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1 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 1915 ~,G\:}<. tt\4 s-;y w:', ;.,' 'l

2 SEVENTEENTH Annual Report OF THE KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SEOUL APRIL 22-27, 1915

3 EWHA'S EIGHTH HIGH SCHOOL CLASS

4 CONTENTS. Officers and Members 2 Minutes 3 Chemulpo DisfrictEvangelistie Work, Mrs. Olive Hardy-Lawton 9 Educational Report of Chemulpo District, Margaret I. Hess 11 Haiju Station Women's Report, Gertrude E. Snavely 14 Yeng Byen District Evangelistic and Educational Work, Mary Beiler and Mrs. V. H. Wachs 18 Evangelistic Work and Day Schools on Kongju, East and West Districts, Mrs. Sharp, Mrs. Swearer, Mrs. Williams and Miss Bair Pyeng Yang Evangelistic Report, Ruth E. Benedict 30 Educational Work, Pyeng Yang, Irene Haynes, Medical Report of Pyeng Yang Hospital, Mrs. Rosetta S. Hall, M. D. and Miss Mary M. Cutler, M. D Ewha Haktang, Lulu E. Frey, Olive F. Pye, Lola Wood, Charlotte Brownlee, Jeannette Hulbert and Alice R. Appenzeller Medical Report of Lillian Harris'Memorial Hospital, Mary Stewart, M. D. and Naomi Anderson, R. N. 50 Seoul Evangelistic Work,Jessie Marker The Bible Woman's Training School, Millie M. Albertson 57 Appointments. 61 Language Course of Study -63 Statistics...

5 Officers and Members of the Korea Woman's Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, President,... 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, Statistical Secretary, Rosetta S. Hall, M. D. Mary M. Cutler, M. D. Lulu E. Frey, Mary R. Hillman, Ethel M. Estey, Mrs. Alice H. Sharp, Lula A. Miller, Henrietta P. Robbins, Jessie B. Marker, Gertrude E. Snavely, Emily I~ Haynes, Millie M. Albertson, Ora M. Tuttle, Ifuldah A. Haenig, Ruth E. Benedict, Mary Beiler, Hanna Scharpff; Mary S. Stewart,.M. D. Olive F. Pye, Grace L. Harmon McGary, Grace L. Dillingham, A. Jeannette Walter, Noami A. Anderson, Blanche Bair,. Charlototte Brownlee, Margaret 1. Hess, Alice R. Appenzeller. Lola A.,Wood. Mande V. Trissel. Officer~l Mrs. W. C. Swearer. Mrs.C. D. Morris. Mrs. W. A. Noble. Miss Ruth E. Benedict. Miss Naomi Anderson. Miss Lula A. Miller. Mrs. D. A. Bunker. Members. Mrs. Margaret Bengel Jones. Mrs. W. A. Noble. Mrs. Mary Harris Follwell. Mrs. D. A. Bunker. Mrs. E. M. Cable. Mrs. C. D. Morris. Mrs. A. L. Becker. Mrs. F. E. C. Williams. Mrs. W. C. Swearer. Mrs. Corwin Taylor. Mrs. W. C. Rufus. Mrs. A. H. Norton. Mrs. N. D. Chew. Mrs. B. R. Lawton. Mrs.. B. W. Billings. Mrs. J. D. Van Buskirk. Mrs. I. N. Miller. Mrs. Henry Taylor. Mrs. A. G. Anderson. Mrs. C. S. Deming. Mrs. Victor Wachs. Mrs. Paul Grove. Mrs. Orville Weller. Mrs. S. A. Beck.

6 MINUTES OF THE KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE The first session of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Korea Woman's Conference was held on the afternoon of April 21, 1915, at Ewha Haktang, Seoul. The meeting opened with the hymn "Trust and Obey.'" Mrs Lawton led in prayer. Our. President, Mrs. Sw-earer, led the devotional hour. Her message was indeed an inspiration to each of us 'as she told in a very real way the lessons which she had knrned about prayer during the past year. Thirty-one members responded to the roll can. It was moved and seconded to proceed to the election of officers. Carried. The following officers for the year were elected: President Mrs. w.e. Swearer First Vice President... Mrs. C. D. Morris Second Vice President Mrs. W. A.Noble Recording Secretary... Miss Ruth E. Benedict Corresponding Secretary Miss Lulu A. Miller Statistical Secretary... Mrs. D. A. Bunker Treasurer Miss Naomi A. Anderson The following Reference Committee was elected: Miss Lulu E. Frey Mrs. Alice Sharp Dr. Mary Cutler Miss Millie M. Albertson Miss Gertrude E. Snavely Miss Emily I. Haynes Moved that Miss Haynes be elected by aeclamation as Corresponding Secretary Pro Tern. Seconded. Carried. Moved and seconded to send Mrs. Chew, the only absent member of the Conference on the field, a post card shower. Carried. Moved that the Chairman. appoint a Commit'teec 00 Resolutions, consisting of three members. Seconded. Carried.

7 4 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE Moved that Miss Haynes be reappointed as a member of the Board of Control of the Pyeng Yang Union Academy for a term of two years; that the worker..appointed to Yeng Byen take Miss Beiler's place as a member of the Board of Contr91 and that Mr. Moore be nominated for two years' service on the 'Board of Control. Seconded. Carried. The following Editing Committee was appointed: Miss Bair, Miss Tuttle, Miss Appenzeller., Moved that the Resolutions be read at two sessions before they are voted upon. Seconded. Carried. Due to misund~~tanding,in regard to last;year's motion concerning the reports to be submitted this year, it was moved and seconded that all reports be read as prepared. Carried. Moved and seconded to have the reading of reports before the "Questionaire." Carried. The Chairman ~ppointed the following Committee on Resolutions: Miss Beiler, Mrs. Noble, Miss Brownlee. Moved to adjourn. Seconded. Carried. Thursday, April 22,2:30 P. M. Miss Beiler led the devotional hour~ Reading of minutes. The following Property Committee was recommended by the Reference Committee: ' Miss Frey, Dr. CUtler, Miss Hillman. The recommendation was accepted. Proceeded to the reading of reports. The Pyeng Yang Medical report by Dr. Hall, the Haiju Station report by Miss Snavely, the Seoul Evangelistic report by Miss Marker, the report of Sunday School work in Seoul by Mrs. Noble, the Seoul Educational report by Miss Frey and the Chemulpo Educational report by Miss Hess were read. Bishop Warne of India gave us a little talk. Moved and seconded to proceed to the "Questionaire" at our next session. Carried..

8 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 5 The session closed by singing the Doxology and the benediction was pronounced by the Reverend Mr. Moose. Friday, April 23, 2:30 P. M. Mrs. Noble had charge of the devotional hour. Reading of minutes. Miss Frey read communications, one concerning rules in regar~ to sending native girls to America, and the other a list of general rules and regulations. Proceeded to the reading of reports. The Chemulpo District Evangelistic report by Mrs. Lawton, the Kongju Evangelistic report by Mrs. Sharp, the Seoul Medical report by Dr. Stewart, the Bible Woman's Training School report by Miss Albertson, the Yeng By-en Evangelistic and Educational report by Miss Beiler, the Pyeng Yang Evangelistic report by Miss Benedict, the Pyeng Yang' Educational report by Miss Haynes were read. ' Bishop' Harris asked' for an expression of our opinion concerning the 'closing of our college work here and the sending of our girls to Nagasaki for their college work; and concerning the continuation or closing of our Women's Medical work. The feeling was' unanimous for keepi~g our, ~bllege wo~k in Chosen and for the continuation of our medical work. 'Moved to adjourn. Seconded. Carried.' Saturday, April, 24, 2:30 P. M. Miss Barlow had charge of the devotional hour., Reading of Minutes. Moved that Mrs. Bunker write to Mrs. Barnes and make any inquiries concerning the statistical reports which she finds,necessary. Seconded. Carried. ' Miss Haynes, Secretary of the Reference Committee, presented a report of a meeting of the Reference Committee at which all the members of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society were present. The meeting was called to consider a Resolution which had come from the Mission which was as follows: Resolution adopted by the Methodist Episcopal Mission April 20, 1915, Seoul, Korea.

9 KOREA WOMA,N'S CONFERENCE Wher~, Th3 Parent~ of the MissiQnary Society of our Church in Korea bears the expenses of the general work of the MissiQp. while the Woman's Society enjoys the benefits of such work without meeting any considerable portion thereof, ~d Whereas, The financial straits of our Mission are such that we have asked th~ Boarcl of Foreign Missions to recall two members of the Mission to relieve the situation, and Whereas, We have been compelled to dismiss Korean Pastors and close out a large,number of schools to secure temporary relief; ang as suel). disnrls&als must be followed by others which will necessarily work to the injury of the labors of the Woman's For~ign Missionary Society as well as that of the Parent Board, Resolved, That we r~pectfully ask the Reference Committee.andthe members of the W omaa's Foreign Missionary Society in our Mission to petition the General Execlitive of their society to appropriate at least $2, for this relief' for the year of 1916, and apply such appropriation at such. points as shall work most to the advantage of that: society and will meet most successfully the needs of our common work." At that meeting the following resolution was adq{)ted : "We, the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society workers of Korea resolve, that in view of the present critical need of the Parent Board, we express Qur sincere sympathy as co-workers and that, whereas, our Woman's work will suffer to the extent that the Parent Board is obliged to retrench its work by removing pastors and other workers, we ask our Board, if possible 1 to secure a special gift of $2,000 to help tide over this crisis." This report was accepted. Moved and seconded that the language study sche<{ule be printed in our minutes. Carried. Proceeded to the Questionaire. Moved and seconded that a committee of seven be appoi:fited as an Educational Committee to consider our Woman's Educational work. Carried. Moved and seconded that the Chairman appoint that committee. Carried. Moved to adjourn. Seconded. Carried.

10 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 7 Monday, April 26, 2:30 P. M. Mrs. Lawton had charge of the devotional hour. o Reading of minutes. The Chairman appointed the Educational Committee as follows: Miss Frey... Miss Beiler Miss Dillingham Miss Snavely Miss Miller... Mrs. Sharp Miss Tuttle Moved by Miss Albertson that the Bible Woman's Training School have ap Advisory Committee of six members, one missionary from each station, ap;ninted by each station, and that the Annnal Conference appoint three Korean pastors to act on that Committee. Seconded. Carried. The first reading of the Resolutions was given by the Chairman of the Resolution Committee. The chairman of the Editing Committee requested that all reports be in by Wednesday, April 28th. The Treasurer's report was read and accepted. Proceeded to the "Questionaire'" Moved to adjourn. Seconded. Carried. Tuesday, April 27th, 2:30 P. M. The session opened with prayer and song. Reading of minutes. A second reading of the Resolutions was made by the chairman of the Resolution Committee. Each resolution was read and accepted. The following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That, inasmuch as the force of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society has been greatly strengthened and helped in their work in the various stations by the cheerful assistance of Miss Barlow of Haiju, Miss Renich of Seoul and Miss Denman of Pyeng Yang, we express our appreciation and gratitude to these, our volunteer co-workers.. Resolved, That, through the translation of Miss Edge to the Heavenly Home, we express our loving sympathy for her friend Miss Barlow, and our deep appreciation of her faithful and con-

11 8 KOREA WOMAN'S ~ONFERENCE scientious service in the hospital in Haiju,and the example of a deeply consecrat~d life. ' Resolved, That, inasmuch as Miss Barlow is already so much a part of us in the work and intends to be with us, we ask her to become a regular member of our Woman's. Conference. Re~ol'Ved, That, whereas those in cll~rge of the boarding departments of:our schools have found the scholarship basis unsatisfactory, we recommend..that the officers of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society e~courage the supporting of our schools on the share ba.sis. Moved that Miss Bair be put in Mrs. Sharp's place and Miss RobOins in Miss Beiler's place on the Educational Committee. Seconded. Carried.... The Statistical report was presented by. Mrs. Bunker and accepted. Moved and seconded that we request the return of Misses Haenig, Miller, Scharpff, B~iler and MrS. Sharp after furlough. Carried. Moved and seconded that the Editing Committee make a report at the beginning of next Conference concerning the prices of reports having a certain number of pages. Carried. Moved that Mrs. Sharp be appointed as delegate to the Japan Methodist Conference in Japan. Seconded. Carried. Moved that we inform the Parent Board that, according to the Constitution, 'our Woman's Conference will meet at the same time and place as the Apnual Conference, but that our preference would be for it to meet after the middle of June. Seconded. Carried. Moved that we notify each member of the Conference that a year hence we will ch{mge Article 9 of the Constitution and Bylaws to read "Korea Conference" instead of "Korea Mission." Seconded. Carried. The minutes were read and accepted. Moved to adjourn. Seconded. Carried. Respectfully submitted, RUTH E. BENEDICT, Secretary.

