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2 OFFIcIAL JOURNAL.KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE. METHO.DIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,.- SIXTH SESSION CHONG DONG METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SEOUL June

3 PRINTED by THE FUKUIN PRINTING Co., Ltd YOKOHAMA, JAPAN.

4 ( CONTENTS PAGE CONFERENCE REGISTER JOURNAL OF DAILY PROCEEnINr.S DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS ApPOINTMENTS 33 I. Haij u District Kongj u East District Kongju West District Pyeng Yang, West Pyeng Yang and Yeng Byen Districts Seoul I'istrict Suwon District 59 DISTRICT REPORTS MEDICAL REPORTS 65.EDUCATIONAL REPORTS 79 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES AND OFFICERS 93 LANGUAGE COURSE OF STUDY 102 CONFERENCE- ROLL 108 FORMER 1\1EMBERS OF THE 1\1IssION 109 LADlES OF THE W. F. 1\1. S ANNUAL ~EETINGS III ANNUAL SUMMARY OF STATISTICS I 12 STATISTICS OP 1913 II

5 CONFERENCE REGISTER I. Conference officers President Bishops James \V. Bashford, Peking, China, Merriman C. Harris, Seoul, Korea Secretal'Y Corwin Tay.lor, Kongiu, Korea Assistant Secretary Paul L. Gl~ove, Pyeng Yang,Korea Statistical Secretary A. H. Norton, Haiju, Korea Assistant Statistical Secretary B. R. Lawton, Chemulpo, Korea Treasurer c. S. Deming, Seoul, Korea Official Interpreters B. W. Billings, and Hyen Soon Kim Changsik, Pak Wunpaik, \V. C. Swearer. District Superintendents C. D. Morris, G. 1\1, Burdick, W. A. Noble, Corwin Taylor, II. Conference Societies and Boards C. D. Morris, W. A. Noble, Corwin Taylor, Board of Conference Examiners S. A. Beck, W. C. Swearer, C. S. Deming, G. M. Burdick, Choi Pyeng H yen, Kim Chang Sik.

6 [june, Conference Relations G. M. Burdick, Pak \Vun Paik, C. D. Morris, W. A. Noble, Chang Nak Do, Corwin Taylor. Conference Temperance Society J. D. VanBuskirk, President, Hugh H. Cynn, Secretary. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Iiaijit District, A. H. Norton, Hong Seung Tak. [{01zgJit East District, Sin Hong Sik, Chung Chai K won. [(Ortg/u TVest District, An Chang Ho, Kim Kwang Sik. PyC1lg Yallg District, Kim Chai Chan, E. D. Follwell. Seoul District, Chang Nak Do, Choi Pyeng Hyen. SmU01l District, H. C. Taylor, Han C~ang Sup. TYol~ju District, Pak \ivun Paik, Yi Tong Sik. YCJlg Byell D strict. Pak Yung Chan V H. Wachs. Sunday School and Tract Society B. W. Billings, Jessi~ Marker, B. R. Lawton, Huldah,Haenig, Educational Committee R. R. Reppert, D. A. Bunker. A. L. Becker, Pa ul L. Grove, B. W. Billings, Corwin Taylor, Irene Haynes. W. A. Noble, B. R. Lawton, G. M. Burdick, V. I-I. Wachs, W. C. Swearer, C. S. Deming, Henrietta Robbins, Jessie Marker, Local Preachers and Exhorters W. C. Swearer, G. M. Burdick, C. D. Morris, C. S. Deming. Kim Kwang Sik. A. I.. Becker, J. D. VanBuskirk, Study of Korean Language C. S. Deming,_ Lulu E. Frey. W. C. Swearer,

7 CONFERENCE REGISl'EH. 3 State of the church B. R. La wtol1, H. C. Tay!or, N. D. Chew. Home and Foreign Missionary Society 'vv. C. Swearer, President, Chang Nak Do, Vice-President and Secretary, B. R. Lawton Treasurer. MANAGERS l]cliju Dis/rid, C. D. IVlorris, N. D. Che\v, Hong Seung Tak. I{01zgju East Distrid, Corwin Taylor, Sin Hong Sik, Chung Chai Kwon. l{ollgju vv[st District, W. C. Swearer, Kim KwangSik, An Chang Ho. J-YCllg Yang District, C. D. Morris, Kim Chai Chan, Hyen Suk ChiI. Scoul DL~trict, \\'- A. Noble, Chun Duk Kui, Choi Pyeng Hyen. SU'iC'Oll Distrtct, G. 1\1. Burdick, Hong Seung Ha, Han Chang Sup. H701~iu District, Pak \Nun Paik, Yi Tong Sik, Pak Hyen 11. Yt'1lg Bycll District, Kim Chang Sik, Pak Yung Chan, Vi N ung Do. Church Location and Erection Haijit District, N. D. Chew, Hong Seung Sak, Paul L. Grove. ]{ollgjit East District, Corwin Taylor, Sin Hong Sik, Chung Chai Kwon. l{o1lgji-t "Vest Distlicl, Son Seung Yong, 'vv. C. Swearer, Kim Kwang Sik. Pyellg Yang District, C. D. Morris, Hyen Suk Chil, Kim Chai Chan, Pyen Hak Yong. Seoul Districl, W. A. Noble, D. A. Bunker, Choi Pyeng Byen, Chun Duk Kui, Chang Nak Do. Slt'ZeJ01t District, G. M. Burdick, H. C. Tay lor, Han Chang Sup, Chan Chun Myung. rv01ljit District, Pak \.\Tun Paik, Yi Tong Sik, Pak Hyen II, A. G. Anderson. Yl:ng Bym District, Kim Chang Sik, Yi Nung Do, Pak Yung Chan, Song Chan Sik.

8 4 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE LJUNE, III. Standing Committees for 1913 Permanent Bible Committee W. C. Swearer, C. D. Morris, G. M. Burdick. General Council E~ecutjve Committee W. C. Swearer. To Audit Mission Treasurer J. D. VanBuskirk, R. R. Reppert. W. C. Swearer, D. A. Bunker, B. R. Lawton, C. S. Deming, Finance G. 11. Burdick, 'vv. A. Noble, C. D. Morris, A. H. Norton, E. D. Follwell, A. L. Becker, Corwing Taylor. Comity The District Superintendents. Resolutions N. D. Chew, A. G. Anderson, I. M. IV[iller, Choi Pyeng Hycn. To Audit W~ F. M. S. Treasurer Lulu A. Miller, Jeannett Walter. Program Next Conference S. A. Beck, vv. A. Noble, O. A. Weller. Publications with M. E. Church South W. A. Noble, C. S. Deming, Choi Pyeng Hyen. Reporters S. A. Beck, Hyen Soon, Paul L. Grove. Nominations The District Superintendents.

