REPORTS AND MINUTES

O}' 'l'HE

N orth- 'West Ind ia Conference

OF THE

Woman 'Is Foreign M i8sionary Society

AUgarh, ,January 18th to 23rd, 1923

METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE. LUOKNOW.

• CONTENTS. --~

• Officers and Committees 1!)~:3

C'Onference Roll

Appointments

Official Minutes

Reports

Supplementary :Manual

DISTRICT REpORTS

Aligarh District

Bulandshahar District

Delhi District

MeeJ'u1 District

lluttra District

H.oorkee District

STATISTICS

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Officers and Committees 1923. North-West India Conference.

President Yic(l-President .. Secr~tary

Statistical Secretary All-India Treasurer Official Correspondent

Aliss. L. D. Greene, Ph. D. lwliss ~L A. Livermore. ~liss Faith Clark. }lrs. L. B. Jones. Miss Pearl ~ladden. }fiss E. Porter.

Field Reference Committee.

l\{iss McK.nig-ht, Chairman; ~Irs. Cla1~CY. Mrs. Butcher, and ~fis.qe~ LawRon, Livermore and Randall. Official Correspondent and Teasurer, ex-officio. Alternates: ~Iiss Forsyth and ~Irs.

Baker.

Field Property Committee.

Miss Greene, ChairllUln; Misses LiYermo-re, Lawson anlL Handall. Official Correspondent and Treasurer, ex officio.

Butler Memorial Committee.

~IeR~rs. Clanc~l", Butcher, Baker and Crane. l\fisses Porter. Livermore, Lawson and Randall.

COGlmittee on Annual Conference Furniture.

Misses Boddy, Warner and McLeavy, Airs. Jones.

Committee on \\'. F. M. S. Purniture.

Misses Ra.ndall and 'Yi~kery, Dr. Huffman.'

2 OFFICERS AND COMMr.rTEES.

Sclrools Committee.

Miss Greelle~ Chairman, Mrs. Pace, Secretary; Misses Hoff. man, Vickery, Ball, Brown, Donohugh, Warner, Cline, McKnight, Clark, Boddy, Randall, ~Irs. Jones, ]\1:1's. }Iatthews, :M:rs. Crane, Mrs. Hen~inger. •

Educational Board.

President: R. E. Crane; Secretary: Miss C. E. Hoffman; E. E. Tuck, ~ockwell Clancy, J. C. Pace, H. C. l~ankin, Antal' Das, J. D. B. Paul, P. D. David. and F. E. Henninger, .Misses Greene, }IcKnight, Warner; Ball, Donohugh, Dr. Tower and Mrs. Roberts.on. .

Meerut Girls' School Committee.

lIiss Warner, Chairman; Misses Hoffman and Boddy.

Inter=Conference Ba~y.Fold Committee.

Dr. Hoffman, ~Iiss Hermiston, ]\11'8. Devadasan.

Program Committee.

lfrs. Bakel'. )h·.;st's Porter, Grt'P1W and Hermiston, Mrs. Henninger.

Conference Music Committee.

~lrs. Crane, :Mrs.. Tuck, ]\iiss Clark.

Literature Committee.

Mis.CJes Redclick and Cline, Mrs. Buck and Mrs. Crane.

Auditing Committee.

Miss Hermiston, Chairman; Miss Madden, ex-officio; Mrs. Jones, Misses Clark, F·orsyth and Lawson.

OPFlCERs AND COMMITTEES.

Temperance Committee.

Mrs. Tuck, Chairman; Mrs. Robertson, Misses Lawsoll and McLeavy, Dr. Tower.

Advisory Committee.

Misses McKnight, Forsyth and Randall.

w. F. M: S: Manual

1Iisses Porter and Greene.

North-West India Conference Auxiliaries' Committee.

Mrs. Dye, ~('cretary and Tea~nIrer, ~Iisses Vickery and McLeavy.

Inter-Conference Committee on Local Missionaries.

I\fembers of the Executiye Board and I\Ii~ses Li\'ermore, Hoffman: l\IcKnight and Donohugh.

Historical and Literary Society.

:M:iss Reddick, President; Secretary-Historian, )liss L. D. Greene.

Aligarh Vocational School.

Mrs. Clancy, ~[rs, Butcher, :M:rs. Paee, Dr. Huffman, ~fiss Hoffman. Power to co-opt members.

Language School.

North India; Misses M. ~fNll1R and Lucy Beach, l\1r8 .. Zabjlka~

North-west India: MIsses Lawson. Livermore, Boddy, McKnight, Greene, Mr. E. E. Tuck, Mr. J. T. Robertson.

6FFI~RB ANn COMMiTTEES.

Isabella Thoburn Board of Control.

Miss Donohugh, Mr. E. E. Tuck.

Board of Trustees fo.. Muttra Training School.

The Bishops of Southern Asia, District Superintendent of Muttra District, and Principal, ex-officio.

North-west India: Misses Livermore and Hoffman.

Board of Examiners for Muttra Training School.

Mrs. Wilson, Misses M. Means, N. Lawson, Ogilvie, and Forsyth. Alternates: Misses McLeavy and Randall.

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Board of Examiners for Bareilly Training School.

North India: l\fiss Peters, Mrs. Jordan, l\lrs. N. L. Rockey.

North-west India: Miss Livermore, Mrs. Clancy.

Committee on Education and Examinations.

Miss Boddy, Chairman; Miss ~'orsyth, Regit;trar, Misses McKnight, Greene, Livermore and Ogilvie, .Mrs. Clancy and Mrs. Baker.

Provident Fund.

Misses Ho1fman, Reddick and Holman.

Joint Evangelistic Board.

Convener, Miss Livermore: Rnbert John, K. L. Sahae, J. Devadasan, J. T. Robertson, William'" Dye, R. Clancy and B. Baker, AIrs. Dye, Misses McLeavy, Forsyth, Holman and Hermiston.

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.

Evangeli~tic Committee.

Mrs. Clancy, Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. Robert John, Mrs; Butcher, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Tuck, Mrs. Budden, Mrs. Dye, Mn. Robertson, and Mrs. Buck, Misses McLeavy, Ogilvie, Holman, Livermore, Greene, Forsyth, Porter and Hermiston. The mem­bers of the Joint Evangelistic Board form the Executive Com­mittee.

Evangelist Teachers' and Summer School Committee.

Mrs. Clancy, Mrs. Emma Moore Scott, Mrs. Jones.

Mary Wilson Sanatorium Committee.

Dr. Huffman, Dr. Tower, ~lisses Porter and Vickery, Mrs. Henninger.

Woman's Medical College Ludhiana.

Miss Porter.

Board of Examiners for Nurses.

Miss Porter.

Conference Roll Nortn-West India.

Names. Y car of Joining Conference.

1. Mrs. P. M. Buck 1871.

2. Mrs. C. H. Plomerl: 1886.

3. Miss A. E. Lawson 1886.

4. ~{rs. J. C. Butcher 1888.

5. Mrs. G. F. ~{athews 1889.

6. Mrs. Rockwell Clancy 1889.

7. lIrs. J. T. Robertson 1894.

8. ~fiss L. D. Greene 1894.

9. Miss Laura G. Bobellhouse· .. 1898.

10. :Miss Melya Livermore 1898. ]1. Miss M. 1. F. llcKnight . . 1900. 12. l{rs. F'. C. Aldrichl:

. 1903.

13. )Irs. Benson Baker 1905. 14. }fiss Carlotta E. Hoffman 1906. 15. :Miss S. C. Holman 1906. 16. :Miss Estella Forsyth . 1907. 17. Miss Winnie 1\1. Gabrielson I: •• 1909. 18. Miss Adelaide Clancy· 1910. 19. l{rs. L. B. Jones 1911. 20. Miss S. Edith Randall 1911. 21. Dr. Loal HWIman 1911. 22. Miss Ruth E. Cochran.· 1912. 23. Miss E. Grace Boddy 1912. 24. 1\fiss Margaret Dease 1918. 25. Miss Ella McLeavy 1913. 26. Miss Marguerite Schroeppel· 1913. 27. 1\fiss Eunice Porter 1913. 28., Miss Jennie Ball 1915.

·On furlough.

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29. Mrs. S. W. Clemes· 1916.

30. Miss Kate Ogilvie 1917.

SI. Miss Gertrude Richards· 1917.

32. Miss Ida Farmer· 1917.

33. Miss Anna Brown 1918.

34. Miss Lillian Rockwell:l= 1919.

35. l\{rs. R. E. Crane 1919.

36. Miss Emma E. Donohugh 1919.

37. l\1rs. E. E. Tuck 1919.

38. :Miss 1\1. 1. 'V. Hermiston 1920.

?9. ~liss Emma 'Varner 1920.

40. !\I rs .. J. C. Pace 1921.

41. Miss :B'aith Clark 1921.

42. Miss \Vells 1921.

4g. Miss Marie Clint:' 1922.

44. Miss Reddick 1922.

4f). 1\Irs. Rankin 1922.

46. Mrs. Dye 1922.

47. 1\1rs. Henninger 1923.

48. Dr. Tower 1923. . 49. Miss L. L. Vickery 1923.

Missionaries who are Detained at Home or Retired

1. }'hs. Emma :'1001'e Scott 1877.

2. :Miss Anna Gallimore 1889.

3. l\{iss Emma Scott, 1\1:. D. 1897.

4. 1\11's. E!la Clall<'y 1899.

5. Miss Annie S. \V inslow 1901.

6. :\11'S. Bessie Beal 1903.

7. M'iss Hilma Aaronson 1905.

8. Mrs. T. K Donohugh 1906. 9. Mrs. Viola Tomlinson 1906.

10. l\fiss Lillnie 'ferrell 1908. 11. Miss Mar~' H. Lee 1915. 12. Miss Clara A. Porter 1912.

·On furlough.

Appointments North-West India Woman's Conference, 1923.

ALIGARH DISTRICT

District Work, Mrs. Rockwell Clancy.

Evangelistic Work, ~fiss McLeavy, (on six months' health leave)

City \Y ork, ~{iss Ogilvie.

Louise Soule Girls' School, MJss C. Hoffman, Miss Vickery, R. N.

Boys' Industrial School, Mrs. Jones.

Girls ' Vocational SchooL Miss Ball, l\liss Brown.

Industrial Department. Mrs. Matthews.

AGRA DISTRICT.

District Work, Mrs. Gardner.

District Evangelist, Miss S. C. Holman.

BULANDSHAHR DISTRICT.

District Work and Training School, Mrs. 'Robert John.

Evangelistic Work, Miss M. A. Livermore.

Village-Educational Work, MisR M. A. Livermore.

DELHI DISTRICT.

District Work, Mrs. Butcher.

Educational and Evangelistic Work, Miss L. D. Greenl\ Ph. D.

Training and Boys' School, Mrs. Crane, P. O. Sonepot.

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ApPOINTMENTS. 9

:MEERUT DISTR;ICT.

District Work, Mrs. Baker.

Evangelistic Work, Miss E. M. Forsyth, P. O. Ghaziabad.

Village Educational Work, ~fiss E. E. DOl1ohugh, P.O. Ghaziabad

Madison Ave. Boys' School, Mrs. Henninger.

District Ti'aining School, 1\Irs. Baker.

Meerut Girls' School, Miss E. E. 'Yarne]', Principal; J\Iil)S :\1. I. Cline, Vice-Principal.

:A1:UTTRA DISTRICT.

District Work, :AIrs. E. E. Tuck.

Muttra Teacher Training School, :Mrs. J, C. Pace.

Blackstone Institute, Miss McKnight, l\1iss F. Clark.

Girls.' Boarding School, Miss Grave Boddy. Principal.

Brindaban, Miss L. E. Hfuffman, 1\1. D., Physician-in-charge and out Patient Department.

Brindaban, Miss R. B. Tower, ~L D., In-Patient Department.

Brindaban, :Miss E. POI·ter, R. N.~ Superintendent Hospital and Evangelistic ",. ork.

lIUZAFF.ARNAGAR DISTRICT.

District Work, ~{rs. Budden.

Evangelistic and Cit~· \Vork, Mrs. Dye.

District Evangelist, Miss M. 1. W. Herm l.ston.

ROORKEE DISTRICT

District Work and Dennis Claney ~lemori81 Hostel, l\lrs. Ro­bertson.

Girls' Primary School, Miss B. E. Handall.

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Office, ~Iiss M. 1. W. Hermiston, ,:Miss A. Lawson.

District Evangelist, :Miss 1\1. I. W. Hermiston.

Mussoorie Eallgelistic and School Work, Mrs. Buck.

Mussoorie English 'York, to be supplied.

SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS.

Miss Lawson. Secretary and Treasurer, Langu"ag-e School, ~russoorie.

lUss L. D. Greene, Ph. D., Teachers for three llwnths.

Miss l\lcKnight, Teacher for l\la~- and June.

)'Irs. R. C. Rankin~ Zenana Work (LllC kno', ) .

Miss Reddick, Isabella Thoburn College.

:\lrs. De,'adasan, Women's 'Vork Theological Seminary, Bareilly.

OX LEAVE ..

llis"il'S U. E. Cochralle, ~I. E. Schroeppel, ,Yo ~1. Gabrielson.

L. G. Bobenhouse~ G. E. Richat'ds, ~1. A. Clallcy, 1. ~l. I"armcl',

L. Uockwel1, ~fr~. A\ Idrich and 1\lr8. C]elUCS.

Opening

Official Minutes

First Day.

Thursday 18th J fl.1l1Ulry 1.923.

The Tirty-first Annual Session of the North-west India Woman's Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church conyened in Ali­garh. Mrs. Benson Baker had charge of the devotions.

The ConfflTflncfl was org-ani7.ed with t.he fol­lowing- a" officflrs:

1\fis.~ 1.1. D. Green(l. Ph. D.

SeCl'fJtar!l :Miss ~-'aith Clark.

A.~si .... lflnt Secrdat·y l\Iiss M. T. ,Yo Hermiston.

htft'od1,dions Dr. Tower, ~lrs. Henninger and ~Iisses Vic-k('ry and CJiue were welcomed as new mem­bpI'S of Conference, Mrs. Benson Baker and !\fisses Ball, 8. Holman, Ogilvie and Greene from furlou~h, and Mrs. Fleming, and Misses Suill ,pan afld Madden as visitors.

Roll Call Thirty-foul' members responded to the roll call.

The following Committees were appointed:

~Ol\n~ATIONS: :\fisst·s Donohugh, Far~-

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Committees

Time of Bessimis

Gree#ngs

Reports

lY. F. M. 8· Manual

A rZ.iournm~fI'

OFFICI AL 1UJ..TUTRR.

er uwl Holman, Dr. Huffman and Mrs. Tuck.

RESOLI~TIOXS: :!\{rs. Benson Baker, and !\fis~ws Cline and Rockwell.

:MEMOIRS: Mrs. Buck. Miss :McLeavy and ~r I's. Budden.

• It was agreed that the time of sel=;f-tions should

he ac('onling to the program.

G l'eetings were' received from ~Ir~. Aldrich, Mrs. Knowles, Miss \Vntson and !\fiss Boddy . ..:~ree<i that the greetings of Confprellce hr l:;ent to these ladies, as 'well a,J:; to Mrs. \Varne, ~h·s. Parker, ~frs. Robertson and ~Il's. Emma :M:oore ~{'otl. In the case of )hs. \Yarne and ~fjss Boddy it was sng~('st('<l that t<>legrams b~ sent. ~1iss Greene spoke of having seen Mrs. Thomas in t'alifornia, and lIl's, Corp. She said that in her trawds throughout ..:\merica she had found that wh('reyer therl' was a floul'i!oihing W. F. M. Society there wa.'\ spiritual power, ~liss

Sullivan brought greetings from ~ orth India Conference. A letter from Indus River con­ference brought greetings, and requested that a delegate be sent to their next Conference.