12 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 9 REPORTS. CHEMULPO DISTRICT EVANGELISTIC WORK. MRS. OLIVE HARDY LAWTON. Inasmuch as Miss Miller and Miss Scharpff left the field soon after Conference last year, it leaves the tw;9 reports for Miss Hess and myself: she gives the educational report, and I the evang~listic. While Miss Hess has been engaged_ chiefly in educational work, she has also had a helpful part in the evangelistic, making two country trips in the fall and being constantly associated with all phases of the work in Chemulpo, where she has given her special attention to the children's Sunday School of which she is superintendent and of which she speaks as follows: "The Sunday School work has grown this year. We have urged the children to become "little fishermen~' by using the fish cards, giving a black fish to the child who brings one other new pupil to the Sunday School, and a red fish to the child bringing two. They have been enthusiastic in trying to see who could get the ;most red fish, and have shown pride in presenting;. their "fish" to the school,-each fisherman brings his fish to the front where 'all cari see his catch. During the year we have held ~ teachers' training' classes, one for the teachers of the small children and another for the teachers of the older children. There have also been Sunday School teachers' meetings once a month to discuss problems connected with the work, and ways of improvement.;' Bible Women. Owing to the fact that several months of my time have been given to teaching in S"eoul, I have not been able to itinerate as extensively this year as formerly_ The work of the district has been well cared for, however, by the faithful Bible women of the various c,ircuits..lydia's absence from the work made some changes necessary, but under the blessing of the Lord they have all seem-

13 10 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE ed to work out unt) 'the progress of the gospel. Eunice continues the center and mainstay of the Kangwha work, and Mary the field marshal. To the great delight of the people and progress of the work, we have been able this year to furnish a Bible woman f Jreach of the ttree Kangwha circuits, Kim Sunae taking charge of the west circuit from the first of Decen~ber. Her work is a blessing to the pecple, a praise to Him whom she serves, and r~flects great credit on the Bible Woman's Trainfi1'~ Sch081 in which she had been studying. Tabitha, on Kyodong, has been both happy and busy in looking after the three new groups on that circuit, in a 1- dition to the seven older churches. Elisabeth, the wife of the preacher on the Chumoon circuit, has proven herself a helpmeet indeed. She receives only her travelling expenses, but she looks after the three churches on as many islands, and as there is no girls' school on the circuit, she gathers the girls about her and teaches them to read. Sinduc has begun to feel somewhat the hurd en of years and other physical infirmities, but she is still in command of the situation and the work is holding its own. Kim Sara, on Yong Chong circuit, is a new woman in the work, getting a bit of experience before entering the Training School, which she expects to do next fall. She is a woman of promise. Deborah has endured as a good soldier the loneliness and other hardships.of the far-distant Tuck Chuck island circuit. On the mainland circuit, Poo-pyung, Chunsim has had a fair degree of success, and h~ been greatly rejoiced over a revival that. broke out at Sun-ju-ji during the women's class there. A sorrow that has touched every circuit of the district was the death of Moon Annie, the Bible woman of the Chemulpo city church. She was a woman of rare ability, courage and spirituality, a blessing to all who came in touch with her. Mattie, of the second church, Whado, has taken her place, entering upon the work with humility "and perseverance, and with the memory of Annie's beautiful life as a continual inspiration. Miss Hess has kindly given the services of Sin-seung, her school Bible woman, half time for church work, so God is again showing us that al-:. though he calls his workers home, he carries on -his work.

14 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 11 Bible Classes. It was not possible to hold the Normal Bible Class as early this year as formerly so the session did not open' until the first ot De.cember. MiSs Marker and Tong Moksa did 'the teaching. A splendid spirit was manifested throughout and many prayers were answered. As always, th{)se" who studied weq.t out two by two to teach in the" country "churches that which they had studied. The lateness of the Normal Class" and the many revivals and general classes that have been held on most of the circuits during the winter have made it impo~sible-" for the women to hold as many classes as they might, otherwise have done. But no one mourns the fact that revivals have taken the place of some of the classes. Thirty-four classes have been l)eld with a total enrollment of 583. Revivals. The prominent feature of the, work this year is revivals. As a holy contagion the work has spread from place to place. Kangwha.Island with its thirty chur-ches has been one. blaze of revival for, the past three or four months. Other islands and the mainland circuits have shared in the gracious outpouring of blessing. ManY,of our earnest.. Christians joyfully, gratefully testify to the Baptism of the HolySpirit,_others know for the first time a heart experience; the whole church has been quickened, new inquirers brought in, and God glorified in it all. The women of Chemulpo are, now in tbeir third week of evening and daybreak prayer me~tings. Sometimes they are in prayer till twelve or one return again at four in the morning., We close the report with the ascription so frequently used by the Koreans, to God be all the praise and the glory. EDUCATIONA.L REPORT OF CHEMULPO DISTRICT MARGARET S. HESS. The fields of Korea seem particularly white to harvest just now. We never itinerate either in city or country that we do

15 12 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE not feel distressed over the astonishing number of fi~e girls who are not in school, some, because they do not realize the value of education, but many because they have not the opportunity. The Ghemulpo girls' schools have done good work this year. Thanks' to'the efforts of Misses Hillman, Miller, and Scharpff, foundations have been laid for a good work. We have been specially blessed by having the loyal support of a conscientious band of teachers who have given a faithful and most acceptable se'rvice throughout the year. We are indeed most grateful to the last General Executive meeting for granting us not only the much needed increase for the Whado Japanese teacher's salary and the new teacher for the Yung Wha school, but also provided for the school Bible Woman. What a blessing she has proven! Her work and influence have been splendid. She has spent her mornings in teaching Bible in the school, and during the afternoon hours has constantly done house. to house visiting. Thus she has not only kept up the average attendance of.the pupils, but has added almost half a hundred new ones during Jhe year. Her efforts have l?rought up the total enrollment,of the two schools to almost 250. Her itinerating has also bro,ught her in touch with the mothers, with whom she has indeed done a good work. The efficiency of the Japanese has.been increased this year through the employment of a young, Christian Japanese woman. She has been the principal teacher of that subject, being assisted by Japanese-sI>eaking Koreans. During the year we have planned to have a mothers' meeting each month in order to interest and try to help the mothers of our student;;. In these meetings there has always been a lecture on some subject of V;ital interest to mothers, and a social hour, as well as an exhibit of the handwork of their daughters. We hope to carry this needy work on farther. It has also been our plan to have the weekly teachers~ meeting.for prayer, study, and discussion of school problems. They have been successful and helpful. During 'the' last church revival we held special services for the children in the school, and feel that the spiritual life of the older girls especially was deepened. It is a pleasure to report, that at the close of the

16 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 13 school year, we graduated a nice class of 11 girls, 6 of whom have gone to Ewha Haktang to continue their studies. In Miss Scharpff's absence this year it 'has fallen to Mrs. Lawton and me to look after the schools on the Poopyung and "island circuits. However, as Mrs.. Lawton has been teaching in Seoul most of the year, and I have had my work here in Chemulpo, neither of us have had much time to give to them. During this winter tenn she was able to visit some of them and I have gone to all but one. Despite' the enforced neglect on the part of the missionaries, most of these schools seem to be doing well. The Poopyung school reports an increase of pupils and the zeal that has arisen in the church this year has spread through the school also. They have shown proof of this by the fact that they re-roofed the teacher's house on their own initiative and at their own expense. The Kang Wha Up school reports an enrollment of 50, having lately adde,d a number of new children to their roll. They ~e very justly proud of having sent 3 lovely girls to Ewha from this year's class. They are quite distressed over their deficiency in the teaching of Japanese, but will try to meet the government requirements next year. The Ko Chang Ne school, one of the smaller ones, because of illness in the family of the teacher has been less fortunate than the others. But they are hoping to revive it soon however. Chung pu school is doing nicely. The enrollment is now up to about 30. Others want to com e but have not money for the necessary clothes and books. The little teacher is very enthusiastic even though she is constantly in ill health. Some of the girls, in going to and from school, have to walk about 8 miles a day. They have a fine girl ready to send to Ewha, but have not sufficient money to meet her expenses. At Tolmoro little Maria Kim is faithfully working away trying to bring new. life and spirit into the school. According to all reports she seems to be succeeding. The averege attendance is about 25. The majority of students there are from non-christian families, but many show promise of becoming Christians. Kyodong school is increasing both in efficiency and numbers.

17 14 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE The enrollment at present is about 35, including a number of new pupils who have been added within the last month. The. people are quite pleased over having sent a student to Ewha this year. The Yung Hyung school has had a rather hard time in this its first year but has made a beginning, at least, and gives promise of an increase in attendance. Some children' had to drop out during the severe winter weather because the distance was too great for them to walk. We most heartily wish to express our gratitude to all the friends either i~ Korea or America who have so generously helped meet some of our needs by sending special gifts of money or boxes for our work. They have all been highly appreciated. Yes, the harvests are white and there are not many reapers; yet as we look back to the beginning, we feel like saying with the one who,- having gone a little way up the hill, looked down and exclaimed "My, how far we've come!" HAIJU STATION WOltEN;S REPORT. GERTRUDE E. SNAVELY. Since Conference last year there has been a great :change in the personnelcif' our station. In the' summer God called Home our English nurse, Miss Edge, Dr. Norton and family went to America on furlough, and Mr. and Mrs. Grove and Miss Beiler were appointed to other districts. Hence the station this year has been composed of Mr. Chew and family, Miss Barlow and myself. But, few as we were, we went forth and the Lord worked with us, confirming the Word with signs following. There has not been much increase of numbers in the churches this year, but the spiritual tone of the whole work has deepened. It has been a joy to watch the babes iii Christ growing up to spiritual manhood. They ~ve grown rapidly, because their faith is so simple and they believe the Bible from cover to cover.

18 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 15 Evangelistic. Miss Barlow has cared for the evangelistic work of Haiju City and circuit, also during the doctor's furlough has managed the General BJard hospital finances. She has regularly taught a class of young women in the adult Sunday School, and a class of non-christian children. She has had charge of a weekly Bible class for the women in the church, and with the aid of an interpreter has held a weekly service for Japanese children. She and a Bible woman have visited regularly in the homes of new believers, discouraged ones, and non-christians. She has also paid several visits to the eight outlying villages comprising the Haiju circuit. This work has all been most encouraging in spiritual results. I praise God for Miss Barlow, a chosen vessel prepared of God for this work, a real comfort in the home, one with me in spirit and faith. She is therefore a source of strength in helping to fight the powers of darkness thro united prayer. Havip.g charge of women's work on the district, both school and evangelistic, since Octob~r, I have held fourteen Bible classes of a week's duration each on the district, and in these have taught regularly four hours a day. The total enrollment was 480 women and 135 men. The native preachers together with my cook, who is now no longer a mere cook, but a real messenger of the Cross, assisted in leading evening evangelistic meetings. One of these classes, held in Haiju City in December, was especially for workers from all over the district. I was very thankful to have Miss McCune of Chairyung, our neighboring Presbyterian station, come to help in this dass, She taught the Prayers of Christ and the Book of Ruth, while I taught the Book of Joshua. God worked by the power of His Spirit, causing His Truth to triumph- in many hearts. Later, I went to Chairyung and helped in their workers' class, teaching the Cross of Christ and Dispensational Truth. I was glad for the opportunity of thus seeing the work in another station not belonging to us. Becoming acquainted more fully with their methods, and fellowship with them in their work was an inspiration. In February, by special request from the men, another class was held in Haiju City for the men as wen as the women of

19 16 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE the church. The remaining twelve classes were held in the country, and in nine out of this number, the men also joined in the study. Eight were held on the territory to the west and four on that to the east. Five classes which had been planned for in addition to these had to be given up because Conference fell unexpectedly early this year;. but I hope to finish them after Conference. In all the classes, I continued teaching the Cross of Christ and Dispensational Truth, except in the special workers' class where I taught the Book of Joshua. These dear people have been learning more deeply this year the power of the Cross in their life and work. The Word of the Cross is truly the power of God and never grows old. Many of the women have followed me from class to class studying the same l~ons over two and three times. One woman studied in four classes, at the end of which she was so filled will the resurrection power of Christ that she offered herself as an independent Bible woman to work without salary. She and another Bible woman have since gone into an entirely heathen city, Sawkang Eup, and have won 'fourteen new believers, men and women. The native preacher has followed up the work, and a new church will be started there. Five out of. ille fourteen classes were held in places where there had never been any before. One of these was out on an island, where during the week twenty-three new believers were WOIL The love of God's own Word of Truth and eagerness for Hible study has shown marked growth this year. A native preacher one evening spoke on the strange power of the. Word of God, using the class members as an illustration. In another class, Uod's working was so manifest that one member asked the following question, His God holding this class here in order to prepare us for our heavenly country? " '~here have been beautiful scenes of the reconcliation of whole families who confessed a former hatred of one another, but now feel their hearts filled with Christ's love. In every class there was a revival of God's own Word of Truth transforming the liv~ of men, women, and children. I praise God for the triumph of the Cross! New life has been

20 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 17 springing up on all sides. The Korean Christians are appreciating more and more the Truth of their identification with Christ, because it provides for them the way of escape, not only from the.. guilt but from the power of sin, enabling them to Jive in victory I -dead to sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ, one with Him in His death, resurrection, and ascension, seated with Him now by faith in heavenly places, far above all the power of the enemy. They have been going on with God, letting the Holy Spirit work in them that which Christ accomplished on the Cross for them. A number are now reigning in life, hence will be found among the overcomers, prepared to reign with Him in His Kingdom when He comes. They are now crowning Him Lord of all. A favorite chorus in the classes this year has been, "Far above all, far above all, God hath exalted Him far above all, Crown Him as Lord, at His feet humbly fall, Jesus, Christ Jesus is Lord over all." Educational. During the. summer and fall the new school building was erected in the City, and in January it was dedicated. The old school building was repaired for a dormitory in which we now have nine girls. This part of the work has been run by the Koreans on a self-supporting basis. Of the seventy girls in the school six were graduated this year from the eighth grade. Mrs. Chew has been teaching the girls English and sewing and Miss Harlow has had charge of the singing. During the winter for a period of two weeks, I taught them Bible two hours a day. At the end of this period of study, six of the older girls were b~ptized and taken into full church membership. I am grateful for the new school appropriations m~d~ qy our Woman's Foreign-Missionary Society, and "for all special gifts for the evangelistic work. I praise God for definite guidance; protection while traveling in weather so cold that many Koreans froze to death, answered prayer, for intercessory prayers of friends and co-workers in the

21 18 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE homeland, and for the happiest and most blessed year of service on the field. Looking back over all God's marvelous working, - may we be encouraged to go on from faith to faith, never limit,.. ing the Holy One of Israel. Haij u District. Number"of Churches Church Groups N umber of Bible Women 11 " " Day schools for girls 4 " "Teachers " "Students Travelled by donkey and jinrikisha 2,40J Ii (800 miles) Haiju, Korea. April 21, YENG BY.iN DISTBlcr EVANGELISTIO AND EDUCATIONAL WORK. MARy BEILER AND MRS. V. H. WACHS. The middle of August Miss Beiler arrived at her new post from ~iju, expecting the work with N[r3. Krook. But in November,we were obliged to let l\1rs. Krook depart frum us, and so the women's work has been carried on by Mrs. Wachs and Miss Beiler., Evangelistic Work. The actual evangelistic work began with the District Fall class or Institute, when 110 women gathered and studied in the nine sections. Miss Albertson was with us a couple of days and lent inspiration to the morning devotional periods. The enthusiastic spirit with which the Korean preachers and exliorters on the district and from the city helped was a great boone to the new worker, to whom all their class customs and rules were strange. Mrs. Wachs was a great help in the.teaching as she was acquainted w ith the women.