9 1913J 5 JOURNAL OF DAILY PROCEEDINGS. FIRsr DAY, FRIDAY, JU~E 6th, Opc1tiug'.-The sixth session of the Korean Annual Conference met in Chong Dong Church Seoul 011 Friday June 6th at 9.00 A.M. Bishops Bashford and Harris Presiding. Bishop Bashford addressed the Conference on the significance of the communion service, following which Bishop Harris assisted by Bishop Yoshiyasu Hiraiwa and the District Superintendents administered the sacrament of the Lords Supper. Roll call.-the Secretary of the last Conference called the roll to which the following responded, An Chang Ho, S. A. Beck, A. L. Becker, D. A. Bunker, G. M. Burdik, Chang Nak Do, N. D. Chew, Choi Pyeng Hyen, Chun Duk Kui, C. S. Deming, Paul L. Grove, Hong SeungHa, Hong Seung Tak, Hyen Soon, Hyen Suk Chil, Kang Sin \ivha, Kim Kwang Sik, Kim Chai Chan, Kim Chan Kyu, Kim Chan Hung, Kim Chang Sik, Kwon Sim 11, B. R. Lawton, C. D. Morris, \V. A. Noble,. O. Kui Sun, Pak Wun Paik, Pak Pong Nai, Pak Yung Chan, Son Seung Yong, W. S. Swearer, Corwin Taylor, H. C. Taylor, J. D. VanBusikrk, Yi lk Mo, Yi Ha Yung, Yi Tong Sik, Vi Kyung Chik. The roll of probationers was called and the following were present B. W. Billings, Chung Chat Kwon, Han Chang Sup, Kim U! Kwon, A. H. Horton, Pak Yung Suk, Pak Hyen II, Pang Chok Sin, Pyen Hak Yong, R. R. Reppert, Sill Hong Sik, Son Ik Chu, Yi Chin Hung, Yi Tong Kui, Vi Yung Sun, Yun Sung Yul, V. H. Wachs. OrganizatiolZ.-The following were elected officers of the conference, Secretary Corwin Taylor, Assistant Secretary Paul L. Grove, Statistical Secretary A. H. Norton, Assistant B. R. Lawton, Korean Secretary, Yi Kyung Chik, assistant O. Kui SUll, Statistical

10 6 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, Secretary, An Chang Ho, Assistant Chung Chai Kwon. Treasurer C. S. Deming, Official interpreters B. W. Billings, Hyen Soon. ReportersB. W. Billing, Hyen Soon; Paul L. Grove. Organist and Clwrisltr.-B. R. Lawton was elected organist and D. A. Bunker chorister. Bar of Confe1/cncc.-On motion of C. D. :Morris the bar of -conference was fixed to include the first seven seats in the middle rows, the first three on the side rows, and the first two on the sides. The probationers were invited to sit within the bar of conference. On motion of D. A. Bunker the ladies of the mission were invited to sit within the bar of the conference. Nomiuatiolls.-W. C. Swearer reported for the committee on nominations and on the motion of W. A. Noble it was addopted with the addition of D. A. Bunker to the Committee on Sunday School and Tract Society and also to the Committee on church location and erection for Seoul' District. Official Program.- On lvlotion of S. A. Beck the program as prepared by the c.ommittee was made the official program of the conference. Anllo1.f1lcemellt.-Bishop Harris read an invitation from Dr. Mary Stewart in which the conference was invited to attend the dedication of the_ Lillian Harris Memorial Hopital at East Gate at 3 : 00 P. IVr. 11ltroductiolls.-Bishop James W. Bashford of Peking China was introduced and addressed the conference telling of the wonderful happenings in, and large opportunities ahead of the church in China. Bishop Yoshiyasu Hiraiwa of the Japanese IVTethodist Church was introduced and brought greetings from the Japanese Methodist Church as a whole and especially from the leaders in Tokyo, M. Po Scrallton li1"emon'al Church.-On motidn of C. S. Deming the program committee was asked to see what arrangements could be made for. (,1. service 011 Wednesday night June I I, with the object of getting before the peqpl~ the pr?position for building a memorial church to COI)1tpemorate the life and work of Mrs M. F. Scranton.. Adjounzment.-Conff;rence stood adj?urned by expiration of

11 JOURNAL OF DAILY piwceedings time, the announcements were made, the doxology was sung and Choi Pyeng H yer.. Pronounced the benediction. '! SECOND DAY, SATURDAY, JUNE 7TH. After scripture reading and prayer by Vi II<: Mo, Conference was called to order: The journal of Friday's session was read and approved. Absent.Jfr71lbers of the C01iferellce.-Hishop Harris gave the greetings of a number who were either absent in America or were stationed in Japan and had written expressing their hearty wishes for a profitable session of the conference at this time. Hyen Soon read a letter from Son Chun Do following which VV. A. Noble led in prayer in behalf of our absent brother. Re/,ortcr.-On Motion of VV. A. Noble S. A. Beck was elected reporter to the english papers in the place.of B. \ V. Billings. Questiorz 14.-Kim Chang Sik was called his character together with that of the other elders on his districfwas passed and he reported the work of the Yeng Byen District. The name of G. 1\11. Burdick was called his character together with that of the other elders on his district was passed and he reported the work of the Suwon District. Introductio71s.-Dr. Tasuku Harada Presedent of the Toshisa University of Kioto, Rev. Katara Nishia pastor of the Congregational church in Kioto, Rev. T. Watase, Superintendent of the Congregatio-, nal work in Korea,_ and 1\1r. Murakami a prominent member of the local Congregational church were all introduced and Dr. Harada SP9ke briefly. Local Pl'cac/zers course of study.-on motion of W. A. Noble a committee of three was ordered appointed by the chair to revise the course of study for local preachers and class leaders, who were unable to attend the the10gical school, and to provide ways and means for helping these men to a systematic completion of the course. C. S. Deming, Chang Nak Do and Chun Dukkui were appointed by the chair for this work.