The following reports were read and ac-cepted: :Meerut High Sehool, :\fiss Richards, Meerut Normal, Miss Warner; Muttra Training School, Miss Clancy; and Bareilly Woman's School, Mrs. Clancy.

It was moved and earried that there should be a Manual for all India.

On motion the session adjourned.

Minutes

G reel 4ngs

OFFIOIAL MINUTES. 13

Second Da,Y.

Friday, 19th J an'Uary 192.'3

After the shlg'ing of a bymn MiRS Holman lead in prayer.

The mill11tf>S of the previous S{>SSlOll were rea(l and apPl'oYed.

Greptings were n'cl'ived from :\frs. Rohert­son. It was nHwed and carried that 1I tt·leg-ram be sent her.

The last Official Letter from )Iiss "\Vatson o fficial C01·1·(,.~- was :'(>a<l hy ~[iRS Porter. The mattel'~ ill this

ponnence requiring the attention of the Field Reference Committl'(, were rl'ferreo to that committee.

:Uiss Porter also read a letter from )'1i=,s Lewis regarding the 11(>" questionaire for schools.

Fidd Rrff'l'rllce jliss Forsyth gave the report of the Field Committee Reference Committee. It was a(·cepted.

Elections I t was moved and carried that the election

of Officers and Standing Committees follow the reading of the minutes on Saturday.

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Isabella Tho- ~fiss Rockwell gave a yery interesting reo burn Collc[r port of the work of the College for the year.

A djournrnent After prayer the session arljonrnfl'd.

Third Day.

Saturday, 20th. J01l11{lry 1923.

Opening The session was opened with devotions lead

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by Mrs. Bu~.

Mi'nllte$ The minutes of the previous ResRion were read and approved.

lntroductio'l1$ ,Mrs. Charlotte Holman of the Indl1!~ Rivr.r

Election

Reports

Conference was welcomed. al!'lo MrR. ~f. R. Rud­den.

GreetingR were sent to Mrs. P. l\f. Buck .J r.

A partial report of the Nomi1l8till~ Com­mittee 'Yas given by Miss Donohugh and the Con­ference proceeded to elect all officers and stand­ing Committees. (See officers and Standin.g Committees, pages V-VIII).

It was moved and carried that the report of the nomibation.s for the Board of Education be referred back to the Xominating Committee.

It was moved and carried that a Sta1Hling' AIusic Committee be appointed .

.Miss Boddy!s report from the College Board of Control was read by" :r.Iiss Donohugh. This with the report given by Miss Rockwell the p I't'-. vious day on Isabella Thoburn College was ac­cepted.

A report of th~ Almora f.;am~1ol'illm was given by M iss Sullivan, and t lw Itegistrar'g Report by l\frs. Clemes. Accepted.

AdjOftrnme'l1t The sf'ssion was closed with prayer by MiRa Greene.

Fourth Day • • !

Monday, 22nd. Ja1l1tary 1923.

6FF1CIAL MINPTES. 15

Opening The fOUl,tll sesl-;ion of the Conference was opened by tJle singing of ,. Bayiour, like a shep­hr8J'(] lead us" . followe(l with prayer by Mrs. (']t.'mes and ~Iiss ~. II olman.

Minutes rrhe )]illutcs of the previous seSSlOn were read aud. approved.

1 ntroitttctions J\1iss Lawson wos warmly welcomed back from furlough and, on being' requested, told us something of the procerdings at General Exe­cutive. l\1r~ .. Mahood, sister of our dear Mrs. Parker, was int.roduced and spoke briefly, men­tioning especicdly the hostel and school' to be erected in Hal'doi as a memorial to Mrs. Parker. Mrs. F. B. Price, of IJucknow, and Miss Stockwell, of Burma, as well as Miss Brackyille, a mission­ary of the Can'adian Methodist Mission, from \Yest China, were presented to the Conference.

Ada Bcott of rl'hc President announced the sad news of Aftt(tra the death of .Ada ~cott~ for 36 years matron in

~luttra, aud requested 1\lrs. Clancy to lead in prayer.

lireetillgs Agreed t hat greetings be sent to 1\lrs. Dev­adasall. .A letter from ~lrs· \Varne was read in response to the telegl'am sent from Conference.

Jlepurts

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Mrs. laemes read for 1\Iiss Boddy the report of the Committee on Education and Examina­tions. l\Iiss DOllOhugh ga\TC the report for Vil­lage Schools. The special thanks of the <1011-ference were given to all who have done such good work in the village schools. The report on the Language School w-as given by Miss Liver­more. By a standing vote of thanks the Con­ference showcd its appreciation of the work she

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, had done. Miss fJiYcrmore mentioned especial­ly the great help th .. at )frs. Clemes had been in the school, and a rising vote of thanks was given her. !wliss Hermiston g-ave the report of the Auditing Committee, and Mrs. Crane that of the Literature Committee.

All reports were aecepted.

W. F. M. S. :Miss Porter and Miss Greene were ap-Manual pointed as members from this Conference of the

Committee for the W_ :B'. M. S. :Manual.

Next ConferC1t('f It was moved and carried that we recom­nlend that the next Conference be in Meerut.

Visitors Bishop Fisher and Dr. Price were intro-duced and addressed the Conference briefly.

Adjourmntnt Bishop Pisher closed the ~ession with prayer

Opening

and the benediction.

Fifth Day.

First Session.

T'ucsday, 23rd. January, 1923.

COllfet'ence opened by the singing of "Lead OIl, 0 King Eternal, 0, after which Dr. Stanley S. Jones gave a short devotional talk on the sub­ject, "Our Calling."

Thc minutes of the prcvious meetirlg wel'e read and approv~.

Commtlt'n:icat'ion A letter wal'i reau from :Mrs. Robertson ex-pressing appreciation for the telegram sent from Conference.

Reports

OFFICIAL MINUTES. 17

The following reports were given:

Girls' Vocational School Miss BaU.

Ludhiana Medical College Miss Porter.

Board of Examiners for Nurses Miss Porte1·.

Bareilly Baby Fold

Treasurer

Mary Wilson Sanatorium

Brindaban Hospital

Joint Evangelistic Board and

Dr~ Huffman.

Miss Madden.

Dr. Huff'fOOn.

Dr. Huffman.

Evangelistic Committee Miss Liver-more. Annual Conference Furniture Mrs. Jones.

All were accepted.

Annual Confer- [n regard to Annual Conference Furniture ence Furniture it was. moved and carried that the matter of the

deficit be referred to the Field Reference Com­mittee for recommendation to this Conference.

Kinnaird College Miss Lawson- reported that when she was at home she was unable to get any more financi$}.l

- aid for Kinnaird College.

The following names were presented:

N O'ntinations Educational Board: ]\fisses Greene, HOll-man, McKnight, Warner, Ball, Donohugh, Dr. Tower, Mrs. 'Robertson.

Provident Fund: ]\fisses Hoffman, Red­dick and Holman.

Girls' Vocational School : ~Irs. Clancy, ?-Irs Butcher, Mrs. Pace, Dr. Huffman, ?-liss Hoffman. Moved -and carried that this Com­mitte hil\'e power to co-opt members.

Joint Evangelistic Board: Miss Livermore, convener, Mrs. Dye, ]\fisses McLeavy, Forsyth,

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~olman and H~rmiston.

All these names were accepted. It was moved and carried that the report of the Nom- . ination Committee as a whole be accepted.

Introductions Dr. Butcher and ~fr. Manley were introduc-

M edicaZ Bills

Admmistrator for IMia

Deeds

ed. Dr. Butcher spoke in regard to the National ~lissionary Coun~il_ He said that Mr. McKoo of Moga and Mrs. Holland of our C. P. Confer­ence had been appointed to give half their time, the former to advise the men, and the latter women in regard' to their work, wherever de­sired. The National Missionary Council is now the National Christian Council, half of the mem­bers of which are Indian.

Just as 'MrS. Buck and Mrs. Mahood wel'C leaving, the Conferenc~ sang one, erse of "BIl!'st be the tie that binds." Miss Greene led in prayer.

!Miss Madden read part of a letter from Miss Hooper stating that at the Executive it was decided that half of ail medical bills above $50 be paid. This does not include dentists' and opticians' bills.

The question, suggested from home, was raised as to whether we should have an admin­istrator for the whole of India. Moved that Miss Madden be requested to, prepare a resolu­tion and bring it in at the next session.

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By inotion, the action of the last Confer-\

ence concerning deeds of the W. F. M. S. pro-perty was rescinded. It was moved alBo and carried that' the T~easurer keep a record of all deeds, and that a copy of that reeord fO'1' each

Report,

institution be kept in the log. book of that'in­stitution.

Miss McKnight was given a hearty welcome on her return from furlough.

Moved and carried that the Secretary send reports according to recommendations in the official letter. Moved and carried tha,'t mis­sionaries pay eight annas each for their ~opies of the report. Moved and carried that four hundred copies be printed.

Mailing list for Foreign Conference Reports.

TWQ Reports to be sent to·each of the\ following:

Gener~l Offieers Corresponding Secretaries .Assistant Corresponding Secretaries Home Base Secretaries Special Secretaries General Office Editors

To Secretaries Field Support

16 34 34 24 12 2 4

New Eng1a:nd 'Branch Mrs. A. P. Sharp 5 New York Branch Mrs. Robert ~L ~loore 6 Philadelphia Branch Miss Helen R. Pershing 12 Baltimore Branch :M:rs. W. S. Dewhil'f.;1; 5 Cincinnati Branch . Mrs. E. S. Sawtelle 1:} Northwestern Branch Mrs. Albert H. Andrews 4C Des· Moines Branch . Mrs. M. ~L Cable, Denison,

Iowa 12 Minneapolis Branch Mrs. L. L. Fish 5 Topeka Branch Mrs. Lydia K. Andrew 12 Pacific Branch , Mrs. Frederick Hamilton 6 ColumbIa River Branch l\{rs. George G. Israelson 5

~. OFFtcI.At -:Mtlro'TES.

Delhi Fraperty! The Bishop visited the Conference at this point. He said that four men had been ap­pointed from the Men's Conference to go to Delhi and arrange something with the W. F,. M. S. that will harmonize with the plan for the whole Butler llemorial in that 'city. He asked, that four ladies be appointed from this Conference. A-Ioved and carried that Misses Porter, Liver­more, Lawson and I~ndall be nominated.

Clos'ing 8essicm rhe Bishop announced that the closing ses-sion would take place at 3-30.

Adjournment 1tIoyed and carried that we meet again at

Minutes

Report'

five o'clock. The session closed with prayer.

Second Session.

The Chair appointed lEsses Lawson and Porter to look over the lfinutes or t,he last two sessions of the Conference.

Field Property Mist; Porte ..

Evangelist Teaeher and Summer

Rchool Fund Mrs. Clancy

Education and Examinations

Miss Forsyth for new Committee.

Statistical Mrs. Jones

North-west India Conference

Auxiliaries Miss 'Farmer

Moved and carried that half of this year '8

dues go to the Baby Fold in ~arielly and half to the Board of Home and Foreigri Missions

of' the Methodist Episcopal Church 'Of India. A vote of thanks. was given Mrs. Jones for the painstaking work she had done in preparing the Statistical Report.

'Schools Com- Moved and car~ied that the Schools Com­mittee Report mittee report be referred to the Field Itefer­

ence Committeee.

End of Statisical Moved and carried that the statistical year ~ ear close at the end of June for the general forms,

and at the end of March for the schools, the' forms to be in the hands of the Secretary by the end of August.

u. P. Oouncil MOVED and carried that Miss Livermore be our respresentative on the U. P. CouneiL

N a,wonal Chris- Referring to the Clause in the Official IJet-nan Council tel' regarding the Educational Department of

the National Chris~ian Council, and 'Our rela­tion to it, voted that we express our desire to cooperate in the work of the National Chris­tian Council, but that we feel that the financial obligations are very heavy, and wish that in some way they might be reduced, especially in view of the fact that the Indian representatives ob­ject to the high salaries of the Secretaries, and in view also of the heavy expenses of the Council in the Educational and all other departments of th~ work of the National Christian Council. Carried.

Administrator for

India

With reference to the action taken at the General Executive of 1920 with regard to an administrator being appointed for the different fields of mission work all over the world, voted

ResoltdiOf&

that we endorse the suggestion and would like an administrator appointed for India. In view of the fact. that Miss WatsQn knows India so well, we would suggest that she be appointed to that position. Carried.

1\lrs. Benson Baker read ~he resolutions, which were accepted.

On motion the Conference adjourned. Miss Greene led in prayer.

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Reports Blackstone Missionary Institute, Muttra.

Report for 1921-1922 •

(. English D'epartment

(1) Staff.

a-Three missionaries college and Bible trained. Two • of these have Normal certificates.

b-Two Bible trained assistants who give each an hour a day.

c-Dr. Huffman and Miss Porter of Brindaban, who, with the help of an Indian nurse look after the health of the students.

(2) Attendance

Anglo-Indians 4

Indians 8

(3) Graduates during the year numbered six, all of whom are now in Mission work or will soon be.

( 4) According to a new rule from last year a student in the English Training Department who is not Matricular­tion passed before entering, may be required to take a three years' course in place of two. A student of this grade finished her two years' course in May, but is taking an­other year's work of practical teaching in the W. 1. School, Aligarh before getting her certificate with its grade of A. B. or C. She is still considered as a student.

(5) Missions and areas -respresented.

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REPORTS.

a-Methodists :-

calcutta Girls' High School.

B~dwin Girls~. High School.

'Railway School, Ajmer.

, Isabella 'Thoburn High School.

High School, Baroda.

b-Church of Scotland and Taylor High. School, ~oona.

c-C. M. S.

Indian ffigh School, Poona.

Victoria High School, Agra.

d-Cru;tadian Baptist, Vizagapatam' and near Calcutta.

,~Home Missionary Society, Conoor.

(6) pollege Department:--

The 'Tnistee 'svote for this was almost unanimous, so we shall not refuse any college students who may wish to come to us.

(7) Practical work in zenanas muhallasand villages, also local work in SUll~ay School, Epworth' League, etc. is carrie? on under supervision. The students are carefully drilled in methods of work.

II Vernacular Department:-

(1) Staff . • 'f.'

a~A,.mission4ry in charge.

'b-Two assistants, High School and Bible t~ained.

c~Four teachers, m'id41e sqhool and Bible trained.

d-l\iatron,and elderly woman with years' of 'experience who lo~ after our school in the summer.

. e-Nurse, who faithfully looks after the health of t~e girls.

f-Dr. Huffman who visits us once a week and lectures to the girls and teachers f'Or an hour·on this day.

(2) Attendance 53'.

(3) 9"raduates during the year 19.

( 4) Missions and areas represented.

a-Areas--United Provinces, Central Provinces, Central India, Bengal, Santa! Parganas.

b-Missions-:M~ethodists, Swedish r nioll, C. M. S., Canad­ian and American Presbyterian, Reformed Episcopal.

(5) Practical methods as in No. 7 of the English Depart­ment.

(6) Our graduates are doing good w.ork for the }Iaster. One lady wrote that she wished that I might send her another girl just like the one she has. The demand i~

much greater than the supply.

III Village Training.

a-Staff-a Bible trained teacher assisted by our girls and teachers.

b-Attendance-5 to 10.

IV Zenana Department.

&- Staff.

(1) High School and Bible trained .A.nglo-Indian.

(2) A Bible trained teacher.

(3) ,students of the English and Verll'acular Departments.

b-Attendance-50 to 70 houses are visited. The women count the days until the workers are to come again. Om' woman cried for joy when she saw them.

•

V -Anglo-Vernacular ltliddle S~hool.