22 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 19 During the fall Mrs. Wa<;hs accompanied her husband on his visits to several of the groups, and aided in the work. In October and November two of the circuits, Unsan, where the Gold Mines are, and Hui Chun, were itinerated by Miss- Beiler. At Puk Chin, in Unsan Circuit where she held a Bible Class for a week, she enjoyed getting into a number of the homes, and by attending the Quarterly Conference became better acquainted with the conditions of the ~ircuit On this circuit there are mining camps and restless conditions oftcn arise among the Christian groups. Another group where the church had been burned had suffered loss of membership. The crossing of the high passes in the Hui Chun Circuit, afforded her the first of such high mountain climbing ever done and the passing along that ever-in-sight and curving river gave her long hours for thinking and wishing she had a motor cycle. The new Bible woman, Sa On, after she had made her first itinerary this fall described the situation well, when she said it was very difficult because, although there were a great many solihry Christian families or small groups, there were such distances between, that it took much time to get in any actual work. Although it rained or snowed nearly every day of that trip, Miss Beiler bundled up in her huge yellow slicker, made the donkey walk on just the same. She was glad to be in the wake of two of the preachers from other circuits who were holding revivals in various places, and thus saw new life quickened. This has con- _ tinued so that tangible results were seen in increased delegations, to the District men and women's classes this spring, and there is much hope for this Circuit, about which -we were particularly discouraged last fall. Circumstances prevented further itinerating 'then, and so time was found to get acquainted with the Yeng Byen City 1 Work. _~ During six weeks, three to four afternoons a week were given to house to house visiting with the Bible women. We had satisfac-, tion in trying to look after the home conditions, for as the Korean, saying goes, "The rabbit in the cage at home will escape while I you are seeking for the' mountain rabbit" For three months, a night school for women-taught by Korean men was held-in the

23 20 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE girl's school. Many of the women were very faithful until the weather bacame toobadfor nightly travel. In January a Normal class of 22 women was held; Miss Benedict and Pastor Kim greatly helping by their teaching. From this class fourteen women were selected to teach the country classes. During the next six weeks 23 classes were held by these women with 372 in attendance. Every teacher reported especially good times and a.receptive attitude on the part of the women. Quite ~ number of trophies were brought in as witnesses that several women and their families had given up tha spirit worship, and found the true way during these classes. In February Miss Beiler held a class in Tai Chun, one of our biggest groups an~ the class w~ very encouraging, although as it was held just before the Korean New Year holidays the attendance was not so gojd. Thus altog~ther there have been 25 small classes on the district with attendance of over 440 women, which is the "be3t sign of the times" we could report.. Then we have just held our Spring District class or Institute, with fewer in attendance, because of the severe cold weather. But thanks to the prayerful interest and support of Mrs. Swearer who was with us teaching, and the searching talks by the local preachers, there seemed to be a good spiritual atmosphere and we believe many were strengthened and blessed. Be.sides this. district work Miss Beiler has had blessed opportunities. of helping for a couple of weeks in thew omen's Bible Training School, in Seoul, in January, and alsq of being with Miss Benedict in the big Chinnampo Class in March. Mrs. Wachs has been the faithful and cheerful watcher of the city interests and local church.. She has also been kept busy with her language study, at which she has been very industriou:', as well as putting much, time in"both schools, teaching.. Educational Department. Our girl's school here in Yeng Byen city is fast attaining a satisfactory condition with the help of a most enthusiastic force of teachers. There has been a regula~.,roll call of over' 80 all

24 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 21 year, and with the begining of the new year this spring, three girls started the third grammar grade. There have been 14 girls in the dormitory since fall, and it has been with a heavy heart that we have had to turn away- some ten applicants this spring for that lack of shares and room. But we are glad the second dormitory is -in sight, and are hoping for some more shares. The Literary Society and King's Daughter's Circles are developing the girls greatly. Mrs. Wachs has given four afternoons a week to teaching- singing and English in both boy's and girl's schools. Though this regular work does not afford much interesting rep:)rt material, still when one sees the public demonstrations we realize that only good, hard, regular work has "made such results possible. The small-country schools of Sin Chang, -Puk Chin, and Tai Chun, are holding their own, although when we compare their meager equipment with that of the government schools we wonder how it is possible. One reason for their success is that the Korean parents are not willing for their daughters, after they are ten years old to study in the same rooms with the boys, or entirely under men teachers, as they do in the government schools. - Moreover, the Christians realize the hold the church can have over even the non-christian parents if their children are in the church schools and so they exert themselves to maintain the schools. One case is especially noteworthy. For various reasons the Hui Chun school had relapsed in Nov~mber, and there were only nine pupils, so we threatened to withdraw our supp9rt, unless the number came up. With our helping to support an extra Japanese and Chinese- teacher in one person, the people rallied and now report a flourishing school of 34. We do need regular support for these four schools, for we hope these will feed our advanced grade. As yet there are no grammar grad:;s for girls in the government schools on the district, and so our Yeng Byen school has the lead. These schools need all the encouragemen~ we can give them. We would thank the Spingfield, Mass. Trinity Auxiliary for packages of gifts for school girls, also unknown friends for a box from New York. We want to acknowledge the receipt of hun-

25 22 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE dreds of picture post cards from King's Heralds, AUXIliaries and individuals. These have had the Korean and Japanese tracts pasted on the address side, and- almost all have been used by the Bible women, who are always calling for more. Although we are few in -number and force yet we are glad to have even held the fort, and happier still that some -outside encounters have been victories, and so we would be grateful to the Captain who has supported by His never failing strength and cheer, as well as to the friend~ who h:lve help~d by their prayers and interest. EVANGELISTIC WORK AND DAY SCHOOLS ON KONGJU, EAST AIm WEST DISTRICTS. MRs. SHARP, MRS. SWEARER, MRS. WILLIAMS, MISS BAlR. As we]ook back over our missionary life we feel that we can say that this last year has been the best of all, for we have seen greater results than in anyone year before. As we have seen the people seekin.gfor new life in -Christ our hearts have rejoiced and we know that if the new believers are true to their profeiision of faith, great results will follow. As soon as their spiritual life has been quickened they have naturally shown a greater desire to study God's Word. Classes. Our class work began in August and continued, with the exception of two months' itinerating, up till the eighth of April. Since January there have been revival services in connection with the classes, and although the women have not been able to study as well, still we feel the profit they gained was greater than. just what the class work would have brought them. The winter -- has been a wonderiul one; we thank our Father that we have heem permitted to see this day. Our first great break came at.kui~me-kol wbence we had' ~

26 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 23 gone for a class and revival services. It was a' class for the men and women.. When we arrived there we wondered if there could be a revival, for there seemed to be no life. There was a good Church building and quite a membership, but every thing, was as dead as could be, and he called. living. There were with us four Korean preachers, three of whom were of one mind. The weather was the coldest we had had all winter, but that did not daunt them~ for they stayed in the cold Church after the meeting had closed and prayed till the wee hours of the morning. God heard their prayers, and answered. One of the great features of our revival was the early morning prayer meeting, at half past five. It was a little hard on the flesh to get up on a cold winter morning and go to a cold church, but even if it was cold outside, the hearts were warm. There were many confessions the first we.ek (or rather back-sliders reclaimed), but the Spirit did not fall until after the meetings had been running for a week. On that day we went to the early morning meeting and did not go to our rooms until half past one in the afternoon. It was a great day. The preachers all had confessions to make. While at first they were praying for the reviving of the Church, as they prayed for others the great desire grew in their hearts to receive the Holy Spirit. With this desire came the conviction ~hat their own hearts were not right with God, and they confessed to cqldness and lacl< of zeal. While we all prayed, the Spirit fell and the audience sprang to their feet shouting and praising God. We had been on our knees for hours and when we arose the floor was wet with tears. of the people who had lain on their faces weeping. Faces that before looked sad now were illuminated. One man's countenance looked almost liked the sun. A most touching ~cenes during the meetings was the conversion of the mother of Mr. 0, who was one of the leaders. Mter he had re-: ceived the blessing he was burdened for her. In speaking one night he said, "I know my mother has not yet been converted, though she is a professed believer, and I brought her here that s.he might be saved, but she has not yeteonfessed her sins. I want you auto pray for her." As we prayed,,the Pastor went

27 24 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE down and led her to the altar; she came obediently. As she kneeled her son placed his hands on her head and told her to confess. The poor old lady seemed ignorant of spiritual things and did not know how to pray. She murmured something unintelligible to the rest of us, but her son understood and said, '~Mother, that is not a sin, you don't understand-i will confess for you." So kneeling there with his hands on her head and tearsstreaming fro~_his eyes he told the Lord her sins. As he named them over, she recognized them, and was soon weeping, praying, and asking for forgiveness. When she found it, she got up a new woman. She testified th~ next day with a clear ring to her testimony. A few weeks afterward Mr. 0 said to Us, "We have a new home now." The Kalsan class was even better than the one at Kuimekol. One remarkable feature of these meetings was that as soon as the people were saved they- either went or sent back for their relatives. The other was the mountain praying. In the morning _ go where you would on the hill sides, you would find one or two kneeling in prayer. The Lord gave us great victory, there were 195 who professed conversion and many recelv~d the fullness of the Spirit One man who had three wives came and decided to lead a new life. His wives all came to church at first, two remained while one went home. Those who stayed received a great blessing, after which they went ho~e and sent the husband and third wife. They both came and were at the altar at the same time. They had a great struggle, but finally came through to victory, deciding from that time on to lead a different life. Another yangban (noble) family came who were all great smokers; in testifying afterward one of the women said, "I never thought of what I was going to eat whem I came, but I brought enough tobacco to last me a month." The whole family gave up the habit. One young woman had -been a Christian, but because her husband would not let her come, had not been attending Church for three years. The first riight she could find no light, could not even pray. "So we told her to go home and come back the next night, and in the meantime we would all re-

28 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 25 member her before the throne. She:came, and as we were all praying together she broke, out in great crying and began to throw herself about in a wiid manner. We went to her as quicklyas we could, trying to soothe and comfort her. It was all we could do to hold her. She finally fell back in our qrms and seemed to lose consciousness. After a few moments she came to herself and again struggled a~with an evil spirit. We were praying and talking with her and all the audience was praying for her Finally she said she believed Jesus had taken her sins away. We began to sing "Glory to ~is Name," she joined in and how she. sang! It came right from the heart. The'"Sam-sangie class was a little different from the others in that the women did not wait for the evening service to confess their sins-they would break out in the midst of the class.. One morning we did not study at all; after the devotional exercises one woman burst out weeping, confessing her sins, after which we had a prayer and praise meeting. It was wonderful to see how tpe Spirit worked. One woman insisted she had no sin, but as the class and meeting proceeded she became convicted and found she not only had many but one very great one. She tried through hard work and lack of food to kill one of her d~ughters-in-iaw because she was subject to convulsions and she thought she would never have any children. The Koreans consider childlessness a sufficient reason for divorce and it is often the cause of ill-treat "ment from husband and mother-in-law. After a great struggle she laid her sins at the foot of the cross and found peace. Bible Women. Nearly all of our Bible Women received a great blessing in the revival services; they ail confessed to cold hearts and of not working as faithfully as they should have done. One had been invited to take some wine mice and yielded to temptation. She confessed with agony that she had not traveled as she should and had.not been as earnest for souls and prayed for them as she ought to have done and had also told falsehoods. She found forgiveness for sins, sought the Spirit and obtained it and then how

29 26 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE she worked -for others! We had felt her lack of spiritual life sometime before and prayed that an early morning prayer meeting might be started, feeling'it would meet her need. Not long after that the Pastor asked all who would like one to raise their hands. Hers went up at once! Although she lived a long distance away she never missed a morning. As she had no timepiece she often got to the Church long before time for gathering and one morning it was so cold she froze her feet and had to go to one of the neighbors till time for meeting. Although she prayed and received much help, it was not until the Kongju revival, a few weeks after the morning prayer meetings were started, that she received the blessing that she was craving. She-had things in,her. heart that were not right and until she was willing to give them up;,of course the blessing could not come, but after she was willing to' cas(those things out the Blesser came in, then what a change took place in her,and how earnestly she has worked and has prayed for others! Mary,Mrs. Williams personal helper, has been tireless in her efforts to win souls to Christ. During the last five months she has made 260 visits. in Christian hoin~s, 84 in heathen homes', coming in touch each month with from 80 to 100 believers, exhorting and praying with them, ministering to' the sick and carrying food and. clothes to the poor. III several of these homes she has conduct~d Bible study classes for a week or so at a time. Neighboring heathen women will come in to listen while she explains Bible truths.and are thus won to the new faith. Although she confines, her' visits mostly to Christian homes, "_ she averages 20 visits a month in heathen homes, talking with from 40 to 50 women. It has been her privilege to win 16 of these women to the Savior most of them bright, capable, high-class women, able to read, and with an intense desire to learn; After much prayer and repeated visits she brought back into the Kingdom some who had' backslidden and seemed determined to stay in that lost condition. She has also taught a large Sunday School class, helped lead Friday evening prayer meeting classes, and taught a class in native reading and writing two evenings a week..