12 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, Suudy Sc/zool 'UJorker.-C. S. Deming moved that we send a petition to the Southern Presbyterian Mission requesting them to release Mr. M. L. Swinehart for special Sunday School work in Korea, but on the ammendement of \V. A. Noble this was refered to the Committee on resolutions. 11l,term.ission.-According to the addopted program a short rescess was taken at 10: 20. Devotionallwur.-Bishop Bashford led the devotions of the morning and spoke in a most helpful way on Sanctification. Busi1Zess nsuljled.-bishop Harris took the chair at I I : 15 and the call of the districts was resumed. Question I 4.-The name of C. S. Deming Superintendent of the Seoul District was called and his character together with that of all the elders on his district was passed and he reported his work. Sundy School Executive.-W. A. Noble moved that B. W. Billings be made our executive Committee in the Korean Sundy School Association in place of C. S. Deming, the motion was carried. At:(journment.-By expiration of time conference stood adjourned the doxology was sung and Hong Seungha pronounced the benediction. THIRD DAY! SUNDAY, JUNE 8TH. All the Methodist churches in Seoul united in a service which 111et at 10 j 00 A.M. on Pai Chai School compound, and was addressed by Bishop Hiraiwa of the Japanese IVlethodist Church, and Bishop Bashford of Pelring. China. FOURTH DAY,. MONDAY, JUNE 9TH. Bishop Harris called the conference to order at 8: 30 A.M. the jollrnalof Saturday and Sunday's sessions were read and approved. Ausent 111e112bers.-The conference instructed the secretaries to send its greetings to the absent members. Q1tCstiOll z 4.-W. C. Swearer pistrict Superintendent of the

13 JOURNAL OF DAILY PROCEEDn,GS 9 Kongju West District was called his character passed together with that of the other el~ers on his district and he reported his work. 'The name of C. D. Morris was called his character passed together with that of his elders and Chang Nakdo read his report of the Pyeng Yang and West Pycng Yang Districts. Duplicate Crcdcntials.-On l\1otion of W. A. Noble, the conference requested the Bishop to issue duplicate credentials as follows: deacons orders to Kim Chang Sik who had had his stolen, deacon and elders orders to Churi Tuk Kui who had lost his when his house I;lurned a short time ago. Question I4.-C. S. Deming Superintendent of the Haiju District whose character had been previously passed, was called the character of the elders on the district was passed and 0 Kui Sun read the report of the work on the district. The name of Corwin Taylor was called his character was passed and Pal.:: Pong Nai reported the work of the Kongj u East District. Pak vvun Paik, Superintendent of the vvonju District was called his character passed and he reported his work. Reception COlluJliltee.-Tlle conference requested 'vv. A. Noble and Choi Pyeng Hyen to bring forward and introduce the fraternal visitors. 11ltermissio1Z.-A short rescess was taken at' 10:20. Devotional hour.-bishop Bashford took the devotional hour and continued his discourse on sanctification, emphasising the impossibility of separating faith and works. Bu.siness n'sumed.-bishop Harris took the chair at J I: I 5 and the fraternal visitors were brought forward. E1:tension of tim,c.-on motion of the secretary the time was extended to receive the greetings from the various missions and societies working in Korea. Fraternal GreetilzlJs.-The following were introduced and briefly addressed the conference, Yi Sang Choi of the Korean V.M.C.A., Hong Tong Suk from the M. E. Church, South, S. Niwa for the Japanese Y.M.C.A., Rev. Y. Inokuhi representing the Prcshy-

14 10 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE; terian work among the Japanese, Rev. John Thomas of the Oriental Missionary Society, Rev. A. De Camp of the Seoul Union Church, Mr. Hugh Miller of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Rev. S. A. Beck of the American Bible Society and Dr. O. R. Avison of the Presbyterian Mission. Mr. Gerald Ronwick of the Korean Religious Tract Society who was unable to be prese,nt sent his greetings to the Conference. Others introduced were Rev. H. Kihari and l~ev. K. Fugioka of the J~panese Methodist Church working in Korea, Rev. Dr. R. A. Hardie of the M. E. South Mission, Rev. V. D. Chaffin of the North Dakota Conference, Mrs. Chaffin, Miss Blanche Bair and 1\1iss Annie Oakes all working with the Oriental Missionary Society, 1\11'. and Mrs. Thomas Hobbs and Mr. Ivan Lomphrey of the British and Foreign Bible Society, Miss Kate Wambold of the Presbyterian Mission, and lvir. Jacob Hooker. Bishop Bashford replied briefly to the greetings brought by the different visitors. Adfour1l11lt?1lt.-The announcements were made the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers was sung, and, Bishop Hiraiwa pron~nced the benediction. FIFTH DAY, TUESDAY, JUlliE 10TH. Bishop I-farris called the conference to order at 8:30 A.M. the journal of l\iondai's session was read and approved. C01Jl1J1,ittce on 1-'CsolutiollS.-A. H. Norton resigned from the Committee on resolutions. N. D. Chew was made chairman of the Committee and Choi Pyeng Hyen was elected to fill the vacancy caused by Dr. Nortons resignation. Conference -relatz'ons.-g. IVI. Burdick, Chairman of the Committee on conference relations presented a resolution to the effect that all men who should be presented for reception on trial into the conference, must not be more than forty years old western count, they must have finished satisfactorily the first years work in the theological

15 JOURNAL OF DAILY PRO(,EEDIN(~S II school, and must have been for at least one year under the directioll of a district superintendent as a local preacher. The mover of the motion with the consent of the second agrl.!cd to postponement of action till \Vednesday's Session. On Motion of Hong Seung Ha the conference requested that the articles exhibited in the back of the church other than the Korean Religious Tract Society books and papers, be removed. Question I I IFhat lilemljers have completed the course of StJil~1'?' -Pak Pong Nai, An Chang Ho, Kim Kwang Sik, 0 Kui Sun, and Kim Chang Hung having completed the required studies were on the motion of their respective District Superintendents elected to' elders orders. Bliss \V. Billings was elected to elders orders under the missionary rule.. 31illister 0/.hlul-"atioll.-"f'lIr. Sckiya minister of education for Korea was introduced and addressed the conference 011 the subject of ed ucation. C?n motion of 'vv. A. Noble the Conference tendered a rising vote of thanks to Mr. Seikya for his address and for explaining the principles underlying the Government's policy 4With regard to education. Illtermissioll.-The usual rescess was taken at 10:20. Baptismal ser'i)ice.-a r~ther unusual baptismal service was witnessed following the intermission, owing to the fact that three Bishops participated in it, Bishop Bashford of China, Bishop Harris of Korea, and Bishop Hiraiwa of Japan baptised, Miller Allen Wachs, l~enjamin Alan Reppert and Orville Livingston Weller. Business sessz'01z reslt11lcd.--':'bishop Harris took the chair at I I :00 and the call of the classes was continued. Questioll 8 l/vjzo ha've been admitted into [ul/membership?-pyen Hak V ong, Han Chang Sup, Sin Hong Sik, Pang Chok Sin, Chung Chaikwon and Vi Chin Hung all having been on trial for two years, and having finished the required studies, were recomended by the Committee 011 Conference relations for full membership. Each of