Miss Lucy Barker had been in lIu~tra about twelve years. Her special line was zenana work, but she supervised the junior church work, helped in practical evangelistic work, t aught un hO:1r in the English Training School,. etc. She was a real missionary. This fall she was married to Mr Manuel of KarachL -\Vhat is his gain is our loss. We miss her iIl~ _ex-ery way. We -, seemed to haye no one free to take lliss Barker'l:i place, but. were led to ask Miss Emma Gardner. who taught in cur Hindustani Depart­ment last year. to do this work. At first she hesitated but isnow so interested in her women, whom she calls "my" wo­lll~n. Portunatdy ~1iss Ram, an Indian young moman, a g-raduate of our English DE"pa.rtment and a matric passed, was re~dy to step into Miss Gardner '8 place. We thank the Lonl for OUl'. good l)taff of workers.

Finances.

(1) Scholar:-.hips.

a-Many studE"nt:-. of both departm~nt:-. are faithfully re­t nrning their loa~s and. one il) getting a refund.

h--The ] It-iIlow'~ ScholarshiJ1 interest support:.; a girl in the Vernacular nprartmell~.

f'--Thoburn -Church C'alcutta is giving' a scholarship.

d-WiUameUe Lniversity, through :Miss Field of Calcutta i:; providing scholarslll ps.

(\ --One stnd~nt from Rangalol'e is being cared for pri­vately.

f-Because of large attendance in the ~~nglish' Department last Yf'ar and ~ew scho]arship:-;, aid wa." given fl'om a private source. We hope the ladies at homc will send more scholar-ships for thjs Department. '

(~) Evangelistic Band Fund.

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Mr. Blackstone again kindly sent us Rs. 500. We pray that God may lead him to do this every year.

(3) Buildz>n.g Plant.

In July word came from Miss Madden that the l' ull a­mount required for our woman's building'. segl'egatiun quarters, etc" had at last come. The full amaunt is over Rs. 32,000.

Thflold building- which was cOl1strnctf'd about 1889 and ,,-as nserl for \vidows with eh ildren and for our Training' teachers WHl-i tm'n down. No longt:>r will theNe women wake up ill the night to find the rain pouring down on their beds_ 'rhe new Luildillg will have 18 rooms, three godowns and two bath­rooms. The estimatr for this part of the plant is R.~ 16.000 .• \V p are rejoicing each da~- al'; we see it in process of construction.

Fil'£' Featu'res of the Tra'i'tling School (taken fro111 a book­let from Dr. \Vhite'g Bible School),

(1) First Feature-a thorough direet study of the Bible . . , For a Bibleless preacher to "entnre upon a Christian platform is as bad as for a prayerlp~s professor to frequent the bedAide of t.he sick and dying."

(2) A wholesome atmosphere of spiritual life. In Muttl'a our Quiet time is. put on the program and prnyer topics are thought out.

('3) "Field work done by the students. It is school of applied Christianity."

DOlle in Muttra by

a--Sunday Schools.

b-1tfuhalla wo; k.

c-Village Work .

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Sl.

(4) A. system of wide range with required foundation in. the English Bihle and ,"-ernacular ill !\luttra.

a-Method of teaching.

b-Christian doctrine.

c-Christian History. • (5) "Inter-vocational and Inter-denominational features.

It stands squarely on the faith of Evangelistic Christen­dom." Mr. Robert E. Speer said, "These three things-­the character of God, and the love of God, and the life of God are not things on which we disagree."

Muttra Training School aim :-2 Tim. 2: 15;

M. A. Clancy, Princ1·pal.

Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow.

MEMBERS OF THE STAFF:-

Florence L. Nichols, Principal. Elizabeth Z. Aloore, Vice-Principal Nettie A. Bacon. Wilma E. Eustis. Lillie -Rockwell. Susan J. Walsh. Huth C. Manchester. Marjorie Dimmitt. ~lorence Salzer. Helen McMillan. Olive r. Reddick. Harriet A. Downs. Hattie Hepperly. Elinor Townsend. Shelomith Vincent. Grace C. Jivanandham. .Margaret Wa1lace.

DEPORTS.

The College has the largest enrolment in its History this year, there being 82 girls in the Firr.;t .A 1'ts, B. A .. 1\1. A., and Training Classes. Another Htrilrinf,! feature of the college is the presence of sixteen 1l0ll-()hristian ~irls. These girls are very fine in character and al'C a real addition to the College life. We hope that we may continue to have Christians and non-Christians living in the Harne dormitory and sharing the same College life. We believe b.\' this sharing of life and activities the Uhristiall spirit of the College may have its influence.

The results of the examinations this year were very poor in the First Arts E~am:ination-only t,\\·o passing out of eight; this result was largely t he fault of the students. This has made our third year class very small. there being but 3 in the class. Our B. A .. results. which wpre the first we have had in the Lucknow University. were very good, eight out of lline passing. The Training Cla~s students all passed.

We have this year om' firRt M. A. class consisting of one Christian and one 1\{m~lem, the !\Ioslem girl is the fh'st of her faith to take the B. A. Examination in North Innia.

This spring we shall have 19 girls who will take their First Arts Examination, 7 who will take their Training (11ass Examination and 10 who will take .the B. A. rrhis means that we have a larger number of girls who will be ready' for positions than we hayt' eyer had before.

Our teaching- staff is admirable: we have had three new m&ssionaries during the year, ~liss Hepperly, ~fiss Townsend and ~fiss Wallace; we have also had two additions to our Indian staff, Miss Vincent and 1\li8s Jivanandham. Miss Moore has returned after a period of study in America and is llOW Yice­Principal of the College. 1Iiss Twitchell was married in April and Miss Landrum has goone on furlong-h. Miss Thillayampalam iR now in America where she will spend two years studying on the Edith Jackson Fisher Fellowship. 1\1iss Sircar is also taking a year off f'Or studying for her M. A. degree. We have

so REPORTS.

in addition to our resident staff three men teachers who give part time to the College. Weare proud of our teaching staff and the standard of work is high. In addition to the teachers of required subjects, lYe have Miss Salzer who gives her time to the Physical Educatioll of the students,. she is also the librarian. Miss McMillan' has charge of the music. At an "At home" given by our College to the lTniversity faculty, the singinf!' of our Glee Club was very hikhly praised. Miss Hepperly' is domestic Scien~ expert; she teaches some classes and looks after the meals of the family-a very great addition to the staff.

Each Friday evening the College has had lecture.;, ~()me

given by mem·bers of thft College faculty aud othel'~ by out­side men and women. The course has been a most excellent one. The As.qembly period 'Which comes every day has been given to social service, public speaking, current events and music

The religious life of the College is strong this year. Tht~

Y. W. C. A. is doing e.'{cellent work. They have opened special prayer meetings for the students which are held once a week. Most of the non-Christian flit'll-; enrolled in these groups. We have the usual prayers and Rible Classes. The Y. W. C. A. also conducts Sund~y Rchools in the city for Christian and non-Christian children and adults every Sunday morning. Each Snnday evening we close the day with a sing in the drawing room iIi which students and teachers join.

We are doing work among the servantR. ,Miss Bacon and Miss Vincent are the leading spirits in this work; one conducts a weekly prayer m;eeting for the women, the other one for the men;' a student leads a children '8 prayer service. The students help in all these activities and we see some improvement in the livefJ of the servants.

Our relations wjth the Lucknow TTniven;;ity continue very .happy. One M. A. student, the Christian girJ, has been atttending some' of the lectures at the University, chaperoned by MiRS E11Stis; ~)Ur Mohammedan girl could not go although the U niver­

'.Bi:tl ~ere4 .to~e ,a .purdal;l fC!t her. 'l'here are. lectures ,.at

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the University every few evenings and some of:-our students generally- attend. In November the College gave a tea for the University members and it was a delightful occasion. Four non-Christian wives came with their husbands. Weare trying to call ill the homes of the teachers and have been received most cordially. The University has given a large number of books to the College.

On Tuesday afternoons the College is at home to the IEdian Christian Community and the missionaries. In these various ways we hope to keep in touch with the different groups of people in Lucknow.

Our new buildings are progressing finely and we have strong hope that we may be able to occupy them in July. We expect to go into the new building with 150 students. The buildings are now ·being built in the second storey. Mr. Bridges, our engineer, is proving a most valuable helper. There are two financial proble1llB that are facing us. First, our contracts call for more money than has been grallted from America; we are hoping for a grant from Gon~rnment but all grants are uncertain quantities thpse di1rS. 'ViII you pray that the money may come from some source. Second, we need more ~eholar­ships for our students. I wish each confert"llce would have at least one scholarship in the College: a scholarship is worth B.s. 15. a month in the First Arts and &. ~O. in B. A. Classes. We haye the same amount of scholarship money now that we had years ago when the College was smaller.

I want to add a note which an Englishman who was our guest for three weekR gave to us when he left the College; this gentleman lived in the midst of the College and saw its weak place::;. Bui he says :-"You are to be congratulated upon the 'loving Christian atm()sphere that pervades the whole Col­lege". It'is our aim to have this statement true of all our work.

\Ve thank you for your interest and your co-operation and we hope' that the College year that has begun so prosperouSly may continue to a prosperous conclusion.

Florence L. Nichols, Principcil.

REPORTS OF COlDtITTEES.

Report of the Meeting of the Board of Governor, of the Isabella Thoburn College held in Lucknow April 20.

1922.

I was a new member of the Board and while my impressions are not those of an experienced and well-initiated observer, still what I observed gave me real pleasure' and some profit.

Rey. Ray Smith of, the Presbyterian Mission was one of the outstanding men present. H~s advice was many times in demand. Hoe understood the new building plans thoroughly and explained them clearly. His recent death, not long ago, has been a great shock and his place on the Board will be hard to fill.

Of the co-opted members, Mr. A. C. }lukerjee impressed me as a very able man. I had llever seen him before.

Miss Nichols and her staff of helpers had typewritten copies of the budget, agenda, president's report and other papers on the table, a copy for each one, with writing pad and pencil.

Miss Nichols was alert. Her careful planning, her ability, her gracious wit and efficiency were vastly' evident. Hers was not an easy place, answering questions, explaining, managing.

The most marked difference of opinion were brought forth on a discussion of "The Conscience Clause". The P.resby­terians, in a body were willing to give up their government grants-in-aid. After a great many speeches Bishop Warne stated the attitude of the Mithodists toward the Conscience Cl~use. There were several Methodists, however, who stood with the Presbyterians in the voting. In the vote, the majority were for not giving up the grant-in-aid of the Isabella Thoburn College. This vote may partly be explained by the fact that non-Christians in large numbers have not attended and those who have attended, .offer no objection to coming to Bible Classes.

The College is well staffed.

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A drive to the new property across the Gomti was very erajoyable. There are 30 acres of ground and when the new plant is ready, it will make a most inspiring and impressive sight.

After dinner the girls of the College sang quite. a num­ber of songs in the drawing room. They had been carefully trained and one could hear many expressions of approval on the )art of the visitors. There was some instrumental mnsie, too. The management could hardly have contrived a more enjoyable evening for the guests, nor indeed, could the students have been shown off to better advantage.

Respectfully submitted,

Grace Boddy.

Field Property Committee.

Permission was granted to Miss Clancy to demolish tthe old building which accommodated the mothers who are studentR in the Bible Training SchooL

Plans for new Bible Training Quarters were presented by Miss Clancy and accepted by the Committee. These quarters are for mothers with small children, who are taking the Bible Training.

The opinions of Rev. Robert Crane and Mrs. Jonec, Plead­er, Meerut, regarding the title deeds of property adjoining the Girls' School in Roorkee, were circulated among the Com­mittee for their information. Action was deferred until Con­ference.

E. Porter.

Report of Literature Committee.

Dul'ing the year 1922 there have been a great number of gospel portions as well as some Bibles and New Testaments

REPORTS OF OOMMITTEES.

sold, especially at the melas at the Ganges. The \Y. F. M. S .. at home has' given $500 for new literature for this field for the coming year which will be much appreciated. There are several new pamphlets on the Epworth League and a number of books by Dr. Buck.

Literature speciallr recommended:

True ~,waraj l'reasure Chest Desh Kari Village Teacher '8 Journal

Dr. Buck .. Publisht·d at Bangalore

Allahl\bad :Moga.

Mrs. Crall("

Secretary.

Financial Report of the North-west India Conferenct:: Auxiliaries for the year ending December 31' 1922

It..,. Aligarh 29. B ulalldshah I' 8. Delhi 9. Ghaziabad 6. ~Iecrut }.>. ~luttl'a . }-

_I.

Iworkee :34. ~\ t large 14. Left from 1921 25.

'!otal .. 162.

I do f!'anJU:1".

Secretary aud Treasurer.

Report of the Joint Evangelistic Board.

The Com.mittee recomm.ended as a forward program:-

A. O. O. O. O. o. O . O. O. O.

O.

1. A set bit of teaching decided upon by the district,

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and to be taught by all the workers of the district. The teaching should be followed by an examination and the reslts tabulated.

2. To establish at least one Bhajan :Mandhi in each circuit of district this year.

3. United prayer for the following:-

a. Continued opening among the higher classes.

b. 'l'he ingathering of tht> entire ('hama1' community.

c. Increased giying among tht, Indian Church.

M. A Li"ermol'f,

Secretary.

Report of Language School.

Twenty-two studPllts repl'esenting threp different Missions were enr·olled. \Ye are unable to take second yeal' student!'; for lack of l'OOlli. The examinatio1l wa.s held the fit'st "week in 0('­tob(1J'. Twenty took tilt' (>xHmination llnrlf'I' tlw (lirp('f iOll of an Intl'r-ti(1JJominotional l'olllmit1 (1P. ..:\ 11 of tlwsp IHISS{,(l. 'l\H) took their own ~fissi()n (·~ami.llatiol1.

M. A. LiN'rlM)t·C,

Report of W. F. M: S: Furniture Committee.

The furniture committer reports no funds on hand at last Conference time when accounts were receiyed by the new com.mittee and nothing reeehoed during' the year, consequent­ly no furnitm'(1 granted to anyone during the year.

S. E. Randai l ,

t 'h.1 i.'IIIUll.

Report of Auditing Committee for 1922.

AU t.hc W, Ii', 1\[. S, book::; haYe been audited with th~

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exception of one set. In the case of one or t~ others there yet remains the last month or two of the year to be done .. All will be attended to soon after Conference.

Margaret I. W. Hermiston,

Chairman.

Report of Committee on Conference Furniture.

When Conference convened in Muttra last year we had dishes enough to set the table for hinety people. But with loss and breakage during the Conference and in bringing to' Aligarh, we now have enough for eighty people, which is our estimate for our next Conference, if we purchase 1 doz. cups 1 doz. or more glasses, and 1 doz. teaspoons, provided the breakage is 110t as heavy as it was this yaRt year.

I should like to recommend that the new Committee b~ authorized to purchase such dishes as will be necessary for eighty people, after they are counted before the beginning of Con­ference next year.

Respectfully Submitted.

N. R. Jones.

Chairman.

Mary WUson Sanatorium Committee.

Each member of th ecommittee has visited Tilaunia since last Conference, and we wish. to express our delight in pro­gress that is being made in huilding. In November, sixteen year~ after the beginning, a public celebration was· held to open the new administration buildi))g and to give an opportunity for inspection of wards.

The N1tmencal report is as follows:-

147 patients treated 67 dismissed

9 of these went of their own accord

~~ 4~tAA

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 37

Ludhiana Medical College.

The General Committee of the Women's Christial1 Medi­cal College m-et in Ludhiana November 29th., and December 1st., 1922. All those who have the welfare of Ludhiana at heart will be acquainted w'ith the proposed change of constitution by which it is hoped that the (~ollege will become a real Union Institution under a board representing the great Missionary Societies, and stepR are being taken in Ol'der to secure this end. \Ve trust that a decision ill the matter may so 011 be reached The Union Draft Scheme has not been accepted as yet in all its parts. Our society is contributing to this splendid institu­tion to the extent of $500 per year. We have asked for $1,000 and we hope that another year this amoun~ may be given.

