will include addresses by MrA Alice Browne Frame. Lit. D. of Yenching university. Picking. now acting dean of Mt Holyoks college for the cur rent year: Paul L. Corbin. D. D.. of Taiku; Rev. Robert E. Chandler >of the board and for IS years mis- sionary in Taiku: and Dr. Luctus c. Porter of Yenching university. this year visiting professor at Harvard graduate school. who will speak on Best of All. The Chinese"
 Dr. Porter will introduce three highly trained Chinese who are talk ing additional academic training ir America, namely Yuan Hsin Wanl of Shantung now at Cornell: Lin Ping Chia Of shansi, new at Ober' lin; and Ching Lien u of Chihli. now of Hartford Theological seminary MT. u will talk on The Hope oi Young China" Following this ad' dress, there will be an open forum on China, and a service of interces sion for that great land led by Rev Milton T. Stauffer. secretary of thu foreign missions conference of Nortl America.
 Under the topic "The New Day il Africa" there will appear such out standing missionaries from tha country as Rev. William C. Bell 0 Dondi West Central Africa; Mis- Margaret E. Walbridge of Inanda principal of the school founded b. the late Mrs. Mary (Mother) kellc, Edwards: and Rev. Harwood B. Cat lin of Johannesburg. Miss viole
 Sibusistwe Makanya, Zulu youni woman who has been arousing in terest throughout the country vii
 speak on missionary work AS
 Native Sees It." and following thi
 Samuel B. Coles of Galangue, al American negro missionary VII speak on "As an American Negr, Sees It."
 There will be many other inter
 esting speakers including E. stanlc,
 Jones. D. D., author of ''The Chris i of the Indian Road" Miss Isabell
 MacCausland and Harold W. Racket
 of Kobe. Japan. Ali Takeuch
 young Japanese sociologist who vii
 speak on "A More Rational Life fo the Japanese" Edward B. Haskcl
 D. D. of san,okov. Bulgaria, Cyril I
 Haas. M. D.. of Adana. Turkey o
 Turkey and Her Friends" and Mis-
 Edith Sanderson who has figure
 throughout the past year in the new
 as one of the three teachers trie
 in Turkish court at Brousa, Tur key.
 Bhaskarao P. Hivale. Ph. D. c
 Bombay. India; Lillian L. Picken c
 Satara, whose recent broadcas
 through station WEAF aroused grea
 interest; Rev. James H. Dickson
 head of the unique Pasumali trad
 school where Indian low caste bo, are being taught the dignity ( manual labor and the necessity (
 honesty in work and work; Re Edward Fairbark of vadala, Indis Miss Esperanzo Abellera of Manil . and Rev. Frank C. Laubach. Ph. also of Manila. Philippine Islant . will also be heard.
 Special features that will occ, } during these three days of intensi, , conference include the dramat { presentation of "The Color Line" ! Irene Taylor McNair. by courtesy , l the Little Theater league of Rridg [ port. under the direction of Julia Farnham: special banquets f, young people and adults; uniu,
 exhibit of curios. including mini e ture African village with young De
 pie Of Bridgeport in costume; and thrilling moving picture broug U direct from Africa called "The Ali U can in Transition" depicting Ii V from kraal to gold mine and bac i, as well as showing many Of the n d tive religious and village customs. Ia The commissioning as a mjssio ary to India of Miss Dorothy Fri, V Patton of Milton. Massachusetts ,s Rev. Rockwell Harmon Potter. ID t president of the board, will give .e touch of inspiration to the cIosi ir moments of the conference. M le fatton sails for Madura, India. le october 2s where she will beco, IS the bride of Edson Clarke Lockwo 'e or New Britain, now serving unt s. the American board in that count le In addition to the missionar
 speaking on the program, there " IT De present 30 other workers fir, F1 the lS countries in which the boz T. has schools. churches. hospital, a CT dispensaries. Of this group, 1s