16 12 KOREA ANNUAL CONFIO{ENCE ljune, these on separate 111otion by his District Superintendent, was advanced to the studies of the third year, admitted into full membership and elected to deacons orders. The class was called forward and Bishops Bashford and Hiraiwa addressed them. llt"tcltsioll 0/ ti-me.-on the motion of C. S. Deming the time was extended half an hour so as to complete the ordination service. Ordination Service.-Bishops Bashford, Harris, and Hiraiwa ordained Pyen Hak Yong, Han Chang Sup, Sin I-long Sik, Pang Chok Sin, Chung Chai Kwon, and Yi Chin Hung as deacons and assisted by the District Superintendents ordained Pak Pong Nai, Kim Kwangsik, An Chang Ho, 0 Kui Sun, Kim Chang Hung and Bliss W. Billings as elders. Adjounl1Jlozt.-The Conference stood adjourned by expiration time and Bishop Bashford pronounced the benediction. SIX DAY, WEDNESDAY,' JUNE 11TH. Conference opened at 8:30 with scripture lesson and prayer by V. H. Wachs: after which 'the journal of Tuesdays session was read and approved. Order of tlte day.-on motion of the Secretary the calling of the classes was made the order of the day. lllissio'lzal'y Society Treasltrt/"'s Ncport.-B. R. Lawton treasurer of the Korean Home and Foreign Missionary society reported the receipts and disbursments of the past year, and on motion of the, Secretary the report was accepted and the audit of the treasurers books ordered. All1101t'nCCll":1l1.- C. S. Deming made an announcement regarding the special rates allowed by the Railway Co. for those who wished to attend the language class in Pyeng Yang. Admission Oil trial.-the recomendations of the Committee on conference relations, action on which had been postponed were taken up and discussed seriatim. Those adopted were as follows,' first 7 all candidates for admission must not be more than 40 years old western

17 I9I 31 JOURNAL OF DAILY PROCEEDINGS 13 count, second, they must have finished the first years work in the theological school or an equivalent satisfactory to the board of conference examiners, third, they must give proof of their gifts aild graces for at least one year under a district superintcndcnt as a local preacher, fourth, each candidate must pass a satisfactory mgdical examination if possible at the District Conference. The resolutions were adopted seriatim and then as a whole. Order of the Day.-Moved by G. 1\1. Burdick that following the call of the classes Dr. W. A. Noble our representative at the last General Conference be invited to speak to the conference, the motion was carried. l11tcrmissiolz.-a rescess of ten minutes was taken at 10:20. Devotiollal how".-rev. F. K. Gamble of the :rvl. E. South mission conducted the morning devotions. C01Jl1llll11icatioll.-The Korean Secretary rcad a communication from Mr. Han of the Presbyterian church in which he expressed the hope that a closer union between the two churches migh attain in the future. The conference requested the Korean secretary to make a suitable reply to the communication. Ques#011, 5. TVho have been rel:ez"ved on triall-the class for admission was called forward and introduced to the conference, the committees on Conference relations and course of study made their recomendations, and on motion of their respective district superintendents, Kim Tai Hun, Kim In Kwon, Kim Pyeng Choi, Yi Chang Hoi, and Chung Chin Su were received on trial and placed In studies of the first year. Question IO. T/Vhat members an in studies of the fourth year.~ The following having completed the studies of the third year were 011 the motion of their respective Superintendents advanced to the fourth year. Yi Ha Yung, Yi Chi Sung, Yi Tong Sik, Yi Kyung Chik, Kang Sin Wha, Hyen Suk Chil, Hong Seung Tak, Pak YungChan and Henry C. Taylor. Questz"olt 9. What members are in studies of the thil'd year 1':'-'

18 14 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, Frank E. C. Williams, Kim Chan Kyu, Kwon Sin 11 and Carl Critchett were continued in the studies of the third year. Question 6. IVho have been c011tilzued on trial.<t-(a) In studies of the first year, A. H. Norton, Yun Sung Vul, B. VV. Billings and Yi Yung Soon. (b) In studies of the second year, Son Ik Chu, Yi Tong Kyu, Pak Yung Suk, Pak Hyen 11, Son Chun Do, Kim U Kwon and l\1erlo K. W. Heicher. Extension of time.---the call of classes being completed C. D. Morris moved to extend the time sufficiently to hear Dr. Nobles report, the motion was carried. D'/'. Noble add'rcssed tile collference.-telling of his trip to America, the personnel and composition of the General Conference which met in IVIinneapolis last year in IVlay. Ad/ozt1'1l1llellt.-On motion of W. A. Noble conference adjourned to meet at 8:30 on Thursday morning. After the announcements, the doxology was sung and Bishop Hiraiwa pronounced the benediction. SEVENTH DAY, THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH. Conference met at 8:30 A.M.: D. A. Bunker in the chair. Kim Kwang Sik led the morning devotions. The journal of Wednesday's session was read and approved. Course oj study.-chang Nak Do read the report of the committee on revision of the course of study. The course for local preachers and exhorters was adopted, and on motion of J. D. Van Buskirk the course for class leaders was adopted also. On motion of Hyen Suk Chil the course was ordered printed in the Korean Christian Advocate. Preachers Aid Fund.-J. D. VanBuskirk reported for C. S. Deming on the Preachers aid fund. Theological School.-E. M. Cables report of the work done in the theological was read by J. D. VanBuskirk. Sunday School Co11tmittee.--C. S. Deming as chairman read the report of the work done by the Sunday School Committee.

19 19 I 3J JOURNAL OF DAILY PROCEEDINGS 15 Bishop took the-chair.-at 9:30. Permanent B blc Committee.-Reported through their chairman W. C. Swearer. Dr. Follwell who had just returned from America was called forward and spoke a few words of greeting to the conference. j71i'mitcs made official.-on Motion of S. A. Beck the english minutes of the conference were made the official journal and the secretaries were authorized to print the same. Dz'm'dend from Book C01ZCe1"ll.-On motion of S. A. Beck the dividend from the Book Concern was ordered turned over to the conference treasurer on its arrival, and deposited with the preachers aid fund. Uniform burial places.-chun Duk Kui moved that a committee be appointed consisting of three members of the conference to bring in some uniform plan regarding burial places for our christian people. Collection for Ja1litor.-A collection was taken for janitor amounting to Yen Question 32.-Was taken up where shall the next conference be held? Pyeng Yang and Seoul were placed in nominatiol'1. and on a rising vote Pyeng Yang having received the largest number of votes was declared to be entitled to the priveledge of entertaining the next conference. Intermission.-The usual rescess was taken at 10:20. Business resumed.-bishop Harris took the chair and the business of the morning was continued. Introductio71.-Dr. Adams of the Presbyterian mission was in. troduced to the Conference. Gift of Dr. and 1111'S..Mlller.-Bishop Harris read the following from Dr. and 1\lrs. 1. M. Miller. We hereby give to the Korean M. E. Mission the sum of Two thousand one hundred eight yelt and sixty sen to be used in the medical work of Korea, in Memory of our little girl Amy Elizabeth Miller. To be,used as follows, the hospitals at Haiju, Wonju, and Pyeng