Graduates who have passed thru the school are as follows:-

Physicians 108 Compounders 71 Nurses 66 lIidwives ~37

Present enl'olment Medical Students:-

Physicians 70 Compounders 14 Nurses 32 Midwives 30

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I

It is a pleasure to note that Dr. Edith Brown has been awarded the Kaiser-i-Hind :Medal of the First Class. She has also been nominated a Fellow of the Punjab Fniyersity and a mem­ber of the Governing body of the Punjab ~tate :M:edical Faculty. The Government has again sho·wn their appreciation of the work of the College and Hospital h~· a grant of o,'er two acres of land for enlarging the Hospital. and &. 80,000 for erect.iug It :~at~l'~ty Block.

.E, Porter.

38 REPORTS OF COMMITTEE~.

Board of Examiners for Nurses.

The object of the North India 1 Tnited Board of Examiners for Mission Nurses and Compounders, is to raise the standard of training, and uphold the highest ideals of Nursing among In­dian wom~n. and to hold regular examinations and grant cer­tifieates. 'fhere UI'P 2,) Hospitals preparing nurses for the ex­aminations. Each affiliatt'd ~fis.'iion is entitled to have one Doctor and ~me Xursing Sllpf>rintendent. as representatives of the Board.

There is au ExecntiYe Committee of five Dlembers. The Board holds a Conference triennially. The affiliation. fee for each Hospital is It",. 10. The t'xamination fee is Rs. :>. for each candida.te~ If any hospital is not properly equipped it will be asked to withdraw from the Board havjJl~ received six months notice. R.egular· examinations for nurses are held annu· an~· in :\larch and October.

E. Porter.

M e:-m.bet" of Board of E;r.am·i'11ers .

.. Normal Training Department, Howard Plested Oirls' School, Meerut.

Our second Yf>ars work has thus far been very eneourag- . ing. We began our work ill .J uly with six l)upils in the se­cond year class and eight in the first year class. With the exception of four girls these art· all sixth class p8f;sed inex­perienced pupils. From these four two are seventh class failed, one has pa..f.;sed her sixth class examination ~n9 tau~ht a year, and the fourth has han the 1\lnttra Bible training and taught six years.

We haye been "elT f())'tunate in secnring' a B. A., tt"ained first assistant who has haeI twellt~· years exp(~rience. She is an e.reeptional teaclwr' and is doing unusual work in the classes.

Early in the schoo1 years we recei'ved' Government recogni­tion for the second rear class. .:rh is is all that is neces8ary fot'

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our candidates to enjoy all the rights of the Teachers Certifi­cate examination. We expect six girls to appear for this e~ amil1ation this year.

We have made application for Government Grant. This is now being considered and a favourable answer is expected wi thin the next year.

Our Hew room, was ,'eady for occupancy the 1st. of Septem­ocr, Thil-l with the new slate blacboards has done much to make uur work easier and more thor.ough.

There is alway!,; in cyery new undertaking a period of ad­Justment and trial we have had our share of this but we now feel that onr beginning' :.;tag't> has successfully passed. We are 1I0W a firmly establil-lhed department of the Meerut School.

Emma E. Warner.

The Girls' High School, Meerut.

There has been a beautiful spirit among the girls of the \\"1101(' school this year. The oicIel' ones have been willing to help the little ones in e"el'Y way that has been suggested to them. III mattpl's of cleanliJless they have been my helpers in ('Y(ll'~' d(>hlil. :\lall~' llrore haYt> a'skecl for work than could be supplied. Th('Y wanted to (larD money f.OI' Bibles and for colll'e1 ions. I J1 (·"el'y pl{H~(' possible thl·Y have had work heid up as a thing which makps life dignified and beautified.

During tIlt' year there w.as a circular letter sent out to the ladies of the schools from which the High School girls come, 'fhis was ill }'eferenc{' to tlw eOllditions under which help should 1)(' g'jy(~ll to those girl!'; "-])0 had finished the eighth class at Meerut, There was n difference of thought concerning the type of girl and how lllany years we should expect them to teach before going to Lucknow to finish the course so there oould be no definite ruling on the matter. Just now in Meerut's struggle the girls who are sent on will no doubt do much to determine what aetion shall be followed in the future, The number will probahly lleyel' be "pry large but those who are capable should

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be given the chance for that higher training for which they are the best fitted.

The new rooms at the back of the main school house have taUght us how necessary it is to have four more rooms for the first and second classes of four school under t he Indian Grade­tion. These are the classes where the Normal Training classes have to do a great deal of practice teaching so it is very import­ant that they have the very best conditions under which to form their ideas of proper teaching. The children themselves would make so much better progres.c;; in the work. In the whole school course there would be at least two years cut off of the time we would keep the girls in the Boarding schools if w'e had better arrangements for the lower classes. We hope that ill the near future we shall see some plan worked out so that the little children shall haye better attention paid to their early progress.

Gurtrude E. Richards.

Schools Committee Report.

ALIGARH JANUARY 19, 1923.

The meeting WciS called to order by the president. Mis." H'Oft­man, and Miss Greene lead ill prayer.

The minuteli of the tW'o previous meetings were read and di<ijcussed. Moved and passed that .Nrithmetic may be taught, as was formerly the rule ill Enlish from the third standard up.

:Miss Ball's report on the Girls' Vocational School. Aligarh, was accepted. .

TIle Conunittee adjourned to meet ~londay at 3 p. m.

The School Committee met January 22, 1923 with the president presiding. After prayer by Miss Warner the minutes of the previous meetings were read and approved.

Miss Donohugh read a letter from the representatives of the C. M. S. concerning the withdrawal of that society from ~ertain girls' schools in the area.

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A motion was made and carried that the matter of refund fof students who have attended more more than one institution be referred to the educational Board for settlement. It was re­commended from this committee that tatal refund be given to the institution giving the higher training.

Motion prevailed that the school or district sending a girl to a school in another district should be responsible for her after she has finished. or can no long-er remain in the school.j

Moved and carried that the following be the suggested wedding outfit for 'orphan girls being married from our schools:-2 new week days dresses and chaddars, 1 Sundey suit, wedding suit and chaddar, ~ Chemises, 1 petticoat. 1 razai, 1 darrie, 2 blankets, 1 plate, 1 cup or g-lass, 1 Iota. The shoes, sweets, wedding fees, not less than Re. 1 to, pastor, shall be biven by groom..

Moved and carried that as long as a girl is in school the parents shall continue to pay fees. When she gooes to a higher institution the fees shall be j)aid to the school from which the g-irl is sent. if that schoo'} 11l'ovides hrr elothes amI cal' fare. Mm'cd to ad.lourn.

'fhe SdlOOl Committee met .January :2:L 19~:--l aftt'l' dillllt~r.

Til(' lllt:,p1ing "-as called to order and :Miss Greene elt'et(~d pre­sident Hnd :\1I's. Pace R('('rdHl'Y fol' thp new year.

Report of Village Schools.

Aligarh District.

Schools among Chamars Schools HiltOn!! ~\\"pepers

Total no. of ~cpo()ls

l.'otQ,l Httend~nGe . , , .

4 13

17

3Q~

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Bulandshahr DIstrict.

School for boys only Schools for boys and girls Total number of SchooL~ Total atte~dance

Government Grant-in-Aid-Rs. 12 per month.

Delhi District.

Schools for men and boys 54 attendance . Schools for boys and girls 28 attendance

Total 82

Government Grant-in-Aid-Rs. 60 per month.

15' 15 26

326

.. 630

.. 310

940

N'UDl.ber of children in District of school age-g,OOO.

:Meerut District.

Schools for boys • Schools for girls and boys

'"rotal"

Attendance

Government Grant-in-Aid-Rs. 60 per mouth.

Xumber of children in District of school a~e-l0,OOO . ..

30 13

4;)

810

Miss Potenger reports a school ill Ghaziabad in which the average attendance is about 75. The dlildren pay for their own books, slates. pape!', pencils (ltC.,

They also contribute to their' Christmas celebration ano other interests.

Muttra District.

Schools for girls ~ehools for boys

. Total

11 31

42

attendance attendance

.. 2~8

.. 284

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Grant-in-Aid-Rs. 14 per m·onth.

Number of children in District of School age-4,OOO.

Roorkee District.

Number in village schools, 708.

Only two women paid by the W. F. M. S. fOi" teaching school.

Number of children of school age, 7,109.

. Emma E. Donokugh.

R.eport of Woman's School, Bareily.

I went to Bareilly on the 19th April 1922, and Miss Means of the North India Conference and I Yisited the Woman's School and examined the women. There were 51 women ill the school, completed the Bible-readers' Course and received Certificatcs. and 13 of those who passed out at the cl-ose of the School had Since then, Mrs. Devadasan has been ill, and detained in the hills all summer. 1\1rs. GJ'ace Mann seemed to be doing good work, and we found the records in good order. At the recent North India Conference, Mrs. Mann was consecrated a Deaconess. and received her appointment as Head ::\Iistress of the ""'"oman's School.

A special ~ Comnlittee appointed h~y Bishop \Yarne has pre­pared an advanced Course of Study, for the better educated. women who could take it, and Mrs. Shute is already making a beginning, in teaching some of the women of the English De­partment.

Charlotte E. Clancy.

Resolutions.

Be it Resolved.

'1. That we e~ress to Bishop Warne our appreciation of

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his sympathetic leadership, and pray tllat God may soon restore him and Mrs. Warne to complete health.

~. That we assure Bishop Fisher of our appreciation of his presence and inspiring spir.itual vigor: and that we express to Bishop Fisher and 3fr. Jones our gratitude for the inspiration given to us by their vision of the certain victory of Christ in the

. midst of present world conditions.

3. That we thank Dr. Core for his helpful devotional services.

4. That we rejoice with ~fiss C. T. Holman in the recover~' that has made possible her return to India, and that we as­sure her that our prayers will follow her ill her w01'k in a new new conference.

5. That Wt> rejoice with Miss McLea\'y in thl' fact that she has so far recovered her health, and hope thgt after her six months' leave she will be able to return to full service.

6. That we extend to 1\Irs. Clemes, Mrs. Aldrich and the Misses Farmer, ClarlCY. Richards and Rockwell our best wishes for a happy and pl'ofitable furlough, and a safe return to us,

~. That we wish for )fl's. :Mahood all SllCCPSS in build­mg- tl11' boys' school and hostel at Hardoi as a memorial to 1\irs. Lois Parker.

R. That we'thank mm;t heartily our Aligarh friends ff.lr the excellent entertainment given to the Conference.

Mrs. B. Baker.

Miss L. Rookwell.

Miss M. Cline.

Registrar's Rt;port.

Twelve missionaries from the North-west India Conference took language examinations during the year. Seven of these

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were from the 'Vome)) 's Conference and five from the Men's Conference. Tlie grade:3 were unusually high this year.

The report of the examinations is as follows:-

::\frs. J. C. Pace in one written subject of first year Hindi.

)fiSl:i ~L Cline entered and passed in all subjects written and oral of first year Urdu.

:Miss )1. Hermiston passed in two written subjects of first ~rear Urdu.

1\1rs. R. C. Rankin passed in four written subjects and orals of first year 1 ~ I'd u.

Miss Richards pas~ed in Orals, Second Kempson, Qasas-i­Hind and Platts Grammt'r of second year Prdu.

l'lrs. E. E. Tuck passed in Orals and written composition of st'(~ond year Urdu.

~Iiss F. Clark passed in two ,,-ritten subjects in second year l'rdu.

}'fiss Hermiston passed in one written subject in second year Urdu.

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REGISTRAR'S REPORT.

E:r.am.illatioll Results of Bi.ble~reade1"8 alld Et~allgeli8t teaclte1's 1922.

Bible~ readers pre-sauted for Examilla-

tiOll.

Aligarh ... 21

Bulandshahar ... ~I

Delhi ... 16

Meerut District ... 26

Meerut Training School ... ...

Muttra ... 171 Roorki ... .t.

Certificates Evangelist Certificate"

issued to teachers pre~ issued to

Bible~ seuted for EvaugeliHt Examina~ readers. tion. teachers.

6 . .. . .. 7 1 1

-12 . .. ... 7 5 ~

. .. 16 17

:, 13 5

I .. .. .

• JUI.IA NOlC'r()~ CLI<~MES,

RflgiHfm1·.

Aligarb

Ajmere

){eeruf.

:\{uttra

ltoorkee

Class.

School.

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A.

! I I I

~ I~ I'

I !

28 17

28 28

17 11

21 20

::: I.o~ I

8

...

BOARDING SCHOOL \

B. 1· II.

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'21 ! $/1 as! ~ 15 i"g :"g I b ;f i C) ; ~ ~ ~ ~l a: 5:.!:: a a

i ~ ~ t ~'I'i'l;~ ~ ~ tl < i i < z z ~ zli < I 68 41 i SI5R I No ~Replort 113 7\63

81 7 7 82 14 12 AA 12 12185 54 9 I x 73 .•. ... ... 11 t 11 86

i

70 15: 15 RH 11 10 5H 10 :! i 47

9H ~I H ~1:2 19 I HI 195 9! H ~IO

01' :

141 ~ 4!1 ... - .. I . .. . .. 8 R 75 ;

10'" 10'" 10'" 10'" Number presented. ~ N) c. ~ ~ ~

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~ ~ ~. ~ c-. ~ Average. "'" 10'" ~ ~

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~ ~ Numher IHlHsed. ~

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..... ..... "'" ..... Numher presented . t:n ~ -..1 .. ~ 0

-------_. I-' :: N umher pasHed. ~ """

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~

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a 0 ~

(,0 J- ~ ~ C. Number presented. ____ -._c ___

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a:: .... 1-3 1-3 ~ ~

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x J- Number presented. I--~----

<1 x J- ., ~nlllhel' l'asHed. 1-1

!'-f ---------, ~ 00 Average. 00 c

~ Number prese1lted. ~

~ Number pltSsed. 1-1 1-1

~ Average, ~ .-~,-... ~.-.-

~ ~ -1 c"" o..J t:n Gencral A \·crag-e. (,0 ....... o..J i:.).:; i:.).:;

, \

Suppiementary Manuai Language Examinations.

(Central Conference, 1908.) Whereas, on account of the exacting requirements of the Government educational examin­ations, there is a tendency on the part of some schools not to give the study of the Scriptures the important place it de­mands in the curriculum., therefore-Resolved, that the Boards of Education of the different Conferences be instructed to see that a systematic course of study be followed in each School, which shall be uniform for the Conference as far as possible, and that an examination be held by the Boards, the results to be tabulated and printed in the Annual Conference Minutes, showing-

(1) Number of pupils presented.

(2) ,. " passed.

(3) The grade.

Rules and Regulations for Examinations

1. I t shall be the duty of the Committee of Educatioll and Examinations to prepare courses of study for the ,l\Iis­sionaries and Bible-readers, and of Bible-study in the Board­ing Schools, also to arrange for the examination of the same.

2. All Missionaries taking the Inter-denominational Course lllay obtain all information concerning the examination from :M:llis A. E. Lawson, Principal and Correspondent of the Lang­uage School, Dilaram, 1tlussoorie.

Rules Relating to Summer Schools.

1. Expenses for the following items shall be allowed from the W. F. M. S. Funds:-

(a) One-half the t1'8Yellhlg' expense for families.

(b) Charpais, but not fuel, light or gltara.s.

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(c) A chaukidar may be allowed if necessary.

2. I tamized bills shall be furnished to the Superintendent !)f the Summer School Fund.

Bible J{idaron ki Khw!lodgi.

1. Muttra Training Iskul ki pass ki hiii Tulaba, Baibal Rudarou ke charou sal ki khwa1]dgi ki ~hatm kar chuki };lain..

2. Jinhoy. ne tisra darja Boarding IskiiI ke imtihan mel) pas:;; nahil] kiya haiun ko iml8. ek hi zab n mey. us sal ki kisi kitAb mey. likhmi hoga ya 'ne Urdu, ya R.oman ya Hindi.