30 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 27 This winter we have had one of the greatest revivals we have ever known ill our Kongju Church. Mr. Swearer tried to get some one from Seoul to help us but when he failed to get any one to come, he called in the three men from the East District who had received such a wonderful blessing at the Kuimekol class, and God mightily used them in leading others into the light. Before the meetings there were hate, jealousy and strife in the Church, but they were turned to love. There were some new members added to the Church, but we were most anxious to get the Christians right, knowing if they were where they ought to be we should have no difficulty in getting in the new believers. During the revival many of our women received the infilling of the Holy Spirit and with it a new zeal to study God's Word; so we seized the opportunity to start a class for the new believers, and also one for those who could not read. The "first evening 32 women came for the catechism and 18 for the nat~ve script. On account of sickness and some moving away, the first class decreased about a third. Mary taught the reading class. They have all studied very faithfully. One young mother has come every time, carrying one baby on her back and leading another, regardless of her mother's remonstrances. Another older woman who had tried to learn to read many times before and failed, came diligently and worked hard. but one evening said to me with a shining face, "I just can't learn it, but I have the Holy Spirit with me and I am happy anyway." The instances of true tested faith among our women are many. We wish we could relate some striking instances but lack of space 'Yill not permit. The work among the children has grown this year and it has been a pleasure to see the enthusiasm which the little ones put forth that it might become stronger. At first scarcely any, with the exception of the Christian children came, so after considering what would be the ~est method to win the unbelievers we decided for the whole band of Church-going children, together with the teachers, to go out in groups over th~ City, on the streets and

31 28 KOREA WOMAN~S CONFERENCE into the homes, giving the heathen children a special invitation to come. The only attraction was the promise of a card to t~e new-comers. These cards were mere postals that had been used at home and sent out for this purpose. While out inviting the children we found that not only the Church cliildren worked hard but also the new ones who had been brought -in the preceding Sundays were anxious to bring in their playmates. The special effort that was put forth seemed to prove very successful, for whereas at first we had only about 75 or 80 who were mostly Christians, we gathered in as many as 220 and one Sunday the attendance exceeded that number. Consequen~y, this great increase caus~ us to search for more teachers as our classes were to') large. \Ve tried hard to secure some among our Church people, but as they were either engaged in Bible work or else were not capable of teaching, we were compelled, turn to the advanced pupils in the school 9nd make them teachers. Last fall we decided to change the Friday evening prayer meeting and instead of having just. one have each class leader or two combine and have a meeting in one of the Christians homes fo~ her class or those living in her section of the city. It has proved on the whole a success. We are thankful for His blessings, for His daily presence and for the privilege of having a small share in this work. Day Schools. MRS. SHARP. The Kongju day school has the same number enrolled as last year, 70. Death has claimed three of our little ones. Mr. Yi and Ella his wife, are still putting forth every effort to make the school successful. We have added another year to the curriculum since March, several have volunteered their services in the teaching. Five girls were graduated from the primary grade and after another year we hope they will go to Ewha to continue their studies. During the revival all of our girls received help. After they had- received. forgiveness of sins it was interesting to see how

32 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 29 burdened they became for their unconverted r~latives. Since we have no adequate school building, we are studying in cramped quarters, but we are believing we will get it some day. As we have been waiting for three years, we hope that next year we shall be able to put up a building that will give our little ones a more comfortable place for study. Nolmi shcool is still about the same as last year. Esther and Ruth, both Ewha girls, are teaching there. It is hard to get the larger girls out, as the parents will not send them, considering cooking and sewing more profitable. At Kang-kyenie we have an enrollment of 35 with an average attendance of 27. There are two girls teaching who came to us from the Presbyterians, when the work was divided two years ago. A Korean gentleman kindly loaned us a nice building on the top of a hill over looking the river, a most beautiful site, and there the children gather to study every day. As this is a large house and there has been no other school opened there for girls we hope ~o make this a good one. At Tun-po one of our Kongju graduates is still teaching. She is doing splendid work, endearing hereself not only to the children, but to the people as well. She has an enrollment of 55 with an average attendance of 35. She is teaching without any help, with the exception of an hour a day of Bible from the helper. It is very c.ifficult for her to do the work alone, but because of having n:) support for the school we are not able to do any more for her. We are especially anx,ious for this school, not only for the children's sake, but because it is the life of the church. The young woman who was teaching at Ipchang wanted to give up the work, so we moved the school to Yang-dae, a village ten Ii from there, where there were more children. Anna, an Ewha girl, is now the teacher. She has an enrollment of 36 with an average attendence of 32. She is using the church for a school, but that i~ not satisfactory and we hope we may soon be able to secure a building for this school. At Kyung Chung where we opened a new school last fall, we have another of our Kongju graduates as teacher. She has

33 30 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE gathered around her over 20 children, teaching them in a little room eight by eight. But this spring we were able to secure a house quite reasonably,. and now they can study with comfort.. For these last three schools we have no support and unless it comes soon shall have to close. them. Will not some one take pity on these little ones who are crying for enlightemnent and come to their aid? There are a number of other places on the two districts calling for schools but we have neither teachers nor money.. For the mission box and the postal cards 'that have been sent, which all helped to make our children happy! we are most grateful. PYENG Y'ANG EVANGELISTIC REPORT. RUTH E. BENEDICT. The Evangelistic work penetrates every phase of our mission' work including the Sunday S~hoolst the medical, educational and church work. Taking Pyeng Yang city as possibly the center of evangelistic effort, one of it most important features is the Sunday School work of which Mrs. Morris has charge; concerning it she reports that the five Sunday Schools in our city churches are g:r;pwing nicely. The teachers meet every Saturday for study ~ A Committee made up of the offcials of the five Sunday schools me~ts once in three months to plan the work, so that all work. in unison. Our greatest lack has been cards which were acceptable and yet low enough in price to mak~ them obtainable for,all of our Sunday Schools. At last we have succeeded in bavini cards printed in Pyeng Yang, beautiful cards very much like the lesson cards used in America, and costing us only ten sen (five cents) p.er hundred. The various churches are able to buy them at this price and some 25 churches are now using them. We have roll papers, cradle roll certificates and birthday cards, printed. at slight cost so that all of our Sunday Schools throughout the District are being brought into a more systematic organization and we feel that they are now on a basis which gives promise of future growth.

34 KOREAWOMAl'J'S CONFERENCE 31 The first Sunday in April the annual rewards are given for perfect attendance at all the Church services and for reciting the golden texts of the year. This year, on Easter day, 16 children were given the first reward for perfect attendance at Sunday morning and evening church services, Sunday School and mid-week prayer meeting for 52 weeks. Eighteen children received second prize, which meant that they have missed one or two services only, and 1 i children received third prize, iridi~ating that they had been absent from only three services. Twelve children repeated correctly the 52'golden texts and received the rewards of a Bible and a hymn book. The 'second prize a Bible, and a third prize a hymn book, were given to children who remembered most of the 52 texts.. The Evangelistic' part of the medical work is carried on chiefly by the two faithful Bible Women, Eunice Whoang and Sin Do Tyang. Eunice, the Dispensary Bible Woman, reports that in following up her work she has given instruction in 1970 homes to 6087 people. Beside well people accompanying the sick, she has taught 2703 sick women at the afternoon clinics. The attendance at church from the dispensary: patients has been 1020 and 92 became seekers, one third of thi;'number being from the city. The attendance at cottage prayer meetings led by Eunice has been 717. She has sold 203 portions of scripture and aided at 13 funerajs. Eunice is very zealous in her work and feels keenly her responsibility of trying to tell those suffering from physical ailments of the Gre~t Physician of their souls. Sin Do the other Bible' woman who has uncier her charge the in-patients, reports that'the total attendance at morning prayers has been 8746; at the bi-weekly morning clinics she has instructed 853 Christian women and 1372 non-christian women. Two hundred.four have promised to believe, but as some of them are from the country there is no means of keeping track of them. However, of the 204, 18 have been recorded as "seekers" in our city churches, 10 are probationers and 10 have been baptized. Sin Do has also done service in the First Methodist Church and two of' the city chapels, visiting in the homes of 134 patients, 484 Christian and

35 32 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 648 non-christian homes. She has sold 6 hymn books, 10 Bibles' and 47 Sunday School lesson.leaves, has attended 5 'marriages and 8 burials. Prayer'meetin:gs which she has led had a total attendance of This year her daughter,gr~duated from'ewha Col... lege, having' the distinction of being the first Py'Emg Yang YOUrig: woman to complete' the college course. The young peopl~ at home will be interes'ted in knowing that the King's DaughterS -Circles have been organized in 'th~ s~hool Miss Dillingham describes it as being very much like a class meet~ ing. Each Sunday morning for an hour ruid-~a half before church about 30 of the girls from the dormitory and the, city girls meet at our home for a service of song, prayer and testimony. Therejs never time for, all who would take part., The free confession 'of faults and relating of heart experiences, the earnest spirit of prayer and fellowship mean so much to the girls and they lov~' it. It is one' or: the means of grace that' is developing beautiful Christian characters in our school girls. As for myself, I never come away from a 'King's DaUghter's meeting without a blessing, " Miss Dillingham has had ill addition:toher work in th:e Union Academy, charge of the Evangelistic work-in Sin Ch'i:in Chapel'and the seven churches across the river, known as' the' Chil San eir..;. cuit. She reports that she has attended' the Sunday morning' and Wednesday evening services at the Sin Chun Chapel and "has b~engreatly'; irtterested in watching' the 'increase in. attendance durilig' the winter' months. There had 'been no Bible woman working there but an agreement was made by which the church agreedito pay half of a BibleWomail'~'Salary, so Whang EtinDok, a graduate of our Bible' Women's Training School in Seoul, was secured. She has done good work in" filling the woman's SIde of the church so that a room had to be' added. Now the long narrow wing is full to bursting every Sunday, as is the whole church. As the result of prayerful preparations, the revival meetings held at the Chinese New Year's time were a great blessing to the church members and through.muc.h personal' work 30 non-christans decided to become believers. ' During the eight months since.' Eun Dok began, she and others have led' 40 women to the Lord.