20 i6 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [Jmm, Yang YC1t each on demand, and the balance to be put at interest, and used in the other hospitals subject to our approval.,. It is preferred that this money be spent for equipment of the wards and private rooms according' to the choice of the doctor in charge. Signed. 1. M. MILLER, M.D. ALICE S. l\1iller. J. D. VanBuskirk presented a resolution accepting the gift of Dr. and Mrs. Miller and thanking them most sincerely for the same. The resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote. Question 23.-\V. B. McGill was continued in the Supermimcrary relation. Study of latzg-uag-e.-j. D. VanBuskirk read the report for the examiners in the Korean language the report was adopted..l)1issiollary Sociery.-Choi Pyeng Hyen read the recomendations from the missionary society regarding the work of the corning year to the effect that one worker should be continued in the work in China, and if possible four workers in the horne field, the order of preference being Wonju two, Yeng Eyen one, and Kongju \Vest one. The report was adopted. Confere1lce Temperance Society.-The chairman of the Conference temperance society gave a short report. Statistic~.-Dr. Norton statistical secretary made his report of the result of his work with the statistics. On motion of Dr. Norton the matter of arranging a proper sta~istical blank for next years reports was refered to the district superintendents. A collection was taken at this time to cover the cost of printing the blanks used this year. ExtclZsioll 0/ time.-on motion of C. D. Monis the time was extended to finish the busin~ss of the conference. Thanksgivillg Day.--Chun Tuk Kui moved that a committee be appointed to confer with the other denominations concerning the

21 19131 JOURNAL OF DAILY PROCEEDINGS observance of a day of thanksgiving. The motion was carried and Chun Duk Kui and Choi Pyeng Hyen were appointed. G(neral COllference l'(port.-on motion of C. D. Morris, \V A. Noble was requested to prepare a report of the General Conference to be printed in the Korean Christian Advocate. Preachers aid Ftmd.-Kim Chang Sik presented the case of Whang Chung Mo a man who for a number of years has been a most faithful local preacher and a real founder of our work in several places. This brother owing to advancing age being no longer able to care for a circuit, the conference unanimously voted to give hi~~ the sum of Yt'1Z from the preachers aid fund. W. C. Swearer. S. A. Reck and D. A. Bunker. asked to be recorded as not voting. On motion of J. D. VanBuskirk the medical and educational reports not yet read were ordered handed to the secretary for pub: lication in the minutes. Resolutiolls.-The Committee on resolutions reported and the varjous items were ad9.p~ed seriatim ~nd thenas a wjlole. "..'. Appro'i)(i/ of l11'i'mdes.-the coilferellce appro~ed tile rilin~ltes without their being read and ordered their incorporation in the journal. TYollltllz'S COllferC12cc.-On motion of W. A. Noble the \Voman's conference was granted the priveledge of printing a condensed report of their work in the conference minutes. Adjou17ZlIlellt.-The conference moved to adjourn after the reading of the appointments. Bishop Harris gave a short address, the appointments were read, the doxology sung, Bishop Harris pronounced the benediction and conference stood adjourned sine die. The foregoing is a correct and official record of the proceedings of the Sixth Session of Korean Annual Conference. M. C. HARRIS, President. CORWIN TAYLOR, Secretary.

22 18 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE,!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~w~~~~ ~ ~ I THIS is to certify that in the city of Seoul, Korea, June I ~ loth, 1913, upon election by the Korea Annual I' ~ Conference of the rvrethodist Episcopal Church vve ~ ~ ordained ~ ~ As DEACONS ~ ~ Pyen Hak Yong, Han Chang Sup, Sin Hong Sik, Pang Chok- I ~ Sin, Chung Chai Kwon, and Yi Chin Hung, and on the same ~ ~ day assisted by the District Superintendents we ordained, ~ ~ As ELDERS ~ I : ~ PSak Po~g CNhai, KiHm Kwan g SBil~' Awn B~hll~ng Ho, O. Kui ~ un, KIm ang ung, an d ISS 1 mgs. ~ ". ~ JAMES W. BASHFORD. ~ MERRIMAN C. HARRIS. I YOSHIYASU HIRAIWA. ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

23 19 DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS I.--ls tltt's Allllllal COIl/t.'f'cnC(. 1llcorjol'alt.'d,According to tile 1\1.: fjuirelllent of tllc Discipline,'l Xo. ~.- ~Vlto ha'zlc been Received by Tra1lS!t:r, alld from what Conferencc? None. 3.-Hlllo lta'lje bl'cll Rl'admitkd? None. 4.-Tllho have been Reaived 011, CllUrdlc s ;) None. Crt!dL'lltials, alld (rom 'LOlltlt 5.-TV/to Ilave bet'lt Recci'l't'tl on lrial? (a) In Studies of First Year. Kim Tai Hycn, Kim In Kwon, Yi Chang Hoi, Kim Pycng Choi, Chung Chin Suo tb) In Studies of Third Year. None. 6.-TllllO Ita'l'c been Ccmtillucd on Trial? (a) In Studies of First Year. A. H. Norton, Yun Sung Yul, Yi Yung Son, B. \V. Billings. (b) In Studies of Second Year. Vi Tong Kui, Pale Yung Suk, Pak Hyenil, Son Ik Chu, Kim U Kwon, Son Chul1 Do, lvlerlo K. W. Heicher. (c) In Studies of Third Year. None. (d) In Studies of Fourth Year. None. 7.- vvlto have been Discontinued.'1 None.

24 20 KOHE/\ Al"~UAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, 8.- rvho have becll admitted i1lto FlIll 11li!Ill.bership? (a) Elected and Ordained Deacons this year. Pyen Hak Yong, Han Chang Sup, Sin Hong S1k, Pang Chok Sin, Chung Chai Kwon, Vi Chin Hung. (b) Elected and Ordained Deacons previously. Victor H. vvachs, Roy R. Reppert. 9.-'J;Vhat ~fembers are ilt Studies of Third Year l (a) Admitted into Full Membership this year. Pyen Hak Yong, Hal~ Chang Sup, Sin Hong Sik, l>ang Chok Sin, Chung Chai Kwon, Yi Chinhung, Roy R. Reppert, Victor H. vvachs. (b) Admitted into Full 1\1embership previously. Frank E. C. Williams, Kim Chankyu, KWOIl Sinil, Carl Critchett. J 0,-1 Vlw! lt11!1llbcrs an: itt ~tu"ies of Fourtlt Year,'I Yi Ha Yung. Vi Chi Sung, Vi Tong Sik, Kang Sin \Nha, Hyen Suk Chil, Hong Seung Tak, Pak Yung Chan, Yi Kyungchik Henry C. Taylor. I I.-'J;Vltat j71elllbcrs Ita'l'e Study,9 completed tlte C01ifercllcc Course if (a) Elected and Ordained Elders this year. Pak Pong Nai, Kim Kwang Sik, An Chang Ho, 0 Kui SUll, Kim Chang Hung. (b) Elected and Ordained Elders previously. Paul L. Grove. I 2.-What others have beell, Elected and Ordaillcd Deacons.~ (a) As Local Preachers. None. (b) Under Missionary Rule. None. (c) Under Seminary Rule. None.

