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Marshall Islands. As that part of the world is now under Japanese mandate; as Japanese schools are being opened for the Islanders; and as Japanese Christians are assuming a part of the mission work there, financing as well as manning it, it is almost necessary that the Lockwoods should have at least a slight knowledge of the language. As the large Reinanzaka Church of Tokyo, with its pastors, father and son, is specially interested in this work, it is most fortunate that the Lockwoods can this year associate themselves with it. Mr. Lockwood is teaching an English Bible class in its Sunday school, and the relationship promises to be most pleasant.

"Tokyo is a very great city, with such distances that it takes a long time to get anywhere. Our particular part was not destroyed in the earthquake, but even the large part that was has been so wonderfully rebuilt that a stranger would not suspect the recent disaster."

MISS HELEN WELLS VISITS A TURKISH SCHOOL

"A short while ago Miss Smith (Margaret Ann Smith of China) and I went to visit the city school for girls. We received a very cordial welcome from the director and the teacher, who took us from class to class. We think at times that we have big needs in our American schools, but when I visit these Turkish schools in the Interior, I come to the conclusion that our needs are not so great after all. They do have a nice building, rather new and well arranged, and a big playground. But they possess little else in the way of equipment. The children are crowded in their seats, three where two ought to sit, and the blackboards are small and very few. There are over two hundred children, eager-eyed lassies, some dirty, some clean, with four teachers to handle the five classes. One class is without a teacher-fifty girls in the third grade-so an older girl was put in charge while they made holiday festoons. When the youngsters became boisterous, she tapped on her desk with her pencil as a warning. The other teachers came in occasionally to see what they were doing and to help direct their activities. Promises of more teachers have been made, but no one has come to help them.

"Nevertheless, in spite of their situation and lack of teaching staff, there is an orderly atmosphere in the school and some things are being accomplished. The director told me that they were doing their best to carry on until help came. He has a strong personality and is a fine teacher. I was greatly interested in his questions and explanations in the history class we visited. His handling of the subject showed he had been well trained in normal school. In a week or so, as we find time, we shall visit the two boys' schools in the town. I enjoy making contacts with the Turkish teachers, for, after all, they are the ones who educate the mass. It takes time to train teachers and organize schools, but strides forward are being made."

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MISS SUSAN HOWLAND, who has worked for fifty-four years in Ceylon, thirty-two of them as Principal of the Uduvil Girls' School, has been honored by a Memorial Window in the Uduvil Church. The unveiling ceremony was presided over by Rev. I. Paul, and the unveiling was done by Mrs. Clough, who had been a pupil of Miss Howland's and teacher in the school. Speeches were made on "The Rare Virtues of Miss Howland," "Christian Stewardship," "The Education of Girls," and "The Work of Mary Lyon." The Chairman read a resolution appreciating the services of Miss Howland, one copy of which was to be sent to Mount Holyoke College and one to the American Board. A committee was appointed to arrange about founding a scholarship in Miss Howland's honor.

THE MISSES ELIZABETH and JANE BALDWIN had, on July 16, just heard of the appointment of Rev. and Mrs. George C. Lockwood to Kusaie, Mi

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over this reinforcement. They urge the development of mission schools, for the present number cannot supply the demand for preachers. There are over thirty outstations now as against the thirteen when the Baldwins were stationed at Truk, and islands to the north and west of the lagoon are calling for those who will teach them the way of life. As they wrote they had as guests two couples who had been trained: one couple in the mission school at Ponape, the other in the school at Truk; the first two were bringing their three daughters, to place them in the Kusaie school; the other two were visiting their son and daughter, who were already pupils. The father hopes his son will be able to carry forward his work in Truk so he himself could press onward to the islands still lying in darkness.

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MR. ARTHUR W. HUMMEL, head of the Peking Language School, who is now on furlough, has been invited to Washington by the Library of Congress, which has the largest Chinese library in this country. directors of the library desire him, by personal conferences with people interested in China and by lectures outside, to promote the cause of Chinese studies and to make known the field there for research in things Chinese. He took up his residence with his family in Washington in December. Mr. Hummel is exceptionally fitted for this work in view of his scholarly knowledge of Chinese literature, history, and archæology. His attendance last summer at the Williamstown Institute of Politics brought him many new contacts which have led to this signal honor. His status as an American Board missionary is unchanged, as he has every expectation of returning to China.

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Our nation went into the missionary business in 1899 when we took possession of the Philippines. We set out to make of those Islands, to use the inspired words of President Schurmann, "a new birth of liberty on the other side of the Pacific, and a beacon of hope for the benighted millions of the Asiatic Continent." Our government, our missions, the Rockefeller Foundation, the American Red Cross -all contributed to our thrilling experiment in nation building. We have found in the Filipinos better raw material than we had anticipated, and our progress has exceeded all expectations.

At the heart of our experiment has been education. Unfortunately, the strict separation of religion and education which conditions have demanded has prevented the government from using any of its resources for the basic elements of character building. The government has had to depend upon churches to perform that service. American officials have repeatedly urged the missions to place Christian dormitories beside the public schools. So far as money has permitted these dormitories have been erected. Churches for students have also been built in a majority of the high school centers.

Education has progressed with such almost incredible speed that the missions have been hard pressed to find Filipino ministers in sufficient numbers and well enough trained to assume the leadership of the educated younger generation. Twenty years ago the denominations had united to form a Bible school, but it was neither large enough nor advanced enough to supply the ministers needed. It became obvious that nothing short of a college education could prepare the high grade men who could influence the educated Filipinos of this day. For this college and seminary a building was urgently needed.

These facts were presented at Upper Montclair, N. J., one Sunday morning seven years ago. After the service three men volunteered to form a committee to help find the money. Mr. Charles G.

Phillips, at that time President of the United Pub1.shers' Corporation, and Mr. Charles W. Anderson, Director of the Massachusetts State Mutual Life Insurance Company, offered ten thousand dollars each. Mr. Arthur Y. Meeker, then Vice-President of the Alberine Stone Company, became secretary of the committee. Other men and women caught the vision. Some gave a thousand, others five hundred, two hundred and fifty, one hundred; large numbers contributed fifty, twenty-five, ten, five, or two dollars, until more than sixty thousand dollars were subscribed.

Stimulated by the challenge of these Congregational givers, the coöperating denominations in the Philippines hastened to contribute their share. Today, on Taft Avenue in Manila, stands a beautiful Union Theological Seminary and College. Four hundred students are entered in all departments, preparing for the leadership as ministers or teachers of the rising generation. This institution has become the center of Protestant work in the Philippines.

We were eager to be able to visit the high schools and colleges, so that we might select the choicest men, the valedictorians, the best characters, the best natural leaders, in order to challenge them for the ministry. Mr. Phillips hesitated not a minute. "I will give you," he said, "the money to cover travel expenses for five years." With letters from the Director of Education we have visited the high schools, talking on moral themes, like "Honesty" and "Clean Living," while we looked for the type of men needed. We are exceedingly proud of the high scholarship and splendid character of the men now preparing for the Christian ministry. Fifteen thousand dollars from gifts of American friends have been invested in scholarships for these fine men in the past five years.

Another of the results of the movement begun that Sunday morning in Upper Montclair is the United Church of the Philippines. There has always been a strong desire among most Filipinos to see