36 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 33 I have called with her as time permitted visiting in about 75 homes, both those of the church members and of unbelievers. I have also visited the seven churches twice each, holding meetings with the women. After the opening service, I gave them a simple talk and gave the opportunity for testimony and prayer; in almost every case the response was gratifying. I have tried to establish a woman's prayer meeting in each place to give opp,'?rtunity for just such expression of their experiences. Some have succeeded, some because of lack of leadership have not. But we have one Bible woman for the seven -churches now and hope that she will be able to accomplish much in organizing and encouraging the women in th~ churches to do more personal work. She herself can stay bu~ a week or two in a place, only, long enough, to find: out the leaders and really see ~at things are moving. A big part of the evangelistic work' is the spring and fall Bible' Institutes which are held in Pyeng Yang City. Mrs. Billings has had charge of, these classes.. This year we tried having our Fall Institute the last of AuguSt when the farmers have a rest time. 106 women studied in the class for country women and 102 in the class for city women. We found it very comfortable, neither too hot or too c~ld and saved th'e 'fuel bill Mrs. C. M. L. Sites of Foochow Cl1ina led our Devotions for several days, brillgmg us iiito the,presence of the Saviour and interpreting 'to us His tenderness for the Chinese women so much more bound by sin, ignorance, and superstition than their Korean s~st:ers. She not Dnly brought us a blessing but received one as She carried to China the, inspiration of looking into the faces of the Korean worn,en, and started a class there a few months later with 80 women in attendance. It was such a success that the men also plaimed a chiss, which was so 'helpful that they are having both.men and women's ciasses again this spring. ' Although we felt that dividing the Bible Institute into separate elasses for country and city women had proven more satisfactory in the quality of work done, this spring, because of scarcity of t achers we were obliged to combine them again with 235 women enrolled. We are so thankful for the earnestness with which the

37 3t KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE women cpme many mne~ to study the Word and learn more of Jesus ~d.. His wonderful. love for them. We are tbankful for what the native teachers and the lady missionarie~, especially Mrs. Morris, have done in helping to make this work ~ccessful This year five women completed the course and -received diplomas. The course gives them a taste of the Bible- as a whole and we hope and believe that it will lead them on tp a greater desire to continue in diligent search for tb.e treasures which are hidden in this store house of. precious truths and may be instrwnents in God's hands, to bring others to search the Scriptures. Three years ago a Bible Training Class was started, being especially planned for Sundy School teachers and workers who could not go to the Bible W om3.l;\'s Training School in Seoul and yet needed special instructed which they could not get in the Bible Institute. The first year 20 were enrolled, the second year 47 and this year 12. The course includes the four principles of Artithmetic; Old T,estament Geography and Old Testament Hist)ry, Hygiene, Personal work, Bible and Music and some instruction in Sunday School methods. This class follows the Bible Institute and lasts for one month. It seems to be meeting a great need. The influence of the Bible Institute radiates into all of the churches, large and small, for such a large per cent of the women come from the country. Another force which has its center in Pyeng Yang City and also spreads its power into the country churches is the tithing class. Twelve women 'gave five weeks each of their time. They studied two weeks, then they were sent out two by two to hold three classes each (group). This time they were sent to the most need! part of our work, the Whang Hai Do District We had a precious two weeks of preparation together and the women started with determined hearts to endure hardship as good soldiers of Jesus Christ, f~r they knew that theirs was not an easy task. Three hundred fifty seven women were enrolled in the 18 classes they held.. As they returned and told 1)f their experiences their hearts were full,of pity for their own sisters who have not had opportunitie$ for study wltich they

38 KOREA WOMA~'S CON;FERENCE 35 had. They we.re richly bl~,ed in thek efforts t() h~lp otj1ers an~ because of having given that much of time in the Lord's servjce. Of course they are very~<;ti:ye all during the year it) their own local churches. Th;e Bibl~ lnstit~t~ work at ChiJ:lp~~po i~ most encouraging, 86 being enrolled in the fall class and 140 in the spring class. We are most grateful for the help. which Miss Albertson and Miss Beiler gave us in these classes. Besides having some part in most of the work mentioned, the writer of this rep~rt spent the mo~ths of Septemb~r, October and November in the country holding ~ible classes and itineratin~ over the D.is.tri~t. H.er personal Bible woman yum Chi ljn helped her with most o~ the. classes. In all eight das.ses :were held with a total of 460 :women enrolled. We found Kim Myeng Ju, the West District Bible woman, faithfl:ll at her post. During the class at Kang Sa, she herself seemed to received ~ ~ery s,pecial blessitlg. ~ Satie, the Pyeng Yang Bible Woman, who had been pouring out her very life for the work found 'that she could not alway~ keep up su,ch, a pace and finally had to go to the hospital. We were quite. anxious about h~r for several' weeks, but the Father is restoring her and we trust that Ehe may still be able to d? much in the work.. 'puring the revival in February, Ne Mon Kol received its share of biessing and the attendance reached and continues to keep I!early the 300 mark and now like a growing child, needing new cloth~~, they are asking for a larger church and are rea~y to help in securing it. We have all. been happy in our work' this ye~r ;realizing as never b~fore "as thy days so shalf thy strength be," and willing to leave ()Ur efforts in t~e Father's h.ands, knowing Jl!~t he will take care of the results. linion A(!~<leJ.llY.. JQl1V4TIC)]i.L WORK, py~~ y.q9. IRENE HAYNES. The wor,k of. the past year in the. Pyeng 'Yang Union Ac~de~y :~as i~ ~9m.e w.~y~.; ~~~~.~~Fe ~,~~c~~ry

39 36 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE than ever before, for there has been a better spirit among the girls. The blessing received in the revival in March of last year has remained with them, showing itself in their lives. They have seemed very happy, Methodists and Presbyterians alike. The proportion of Methodists during the past year has been smaller than before, due very largely to the fact that an extra year was added to the Pyeng Yang Day School and that there were very few graduates from the country schools. This spring half the new students are Methodists. A new Methodist teacher, Yi-Hoduk, graduate in the class of 1914, has neen added to the faculty this spring. We have been very glad that at last conference Miss Dillingham was transferred to Pyeng Yang; she has given splendid service in teaching Bible and Physiology. The last of March we graduated a class of 19, 7 of whom were Methodists. Of the class, two have gone : to Japan for further study"one has already married, orie is teaching in Fusan, two in ChurijiI and one in Kunsan. Others are teaching in or near Pyeqg Yang, and several have returned for post graduate work. We have been much gratified by the requests for our girls for teachers in Southern and Australian Presbyterian mission schools in Southern Korea. At least fourteen of our graduates have taught or are teaching in their schools and have given much satisfaction. For a long time we have desired to have cooking taught as a part of the regular schedule, but lack of equipment has made this impossible. The dormitory girls have all done their share of cooking and the improvement in their-work has been great, but there has been no instruction in this line for the day pupils. This year since securing our new equipment, Saturday mornings have been given to. cooking lessons for the senior class, who have learned all sorts of Korean dishes. Different women in the churchts who are especially good cooks have- given their time to the teaching. The gil-is have been much interested and declared on many occasions that it was the most interesting study they had. Just before commencement we gave a dinner to the Board of Control and the Korean Advisory Committee. This was pre-

40 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 37 pared for the most part by the seniors and the Korean members of the committee said they all deserved 100 percent. The past winter"has been a hard one as there has been so much sickness. At one time a fourth of all the girls in the dormitory 'were ill. Still God has been good to us in keeping severe illness away from all of us. During the spring vac~tion the building was thoroughly disinfected and we are hoping for a mor? healthful year to follow. Vve are still very crowded. The dormitory is filled and the three small Korean houses on the compound have all been as crowded as is possible for them to be with any regard to health. The Presbyterian missori is trying to secure funds for a new dormitory, but have not been successful thus far. When the recitation building was completed we thought it would be large enough for several ye~r&, tq come although we knew needed a chapel; but now after only three and a half years we are very crowded there, too. The room planned for the selfhelp department has been turned into a science room and the one intended for science is being used for the self-help department because it is larger. This room, however, is too small for the 58 girls now in that department, so we have cleaned and whitewashed the fuel room to use for recitations:. What we shall do in the fall when we need this room for fuel and shall probably have a gre~ter number-of girls is a mystery. We very much need a new building for industrial work, both class work and stlfhelp department and chapel, but since financial conditions are so -bad at present, we are not asking for it this year~ Weare, however asking for $300 for fuel store room so that the old room may still be available for our work girls. That will not supply the need by any means, but will be a very great help until we can get the building we need so much. We have no free scholarships, for we believe that it is much better for the girls whose parents cannot support them to earn their way than it is to give it to them outright. Of course, it makes much more work for us, but we feel that the training they get in this department is one of the most valuable parts of their school life. One of our biggest problems is the disposal of our

41 38 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE work. If you in America who read this can: help us in this matter. we shall be very grateful The girls do beautiful embroidery, both, Koreanand'American, tatting, weaving rag rngsand various.other thiligs.,cannot.some. of. you send us or<lers for table runners, dresser scarfs, pillowc:ov:e~' baby dresses and bonnets and such things? We will sell th~~ to you for' what they o.ost us, allowing for the work enough to -pay the board of ; the ;girls while they are, doing the work WId you can sell' them for all you can get. 'This wouj,d assist you in raising money for your s(jciety~. and be a very great helpio _ us. This department is one of the most important reature~ of the school, because it trains b,o.th,mind. and hands and enables girls to feel that they are earning the educ~tion: they receive. We wish to thank all of you who have aided us by your,interest and prayers and by the gifts which h~lped so much to make Christmas a,gladsome time to both ~onaries and students. D~y Schools. 726 students enrolled in our 15 day schools,,with an average daily attendanc~ of 553 students is 1),ot a ~(!ouraging report by any means. While the enrollment exceed's'~-~iliat of ' last year by nearly' 100 students, the average-daily attendance remains about the saine~ and' yet we feel that the, standard of the schools -is being -iiiised 'all the time. We have taken Oil no new t~achers who are not graduates of our academies, and we :are hoping soon to hive'npne but graduates teae~gin any of our schools. In our Pyeng Yang school'we ~ete. not ahle to' keep because of ill health our head teacher, MarianKiiU,who gave such efficient ser'vice -last year; but we have had a very effieientand' congenial lot of teachers in the school which is indeed growing. Tlle total enrollment was 132 students an advance of 20 over last year. We are so crowded that we do. nolknaw what. to do with the lowest grade, which has about 80 little girls. - We have no room in which they can carry out the daily schedule in regular order, but they have to be shifted, -and part of the time huddled in a little room, which should accommodate half that number. In Mar.ch the

42 FIRST- DEAF AND BLIND C,)NFERENCE

43 KOREANS MAKING TEXT-BOOKS FOR THE BLIND.

44 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 39 largest class yet, 18 girls" was graduated from the school, Each of the five larger schools on the West District seems, to be trying its best to march forward. As before Chinnampo is in the lead, with its enrollment of 140 and 12 graduates this year. The next most promising is our school in Kang Sa, which has long since outgrown its school building, and has had to use the church. But how that school has managed during the cold winter months is a mystery. We were ~o rejoiced to learn that -money,has. been secured for a school building there. The Cheung San School has J made some advance and already there is need of enlarging the building wh~ch we bought last year and considered ample at the time, The ~maller schools on the West District,and the Wha,ng, Hai Do work have b~en improving also, meeting the new requirements which we have put upon them.,up to the. present owing to the lack of workers, the Day School work has been mostly in the hands of evangelistic workers but we are glad that some one has been sent now especially for the school work. Miss Tris~el who came to us last fall, to have charge of all the Day Schools, is heart and soul in her work. We feel that the future is full of hope, and that the work is in the hands. of one wh.o will bring to it a standard ~hich'it has n'efer reached before. Work for Blind and Deaf. '\ The story 'of our educational work for the blind and deaf is much the same as that -for former years. Miss F. L. Denman has attended to most of the work and has the sincere thanks of the entire station for her earnest service.- Our deficit last year, the first in our history, caused us to be more cautious -in admitting new students free, and we even suspended a,few unpromising ones frdm the lower grades. The receipts to-date are some Yen less, than last year, yet Miss Denman has managed. most judicially to keep theexp.enditures practically withih the receipts. However, we have been unable. to clear' off last year's deficit of $170 gold, and in another year there will be more repairs; applicants are also waiting for scholarships. Therefore it is imperative that the income be substantially increased for the coming year.

45 40 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE Only four new pupils who could payor were able to find patrons entered during the past year. We have had registered in Pyeng Yang, Seoul and Japan 50 blind or deaf pupils for whom our department has been responsible throughout the year. We again record our sincere gratitude to the Korean, Japanese and foreign teachers and principals.for their cooperation -in educating these less fortunate members ot the Empire together with the seeing and hearing ones. Three of our girls Kim Maria, Choi Sinae, and Pak Sinmyong completed the common school course of the Fairfield Girls' School, of which Miss Benedict has been principal. Our first deaf mute student to complete the Boys' Common School course is Yi Wansyon, a very attractive lad, the eldest son of Pastor Vi of the Mead Memorial Church, Seoul. He will take a course in type setting at the Y. M. C. A. after which a position has been.promised him. The Government of Chosen pays for the scholarship of one of our two students at the Tokio School for the Blind. I am especlally gratified with this since it does not come from the special fund for blind and deaf, but from the regular educational fund, used to aid other normal Korean students in Japan. Both 0 Prudence and Chyo Fanny have thus far accomplished what we had hoped they would doing a whole year's work in Japanese in one term so that now, at the close of their first year- they have been promoted to fourth year work and expect to compiete the Normal course a year from now. Of course this means hard work. The interest noted last of Korean churches in this work has continued. At Christmas time collections wllich were taken in some of the churches and chapels of this district amounted to -Yen not quite half enough for one scholarship. A Conunittee of two Korean women and five men has been formed to make it of more general interest to the whole church during the coming year, since our pupils come from ali the districts. In response to last year's appeal a few missionaries of our own and a number of the Methdist Church South for the first time became contributors, thus proving substantially their.sympathy with the work. The Union Churches and the Presbyterian missionaries, especially the South-

46 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 41 ern and Australian have for sometime been good contributors. also some foreign Sunday Schools on the'field. There have been a number of contributions of from Yen- 4Q.OO from private Japanese for the work, and' they sometimes send treats of food to the dormitories. As yet only Yen 1, of the sum asked at the Quarter Centennial has as yet been secured for the much needed dormitories. We continued to use the old day school building though it is too crowded to be sanitary, and is greatly desir~ for use by the Woman's Bible In~titute. In November last we held a beautiful chrysanthemum and industrial exhibit and sale. The chrysanthemums were cultivated by the deaf boys under the supervision' of Mr. T. Nakashima a good Japanese friend of the work. Those flowers that were not sold were distributed to the different hospitals and pastors. The convention upon the education of the blind and the deaf to which we were looking forward in our last report, proved successful. Delegates from both Japan and China attended and took active part. Mr. Nakamura, the blind chairman, has published a full report of the same in Japanese, and Miss Carter of the School for Deaf Girls, Chefoo, is editing the English copy, which we hope will soon be in hand. Count Terauchi sent a kind message of greeting to the convention and Mr. Sekiya, the director of the Bureau of Education, came in person. Other prominent officials were also present and congratulated us on our great privilege of engaging in such a humanitarian work. MEDICAL REPORT OF PYENG YANG HOSPITAL. M.RS. ROSETTA S. HALL, M. D. MISS MARY M. CUTLER, M. D. Such a full report was printed last year of the work of our 'hospital and medical class, that much of'it which is of annual occurrence does not need to be reiterated. During the ten months of this conference year we have had to work not only under the strain of being short handed of both doctors and trained nurses,