25 DISCJPLINA RY QUESTIONS vVhat others have been leclt'd and Ordained Elders.~ (a) As Local Deacons. None. (b) Under Missionary Rule. Bliss W. Billings. (c) Under Seminary Rule. None. I4.-T-Vas the Character 0/ caclt Reacher examined? This wag done in open conference. 15.-~Vho ha1je been Traniferred, and to what Confef'cllces.'1 None. I6.-Who lla'lle Died.~ None. I7.-Who ha've been Located at their own Request? None. I8.-Who have been Located? None. I9.-vVho ha'zje Withdl'awn? None. 2o.-Who have been permitted to T ithdraw under Charges or Complaints t None. 2 I.-Who hat)c been l!::-tpelled.tt None. 22.-TVltat other personal Notation should be made? None. 23.~ Who are tlte Supernumerary J.J1 l1 slers, and for what mmzber of years consecutively has each held this Relation.9 W. B. McGill. Since H1ho are Ihe Retired Mlnlsters.tt None.

26 22 KOREA A~UAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, ho are the Triers of Appeals? C. D. Morris, W. A. Noble, Choi Pyenghyen, G. M. Burdick, Kim Chang Sik /Vkat is tlte Annual Report of the COll/cl'en '{! Board qf Home lifissions and Church.E-:-rtensiol1.9 Nothing. 27.-TVhat is the A1l1zual Report of tlte Con/crence Board oj }1oreign 111 ssio1[s? Nothing V"(1t is tile...';tatistica/ Report? See the Statistician's Report. 29.-Wllat is tlze Con/erelJce Treasurer's Report? See the Conference Treasurer's Report. JO.-TVltat is the Aggregate of the Benevolent Collections ordered by the General C01iference, as repm'ted by the GCJ11!erellce Treasurer? Nothing. 3 I.- H1hat are tlte Claims Oil tile Conji-'rCl1CC FUNd? Nothing ,Vhat has been Reai'l.1ed 01l these Claims, and ftow has it beell Applied? Nothing. 33.-lVltat is the Fi'llC Per Cellt 0/ the amount raised /01' the Support of Conference Claimants, and paid by the Conference Treasurer to the Board of Con/ere'nee Claimmzts /01' Connectional Relief? Nothing. 34.-'ftVhat atllozmt has been apportioned 10 the Pastoral Charges

27 1-913] DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS within the Conference to be raised for the Support of COl1- fere1zce Claimants.rr Nothing. 35.-Where a1'e the Preac/u1's Stationed? See List of Appointments TVhcre shall tlte j\le:t:t Conjcrt'IlCC be luld? Pyeng Yang.

28 APPOINTMENTS District Superintendent East Circuits West Circuits... Haiju City Raij u West Circuit... Kang Yung " Ong Chin " Paik ChuI\ City Paik Chun north Circuits " south " Yunan City Yunan north Circuit " south " Haij u East " Haiju Hospital... Haij u Boys School... Haiju District C. D. Morris J P. O. Pyeng Yang. N. D. Chew. Paul L. Grove. Hong Seung Tak. Supplied by Pak Whei Do. To be supplied. Supplied by Kim Chang Byen. Kim Taih Yen. Supplied by Moon Chang \Vhan. 11 " Son Chan H yen. " "K wak Myung Ni. ",,0 Hyen Kung. " "lm Chin Kuk. " No Si Chwa. " A. H. Norton M. D. Paul L. Grove. District Superintendent Asan and Pyeng Tak Eum Seung Chicksan and Chinchun Mokchun... Onyang and Sine hang Yunkui District Superintendent Chun Yang Circuit... Hongju " Kongju East District Corwin Taylor, P. O. Kongju. Pak Yungsuk. Supplied by Pan l\iunok. Sin Hongsik. Supplied by 0 Ik Poo. Chung Chaikwon. Supplied by Choi Myung Suo Kongju West District W. C. Swearer, P. O. Kongju. Supplied by Po Kui Up. " Yi Sangman. "

29 APPOINTMENTS Hoiteuk Circ uit Kang Kyengpo Kongju City and Circuit... Kyeng Chun... Nolmi Northwest Circuits District Evangelist... South Circuits District Evangelist Sawsan Circuits 'Taian Tangchin " Yu Ki and Tai Hung Circuits... Yun San... Educational work Medical work... Supplied by Saw Sang Yun. Kim In I(won. An Chang Ho. Supplied by Chun Duk Whan. ]{im ij'eng Cltai. Kim K wang Sik. Son Seung Yong. Supplied by Hong Won Jik. " Yang Chi Ok. " Yi Y ongchu. " Choi Han Kyu. " Saw Kui Hun. W. C. Swearer. 1. lvi. 11iller, 1\1. D. Seoul District District Supe rintendent. District Evangelist and East Gate Circuits Chong Dong Mead Memorial East Gate... Chongno... West gate circuit Kang Tungni Saw Kang Changnai... Samokai... VV. A. Noble, ]1. O. Seoul. D. A. Bunker. Choi Pyenghyen, Chang N ak Do and Supplied by Kim Chong Y u and Hugh H. Cynn. Chut1 Duk Kui and Pak Pong Nai. O. Kuisun and suppiied by Yun In II. C. S. Deming and supplied by Pak Yong Nai. Yi Chi Sung. Pang Chok Sin. Yi Kyungchik. Supplied by No Kyung Chun. " " " "

30 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, Aylin Yang Chun Outside North Gate Yun Whatong '" Yi Taiwon Wang Simi Palli... Minari 'Hankang... Chemulpo Whado Pu Pyung In Chun... Kang Wha City Kang Wha South Kang Wha Vvest Yung Chong Chui... Yung Heung Tuck Chuck Kyodong... Chumoon... Chemulpo and Islaad Circuits evangelist Instructor in Severance Medical School... Superintendent of educational work for the south Principal of Pai Chai Boys school... Pai Ghai Industrial Department. Instructors in, Union Theological }Tun Sung Yule To be supplied. Supplied by Sin Yung Sik. " "Yi Ho Suo " " " " Pak Chong Sung. " Yi Pil Chua " Sin Sun Tuk. " Pak Whei Suk. To be supplied. Yi Ik Mo. Supplied by Kim U Chay. Kwon Sin 11. Supplied by Chung Kwang Suk. " Cho Nai Tuk. " " " To be supplied. B. R. Lawton. " Kim Kwang Kuk. " Yun Wha n. " Chong Sin II. " Choi Chok n. " Kim Kwang Chang. " Han Chin II. " Kim Ik Choi. J. D. VanBuskirk, M. D. member of Mead Memorial Quartely Conference. A. L. Becker. Hugh H. Cynn. C. S. Deming.