3. Imla kibib ke pahle chaus safhou mey. se howe.

4. Imtihaiin ke pass hone ke number 50 haiv

PAHLA SAL.

1. Dharm Tula aur Hindi lmla.

2. ~Iuqaddas Kitab ka Ahwal I aur II aur Roman Imla.

3. M~ere rahne ka Ghar, ya Badshah aur us ka 'Ajib 0-

garib Maha!.

4. Hisab J ama. Jinhoy. ne tisra dal'ja Boarding Iskiil ke Imtihan mel) pass

kiya hai, un ko hisab ke 'iwaz metl Zariiri Ta'lim (sa,,~~al-o­jawab donQl) aur char Bhajan hifz karne hoUge.

DUSRA SAL.

1. ~hatt-i- 'Amm Hindi ya Roman mel); Ya ;qub I; II Pat­l'as; I, II, III yuha.nnA; Y~hudah.

2. Parhezgari ki Catechism aur Hindi Imla·

3. Rasuloy. ke A 'mal, Hindi ya Roman meu, aur Roman ImIa.

4. Ratan },f8.la.

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5. Hisab Tafriq.

Jinhol) ne tisra darja Boarding Iskul ke Imtihan mel) paRS kiya hai, un ko hisab ke 'iwaz mel) ath ~hajan hifz kame hOl)g~.

TISRA SAL.

1. Mumuksh Brittant aur Hindi Imla.

2. ~batt I Kurillthio:g., Galatiol), IfsioU, .Fillippiol), Kulus­

siol), I ThissaIunikiOll, Filemon, Roman Imla Galatiol]. m~TJ . (in ~hatton mel]. se do se kam ek hi sal ke imtihan ke Iiye manzur nahil]. hail]..)

3. Masihi Amanatdari (Duncan).

CHAUTHA SAL.

1. Sat }\fat Nirupan aur Hindi Imla. Ek biRsa hi ek 811 ke imtihan ke liye manzur ho sakta hai.

2. Masih ka Namuna. Roman ya Urdu aUl' Tmla. (Pahle nau bab hi ek sal imtihan ke Iiye manzur h(') sakte haill).

3. Rumio~J ka ~hatt, aur Roman Imla.

Dihati Ticharon ki Khwandgi.

PAHLA SAL.

1. Pahli Kitab, Hindi, Urdu ya Roman.

2. Ginti Sau take

3. Zaruri Ta'lim.

4. Hifz karne ke liye, ~hudawand ki du 'a, Das Hukm. Rasulol) ka 'Aqida aur do Bhajan, ya 'ne. "Oho Piyaro Masiha jiya hai," aur "Ham se barni na jae."

5. Harfon ka likhnii, Hindi, Urdu ya Roman.

6. Marqus k.i InjH ke pahle pal)ch bab,

SUPPLEMENTARY MANUAU.

DUSRA SAL.

1. Diisrf Kitab, Hindi, U rdii ya Roman.

2. Ginn sau tak likhna.

3. Luqa ki lnjil.

4· lmlA ek juz ke lafz.ot). ki.

5. "!riudge sahib, ki Catechism."

6. Rifz ke liye do Bhajall , "Karo meri sahe" aur Bacha

lena Pra~hii Ylsii' hamare pran."

TlSRA ML.

1. Yuhanna ki lnjil aur lmla.

2. Hisab Jama' aur tafiq jachas take

3. Hifz karne ke liye Zariirf "Ta 'lim (sawal-o-jawab dono) aur do .Bhajan, "Maiu. to Yisii', ko man meu mana rakhihiiu." aur "A 'ya hai Yisii' aya hai."

CHAUTHA SAL.

1. :Mati kf lnjH aur ImIA.

1. Hisab Jama' aur ~riq jachaH take

8. B81ako:g. kB, Sudhri.o.

llifz kame ke liye tin Bhajan, ya 'ne "Piyaro himmat bando" aur "Tum suniyo suniyo," "Yisii' paiyan lagaUlJ."

Report of the Committee of Education and Examinations.

1. On recommenrlation by a sub-committee it was moved and cArrieQ that we grant Evangel ist Teachers' Certificates for the. completion of the Meerut Trainmg School Course.

2. Miss Ogilvie was asked to make inquiries about the printing of "Masih ka Namiina" in Roman Urdu.

3, The Committee, eonsisting of the Misses Ogilvie, Boody"

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and Greene, appointed to prepare questions for the Bible-readers·' course was asked to continue its work.

M. Boddy,

, Chairman.

Schedule of Examinations for Bible Readers, by Districts, '23.

Agra

Aligm'h

B1.tlandsnuh."

Delh-i

Meerut

Muttra

M'Ilza.jJarnagar

ROQ'J'kec

Scale of Salaries.

Miss Porter.

Miss Randall.

Miss McKnight.

Miss Forsyth.

Miss Boddy.

Miss Ogilvie.

lliss Greene.

Mjss Livermore.

For scale of salaries for Orphanages and Boarding Schools see booklet" Rules and Regulations of the Educational Board' '.

For Mottra Training scale refer to the Principal, liuttra, Henninger.

Bible Study for Boarding Schools.

Class A. The Beginners' Series, First year.

Class B. TJ)(l Beginners' Series, Second year.

. Class I. The Primary Series~ First year, and the first thirty lessons of the Second year.

Class II. The Primary Series. Second :rear, lessolls thirt.y­one to fifty-two, and Third year.

Class III. The Junior Series, First year, and twenty-six. lessons of the Second year.

Class IV. The Junior Series, S~eo~d year, lessons twenty-

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seven to fifty-two, and third year. Mrs. Baker.

Miss Boddy. 9lass V. The Junior .. Series, Fourth year.

Class VI. The Junior Intermediate Series, First year,

thirty-nine lessons (omitting 40 to 52), and Second year. . Miss McKnight.

Class VII. The Intermediate Series, Third year, and one-half of the Fourth year. :Miss Ball.

Class VIII. The Intermediate Series, Second half of the Fourth· year and Senior First year. Mrs. Pace.

N. B.-Classes A, B, I, II, III to be axamined ornlly by the Principal.

Class IV to b~ oral and written, and questions to be set by the Conference Examiner.

Classes above IV to be written examinations.

Passing grade shall be 50 per cent.

The Bible Examinations for the ~ixth Cla~s shall take place in the first week in February. For all other classes the Bible Examinations shall be held in the last full week in April.

ALIGARH DisTRIcT.

DISTRICT REPORTS.

Aligarh District.

ALIGARH.

Louisa Soules Girls' School.

Missionary;-Miss Carlotta E. Hoffman.

At the close of another year we gratefully acknowledge the watchful care and the definitel guidance of the Heavenly Father. It is truly a miracle the way He has helped us through this year.

The girls have been very well and only the sickness which would normally come to a large family has troubled us. One little girl died of T~berculosis in the Tilaunia Sanitarium but otherwise we have had nothing to make us anxious.

We have tried to keep our enrolment small as we are short of scholarships and so hav.c refused to take many girls. Of course, "'c }H'Yer ~efuse orphans and have taken thirteen in this year, the youngest being four years and the oldest being fourteen. 1.'0 me the happiest part o-f the work is mothering the orphans for they are mine in a different way than the other girls who go home for their vacations. In spite of our efforts {he enrolment has increased. The new scholarships granted at the :May :Meeting are a great help but we need more.

The Educational Department has been doing good work under Miss Dupre?s supervision. The an11ual examinatiOl; re­sults were gratifying' and thc three who took the Government examination passed well. Our higher classes are small but

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ALIGARH DISTRICT.

the lower classes are so large that A. Class has three sections and from B. Class through Third Standard each has two.

A grant has been sanctioned. for Teachers' Quarters and that added to the amount received from America has made it possible for us to put up a fine building. It is finished and will be occupied from the beginning of the year. How we do rejoice tOo have it as it has been ~eeded . so. long ! It frees the dormitory in which they haye been living so that had we the scholarships we could take in twenty more girls immediately, and the girls are at hand. I wonder who is to blame that we have not the fun~'

That which has rt>joiced our hearts and has made the work seem so worthwhile has been that Easter 'Veek a real awakening began among our older girls. It has continued through the year until nearly all of our older girls have come into a deep­er Christian experience and are now helping their little sis­ters. '\Then a spirit of love. awl helpfulness is abroad in the school then the work moves smoothly and the burdens grow light.

Packages from America have been a h~lp hut we are es­pecially grateful for the new schola;ships.

Girls' Vocational School.

Mi.'isionaries :-},fiss Laura G. Bobenhouse; 1\1rs· G. F. Mat­thews, ~fiss Anna M. Brown.

The following is a ~port written by Miss Bobenhouse just before she left for furlough in October of this year.

,. I hardly know whether to call this a report of the W 0-

m~n's Industrial School, or of the Girls' Vocational School. Weare in a state of transition.

At last Annual Conference it was decided to change this institution inro a Girls' Vocational SchooL This has been cliffi·

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cult as this has been the Woman's Industrial Home for a quarter of a century and the women did not wish to be transferred~ There were many deficients. Pnndita Ramabai offered to take them to Mukti and I took twenty-one women and girLc~ there. Weare payin~ their scholarships. Other women have gone to relatives, sixteen women and girls have been married, two have returned to their husbands y two Albino girls almost blind have gone, with a blind baQYJ to Rajpur Blind School, one old woman has been sent to the Home at Gurdaspur.

In planning for the GirL,,' Vocational School the same ar­rangements as fora boarding school are being made. In the hostel bed!? haye been provided for all. The quality of the food has been improved. About thirty girls have already come from other schools for the training and man~? more will come. Miss Brown has begun the preliminary work: she Jlas opened special kindergartell work; she has a good outfit of spplies. The girls have been graded and the work, including .Manual Training. has been scheduled. The best teachers ,"ere retained from the old staff and other teachers have been employed. l\Iiss Brown is exceptionall:y fine as she has had Normal and l\{anual training. She is thorough and practical and knows children."

I arrived in October and took OYf!r the work. I t is such a joy to De back and see the familar faces. The transition in the Hchool IS still goillg on for it is not a work which can be done in a short time· Gradually, we are securing more teachers and working' out a course .of study which will be suitable for the girls. May we help each other to develop an institution which wil~ be a blessing to the girls of India.

Jennie L. Ball.

58 ALIGARH DISTRICT.

Aligarh City and District Work.

M-issiona·ry :-Mrs. &>ckwell Clancy.

Local Missionary.:-Miss McLeavy.

Again this year also, we have been without a District Evange­list, as }liss Ella McLeavy, who was appointed to this work, had an accident right after the Annual Conference in January, and has been an invalid for most of the year. She is still in our Hospital at BarielIy, and Dr. Gimson thinks that she will not be fit for work, for another year.

Mr. and Mrs. Pace were transferred to the Doys' School in Muttra, thus leaving us to manage our own Boys' School, Training School, City and District work, the best way we could. Our Indian workers have done the work, and we have tried to help them.

This year, from August 9th to September 10th, we held our first real Summer School since ooming to Aligarh. I t was a very profitable time. All our workers, men and women with their families were here for the month, and they enjoyed it as people do a Camp Meeting at Home! In addition to. the Conference Courses of Study, and the many sermons and dis­cussions, the workers learned how to tell the story of. the Life of Christ, in a brief form, dividing it into three pa.rts, and holding up a stick to show the three sections. Some had a cross attached to the same stick by a hinge, so that when they told about the sufferings of Christ, they could open it up, and there was the cross!

.And it is this story they are teaching to theChristians in the villages now. In a village meeting, the Chaudhri o~ Head man, got up to tell the story; "Let us pray first", he said, and getting down on his face, he really talked with his Lord. Then he told the story, malting the cross with two sticks, and show-ing the people, now the Lord was laid upon it, and crucified for our sins. Then his wife came and told the story of the Pro­digal Son, and when I ~ her if she bad any heathen shrillo ...

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in her home~ she looked almost reproachfully at me, saying "At one time I did worship idols and spirits, -but p.ot now, for Jesus Christ lives in my heart".

. Three people were baptised that day, and when it came time for the Collectwn, the new people hesitated, but the Chaudhri took out his purse and gave his few cents hilariously! Saying "You people who are -not Chris~ians, never have anything, you are poor, and always com;plaining; now that you have be­come Christians you will have plenty to eat and to give".

There have been 1,828 baptisms, and our total Christian community now ntml!bers 17,804, living in 1,063 villages, scat­tered over an area of 2,156 square miles. The entire popula­tion 'Of our district is about one million.

The work among the Chamars, or leather-w.orkers, is en­couraging; there are many villages of inquirers, but 'we lack the workers to go in and teach them.

54 Bible-women and Evangelist Teachers and their fami­lies are the lights shining in the dark places of this city and district. Pray ye the Lord 'Of the H8,fVest, that He may send workers into this great field.

Weare very grateful to the Cincinnati, Des Moines, New York, North-western, Philadelphia, 'Pacific and Baltimore Branches for their prayers and support.

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Bulandshahr District D·istrict Work :-:Mrs. Robert John.

This year by the help of God there has been great advance­ment in the work. There are now in our district 25,212 Chris­tians of whom 1,602 are full members and 3,182 are probationers. This year 595 women and girls were baptized. There are 54 Bible-readers in addition to the' above' 54 Zanana workers, there are 18 women who are doing volunteer work. These are a great help to the Bible-reader in her work.

With my husband I have gone into many parts of the Dis­trict to help my sisters. I can say that the Bible-women are working very hard. One great result of their work this year was the passing of many village women and girls in the Life of 'of Christ.

• October 20th, 1922. was a very happy day for us. This was the first day of our district conference. Our dear Bishop Warne was present. Although the 20th. was a great lFindu holiday, yet our people were in no way detained, but came in great numbers to the opening meeting. Two wives of Chau­dhris aL~o earnf->. This 'was a wonderful meeting and at its close in a very short time forty-five dollars came up in the collection. Besides this, both men and women workers were wearing clothes which the village Christians had given them. One Bible-reader received a silver bracelet and number had warm shawls given them by their village Christians. This year eggs, chickens, grain, clothes, shoes, buffalo calves, goats, and a silver cup have been received in the collections.

On October 19th. Bishop Warne baptized in our district 200 people from the leather working class. About half of these were women and girls. Three weeks before this in the village of

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Sohanpur 96 were baptized. This company of people Bishop Warne visited. He was greatly impressed by the adva,1lce they had made in the Christian life. I t is v,ery gratifying to see how our women and girls are interested in learning. Bishop Warne wrote in the I ndian Witness of November 1st. 1922, thus of this wor~:

"I am having a good time in the districts and am keeping iI,·ell and am gaining strength daily. One day last week in the company Rev. Robert John, :Miss Livermore and Miss Donohugh, we had a baptismal service in a Chamar cummunity, splendidly prepared, of over two hundred persons; and the same day we had a Ohristian Mela among a company of Cha­mars who had only been baptized three weeks and they told over thirteen Bible, stories in a most interesting, original man­nero To do this we travelled about eighty miles, twenty of them were over kacha roads! Hturrah! for the F-ord on village roads! " I tgets you there and gets you back." This is con­valescing in India.

"The Village Christians of the Bulandshahr district un­der an Indian district superintendent and entirely apart from the tithe of workers have, by several hundred rupees, more than quadrupled their giving for the pastoral fund within two years. Yet they are far below their tithe. If our people will approach the tithing in the villages most of the larger districts could even now entirely support their Indian pastors. But there is great hope. Our Indian District Superintendents are making good. We must have more of them, and we will".

Evangelistic Work.

Evangelist :-MissM. A. Liverm.ore.