47 42 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE but ther~ has been the added anxiety from the proposed closing of the doors of our Woman's Hospitals in Korea. (x) See footnote. However, the needed strength and grace has been vouchsafed, and though sl10rl of two of the best months for seeing patients, we have cared for about the same number as last year. Bes~de Koreans, our patients this year have included Japanese, Chinese, American and British. Last year 62% of our patients were non-christian. This year 62% have been Christian,. and the increase in the attendance of Christian patients h3:s been largely Methodist. There are a few Roman Catholics, 7th day Adventists and Congregationalists and the good-sized balance are Presbyterians. A great proportion -of our new patients have been from the city itself this year, which also is a change, not much over one third coming to us from distances varying from 10 to 500 and 1,000 lie 45% of the whole number of adults have been able to read and write, an advance over any year so far, and as befor~ stated, this figure about keeps pace with the proportion of Christians. The evangelistic results from our work are included in the station evengelistic report. The additions to our city churches do not seem as large as last year, but many were added to the Presbyterian and to the country churches. The exact amount of receipts is not at hand, but for some years past they have exceeded the 'appropriations from home for this work. Our records show that the diseases coming to us classified and in numerical order are as follows, (1) medical, (2) gynaecological and obstetrical, (3) surgical, (4) opthalmic, (5) cutaneous, (6) aural, (7) nose and throat, (B) dental, which is practically the same as for some years past except that the ear cases (aural) have ~ecome 6th where they were Bth. Though but one (x) We rejoice to record that at the. Session of the Woman's Conference April 23, when at Bishop Harriss' request Mrs. W. C. Swearer, our President, put the question to the Conference, the large majority voted for keeping our hospitals open, and none voted to close the doors.

48 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 43 fifth of our new cases are gynaecological yet three fourths of the return cases were treatments for gynaecological complaints. These cases take a great deal of time and hardwork, but the results compare wed with either medicine or surgery, indeed they frequently requite both. We have performed a number of :operations that have brought healing and great relief to these patients, who often come great distances and remain as long as is need"ed with us. Some of the barbaric treatments r~ported to us by our patients and the results we have seen are to relate only at a medical conference. Such patients are most grateful for being cured, though in some instances their relatives have refused to allow the needed operations. As before there have been many most interesting incidents scattered through the year, but the work has been tob strenous to write them up. Anna Song, "the happiest girl in Korea," was as usual up to Christmas time, but has at last succumbed to her complication of difficulties, and was mercifully translated' the night of April 13th. Her happy Christian life was the means of helping many, not only Koreans, but for~igners. ""Mission boxes for the hospital have been gratefully received from Baltimore, Vineland, N. J., and St., Stephens' Church of Germantown, Pa., Mrs. Martha Kiin, the matron and head-nurse,'and the undergraduate nurses have performed their usual faithful, tireless services. Money from a Sunday School in Oak Grove, Mich. makes it possibie for two of the nurses to take some special work at Severance Hospital in 'Seoul: Mrs. Lee Wesang who holds a government license as a medical practitioner is held in high rega:-d by all our patients: it-would be impossible to compass our dispensary work without her faithful and willing assistance. Beginning with this new Conference 'year' we' have her niece, Miss: Ohm,' Annie, a recent graduate from Ewha, whom Mrs. Lee will train to assist with the compounding of drugs and filling prescriptions: we have arranged further for Miss Chu, Kwang-myeng to take a special course in Bacteriology under Dr. Mills at the Severance Union Medical school, and assist us in this line. Dr. Cutler's furlough falls due this year, and the need for a new foreign doctor is im-

49 44 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE perative, since we cannot hope for Korean women graduates for two or three years more.. S~ye~al Korean students entered the. Government,Higher School for- girls. ~t. Pyeng. Y ~g this month with the purpose of ac Quiring the Japanese l~il~y JQ i~tudy' medicine, and. two of our Union Girls Academy,gradu~t.~ went. to our Aoyama School in Tokyo for the',same purpose~ :<W:el?~peak yourin,terest in,.and encouragement to young Korean women to qualify.themselyes for the stuf;iy and' the practice 9f.m~dicine, sinc~ any.one who ~isits in K~rean homes sees :hqw sllfe1y it is needed ~ BishopWarne told our Woman's Conference Jhjs year how t~8:t a dozen years ago when the British Goverllment instituted the Medi~l College for women at Agra Inqia,. th.ough quite willing' to tt~ajn both Christian. and non-christian IndiaJl women, outside. of Christi~ns butfew were found qualified for admission When.he visited this...., ins,titution. th~ee years ago,. amqng the 76 women engageq in studying :medicine there,. he fouq4 Hinduism had furni~hed one, Mohammedanism one, other missions :working in India 7,,while the balance were all Methodist girls from the "Mass' Moyemer;tt" who had been educated by Otlr WOJWln's Foreign Missionary Society. S~ce its institution tliere)i~y~~_of c')urse, been many graqu,ates from this Government Medic>a1.Coll~ge for women in India, many more the.bishop 'tellsustfuul:~ur niission are at pre$ent llsipg.in their. wor.k. ~ and: :whlie we in Korea are waitiiig for our women to b,e th~ prepared,.if our' w. F. ~M..:s. can 'nof secure women from America to fill our present emergency,.the Bisho.p thinks it would be feasible for our ladies to. send us '.a couple of Indian'worrten physicntns."" C~ming with diplonlas_ endorsed by the British:d'bvernment as they would, they'coul~r meet' the requirement of. our Chosen G~v:erriment Medicine., '.. even. better' than AID.eric'ID graduates in

50 SARA J. SIMPSON MEMORIAL RUILDING EWHA HAKTANG. EWHA HA KTANG COLLEGE GRADUA't.~~. ~. "?

51 ('OLLEr.F. rlasr 19JI; F.WflA HAKTAN(;.

52 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 45 E-WHA HAXTANG. LULU E. 'FREY CHARLOTTE BROwNLEE 'OLIVEF~~PYE " JEANNETTE H'J.LBERT LOLA WOOD ALICE R..APPJ!:NZELLER., \.. 't. In May o~ this year" 1915, Ewha Haktang wilt :celebrate its,thirtieth anniversary., ~Each succeeding 'year,,has brought it a little neare~ the i4eais of its founder Mrs. M~ F. Scranton, whom we ever hold dear in memory., -Registration was' secilred "in 1912 which 'allows us to -teach a 16 year course including primary, intermediate, high school and coliege 'work.' In the fil'st eight years we use the course prepar-. ed by the Educational Senate and approved by the Department of Educati(:)ll. The, High School and College courses w'ehave made to suit present conditions. As soon as there are pupils from other schools, where 'English is,not taught, who are ready for college work, we' shall be glad- to arrange classes for them that "they,'too, may have the opportunity f-orhigher education. 'Japan ~ 'eseas a language is-taught throughout allthegrades.;' Some sub 'je~ts are taught'withjapaqe e text-books; and as the students be 'come more proficient in Japanese, other subjects will 'also be taugh~ in that language. Except in, the College, English is, taught as a: language only. ' Our industrial course,.knitting, crochetingf'embroidery and flower,making, is in charge of -~a, Japanese teacher. The girls have 'done some very. nice work in thisline,wnicb.. made a creditab~e'~showing in the exhibit, Ca'mmencement w-eek. '~;foreign sewing has not been, taught this, year, as none of" the'~oreign teachers have had time to,direct the, work;. the.sewing machines however, hav.e had little',rest out of school hours,..f.of:thegirls all make their own, clqthes~' We grade,the.girls on their daily house work, which includes duties in the kitchen and dining room, sweeping, dusting and wiping up the floors in school rooms and halls., The native teachers have charge of this work, and we have seen marked improvement during the year. The musical department with two teachers has made splendid

53 46 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE ',,\ ir- t. : progress. In losing Miss Harmon (now Mrs. McGary) we have gained Miss Wood. We find, ho:wever, that we have not really lost Mrs. McGary, for sh~still give us as much of her time as before her :t;narriage. The new piano, the generou3 gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kiimear, who in their journey around the world made us a visit and saw our need, has added much to our musical equipment. We now have eleven girls who are taking lessons on the piano, all of whom pay their tuition by each teaching five organ pupils. Many organs are finding their way into the little churches allover the country. It adds much to the service where often the-. singing is simply a "joyful noise" to have the help of ~ little ~rga:n. Frequently an applicant,for a school teacher makes the request for one.who can play the organ. T~e gift of. another.organ or two would be greatly appreciated,' since we can teach olliy as many. pupils as we can arrange practice hours for. 'The chorus-classes liave done creditable work. The Commencement music gave'.a good idea of the thorough ~aining which the girls receive in their regular lessons under Miss Wood ~d Mrs. McGary ~ We are' again' indebted to Mrs. HUgh' Miller for helping us with our music. during the fall te ~t.ri when we had no teacher. The completion of the new class room building, the "Sarah J. Simpson Memorial," the gift of a loving sister, Miss Holbrook of Columoja 'Riv~ Branch, furnishes us.witnbetterfacilities for work in sever.a). d~partments. W~ are prqud to show the building, which Bishop HarrIS d.edicated. Commencement week,. to our Conference guests and,to insert the picture i~ our report for the beneflt-qf frl.en<;1s far away. The, ~dergarten room.; as a memorial t~ Mrs. Mary G.f1ierce, is fur~hed by' the auxiliary of the Woman's k"'oreign Missio~y ~ociety of Bellefontaine, Ohio. T1;le.Gymnasium, though still unequipped, we especially appreciated after trying to teach all the physical cult.ure classes out of doors, during the past year, when the weather.often prevented.any exercise at all The furnace was th.e.gjft oillie. German auxiliaries, to whom we are very grateful. We hope the money for the.equipment of the new building may be given us soon. We were obliged to'rob

54 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 47 the main building of all its furniture in order to give the new one the appearance of a school at its dedication. A course of lectures on hygiene given by a number of the Severance Hospital Korean doctors was of much profit to the students. This line of teaching is greatly needed. The various pastors of the city have each given a series of helpful Bible talks at the Chapel hour. The revival in Chong Dong Church brought blessing to almost all the girls, The spirit in the school has been beautiful all year though one or two difficult problems in individual cases, have presented themselves. The organization of the King's Daughters continues to meet the need of religious supervision. A central circle, the members of which are the teachers and the college girls, meet once a week for spiritual help and inspiration. They, in turn, are the leaders of ten circles which meet every Sunday. These include in their membership every girl in the dormitory and many of the day pupils. Each foreign teacher has over sight of one or more of the'se circles which have proved a means of blessing to both teachers and pupils.. One of the interesting incidents of the year, which shows something of the spiritual life of the girls occurred last November.. ' A sum of money was to be raised for the Church, and the native pastor, before presenting the need, preacbed a sermon on tithing. In the evening one of the foreign teachers accidentally went into the chapel and found the girls all sitting in their seats and one girl talking, while on long benches brought to the front for the purpose, were garments of every description and hue. On in-.. quiry, she learned that they were the free-will offerings of the' girls. Each girl on her -knees had consecrated herself and her all to the Lord. Those who had no money to give, gave what they had, many of the gifts meaning real sacrifice. One after another arose, quietly found her way to her room, returning with her gift until everyone had brought something; silk, linen and cotton garments, shoes, rings and pins, books and countless little keep sakes dear to the owners. How the angels must have rejoiced over the spirit which prompted the laying of these gifts on the ait art With little or no difficulty the articles were sold and

55 48 KOREA WOMAN;S CONFERENCE Yen 300 ($150) was realized. To the Koreans, giving is a means of grace... The girls of our Standard Bearer society have raised Yen 10 which they propose to use as the beginning of the support of a Korean young woman, a graduate of our Peking School, who is working among the Chinese. We receive any students who bring satisfactory letters of recommendation whether Christians or not. They come to us from almost every province in Korea. The receipts for board and tuition for are Yen About half of our pupils come from such poor homes that it is necessary for them to have some help. Scholarships provide them with board and tuition, their 'parents furnishing them with clothes, bedding and books. Mter graduation, these students pay their obligation by feaching either here or in the country schools. The three girls who finished the College course last year have since done invaluable work as teachers in Ewha. The four high school girls have also taught, two in Ewha, one in our East Gate school and one in Chemulpo. Two of the latter were pay pupils. We try to keep before the minds of the students that they are being trained for lives of usefulness. We meet with some disappointments but with many encouragements as the years go by. A new generation is coming and from it we expect still greater results. Already there are ten children of former pupils attending school. In March we graduated our second College Class. They have done five years of faithful work since they graduated from tbe High School, and we have reason to be proud of their record. We were happy to have had present with us on College Com~ mencement day, Mr. Sekiya, Director of the Educational Department who gave us the principal address. Bishop Harris' words of commendation and encouragement to the students were greatly appreciated. Our eighth High School Class numbered eleven. Three honor girls gave 0fa:tions 1 and the Governor of the,province made the address. He could not conceal his delight as he saw the school girls in,processional, which is always a.pretty sight, the prim-.