31 APPOINTMENTS 27 Seminray C. S. Deming, V\T. A. Noble, and Chang N ak Do. Suwon District District Superintendent An San Circuit Chei Chun Circuit... Chyungju " Eumjuk " Eum Seung " lehon K wangj u north " " south" Nam Yang " o Moi " Suwon City and circuit Yeaju circuit... District evangelist on West circuits... I.. District Evangelist Central circuits District Evangelist East circuits. G. 1\1. Burdick, P. O. Seoul. Supplied by Kim Tong II. " Yi Eun Yung. " " Chang Chunm Yung. " ChUll Sei Yung. " Kim Chi 1k. Han Chang Sup. Supplied by Ham Tong Hui. " " Ham Chang Sup. Yi Chang Itoi. Supplied by Kim Kwang Sik. " "Y u I-long ehun. Han Chang Sup and supplied by Yi Mun Hyen. H. C. Taylor. Hong Seullg Ha. Supplied by Chan Chyun IVlyung. District Superintendent... Pyeng Yang First church " Appenzellar IVlemorial... Pyeng Yang Ko Kol " I Munkol Chilsan circuit... Chung Wha circuit... Pyeng Yan~ District C. D. Morris, P. O. Pyeng Yang. Hyen Suk Chi!. A. L. Becke rand Yi Yong SUit. B. TV Billings. Yi Ha Yung. A. L. Becker, Yi Tong' Klli and supplied by Kim Chang Kit. B. TV. Billings and supplied by Chun Chin Son.

32 KOBEA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, Pong San and North Whanghai. PaiMi Suan circuit Sin Kei Sye Heung " Chinnampo Cheung San Ham Chong Kang Syo Sam Whao.. Union College and Academy 000 Hall Memorial Hospital and district Medical work West Circuits evangelist... Missionary to China Kim Chai Chan. S01l1k Chu. Supplied by Kim Yong Kyom.,. " Kim Won Kak. To be supplied. Kim Chang Hung. Supplied by Song Heui Pong. Pyen Hak Yongo Supplied by Kim Hong Sik. Kim Chang Kyuo A. L. Becker and B. W. Billings. E. D. Follwell, M. D. B. HI".. Billings. SOIZ Chzm Do. Wonju District Missionary in charge District Superintendent District Evangelist Kang Nung Pyeng Chang... Wonju City \Vonju Circuit Yoju " VI Chin Pyen Hai " Whoeng " Med ical work 0.0 Missionary in charge District Superintendent Heui Chyun Kai Chyul1 W. A. Noble. Pak Wonpaik, P. O. Wonju. R. R. Reppert. Yi T01Zg Sik. To be supplied. Supplied by A. G. Anderson. " "Kang Sin Wha. " Hong Seung Chu. " Whang Chun Go. " " " Pak Hyen 11. A. G. Anderson IV1. D. Yeng Byen District C. D. Morris. Kim Chang Sik, P. O. Yeng Byen. Pak Yung Chan, To be supplied.

33 191 3J APPOINTMENTS Tai Chyun Eun San... Yeng Byen City circuit Sin Chang " Cha Pa " Yang Dule Medical \vork... District evangelist Supplied by Yi Yun Yung. " Yi 'Vha Paik. V. H. vvachs and supplied by Vi Tain Yul. To be supplied. Supplied by Vi Neung Do. " "Pai Chung n. Yi Chin Hung. E. D. Follwell, M.D. V. H. Wachs. Special Appointments Home on furlough, E. IVr. Cable, F. E. C. Williams, W C. Rufus. Superintendent of Bethany Hospital, Colorado Springs, Col., ]. Z. IVloore. Pastor Coral l\1ichigan, Carl Critchett. Department of Income, Mission Rooms [50 Fifth Ave., N. Y., Geo. Heber Jones, D.D. Missionaries to Japan, R. P. Alexander, W. DeL. Kingsbury, H. vv. Swartz, Benjamin Chappel, AI. 1(, TV, Reidlel'. Mission Treasurer and business agent... O. A. Weller. Agent of American Bible Society S. A. Beck, member First Church quartely conference, Seoul. Secretary of Sunday School work To preach the annual sermon... Hyen Soon. o Kui Sun alternate Pak Pongnai. Assistant Missionaries Haiju District Evangelistic work... Mrs. A. H. 1\orton, lvirs. N. D. Chew, Mrs. Paul Grove. Evangelistic work... Konju,East Distric:t Mrs. Corwin Taylor.

34 30 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE I JUNf:, Kongju West District Evangelistic work... l\frs. "V. C. Swearer. Kongj u city evangelistic wot:k... Mrs. Corwin Taylor, and Mrs. 1. M. Miller. East Gate evangelistic work... Chong Dong evangelistic and training classes Chong No evangelistic and work among the Chinese Mead 1Vlemorial evangelistic and assistant treasurer of Mission. Mead Memorial evangelistic... Chelllulpo and Island Circuits evangelistic... Seoul District Mrs. D. A. Bunker. 1\1rs. W. A. Noble and Mrs. S. A. Beck. 1\1rs. C. S. Deming.!VIrs. O. A. Weller. Mrs. J. D. VanBuskirk. Mrs. B. R. Lawton. Evangelistic Evangelistic Suwon District 1VIrs. H. C. Taylor. Wonju District Mrs. A. G. Anderson and Mrs. R. R. Reppert. Pyeng Yang District Evangelistic work Sin Chyun and Si Kol and music in city schools... Mrs. A. L. Becker. Evangelistic work Koo Kol and City Bible Institute I Mrs. B. W. Billings. Evangelistic work First church and primary Sunday School normal class... Mrs. C. D. Morris. Evangelistic work Yeng Byen Yeng Byen District

35 1913] APPOINTMENTS city. and instructor of music in schools Mrs.'V, H.'Wachs. 3t Appointments of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society City and District evangelistic work and day schools... Haiiu Gertrude E. Snavely, Mary Beiler. Kongju City East and West Districts, evangelistic and day sc hools.. Alice H. Sharp_ Seoul Principal of Ewa Haktang and day school work... Seoul evangelistic work... Instructor in Ewa Haktang and Chong No evangelistic work.. Instructors i,n Ewa Haktang and evangelistic work Song Dong. Instructor of music Ewa Haktang I.illiam Harris Memorial Hospital and Bald win Dispensary... Superintendent of Nurses Training school and East Gate evangelistic work... Chong Dong Dispensary... Bible Womans Training school.. Lulu E. Frey. Jessie n. Marker. H uldah A. 1 Iaenig. Jeannette Walter and Olive F. 1:lye Grace I J. Harmon. Mary S. Stewart M.n. Naomi Anderson. Amanda Hillman, M.D. Minnie M. Albertson. Chemulpo Evangelistic work and day schools in Chemulpo and on Suwon District... Lulu A. Miller. Evangelistic work and day

36 KCREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE rjune, schools on Pupyung and island circuits... Hanna Scharpff. Pyeng Yang Da y Schools in Pyeng Yang city and District and evangelistic work First church Instructor in Union Academy V1 unkol church and District evangelistic work... 'vvomans Hospital and Dispensary and director of department for deaf and blind \Vomans Hospital and Dispensary and director of Wornans medical class Henrietta P. Robbins. Emily Irene Haynes. Ruth E. Benedict. Rosetta S. Hall, M.D. l\1ary 1\1. Cutler, 1\/f.D. Yeng Byen City and District Evangelistic work and day schools... Olga P. Shaffer, and Grace L. Dillingham. Hottte on furlough Ethel M. 1~5tey, Mary A. Hillman, Ora 1\1. Tuttle.