As Prin~pal and Official Correspondent .of the Mussoorie Language School for Missionaries, six months of the year, 1922, were spent in the Himalaya Mountains where the sche.ol is so nicely situated. Twenty-two students representing three dUf-

erent missions were enrolled. We were unable to take second year students for lack of room. The examination was held the :first week in October. Twenty took the examination un­der the direction of, an Inter-denominational committee. All of th~e pasaed. Two took their own Mission examination.

It was a joy to return to the loved work on the plains the second week of October. A most enthusiastic weleome was given by the Christians of the city. A beautiful arch, made of hamboo, spanned the entrance to the compound. The word , 'welcome" in huge letters, stretched across the top, spoke what seemed to be in the hearts of all the Indian Christians. Hid behind this word welcome, was an Indian band play~ their welcome numiber on a half dozen Indian musical instrv.. ments; while Indian preachers and teachers, carrying diR­erens colored flags escorted us up to the house. Here a fine company of Christian men, women and children gave their wel­come in the beautiful Indian Saalam.. A program in which Christians and one Mohantmedan took part, a trick-performer, and Indian dinner and, finally, some well selected fir~-works

concluded the ente~inm.ent. It was a hearty welcome which all seemed to enjoy. Especially, was it a joy to me beginning my third term. in the land of my choice and adoption.

A few days later, the District Conference, a spiritual feast, opened. The only regret we had was that on account of lack of room for accommodation the Bible-women of the district could Dot be present. Some few who were to take conference emmin­atioDS came, but the majority had to stay away. This· annual feast they greatly miss. We are praying much that the time may soon come when the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society may have some property here which will make it possible for more of our women to come. Living as they do in the midst of non-Christian surroundings, they need the help and inspira­tion this annual district meeting can give them. .

Since the District Conference our time haS been occupied • I

in two ways: I "_

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1. Attending village Jalsas or big meetings of Christians who prepare a fine ftrogram and invite us to attend. Men, women and children have a place on the progralIL ChriStian Bong and Bible story have a large place. Sometimes the Orient­al touch they give to the story helps the missionary to a better understanding 'Of the Bible.

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DELHI DISTRICT.

Delhi District District and City Work.

Missionary :-Mrs. J: C. Butcher.

The year 1922 has been filled with all the varied -duties that come to the life of a missionary, and with health and strength given us we have done what we could.

Mter Conference we visited all the circuits and found our Bible-readers bm~y with their work, holding meetings. tpachin~ i~ their little schools and instructing their people in the Chris­tian faith.

There has not been as much opposition from the non-co­operators this year and we dare to hope that we may not again sn.ffer from their ac~ivities as we did last year .

. _ The District Superintendent report~ ::J,222 baptisms during the year making the Christians now number 29,273. More workers have been engaged, but the stupendous task of building up such a large Christian Community and teaching the in­quirers needs a much larger staff. Weare very glad- indeed to welcome to Delhi District Miss L. D. Greene, Ph. D., who has ~eturned from furlough and joined her appointment here, ready to push! the work of the Kingdom.

We hope that the money will be available for starting our Girls' School this year as it is becoming more and more ur­gently needed. Sixty girls have been sent away to other Dis­tricts to school this year.

The District Conference met in October but only those Bible readers came who had to give examinations.

One of our Bible Readers died and two others have had Jong illness but, on the whole, the health of our workers has been good.

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The City work has bpcn carried on by fiye Bible-readers, Some voluntary help from some of our Church ladies has been greatly appreciated.

~()IlW ·Amcl'ciau ladies trayelling in Illdia h~lye SC'('J) tu~

site for our girls' s('hool, and been greatly interested and haYe "olunteered 10 help 10 wOl'k fOl' it when they got back to (T. S. A.

\\r e appreciate the fact that the staff o} workers for Delhi

District is on both sides of the globe.

SONEPAT

Training School for Village Women.

Missionary:-:Ml's. R. E. Crane .

.My report should read like a weather report ., flurries and "ariable' '. for that is OUi' l'cCOI'd for the yea·1.'. Dur~g this time we han' had 11 women in the Training School, of whom three. are l(~ft. The Oldy ellcouraging thing about it is that t,,·o of the eleven art' nm\" working as Bible-readers. The .other six lIa\,(' left for one reason or another-mainly the small amount of tl1(> sd101arship .. Of t~llll'SP, they han' gained something from ilt'iIlI-! here, if only for a short time. :--;till it is discouraging fl'om otll' point \)i' yiew that the year's work has been so broken up and that we iU1Y,(' so little to report. In Home installl'Ps. I be­lieve that the ~lnnshis haye stopped at nothing in the way of inducements to gl'l })('oph' to come into the Training· School. Upon their arrival, th(~y find that only the scholarship, a house and native fwd will be given them, and naturally they arc disappointed and sconeI' or later they drift back to their villages.

'Vhy be Clealt , \Yhy go to school half of the day just to learn ti"('SOllh> things out of a book~ What differellt:\.' i~' th·~ world is flatT It is SO much simpler 10 go back t.o the accustomed lazy days with "nothing to do till tomorrow".

So we find that it is ouly the f('w-the "pxceptiOlls"-who ~l'e venturesome enough to navigak this difficult, unknown sea of

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, , schooling' '. You will wonder from this pessimistic tale whether we have

anything left of our Training School. Oh y(>s, we have plenty of mel1--sil1gIe men (and promising, on the whole). B~t I mourn the fact that we hayt' ~o few married men, for a single man is handicapped in yillage work. And besides, we need Bibh'-l'eadel'[O\.

l\ir. ('rane is now doing village work, and in each of the fifty Yillages whieh be has visited in thf' past 3 weeks he has been on the lookout for good material for the 'rl'aillillg-Jlot just (IUY man who is promising, but always fOl' 8 rH'omi~ing' man who has 811 equally promising ,,~ife--a large order, to l~l' sure. But we feel that a few of the right sort (who have experienced a can to work \ would be preferable to the old sysf erl1 or j i( st fI"'?:lbody. 'rhus W~ nave hop~ for a n!c,rf~ ;';lie··t~,~fu! ye:tr ahend.

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Meerut District MEERUT.

Howard Plested Memorial School.

Missiona,ries :-:Miss Gertrude E. Richards, Miss E. Warner, Miss Cline.

In the Meerut Girls' High Schoor there are the Primary, :Middle and High School divisions. In these departmeIits there are 180 girls enrolled, the total of whom are also boarders in the hostel. These along with 14 Normal Training girls comprise our large family, for which food arrangements must be made daily.

This year it has been the fat.e of the Girls' School to have a series of changes. For a year and a half :Miss Bobenhouse spent much of her time in extended correspondence and plans for the buildings which were so much needed. At that time :Miss E. E. Warner had charge of the School work and l\iiss Boben­house the office and host t>l plans. But when the money was about to be received Miss Bobenhouse was inyited to go to Ali­garh to help out with w'Ork which no one else eould do quite as well as she. l\fiss 'Varner was appoinh>d to the work of the Normal Training Department ,"'hile 1 was sent here to look after the High, l\1iddle and Primary work and t.o do the building which had been planned for in detail. The money was ready and plans were finished and all there was to do was to get the men on the job.

Aliss Cline has returned frOlll the Language School and j,;;

teaching two of the Hi~h School classes in English and getting into the way of helping the Primary teacheb; with bettt'!' metholh of. teaching, she herself being a kindergarten trained teacher.

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Spiritual n70rk of the ,school.

The girls all have prayers by groups in the dormitories before they come out to the school house for early morning study. An older girl reads her Bible to a-numher of little girls and tilen they all pray together. Sometimes they sing a hymn which they all know. At the beginning of school they have chapel, which is led by one of the teachers.

Every girl has a class in some part of the Bible every day. We use a Bible course study which has· been outlined' from the Berean Graded Lessons International course and translated into Urdu for our use. This year we are offering class prizes for the best final examination papers in Bible. I have gotten good ~bles to be used as prizes ana have sho"\\"l1 them to the girls to keep th~ idea of good work before them. We hope to ha\'c an improved record in the Bible this year.

One High School Class has profited by a course in Romans and the other class by a study in the Life of Christ. Just at pre;~ent we are planning a series of lessons from Psalm's which I am sure will have much in it to give a better understanding of God and yet ~elp to make Him: more personal to the girls.

During the year a class of fourteen girls was taken into the church in full membership. The S~nday service and mid­week prayer meetings for the children are in the hands of a capable~ spiritual Indian pastor. The girls respect and admir~ him and receive an unusual amount of help ~ from his teaching and prayer meetings ..

Health.

One of our own Meerut school graduates is serving as nurse and usually doctors the little ailments of eve:ryone. On the whole, we have had very little general sickneRs this year, that' is there has· been no epidemic in 011 r midst.

A case of typhoid last spring was perhaps our most serious CWJe. That was little Pansy Parshad, of seven and a half years.

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Three times she was about to slip away .and we did all we {'fluId to bring ber back. Each time she responded beautifully. She had had such a long run of fever that her poor little body was only skin and bones and it took her such a long time to regain her strength and to get a little flesh. But now she is well and strong with a whole new head of hair. Her eyes are usually dancing as slJe greets us with "Good :Morning" in English. We all helieyc that she was given back to us in answer to prayer. 1.1here must be SOffit· special work the Lord wants her to do. There was only one case of cholera and that was a light one. After two ,\'ee}\:s of treatment and rest she was able to be about. Her name is Kesri and she helps in the preparation of the girls 7

food.

Our third serious case was ;-':alome. You have heard of that beautiful Oriental nallle h('fore. hayen't you? She is a beauti-

.....• ful swee~ dispositioned girl of :-;ixte('l1 years. She went to her home during the two months of summer vacation and lost eight pounds. She was pale and lifeless when she came back. I asked the Cidl Surgeon to examine her and he said she had begun to de\'elop Tuberculosi:-; and should be kept by her­self where she could ha\'c sunshine and fresh air. We kept her on the roof of the hom;(' for three months with as much of c\'erything- as ".(. could gin' her to keep her happy and occupi­ed. Ouly just now she has stopped her coughing and so I han' allowed her to come down and to stay in an open room with only a few other girls. She had gained nine pounds and looks hetter than J han' l'H~l' set'll lwrl'. She has not gone back to ~chool yet for we ,"ant: to he sure that she is really well built up before sht' is allO\y('d to tax llt'l' llerves for any kind of work. Her father and 1ll0theJ' are so thankful to have her so nearly re­covered.

Aside from tlwse tlll're have b('en the ord~nary fever cases an(l sore '~yes and skin disew;es and boils ann til~.l like.

It takes 1 illlt' anil thought to plan dIP meals for t he children, but I am very sure that ODe thing is the key to better health of til(' ('hildrell. One luust ha\'(' the proper amount of time and

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money to plan with and be well acquainted with materials that are available during the ~·ear. If they are well fed and clothed aR the Sl~ason requir~s there will be mnch less sickness and they will be preparing to better the race as only health~' women can. }4'or this reason those who have had this problem on their hearts for yr:trs have been asking for the scholarships to be increased.

The girls themselyes are learning much about caring for their h~a1th and about cleanliness o( body and home.

Educational

Kine girls appeared for their Government {'xamination this year and they all passed. In the second year High S~hool they all passed and in the first year 84 per cent passed. In the lower classes there were a few more failures. The Urdu classes were behind where they should have been so some were not al-' lowed to go on. The Primary classe!$ have been 1 aught lltdu hy the Beacon Method for the last two years and therp has been a marked improvement in the Primary reading. So we have great hopes that by this method the Urdu of all the girls who pass through the school from now on may be improved.

The staff is composed of three Indian men who come from the GovernmeIlt College nearby and of nine splendid girlR.

They all can understand English well and most of them can carry on a conversation in English as well as we can. Some are want­ing to improv(' themselves by taking more training n~xt year. We hope this school may be able to giv{· a little aid in cases where it is needed. The Indian girls do apprrciate what is done for them.

There have heel! times during the short five years that I have been in India that I have thought that the girls should make more rapid progress in the several lines which we give them to do, but I know that I have exceptpd too much of them. I try to hold mYRelf patient to wait for the normal development which will come after years of study rather than to look for a superficial growth that will satisfy some at the present but

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will not be the fundamental development which India needs

so much.

Bui/dinu U lid Equipment.

The final decision Ol) building brought forth plans fOl' two "fl'

new rooms to he added to the main schol)l house. They 'were added to the east sides of the Jl(wth and south wings. One j:-;

used for the smallest class in the primary department and the other olle is for the se(-011<1 yl~'1l' of the ",orInal Training Depart­ment. This suppl.it·s tilt' lower pl'jmal'Y' elas:'\e:-; with all the rooms they need alld the uppel' classes are also well provided for. But the third and fOUl'th standards are without the protection that they really need.

A short wall was built along a npoarby road to give the teachers the protection that \"as needeJ from passers-by. It makes the spac(' between the school l;ou~:e and the High School boarding-house a \'pry ni('e place for gal'dens and for the tea­chers to go nbout with a little more freedom than they cared to take under t he old circumstances.

In the hostel C01l11)ound the old hospital was located wh~n· it could be easily turned intu a separate cOIlllpound for t Ii::

teachers to liYe in. So during the vacation time I had a kiteh­(111 built Clnd repaired the old walls and had it all fixed up as clean as pussible, so the teachers would be able to start out their year '8 wOI'k uuder as go~d circumstances as we could give them.

The new hospital was built between the High and }Iiddle School compouud with the fare towards the south. It has three large rooms for the sick and a room for the nurse. Forty fcet from this is the ini('ctiou8 ward where we shall be able to send the girls who must be kept alone. The school was started more than 25 yeal's ago, but this is the first that the.re has been anything like a suitable place for the contagious diseases .. Near the teachers' quarters and the hospital and the infectious ward there have bee~ a number of slllall pieces of wall built to keep

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• 'each kind of sheep in its separate pasture".

The old dormitories haye all had their roofs mended and where the tiles needed to be repaired those have been finished. There~ were proper openings made in the High School dormit­ory so the girls will have better air to breathe all tlll' t illw. On

• the far soutb side of the compound there is a new line of bath­ing places for the girls. Every place where there was a IH't'd

for a drain good strong ones have been built and it seems now that the compound is well drained inside the boarding quarters.

In the scbool house there have been 84 slah' blackboard~ placed in the wall, 40 new desks for tthe upper classes, several new tables, all new maps and a globe and a lot of new books. We feel quite set up, you may well believe.

This has seemed to be a year Ycry full of the materia) things, such as bricks, mortar, wood for doors and door frames, plans for hospital supplies and the like. There has not been as much time fol' the directly spiritual things as there was in other years, but at the same time I know that all tJH'se things are very Ycry essential for the development of Indian woman­hood. This has been a happy year in spitt· of all the different things that have been coming up before me· at on(' time. \Vhen the fathers and mothers were here to see the new buildings and an exhibition of the children':-; writing, drawing, sewing and geometry it was more than a full compensation for all the extra trouble that had to be undertaken. That was the big dday of the dedication of the new buildings.

Village Educational Work.

Missionary:- Miss E. E. Donohugh.

Being a missionary motor is almost as much fun as being a mi~sionary. I joined the service in July 1922. The rains were on but my mi~ional'Y had just returned from Kashmir mouutain climbing, so out we went. At first my feelings were pretty mueh hurt by being loaded with tin boxes, lunch baskets, rolls of' bed"

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ding, water bottles and bags of coal in addition to four humans, but after a few trips I began to like it for it always meant a lark.

During the rains we had great times, visitep. all of the 71 schools in both Meerut and Bulandshahr Districts that were on the "pakka" roads (pakka means good in opposition to cross­eountry roads) so we saw about 45 schools. We travelled 1,500 miles those first six weeks. The air was refreshing; the sky was /

full of elouds; the sun smiled between showers and when the rain fell it transformed the high road~ into lakes. We never knew what a day held for any of us but we always had curtains, rain­coats and water-proof sh€ets within reach.