56 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 49 ary children first, the girls following, all dressed in white, singing a hymn of praise. The statistics of the Alumnae of the High School, given by the secretary, were interesting to us and may be to others. Not including this year's class the graduates of seven years make a total of 62, 3 of the number have died, 28 are home-makers, 26 are teachers, 10 are college students, 1 is doing invaluable work as a graduate nurse in the hospital in So~g Do, 6 have gone to America and Hawaii and 2 are taking Kindergarten training under Mi~s Brownlee,-in (lur new Kindergart~n Normal Department. In spite of the crowded condiotions reported last year, both in dormitory and class rooms, our enrollment reached 273 with an average attendance of 230. Besides this number we have 70 little folks on the Kindergarten roll making a total of 343, an increase of 78 pupils. A few more dormitory pupils have been accommodated since four of the classes have been removed to the new building, allowing us to use their rooms for dormitories. For the first time in years we were told that there was room for two more students but before this report is read we shall probably be as crowded again as last year, for every day brings us new girls. A new dining room with laundry and kitchen is a necessity for which we expect to estimate this year. Besides Miss Wood, whom we have mentioned, we have since last Conference welcomed Miss Hulbert who was prevented by a seige of typhoid from coming to us last year, and Miss Appenzeller who after years of waiting in America is back in the land of her birth, ready to devote herself to the needs of this people. We have lost Miss Haenig and Miss Walter, both home for needed rest, so that the number of foreign teachers is no more than that of last year. The class work falls -especially heavily on Miss Pye ~ince she is the only teacher who has finished her language course. The greatest sorr-ow of her life has come to our,faithful teacher, Mrs. Hah, in the death of her daughter, Dorothy, a beautifulchristian girl, who would have been one of the graduates

57 50 KOREAt WOMAN'S.CONFERENCE from the High School this year. We cannot think of her as dead -she has only entered into life everlasting.. We close the year with an 'attendance of 622 pupils in our day schools, which are known as Ewha Haktang Day Schools. We have been able to replace some inefficient teachers by putting in our own graduates. In these 15 schools we have nine of' our own girls. Every school is crowded to the utmost of its capa:" city. We welcome Miss Tuttle back and are sure that with her return the day schools will have much better attention. New buildings are to be built and every school should be better equipped. We should like to thank all patrons for salaries of the teachers ; fot the scholarships which make it possible for so many to study, who otherwise could not; for the nurse, who, performs her duties so efficiently and relieves us of mnch anxiety; and for the various gifts which have come to us from loving f~ends of the work, throughout the year. MEDICAL REPORT OF LILLIAN HARRIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. MARY STEWART, M. D. NAOMI ANDERSON, R. N. It is difficult to put a medical rep::>rt into words. So much of the very soul of the doctors and nurses enters into the daily routine of work. To the outsider it is simply "medical work." But to us who, day after day, week after week, month after month, not only have the history of physical pain poured into our ears, but the story of heartache, of the devil possessed, of a wfui poverty, dirt, rags and in fact all the miseries to which humanity is heir, come. Though we may endeavor to escape from the depression that the constant association with suffering brings, even i for a few minutes, ere the escape is made we are summoned to yet harder tasks.eve~. at a-prayer m~ting in our home we are enlightened as to what is going on at the. hospital by a nurse who

58 KOREA WOMAltoI '8 CONFERENCE 51 announces in v~ry audible tones that a baby is being born, the doctor must come. More and more women are coming to the hospital for delivery. Our jinrikisha makes it possible for a mother in labor to come to us, where formerly the doctor had to go to the home. Although we gave up to the Bible School room sufficient for five beds, drug store-room, and our nurse's class-room, even in the limited quarters of one ward and three small rooms we have had more patients than during any year in the history of our work. Our obstetrical room must be lying-in-room nursery, ward, and waiting room all in one, so you can well picture the awful condition, when there are two babies coming at once, when one patient in labor must witness the sufferings of the other, or when one has passed through her trial must again pass through the agony of her neighbor's child birth. Sleeping in a class-room in the Bible School is a joyful holiday in comparison to what the doctor, nurses and patients endure in our conglomerate obstetrical room. One very encouraging feature of the work is the many returns of former patients. Cured patients have brought other members of the family and also their neighbors. Day after ~ay we have had to refuse patients, "not an empty bed." We have often had to dismiss patients before they were entirely well that others might use the l;>eds. Since the purchase of our microscope our parasite cases have increased, a large percentage of them being hook-worm. We never give out medicines for hook-worm and tape-worm, so patients wishing to be rid of these two. parasites must come to the hospital. Our baby clinic has greatly increased, 1711 babies under 5 years old having received baths and medical care during the year. Many have made the rounds of other dispensaries before coming to us. There is no use trying to heal a dirty baby,. a bath and a dose of castor oil will do more toward a cure than bottles of the best medicine when the pores of the skin are closed. Sterility is the source of great trouble in the Korean home. If no son is born.the husband takes another wife; but upon consulting. th~ doctor in a large majority of cases, 8.fter. a month or so of care pregnancy is.reported.. -The news spreads,

59 52 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE therefore our_ gynecological clinic reached nearly 2,000 this last year. Treatments for eye and ear have also increased during the year. I hardly understand why this is as we have no equipment for this work. However, after makjng the rounds of specialists who have not helped them, they have come to us. With the care of our faithful Josie, a cup of hot boric acid solution, a stupe for half an hour, some portergol and a wet pack have re-o sulted in speedy cures. It is not an unusual sight to have four or five patients on stoop, floor or tables having eye treatments all at once, men, women and children. In the Nurses Training School, there are ten nurses in training. Three probationers have been taken 'on during the year, and three nurses left without completing their course. The nurses' training course does not appeal to the girl who simply wants to study and get her board and uniform thrown in. The tasks are too strenuous, some duties, too lothesome and the sight of death is a shock. However, this year with a definite plan of study and hours of recitation interspersed between attending to baths, temperatures and tablets, the girls have wor;ked harder ~and been happier than ever before. During December a government examination was held, examining all nurses who wished to practice in Korea. Our Superintendent with other superintendents and thejr graduate nurses took this examination and received permission from the Government to practice nursing. Two of our nurses, Ye Hope and Ye Keung Sun, were among those who are registered nurses. Hospital patients numbered 210 and enriched us by Yen 768, dispensary clinics 10,816, contributed to our work Yen 1, As this conference year was only 11 months long and the doctor was away one month, this really reports for only 10 months. Mabel, our dispensary Bible woman, reports that of the 10,816 patients, 2476 were Christians. Besides doing her regular work at the dispensary, she visited 170 homes in her follow-up work. Whock Sin, the hospital Bible woman, reports visiting 260 non-christian homes and telling the. story of Christ and His love to 860 non-christians. 124 hospital patients decided to believe

60 KOR~A WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 53 while in the hospital, and there are many instances where not only the patient came but other people of the household have be lieved with her. 18 joined churches in the city. We have received no large gifts during the year, but wish to thank our friends for mission boxes that made possible Christmas gifts to our East Gate Sunday School pupils, and our Korean frien~s who have encouraged and sustained us in our work. To our Heavenly Father we are grateful for the peace, the growth and harmony that has been ours during the year. SEOUL EVANGELISTIC WORK. JESSIE B. MARKER. In trying to tell you of our work, we feel like the Koreans who often preface their remarks by saying, "I know nothing at all." But we realize that without our reports, you who so kindly support us, could know nothing of what we are doing. As we try to tell you of the evangelistic work in Seoul and surrounding dis~ trict we particularly have in mind the women in the homeland who are supporting our Bible Women and class work in this city. If there are any patrons who yet have no real interest in the individuals whom they' support, we should like them to get a little glimpse of the women of Seoul as they read these lines. There are a number of very special women in America who are in our minds also. They are the ones who from time to time during the past year have sent the message across the sea-"weare praying. for you." We feel that our offering to the Master is small as it is, but how much less it might have been, had we not been remembered in this way. We have eleven Bible women for the 35 churches in and around Seoul. There is a membership of 2840 women in these churches including those in full connection, those who have been baptized and those who are studying for baptism. Figures are not interesting to you except as they show an increase from year to year. The thing~ that is of i,nterest to anyone i~ the

61 54 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE faces of the people. There is no way for most of you to see these dear Korean women except through our eyes. There are three kinds of faces among these 2840 women of Seoul, which I wish you to see. First, those who are inquiring the way, who though not comprehending still know there is something better in life for them, and yet to whom Jesus is'only a name. The light has not entered their hearts and their faces are empty in comparison to the other women. For the' most part they do not know how to read. The Bible women have gained an entrance into their homes and are teaching them the truth. Then there are those who have learned to read and are studying their Bibles. Their hearts have been changed and they have been baptized into the Lord Jesus Christ. A strange new life is dawning upon them about which they hear a little more every Sunday, as the Gospel is preached to them in the churches. They have come to realize that there is something in life for women. The third class are those who have been Ch~tians a long time. They show by their faces that God's peace has stolen into ~eir hearts and has taken possession of them. They rejoice in Him and a great number of them have gained the vision of their sisters' needs and are preaching Christ wherever they. go. We have had a conviction ever since taking up this work that it is not the Bible women nor the missionaries who are to do the work of these 34 churches, but these Christian women who are the class leaders and Sunday School teachers. To this end we have met with some 60 or more of them from the various churches once every month and have tried to impress on their minds the fact that it is their respon sibility to teach the women of their churches to increase membership of their churches. We have prayed abo~t the work with them and at our last meeting we were glad to,see a new interest in the work, which can only be attributed to the,revivals which have lately visite<l all these churches. Among these women are a great company to whom my heart is especially drawn. They are the beautiful young w{)men, the daughters-in-law, who stay at home and do all the hard w.ork. They are as bright as. they can bet and we must get the older

62 KOREA 'WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 55 women to let them come out to the study classes. This is not as easy a task as it nright seem, for custom has always bound down these young women. This year, here at the Ewha building, we organized a class for these women on Saturdays, and have made a special effort to get them out to study. An average of 40 women have been attending and at social gatherings we have had as many as 160 out. There is no reason why we should not make a success of this class, for we have the room here at Ewha, the.gymnasium and a corps of teachers ready to help us. For the women in general in these churches we have been following the study of Genesis and Matthew, the second year of our course of weekly study. We have had good reports from two splendid young women who have gone to two places a day holding these classes. One of these Mrs. Cable has kindly loaned us for this work. There have been almost 500 women, chiefly from our smaller churches, who have been attending these weekly classes. For the women of Seoul and the surrounding 'district we 'hold two large classes each year in union with the Southern Methodists. We have most pleasant relations with them in this work and we know the interest in 'i.he class is greatly increased because we are thus working together. We have an excellent staff of teachers for these classes, the best from the two missions. This spring 11 Koreans taught in this class. The greatest enrollment we have had up to the present is 300. This has not come up to our expectation but we are making progress from year to year and we trust we will soon have many hundre{l}s of. women in the classes. We have also had a union Normal Class from which our women have gone out and held classes in most of our smaller churches. In connection with this class work we must tell you our greatest need for.the evangelistic work of Seoul at this time. We have no building in which to hold these classes. We have big churches, it is true, but it is hard to held a large class of eight or more sections in a. big church room that cannot be divided into class rooms. Up to this time the Y. M. C. A. has kindly loaned us the use.of th~ir rooms that they use for night school. Now they

63 56 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE need these rooms for other purposes and we have no place to go. Until we get a place, of course the only thing to do is to go into one of our churches, stretch curtains around and do the best we can. But it is needless to say that the noise hampers us in our work. We must have a place to hold this Union Class in the center of the city, Chong No. We also want to hold other classes, say of two months duration for young women. We hope and - pray that the Women's Foreign M\ssionary Society may be able to help build the Sunday School room of the proposed Chong No Church SJ that a place may be provided for this important work. One of special pleasures of this year has been coming in touch with Miss Albertson's girls whom we were privileged to teach for a time in the winter. They were always so appreciative.of any work that was done for them, and we always came away feeling glad that we had been there. A nice ride of 240 Ii on a motor cycle, took us into Wonju where we had the privilege of helping in two classes the poor women who have heretofore been so sadly neglected. In Miss Miller's enforced absence it seemed too bad to let all her classes go, so it was another special joy to spend ten days in Yu Ju, Suwon and Chemulpo where we held a class for ten days in each place. The women were. especially blessed in all of these classes but particularly in Chemulpo the power of the Spirit 'Yas manifested for we could scarcely begin the devotional hour until they were all sobbing and unburdening their hearts before the Lord. We have greatly appreciated the splendid work done by Mrs. Noble this year in our Sunday Schools. She tells of her work as follows: "At the last Annual Conference I was still finding my way about in Seoul, but now I can say I have found it. Last year the people seemed to be surprised when- I greeted them in the Churches; now they are greeting me and in many streets in and around-the capital the children vie with one another to run and smile at me. I have found a large and needy place here. Some 12 new Sunday Schools follow a program especially arranged for the Children's Department have been started; at most of these Sunday Schools a monthly teacher's repqrt meeting is beinghel~,

64 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 57 and we also hold a monthly union officer's meeting at our home. The attendance of the Sunday Schools has largely increased. With inexperienced officers and teachers in some of the men's Sunday Schools, the large number of new scholars has been their embarrassment. At the Chong No Church 47 new scholars came one Sunday. Mrs. Weller has been putting her strength in this Sunday School, helping it over the rough places during the past few months. It has been a pleasure to me to visit many of the Sunday Schools and to spend a month as Superintendent at six of the largest ones." We have worked now for two years in this evangelistic work in Seoul. We felt discouraged last year and a great part of this, for it has been so hard to get the work in hand. We cannot forget what Dr. Goucher said to the Conference-"If we look up we see all between us and Him, b~t if we look down we only see the problem before us." We feel somehow that the great mass of women on this district who fairly haunt us, because they cannot read, are going to be awakened. There are no better women in the world than those of our Parent Board, who are so willing to help in the work, and some of them have given their whole time to it. Had it not been for the help of Mmes. Noble, Bunker, Cable, Van Buskirk, Hugh Miller and others in our class and evangelistic work, the results of our labors would have been far less than they are. We rejoice to tell you that the spiritual tone of our work in higher than it has ever been and we feel this is but the beginings of a great work that God is doing in our midst. THE BIBLE WliMAN'S TRAINING SCaOOL. MILLIE M. ALBERTSON. At the Bible Woman's Training Schoof our forty boarding students and six day pupils are living in such cramped quarters that they are compelled to sleep on every class room floor and our three Korean teachers sl~ep in the clothes closet. The meals

65 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE ar~ served in two divisions, the dining room being filled twice at each meal time. We have necessarily a greatvariety of students. Applications come from women -whose husbands are preparing for Christian work here or in America, widows, deserted women, and'. young women, some of whom expect to marry Christian workers. The.only opportunity for study that many of these women have had has been in the country classes and institutes. A few have had grammar grade work and one only has completed a high school course. This lack of preparation before coming makes. academic work preparatory to the Bible Course a necessity~ We hope, that in a few years we maybe able to receive only those who have had at least grammar grade work. With but few exceptions, our students have shown.marvelous ability to apply themselves to stutiy. "Faithfulness -in. study and an evident desire to live. consistent lives has been a marked characteristic of the school during the entire year," says Mrs. Lawton, who is teaching "The life of Christ" this year. "To.my own delight at the privilege of having a place in the class room, has been added the deeper joy and satisfaction of finding the students of high mental ability and Christian character. What their training will mean to the Church of Korea undoubtedly surpasses any prophecy that I might make. My outstanding impression is that God is owning and blessing the Work." A week of revival services in the school followed by the oevangelistic meetings in the church at East Gate deepened the spiritual life of ev~ry student as they were led into a deeper consecration, and many received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The Korean teachers have carried their part of the work with a consecration, dignity and faithfulness that we appreciate, but are unable to express. The.missionary teachers have all taken their places underneath the load, and the combined efforts of the teachers have made the year's W'orksuccessful. Mrs. VanBuskirk has taught two hours a dayduring.the year. We shall all miss' her while she is in America on furlough. After a year's study.in the New York Bible School we hope she may return to continue

66 KOREA WOMAN'S 'CONFERENCE 59 her work in the Bible School. Miss Renick with Marion Kim's assistance has secured excellent results in physical culture, and has also conducted sewing classes once a week in each grade, led devotions and helped in numberless ways. More has been accomplished in singing and instrumental music than ever before, as a result of Mrs. Weller's faithful, persistent work. We need more of her time and better equipment in organs and practice rooms..mrs. Noble, Miss Marker and Miss Beiler have given valuable help in teaching; D~. Stewart and Miss Anderson are always ready to care for any students who may be ill. This year Mrs. Cable has been instructing the teachers in the Prophetical Books, one of the Gospels, Romans, and Christian Ethics. With the help of Choi Rhoda she has directed the 'students' evangelis-: tic work. She reports as follows: The evangelistic work of the school has been carried on according to the plan adopted in former years. There is more demand for Sunday School teachers than we can supply, but we have been able to furnish sixteen churches with two students each to help in the Sunday services. They have taught in the adult Sunday School in the morning and again in the children's Sunday School in the afternoon. If time permitted, they called. in the homes to pray with the sick or talk with the discouraged, and conversed with many non-christian women whom they met on the way. On Monday morning at the chapel hour the reports of the Sunday work are given; they t~ll the number present at the services, number of new believers, the name of the preacher, his text and often part of his sermon, number of visits made in the homes and any other items of interest. In one place they recently reported that one of the Christian women was palsied and her heathen relatives and friends urged her to call in a sorceress to cure her, but she said, "No, even though I die, I will never consent.'; Then she was brought to our Christian hospital. Once a week we have taken a few students out to some country or city church to hold an evangelistic service for the non Christian women. In spite of the fact that we have been to some ',of the places several times, we always have a goodly nutjlber of

67 60 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE women present; they have seemed greatly interested in the service, often audibly assenting to some of the teachings. One of our students was a sorceress before she became a Christian. Now instead of trying to drive out the evil spirits by incantations, she seeks the devil-possessed and by the power of prayer casts them out. Another student who often goes with us on our trips is blind Susannah. During the revival at East Gate she prayed all one night for the Spirit's infilling so she would be prepared for her message. She said, "How can i deliver a message to the unsaved unless I myself have the power in my own life?" She found what she sought, as she gave her message to the women that day both through speech and song, the tears ran down many a woman's face.. Her face shone 8S she talked and we all forgot that her eyes were sightless. She also teaches a Sunday School Class. The following is the statistical report from October 5th to April 20th, Number of new believers 187 " " non-christian women taught 730 " " Christian women taught " ". non-christian homes visited " " Christian homes visited Through the gift of Mrs. Fannie Gamble, we have been able to offer the scholarships to wives of preachers; we hope that these scholarships may increase. We should like to be able to give at least one to each of our six districts. Weare grateful for the gift of an organ from the Junior League of Whippary, New Jersey. To the Missionary Society for increased.~ppropriation and to all who have helped, we are thankful.

68 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 61 Appointments of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.Workers for by Bishop Harris Chemulpo. Evangelistic work in Chemulpo and Suwon Districts, and Class work on Wonju District, Evangelistic work and Day Schools on Poopyung and Island Circuits of Chemulpo Dis- Lula A. Miller. Mary R. Hillman. trict, and City Day Schools,... Margaret I. Hess. Haiju. Evangelistic work and Day Schools on Haiju District,... Gertrude E. Snavely. Jane Barlow. Xongju. City and East DistrictE vangelistic work, Blanche R. Bair. Class work and Day Schools in City and OJ) West Kongju District, To be supplied..pyeng Yang. Union Academy and Evangelistic work First Church,... E. Irene Haynes. Union Academy and Evangelistic work Sin Chun Kol Church,.. Grace L. Dillingham.

69 62 City and DiStrict Day Schools, Evangelistic work Ku Kol Church, and 'LanguageStHdy, Maude V. Trissel. District Evangelistic work and Ne Mon Kol Church, Hannah Scharpff. Woman's Hospital and Dispensary and Director of Department for Blind and Deaf, Rossetta S. Hall, M. D. Woman's Hospital and Dispen 'sary and Director of Woman's Medical Class, Mary M. Cutler, M. D. Principal of Ewha Haktang, Superintendent Ewha Day Schools, Seoul Evangelistic work, Instructor in Ewha Haktang and Chong No Evangelistic work, Instructor in Ew ha Haktang and Sang Dong Evangelistic work, Instructor in Ewha Haktang and Language Study, Instructor Instrumental Music at Ew ha Haktang, Instructor Vocal Music at Ewha Haktang, Director,Kindergarten, Normal;, and Sang Dong Evangelistic work, Lillian Harris Memorial Hospital Seoul Lulu E. Frey_ Ora M. Tuttle. Jessie B. Marker. Jeannette Hulbert. Olive F. Pye. Alice Appenzeller. Grace Harmon McGary. Lola A. Wood. Charlotte Brownlee. and Baldwin Dispensary,.. ". Mary S. Stewart, M. D. Superintendent of Nurse's Training School and East Gate Evangelistic work,...; Frincipal of Bible Woman's Training School, ". '. '~".".. ". Naomi Anderson. Millie M. Albertson.

70 "f' KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE Instructor in Bible Woman's Training School,.. Elizabeth~. Renick. Leave of _Absence, A. Jeannette Walter. Yeng Byen. Evangelistic work and Day Schools, Ethel M. Estey. Language Study,... '...'.. : Hildah Graff. Furlough. Mary Beiler, 'Ruth E~ 'Benedict, Huldah A. Haenig, Mrs. Alice A Sharp. 63 LABGUAGE COURSE OF STUDY. FIRST YEAR. : t. The alphabet and syllabary. 2. 'The Chinese and Korean numerals and the countin2 of money. 3. Scott's Manual or Stokes'! Helps. a. Declensions of nouns and pronouns. b. Times and seasons., c. Adjectives; kinds, conjugation, and comparison. 4. The' verb.". a. As conjugated in Underwood's. b. The disqnction between it-ta (~-ct) and ii-ta (~..:t). Scott p. ~35~. \, '~. Negation (Scott).. 5. Adverbs, as given in Scott, 6. Post-positiQns,(Scott p. 153). 7. ;Study :th.e. ;.formation of indirect discourse as given in Mrs. Baird~s Fifty Helps. 8: a. ~,,~~ Mrs. Baird's :Fifty Helps. 'Gale's Grammatical Forms 88, 90. j b. ''"1:, '"1 "* '"17J.sS, l' ~ 1" ~ ~I, 1: ll.!:. Gale's Grammatical Forms

71 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE c. Concessive 1" 1f, 1" 51, 1":X, 1" ~ "'1", 'I ~.. :s:. GaIe's Grammatical Forms d. Alternative ~~, -.a1:jmrs. Baird's Fifty Helps and Gale's Grammatical Forms e. Temporal, Scott p f. Fearing, Scott p g. Wishing and desiring 1" jl. -q 1" ct, 1" l1. JI.f - -ct, -r!i or ef: 1"-ct. 9. Salutation and dismissals.in high, middle and low forms. a.. On aquaintance. h. Morning and evening. c. On street 10. Reading. a. Careful attention to euphonic changes and pronounciation of words. b. Proper emphasis of clauses and phrases. c. Careful reading of the fu.ree Ritualistic forms of Discipline. 11. Memorize the first ten lessons and questions of Becker's Introductory Sentences. 12. Two hundred sentences to be written ~~ translated by the student 13.. Translation of the First Epistle of John; the student to have a general knowledge of the words and ~e forms as studied in the first year. 14. To be read: "Ewa" by W. A. Noble; "Korea" hy G. H.Jones; "Every Day Life in Korea" by D. L. Gifford. 15. Chinese characters 200. SECOND YEAR. 1. Underwood's Introduction, Part II. 2. Gale's Grammatical Forms, pages 1 to 92. ;3. Grammatical Analysis of Gospel of Matthew. 4. Select 100 Sini~Korean words and learn their etymology. 5. Four hundred sentenees,half colloquial and half in literary. form with translations; student must memorize 100 of these sentences. 6. Study the Geograplty of Korea and leam the Chinese: for the. names of the provinces, their capitals, chief rivers, open

72 KOREA WOMAN'S CONFERENCE 65 ports, mission stations and names of the principal railroad stations. 7. To be studied: Methodist Episcopal Church Catechism, prepared by W. G. Cram. 8. Study.' carefully petitionary forms and practice in extemporaneous prayer. 9. Memorize lessons 11 to 40 of Introductory Sentences, especial attention being paid to the method of memorizing. 10. To be read: "Korea the Hermit Nation" by W. E. Griffis. "Korean Sketches" by J. S. Gale. THIRD YEAR. 1. Read carefully introduction of Scott's Manual. 2. Review Grammatical Forms in Gale. 3. Study grammatical forms of the sentences in Gale's Grammatical Forms p Analytical study of grammatical forms in a. Gospel of John. b. Book of Acts. c. Epistles to the Romans and Hebrews. 5. Study carefully forms of letter writing. 6. Study the idiomatic features of the Korean Language. 7. Select and learn 10 Sinico-Korean phrases. 8. Practice during the year extemporaneous prayer and speaking. 9. To be read: a. t! 1t"'J. ~ b. ~.!I.e.;t'" c. 'itl f t1t~ 10. Present an original composition of characters on some subject helpful to the student. 11. Chinese. a. Names for government departments. h. Principal Mission Schools. c. Principal Missi'ln Hospitals. d. Review. 12. To be read: "Chinese Characteristics" by A. H. Smith.,j'Korea and her Neighbors" by Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop.

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74 Statistics of the Year endeng Apirl 22, I~ Women in the! ~ church ; Bible Institutes or Training Classes. Schools f(,l Training Bible Women. Schools of College Grade. Vernacular and Anglo-Vernacular Boarding Schools. Day Schools. Kindergarten~. Medical work. Pyeng Yang... n... 6 ~ 1, , ,27214 j eng Byeng City and District... 1] Haiju.... _ ,196 ~ 25 1, [ f ( ~ () blind school $ $ $ 96.3 Su Won , ,0471C Kong Ju , , Wonju and Kang~ nung Districts O~ IOE 1, TOTAL 25 U ~,212 5,68610,805 89B 23, , $ $ ,648 2, I $ 73.0( II $ I I 1 270,86 2 8! 2 1 2/ j ,~ $ $ $ * Teach also in High School.