Of' course my job is to get my load to its destination and to gel it home again- I have never failed. The hal'dest test lipon my temper "is standiug by the hour in a nar­row little stl'eet in a tiny village w1-~ile the missionary and hel' Indian assistant visit the schools. I hate just standing still and being stared at but I have found even that can be turnej into amusement by acting as a mirror :for the children. \Vhen they cat.ch a glimpse of their faces in my polished doors the fU~l begins and we have an entertainment on the side. I also lik<: it when the schools are held out under the trees. The children tell fine Bible stories and sing well, many times accompanying their song's with a drum. They read interesting stories about the former rulers of India cwd ,,,rite letters and" do SUIllS' '. 1

like it hl'st whell the small children play their reading' g'amCti with the Beacon reader and chart. They build sentences with little word cards, write in the sand with their fingers and read long word" and sentcnct'R like big boys.

Christmas Hay we went eight miles to Loni 'where they were holding a ('i1risl IllilS jalsn. 'l'he school boys gave a drill, re­{~ited \'{'I'~il'S alld snllg, and 1\\'0 of the Ghaziabad school bOYR ga \'{. !.:.T(,t:tiJlg-s from their school.

I mi~Hed the Ghaziabad SchoollH'()gl'amnH~ but my RiRtt']" Ford tells me thM th('~' had a gTt'at time. ·Tll(' school was crowded with fathers and friends so that many sat on the roof. The little

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~hildren played teacher and t.aught the classes. They read the Bible verses for the day: gave a (l1'ama on Hygiene and one on 'l'emperance and all togetlwi' iH1J a fine tillle. 'l'he buIlding was ga~' with paper pennants. Hug',; aJHl fivwcr~ prepared and hung by the children.

Di~trict COnferl'Hl"t'; nre a bOi'e and I had one in Buland­shahr in October and one in Meerut in November. The teachers and preaehers all ClJllh.'· in ·allJ have fiue meetings. It is good

.for them but vcry mOllo~onous for me. However, the Xew Year is here. I have covered 2,451 miles

in my six months and I must get back to work. I have 300 children in Bulandshahi' and 7S3 in :Meerut District to visit this year in the 71 schools.

One of tJte happy JI-ission G1'01lp, ..

Ford Touring Car D 19R3.

Evangelistic Work.

Missionary :-Estella ~f. Forsyth.

Tht Unusual Often Happens.

One day with the Indian preachers-in-charge of a circuit and a group of Indian workers ,\YC entered a village a;nd went direct to th(' homes of several Christian families. Before be­ing seated for the meeting some one beckoned to us to go down a certain alley and upon arriving at the turn of the road, to our great amazementt we found fifteen hundred men seated on the ground and standing on the walls surrounding a natural amphi­theatre. It was a feast for the dead and the ceremonies were taking place. The majority of this crowd were Chamars (leather-work:..

ers), a people a~ong whom there is a great movement these days. This old heathen custom has a great hold upon the people and unlexs they have a real change of heart it is most dtfficult fo)' them to give it up. We stepped into the midst of this gather­jug and the preacher alld I were given seats. There was a viI-

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lage band and several men dressed as dancing girls. Taking advantage of this unusual situation we asked if we might speak to them. Permission was given and for a time we talked to them about the plan of salvation. We returned to the homes of the Christians but not a "el'Y enthusiastic meeting was held that day. 'rhere was too much excitement in that small village with so many outside guests. The scenes and problems. that g-reet us are almost as many and varied as the number of vil­lages and i.t is this never ending variety which makes life exciting for the itinerant.

r( rs(;(~utions Cont1·n'ltc.

Many of the villa~e Christians of Meerut District will be abl(· to sympathize "'ith the Christians of the early Church when they have a chance to talk it over on the other side, for these too, have been buffeted and beaten. The~T have been turned out of t~ir homes and their ancestral rights have been treated as naught.

A fine old Christian man from one of the yillag-es near Ghaziabad appeared on Our verandah in a pitiable condition. He was bruised and bleeding from the beatings of his feUm,: \'illagers. A few days ag-o a high caste Christian woman from the ,J ats shewed me where she had heen cruelly beaten by men ill her village, men from the J at caste who were angry bec:ms~' she had accepted the Christian relig-ion. In a' village whe:'c several hundred baptisms had r(~{'.ently taken plac(' the land­lords warned the newly baptized ones that they must If'aYe their homes in that plnce. One villager said. lC Christ suffered much for us, why should WI:' not suffer for Him," \Ye man'?} at their patien'ce and faith.

I ntcresting Baptisms.

With a crowd of non-Christian Cl:amars snrl'oundiIl~ the scene, a ChamaI' Christian PI'('sl'ntl'(l his wift' aud foul' l'ltildt'ell for baptism. Evidently his friends had bL'{,ll propIH";yiug th:lt

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at the time of· baptism some great calamity would befall them for ~ the last child was baptized he called out triumphantly to' the cro\\"(l "Did an.,-thing happen 1"

In Oll,e day 314 baptisms in one vilhige took place Rud from the jv,vous 100lts on the faces of this group aud from the victori­ous note of the hymns they sang it was evident that Christianity lsa religion of triumph Rnd joy.

l'ot only does the. l\Ia.ss '~lovement prevail among what - J!indu society has been pleased to call low caste people but the

.Jats and Brahmins are coming, too. Only a few days ago it ",;as my good fortune to visit in several Jat Christian h(}m('~ and it was a great joy to witnes.~ the baptism of the first J at family to come out in a certain city. While. the preacher 'was warning them of what might come afterward in the line of per­secution the man called out courageously, "Bring the water, we are' not afraid". .,

The. Spirit of God moves· mightily in'Meerut District.

The Challenge. . .

Along with the encouraging features of -the work in l\{eerut District come visions of possibilities which are quite overwhelm­ing.

In one town there are 900 Christains with no resident pas­tor. Once a month at least the Preacher-in-charge of the cir­cuitvisits this flock. There is neither a Church nor a Church­bell to summon the people to a central place. 'fhe preacher must ,~it the peop)e in their homes.

When the District Superintendent says that instead of four thousand baptisms in the past year there 'might have

, been forty thousand if our forces had been sufficient to care for such large numbers, we. realize that only the Lord .of the Harvest can undertake for such an ingatherlng. And when we rem~mber that He expec~ us t{) prevail in prayer for the people we see a ~rcat ministry, of intercession opened to us.

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'rile Christian women from th,e Chamar caste are a great host in our midst and their 'children are to be the leaders of to­l:i;Jl'l'OW, VjlJa~l' after village and community after com­munity are asking m; for schools and teaching. When we tell them ., The harvest 1:-; great aml th(' laborers few" and that we have llO one for their village, they look at us with grim determin-ation and SHY, ,. \V l' must have a teacher for OUT children in this l'illaYf ana han' one soon.

Opportunities fraught with great-possiblities are our em­barassment

We look to Him and to you.

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Muttra District l\fiTTTRA,

Blackstone Missionary Institute.

Mi.ssz.onaries :-:~Inss Clancy, l\liss G. Boddy, Miss F. Clark.

Number of students on the roll in the English Department:­Anglo-Indians, four; Indians, eight. Graduates from this de­parment this year. six; nearly all of wbom are in mission work and are making good leaders. l-Iany missions and areas are represented in this school.

The Yernacular Department has had enrolled fifty-five. Graduates during the year have been nineteen. Some of. these are teaching, othe)" are the wives of preachers.

!tir. Blackstone has again given us RB. 500 for practical evangelistic ·work. \V' e need a Ford bus so that we may carry on yjIlage schools from this as a centre.

Our fine building for widows 'with little children who come for Bible training, also for converts and teachers is now in pro­eess nf construction. A new segregation building and class­rooms will also be built. "~e thank the W. ~'. M. S. for ~his generous gift. Through this "building we shall be able to edu­eate ",idows for God's service.

Girls' Boarding School,

Missionary :-Miss Boddy.

The year comes to an end with nothing very unusual to report, and with no special complaint of any kind to make. Like last year ,we have had many (lemands for admission, but contrary to last year, our funds have not been so close. This is due to two reasons. One reason is that grain and all kinds

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of messing supplies have been much more reasonable in price, and also an emergency grant from home has made us feel easi­~r financially. A large number of little girls who have come Lhis year i.." more than we have had for ~\"ears. They have fitted mto school very nicely, and those who have parents "Tite that they enjoy school "ery much and are ver~' happy hel'e.

'Ve have started 10 put in English in the B dass, first class and Necond class. It remains to be seen what success this new vent nrc will meet. But English is so difficult, it seems that it ought to have a great deal of time given to it. Our classes in Bible did well in their examination again this ,\ "?,J', and there is great interest in the Bible classes. Some of the smaller classes ilnpersonate characters, and they ~.,t very excited over this device. They also act out certai:q stories and make another group gouess what the y:ue acting. 'Ye bave applied for a grant for black-boards, desks, teachers' tables and chairs and mat­ting!:). 'rhis money has not yet been granted, but we hopp that we may be given this mOlley. Five gil'hi out of six passed the middle examination this y<,'ar. \Ve hUlle that our results may be as good, but we doubt this as the claRs work ha!-> had to be handled h~' various IWOP]P. due mainly to tIll' sickness of ~fiss

{,hestel' who had to Le g-i\"(~n a year leave. The official repol·t of the school last year was most favourable aud encouraging.

The IIissar District is planning to sl'nd their girls to Lahore next year, and if !>plhi District C:l11 goet its new school in a short tnnc, we will have abundant room to 1 ake in all the girls who may ask for admission. At present we have fourteen from Hissa .. District, and forty-three from Delhi District. This ~kes it big number indeed, so our numbers together with these~ total almost one hundred and sixty.

Evangelistic Work :-Ida A Farmer.

"Jai, Jai, Jai, Masih kf Jai!" "Yictory, Victory, Victory, Victory be to Jesus". As we sit down to write the report the

victories of OH' ~'('al' come before us and we ha"l' to sing-. We

see that Mohulla where we found six shrines iu front of one

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house and several m·ore under nearby trees all built to prot(~Ct one dear little babe from the wrath of the gods. We see aga III the look ()n that mother's face as the struggle went on 111 he:r:­be.art. The decision was being made as to whether she wouhl trust her shrines or the ~ne true God. We hear her sayar. she looks up into the face of the missionar~', "I want to have my baby baptised." yv e see the, men of the Mohulla tearing down every shr'ine, and hear them singing as they work, J ai, J ai, J Jli,

~Iasih ki Jai." Then \ye see that happy mother and her chubby baby as we saw them eight months later. and hear her say as she points to where the shrines were "I used to trust them. N.ow I trust God. He takes care of my baby. n

Now another vision comes before us. It is evening time. Seven­ty people are gathered for a service,. but under a tree is a shrine with marks of worship of the gods on it. The people are call­ing, "Sing, S~g. Let u.s begin the Service. \Ve are all r~ady . ., But it isn't the tinle for song. I t is the time for repentance, .A straight gospel message is given, then a command " ehoose )'e ill three days whom ye will serve," and the c\'angelistic party de­part, but as they go they know that the Promised One, who will lead all who will follow into truth, will not leave those simple people to make their dpcisioll alone. 'fhe tnr('(> following days are busy ones for tlw villages are many and far apart, but they are not too busy for timl for j'rayer. At. the elJd-no-­before the end of the given time we heal' them calling us. The shrines are all des1I'o-fed, and we all sing together, " "Victory! Victory! Victory! Victory be to .J esus ! ' ~

Another scene. It is mid-day ill the l"alll)' season. The District Superintendent and the cyangelist ha,'c h(>l'l1 called to a distant village for several famili~'s of Chamars (the caste next higher tha11 the SWpep(lrs)" have ue(:ided to become Chris,

tians and tIH~Y ha,'c ask('d for baptism. This is the fil'st hl""ak among the Chamars in J11lttra District. \Yitb prai~e!; of than]n;gh'ing they make t Iw1 journey. The l)(~oplp of the yj1- . lage come out to lneet them. We sef' again the crowd gath(~l·pd abo'ut the Mohullas, ~he mud-fence top covered with people,

lCUTTBA. DISTRICT. 81

women closely veiled looking down from the roofs, one old w.o­man flying around among the assembled group trying her best to persuade them to give up the idea of being, Christians, but the service goes on. Twenty-four are baptised. Others expected to be but could not be present. On the way baclt to Muttra four are met who are hurrying home to be at that service. They are as anxious to be baptised as was Phillip's companion. They believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. What doth hinder' The heavy rainfall has fille4 the ditches with water. We see them kneeling thelle by the pool by the roadside and we hear, "In the nam.e of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost I baptise thee."

Another scene. Evening again. One hundred and twenty­five men, women, and children are sitting under the evening sky. Padri Sahib is giving a message that is touching every heart, Eight high caste Hindu ~oung men draw near and on invitation sit down with the workers. As Padri Sahib close3 his talk one asks permission to speak, saying that he will say nothing against Jesus Christ. Padri Sahib grants permission and the young man steps forward. He tells the people, who • are sweeper Christians, that he and they are all one body of Indians and that they should not be separated. He says that some are made to be hands, some are made to be feet, some the head, and that they must remain united. As he speaks the headman of the Christian becomes very restless, and as soon as there is opportunity he comes before his people and says, "This man tells us that we must stand united with the Hindus that we are all a part -of the same bodY--I:;Ollle are the head, some the hands and some are the feet. If that is so and they think that we are a part of that body why is it that they wont let us go into their temples f \Vby is -it that they will not come near us. :Vook !What have they ever done for us f They think us th~ feet. Yes, we are the feet, but thank God we have found that we don't have to remain the feet. Look all over India to~day and see where our people are. See what positions they are occupying. They have risen above being the

·B! • MUTTBA DISTRICT •

feet. Jesus Ch~ist has lifted us! Jesus Ghrist has lifted 'Us/" As he closes the congregation rises to its feet and breaks forth into singing, "J ai! J ai! J ai! ~lasih ki J ai !" and the young men disappear into the darkness.

Just one more. I t is morning time. Four children have hastily eaten their breakfast and are hurrying away from home. · • \Y here are you going" The answer comes, "Weare going to our schooL" There was no school in all the city of Agra that would admit us because our grand-parents were sweep­ers. They became Christians and had their children taught other work. Father is a cook and mother a nurse in an officer's family, but still the schools wouldn't admit us, so our mis­sionary Miss Sahiba has opened the school in the Mission Church and we are go-iug there. We haven't missed a day of school In two month;..; although the Mission is two miles from our home ind some days it has rained very hard. Children from different parts .of the city are coming to school. Our Padri Sahib's wife, tWO Bible-women and a Munshi will be there to teach us. Good 11ye.. \V c must hurry or we will be late to prayers, and we love Ule Bible teachings and the bhajans, especially, 'Yisu Masih ki

• Jai!'

rrhese are just a few of the scenes that come before us. Wllose work will you ask' The Holy Spirit's, the faithful Padres', the Munshis', Bible-women's, and the noble people I ; Home who are supp.orting the work by their prayers and their mone:y. 'l'he "evangelist can only make the rounds once in two years becam:;e the territory is so large. Her's is a small part. Miss Well~ Waj) with us until May, then left to attend College at Lal J3agh. Doubtless slle will return again after her four years' course. We miss her very much.

In a few weeks another cOl1~erellCe year will draw to its close, and with it the eyangelist '8 .firlSt term of service. .As she tarns her face homeward she thinks she will hear the cry of a JlHlll who came into a ,·illage in the .jungle just as the service bad closed and the evangelistic party were: driving away in the twilight,~" Stop and tell me 1 0 stop and tell me! 1 didn't

MUTTRA DIATRICT. 83

hear. Tell me what you told them 0 stop and tell me," then the pleading voice of a woman will fall on her ear, "When will you come again' If you can't come, will you send another'" It looks now as though there would be no one to take her place. 165 asked for last year. Only 55 volunteered. Oh if they only knew the JOY of it all !

As a little child the evangelist used to sing­"I want to be an angel, And. with the angels stand. A crown upon my forehead, A harp within my hands."

but she has chapged her mino. Give her a sun topi and a Ford for she would rather be a mis.~ionary.

Brindaban Medical and Evangelistic Work.

, , Ten -shun! one, two, three!" Then a proper mil ~ t ..... --­salute, and twenty ragged urchins run from the dispensary shouting, "Salam Miss Sahiba, Salam Miss Sahiba". They are the boys from the Christian school in Brindaban, who come every day for a dose of spleen mixture, and a lime to take the bitter taste. Malaria has been so bad this year that few have escaped, arid because of carelessness ill coming for treatment the disease has become chronic in most cases. During September, October, and November 41 per cent of all neW' cases were of malaria. In October when the epidemic was at its worst. the district workers came to Mnttra for summer school an:i conference. Some had fever when they came and many more took it dur­ing the m'onth. All were in fairly good condition when they returned to their homes. We tried to do a little special child welfare work at summer school this year. One day all the oabies under one year were examined, another day all from one to five. The little ones were given a Health Certificate with a record of the examination and th~ result. Those WllO

were well among the others were given a coin as a prize.

Lu. ()Dr work we discover many who are really seekins: fa'

MUTTBA DISTRICT.

truth. In offering a Gospel to a Sadhu he said, c, I want some­thing whereby I shall never be weary or thirsty any more. He looked weary too as though he had travelled m~y weary miles 8S the pilgrims do in search of salvation. How gladly we read such passages of scripture to him '.' He that drinketh of the water which I shall give him shall never thirst again"l John 4. 14 and "Coine unto me ye weary, and I will give you rest." Mat. 12. 28.

The Melas afford splendid opportunities for selling the Gos­pels and it means much to place the word of life into hand~ of the people while we pray that -the Holy Rpirit may illuminate the pages. During a recent }Iela a little boy was pleading with !tis father said angrily c, If you read that book you will become ~ Christian." A'Ild it is true that when our words fail to make an impression there is an irresistible power in the Word of God and a magnetic drawing power in the story of the Cross that will not fail to attract sooner or laater.

We are yery glad that we are permitted to go into the Zenana homes. We have much hidden fruit there, fruit that will remain and one day perhaps in the near future will be made manifest. We wish we could give glowing accounts of -many conyersions. We cannot do this, nevertheless we know that He who supplies our seed for sowing, will take care of it alid one day there will be a golden harvest.

Dispensary Attendance Hospitals and dispensaries Outcalls Inpatients Fees

1921 11308

3

149 Rs. 480

1922 10889

2 1047

179 Rs. 1036

BOORnE DISTRICT. 85

Roorkie ()istrict District Work.

Mi$~ona,ry :-Mrs. J. T. Robertson.

At Conference I was appointed to the District W()rk in charge of the Bible-women, as Miss Gabrielson our District Evangelist was going on furlough. I was also given the English Church work in Mussoorie as my husband was appointed pas­~or there. So we have had a double job, keeping us very busy. The conclusion would be, that while up in Mussoorie from April to October, one could not be in the villages of the District, although my husband had to come down at inter­yah; (Mussoorie i!'; within the bounds of this District). Never­theless after taking over charg-e I communicated with the sec­l'f>taries who support our work, and made some visits on the District. By' correspondence with the women and their preach­ers-in-charge I haYf> kept in touch with the individual and the work in general.

At the close of the year, as one looks over the calendar there is nothing but thankfulness and praise to God for His guidance and help and blessings.

There are fifty-t.hree Bible-readers besides the Evangelist Teachers working within the bounds of th Rurki District, and we owe grateful thanks for their support to Minneapolis, North­western, .Pacific, Topeka, and Cincinnati Branches.

Death has been in our midst and taken his toll. Sunder Lance was in our Tubercular Sanatorium at Tilaunia where her husband and children gathered to see her for the last time. She was a quiet but strong character. Though called to higher service, we know that her work and infiuence remains. Another sister" from among the Evangelist Teachers was suddenly taken by .pneumonia whose progress and deVelopment of character

86 BOORKEE DISTRIOT.

had been interesting to watch.

The generai condition in the villages is much the same as you had last heard, but in the larger centres Khilafat and Non­co-operation movements were strong, there has been a slackening off; our workers have been able to go among the people.

Though there have been more baptisms this year than last, yet we trust that in the near future we may have a great gathering in.

I expect to cover a good deal of ground during the cold weather with my husband and thus see t.he work and workers.

Village Training School.

The report for 1922 is very similar to that of the preced­ing year. The personnel has changed very little while five names have been on the roll most of the year. Sickness and transfers have accounted for the change in teachers. In Sep· tember a new pupil recently baptised was admitted, so that she may learn and develop and be better fitted to co-operate with her husband-a worker of several years standing.

Compound and Hostel.

Missionary:-Mrs. W. Dye.

During the past year, we have had on an average 74 boys in our Hostel, but shall be glad when we can start building another wing, as at present the Hostel is very much overcrowded.

We are still without a Compounder or Nurse, so the medical care of our large family and also all the workers on the Compound has kept my hands full, and at times given me no small an:mety. On the whole however the health of the boys and workers has been above the average.

Educationally our boys have done well, if not brilliantly. Most of those attending the High School were promoted at th~ end of the school year; two taking tht) 1ir.st pJaees in their

BOOBEEE DISTRICT.

respective classes.

The spiritual tone of the Hostel too, we are glad to say, steadily improves. We have a thriving Loyal Temperance legion which is very profitable: ·It is good to witness the boys stand and make their pledge' closing with "my head, my hand, my heart for God."

Mussoorie English Church.

Missionary :-Mrs. J. T. Robertson.

It has been my privilege to help my husband in the Eng­lish Church work, ~Iussoorie, which Dr. and Mrs. Buck had sustained for !fourteen years. We had the opening service April the 2nd. with an appreciative attendance of twenty. Right through the season the interest and attendance was good.

The weekly "At Home" in our house was well attended and the social hour proved a mutual benefit.

To visit the people in their homes took considerable time, but it afforded opportunities for the personal touch :-there were the sick and sad, and perplexed and bereaved as well as those who were light of heart. The children attending our Sunday School opened doors "'''here we got acquainted with .;heir parents. °'l'he Ii ttle folk came regularly though the per­sonnel changed as people came and went from the plains. We had a faithful band of teachers with Mr. Mumby as Superintendent.

The last Sunday in October closed the season '8 work:­forty-four persons were present, of whom thirty-four partook of the Lord's Supper. It was a very precious time!

Though the Church was closed and the people dispersed, we know the messages were like good seed in many hearts. To Him be the glory!

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88

Girls' Primary School.

Missiona,ries :'--8. Edith Iw.ndall; Margaret 1. E. Hermiston.

The first chapter of our 'senool history may be said to haye closed, and a new one begun. Only a short time ago we were a school of beginners of various ages and ,sizes. By a system of quarterly examinations and promotions all who were cap­able of advanceing rapidly have been allowed to do so, and our Inspectress no longer sighs over the congestion in the Preparatory Department. The higher classes are filling up. In July our entire Third Class. passed into the Fourth, and the six girls of the Fourth Class all passed in the Fifth, and have' gone to other schools. Our staff is the strongest we have had, and real enthusiasm for learning is coming to this long­lleglected district.

A beginning of Government Grant-in-Aid was received in MarCh, another from the Sub-Board, and a third has been promised from the Municipal Board. Each is a small grant, but we hope to earn ~arger ones next year. Of greater value than the money received is the linking up of our school with the plans for Primary Education by Indian Educationists. We have ceased to be an isolated 1tfission School, and have become a part of the India that is to be. To have all our classes inspected by a Mohammedan gentleman from the Sub-Board was a new experience the other day. PerhaJ?s the ~Iunicipal Board will send a Hindu Inspector. Our Circle Inspectress, and the Chief Iuspectress, both ladies of fine Christian spirit, have been welcomed during the year. Thus our school is arous­ing sympathetic attention from various angles .

.AS to health, our record has been unusually good. Mumps held sway during the hot season, preventing our closing for the summer vacation, but Malaria, our old enemy, has been kept at bay almost entirely. The plan for better food and more clothing, decided upon last year, continues to give good results.

The District Conference, just closed, was a time of happy

•

ROORKEE DISTRICT. 89

reunions between parents and children. One afternoon we U!.

vited. the parents to an exhibition of the children's work. rrhere were displays of writing, arithmetic, maps and sewiJlg~ and clay models of cooking utensils, animals, birds and fruits, and even a creditable motor-car! The v:illage of mud houses, with thatched roofs, which is springing up in .one end of the kindergarten room, was a centre of interest, as was also their garden outside. Many parents gained a new appreciation of what their children are learning. A short program following the exh~bition was also instructive on this point. 1111 this pioneer school we are slowly, but surely, disarming many long standing prejudices against education.

Interest in Sunday School is keen. Last quarter a pic­ture card was offered to each pupil who could repeat the thir­teen Golden texts. Every girl, even to the tiniest~ won the promised reward. .The credit was due to the monitresses who ~ad vied with each other in drilling each her own group of girls.

We are altogether a very happy family, but when we re­tl1ember the dear little ones we have to send away from this, their !)wn district school to other schools, and the waiting list of gjrls who' can get no school privileges until we take them in, our hearts are sad. Weare supposed to have only fifty in our hos1el-we have actually sixty-five, and could very soon get fifty more if we had the accommodation.

We cannot say yet that the land adjoining, which we hope to buy, is ours. There are difficulties in the way, but very soon we trust they will all be removed, and we, at long last. able to prosecute our plans for extension.

ST ATISTICS.

NAMES OF DIS­TBlCTS AND CIR·

CUlTS,

ALIGABH DIST.

Allgarh Cburcb AUgarh Circuit Atraull " Chandaus .. Cbbarra ., Hatbras .• Iglas .. Jalali " Kbatr .. Murean " Sasnf .. Situdra Bao East. Sitandra Hao West. Tappa)

Total

BULAlIlDBBABB DIRT.

Anupabahr Circuit Anrangabad .. BulaDdababr II

Bellocbpul' " BU •• pur 0' Dfbal " Dac1rJ .. Gulaotbt 't JabaD.lrabat1 " Burja •• Paba81l .. 8fkaDc1araba" " 811ua 'f Shtkarpur .,

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StatisticB of the North-weBt I11dia Women's Conference

CHURCH MEMBER.

\ SUMMARY,

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WOMIIN IN THII CHURCH.

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200 )00 75 70

100 41

139 19s-l

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CHURCH MmMBBlB.

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MIlERUT DIAT.

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CHURCH MEMBER·

NAMES OF DI8-TRICTS AND CIR­

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MUTTRA Dls'l'.

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Circuit

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nGUKI DIIT.

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In Detacbed Sen'lce On Furlougb

GRAND TOTALS.

SUinfABY.

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Total

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WOMEN IN THE CHURCH.

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7.. 29 1 3 S 9 7 21 9 2;

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1.75.700 450

21,400 1.10.965 1.1lI.tltIll

32.000

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Statistic8 of the North-west India Women's Conference for the llew' ending 31st October, IgeB: eo

MEDICAL WORK.

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NAMES OF HOSPITALS. 0 Ui Ui ~ It)

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GJl.uro r.roTALS.

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Delhi

Meerut

Muttrll

Roorkee

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Statistics of the North- 'West India Women's Conjere1tCt!

EDUCATIONAL -SCHOOLs. TIIlACB- PUPILs. PRO·

EBS. EN. --- ---

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ALIG4RH DIST. I I I I I Louisa Soules Girls' Scbool 1 40 1 1 181M 12 ... ... 166 184 166 16 68,7 Girls' Vocational Scboo) ::: 1 48 2 3 'I'" ..... 60 60 170 60 14 65, Training School Women's Dept. ... 1 40... ... 1 ... ...... 4 4 ... 4

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~I ViIlageaodDay Schools ... _~-~=::.:_~j~::.-_:::~~ :: :~I~"_::

BULANDSHAHR D~::~I ... sa ... 3 4 _~I_ ~~ 12 .. 64 486 3541

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----- ---!--I-I--50; - :

Total... 2i ... 1 1 29 If'S... ... 6 1711 ... 1 H~ 21 4. rIO 1

-I I Training :"Eo~~::~::n's Dept.... lr -: ~ ~ -1 - ... - - 8 - ti -II ~Ii---

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Tota I ... sa ... 1... 33 28N ... ... I:!:'>OO .. ·1 ~!I 1 2, 9001 -I

MEERUT DU'lT. -- --1--- 1- - - --

I Howard Plested Mpmorial School. 'fraloiog Scbool, Wompo's Tlppt .... Village aDd Day Rcbools ...

1 40 2... 15: 135129 17 14 195 IV.! 192 10 II),} Ul'

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Blackstone Missionary lostitute ... Eogllsb Training Ut>partment ...

3 2 .,. I H 62.111 W,

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., 30.... 49 6Of.... ... 504 ... 2"...0... ...

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Total... 20 ... 1 1 27 381... ... 8 3R9 74 854 9 16.0 -4 -a I

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GKANn"'oTAUI ... 200 ---1.2[_8265 2.88965171823103 826;;OO285J4 _. _._- - ---I' - --Rlhlt· Tr81:::;~::::;8 ... 1 37,2,1 1 8 I 61 61 61 '61 1162.110 Hoarding I'l('boo)s ... 4 4{J 5, 2 44 "(,12 i 17 14 008 1)95 005,86 lfi389 'I'ralnlng Schoo's tor VIII: WrlmPD 6 89 2i fJ ... ...... 411..£ "'1· 4'7 ••.• Villagf'! and Day RC'hoolfi ... Ifill 30 Ii 2 200 2.a:n

l..... 1-"" 1852 8 8.

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for tlte year end~ng 31si October, 1922.

STATISTIC8.

PEIlTY AND DOWMIIlNT.

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I' 2,783 1.424 17,40913,761 2 17,436 21'199~ .... 186

280i14.911... 805 15,996 ... i 70 16,300 16.370j 374 1.3 .... ... i'" 1 ... ... • 289

i-- -- -:-- ---I ---!- --- -- - --- -:.::-!-- ---- ---- -- - -'42.{)(~ ~:!~ ·.:::_::.:_I_~~f~;:::~20:":~.~1 ..:~! 33.4115 ~~~I __ :: ~~~ _:?~~!i..! __ ~ I I Ii: I: I I '" ... I'" ... I ... I ... , ... ...... II'" ... I'" ... 1_::: _~~' :::: __ :::_ :::J!~~~i_ 1= _~1 3.365!_:::_,_!~ _!:'~1_!·5~ ":~I_' 63

i... 100 ... ... i ... ! :i.O():! 132 231 3.36r, ... I' 100 3.388 3.578 213 1 6~ .--- . --! - --- -- --1--- ---r---I--I---:18.500 ... . • .1 .- : ... I, ::: I ::: 342

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1 I I I 674 8 33 '26s 7 ;g19 S:OIfi I 54 "1 ti I

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11

Report of the EVangelist Teachers' Fund 1922.

RECElI'T8.

From

Cincinnati aud

The Names of 146 Women on the Roll.

R'·. A. 1'. Ex PI::\, BITe KE.

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.\Ii!.!arh District

Bulalldshahr Distril:t

1;.1>'01 '1 0 Delhi

lIeerut

~lllt t ra

Total for :-:'alal'it'~

Aligarh I>i~t!'i("t

Bulalldshabr Di~trict

Delhi

:'IIl'ernt

.Muttra

Total to X. 'V. I, (\\111'.

Iudu" RiYer :"iUlllllll'!'

Total to Indus River

Total Expc!ldi turl'

Credit Bal:lIll't'

tJ,lRO () 0

Rs. A. I'

! I:~I; II II

I ;{fiO

~I It

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!:IOI} 01 tJ

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Xi~1 0 II

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47 1;{ fJ

7~j

1°1 0

1-" I" II ;;, ;-.

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