37 33 REPORTS Haiju District C. S. DEMING, District SuperintelldalJt. The last year has been the first year that the Haiju Station has been equipped and manned with a force in any sense commensurate with its needs. There is still much to be desired in the building line, but the Station rejoices in the possession of two active evangelists, one doctor two ladies of the W.F.l\1.S. and two independent workers l\1iss Barlow and Nurse ~~dge of England. who have already won a large place in the love and esteen of the Station. The two evangelists N. D. Chew and P. L. Grove with their families have been inconvenienced by having to occupy the same house and it now lool{s as though no house will be available soon and it may be advisable to put one of the evangelists in Pyeng Yang al10wing him still to retain his work in the Haiju Station. The Medical work has prospered to the point of embarasement but it':> immediate needs are being somewhat relieved by a new hospital building, the gift of generous friends in America. Dr. Norton is planning to have a celebration at its opening in the fall and we all rejoice in this the first Hospital built by the Parent Board in Korea. A new church building has also been promoted with great prospects of success and we hope to see a new church building in the course of another year. This has been a great need for some time as the old building has become entirely inadequate to accomodate the people. The work of the District has been divided into two sections with Haiju city as the centre. N. D. Chew having the eastern and P. L. Grove the western section. The growth in membership and self-support has been very gratifying throughout the District and we

38 34 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERRNCE tjune, give unceasing thanks to God who has so richly blessed the labors of our hands. The District Conference was held in Paikchun Jan. 9; I I and was a very helpful session. Mr. Hugh l\iiller of the British and Foreign Bible Society attended and gave two very welcome addresses. Loaded down with other burdens the Dist. Supt. has only had time to make one round of the quarterly conferences and the detailed reports of the work are taken from the reports of the evangelists. The West Circuits PAUL L. GROVE, 1~eports as jollows. Ongchin, circuit 'has only two church buildings but a wide awake local preacher and churches growing in all particulars. A great increase of self-support distinguishes the circuit. Two new churches will be built here during the coming year, the money for the one being already collected. At one place a small group of 8 men several being Yangbans had long stood out against meeting with the women even during the visits of the missionary. \Ve have now several women in regular attendance a sign of the ultimate triumph of the laws of God's Kingdom over the traditions of men. In Haiju west county we have our most progressive, intellige;nt and responsive people. Here we are now building in a little place where the believers have tripled in one ye~r, the first model church of the circuits being planned with great car~. and built without foreign aid at great sacrifice. This circuit had a most wonderful revival which is still indirectly at work and has led to an increase of I 00 I~ in self-support and 300;0 in new believers. Taking the three circuits together we report an increase of 1610 in probationers, and full members, an increase of 4 [ 0;0 in new groups and an increase of 88,,0 in subscribes to the church paper.

39 REPORTS 35 The East Circuits N. D. CIIEW, reports as follows. I I groups have been organized into meeting places, and four new churches have been built during the past year. The building of two more is planned in the immediate future. Two new schools have been established. The colporters have sold 5442 books and new helievers number 248. SEVEN BIBLE CLASSES WERE HELD DUNING TIlE \VINTER, Last fall the little church of Han-a-mul in southern Yunan circuit had a taste of persecution. The church is a new one built near an unbelievers grave. The relatives did not like the idea of the church being built near this grave. One of these objectors became drunk one day and tore all the straw off the thatched roof of the church, beat the class leader and warned the Christians not to worship again in the church. Later the offender was fearful for what he had done and fled while his father was anxious to make amends to the church. Another interesting incident of the work is as follows :-A man living near Pong Heung in Paik-chun northern circuit had a dream not long ago. In the dream an old man appeared and said" Believe in Jesus Christ and be saved." The man was so affected by the d/eam that he could not rest until he went to one of the Christians homes and related his experience and declared he would be a Christian from that time. Sil'lce then the whole family have become believers. STATISTICS FOR THE HAIJU EAST CIRCUITS Total Number. l~ecd Dur. Year. Actual Gain. FulllV(ember I per cent. Probationers Baptized " Seekers... II " Sun.Sch S 4 0 "

40 KOHEA ANNUAL CONFEJ.(E!\CE [JUNE, Ch. build's t per cent New Groups " Adherents " Pastors sal.... 6I yell per month :Miss. coli.... roi yen 10! J/(}1Z 7 " Church pap " Tot. mono raised yen 60 " HAIJU CITY CHURCH DR. A. H. NORTON REPORTS Since taking charge of the city church about the middle of last November I have done what I could in directing the energies of the native paslor, and the advance that has been made is due largely to his efforts and that of the ladies of the.statiol1 who have rendered most efficient service. The Sunday School has made a fine growth and the chilc1rens S. S. under the leadership of Miss Beiler has. also grown in interest and attendance. The lesson studies the past few months have been difficult for: the teachers and they are anxious to return to the New Testament. Our lack of seating space has been our greatest hindrance in the work but this will be remidied when we get our new church building which seems to be already in sight. Haiju Hospital-Evangelistic Report MISS JANE BARI.OW, volunteer missionary for J-Jaiju reports as jolloa!s The present Bible woman has been in the work for six months only, 'and is proving most efficient. She loses no opportunity of speaking personally to the women in the waiting room, and the result is seen in some instances, where these same women find their way to the church afterwards. Also, the makes herself acquainted with the circ umstances of those who are staying as in-patients. and so becomes a help in deciding as to relief in some cases, Two of these have learnted to read with her help, and she also teaches them the catechism. They knew nothing whatever when they came.

41 REPORTS The friend~ of patients, who arc there to wait upon them, il, several instances have been regularly attending the church services for some time, and a believer's and enquirer's class has been formed in the Sunday School, which is largely composed of those who have been in the ht)spital, or visited as out~patients, and the friends of those in hospital. It is encouraging to hear them publicly testify to blessing and help received. The J Iospital evangelist on the mens' side has been in the work for a still shorter time than the Bible woman. Every day, as the patients assemble, and before the clinic begins a short service is held, and this he conducts. The opportunities amongst the men are very great, and though the results are not always apparent, the personal dealing must bear fruit. Tracts are given to them, and as the are nearly always able to read them, this part of the work is more encom-aging than amongst the women. The evangelist is faithful and earnest, so when he becomes more familiar with the city, will be able to fol1ow up the work with visitation. A very necessary part of it. The problem of how to keep in touch with so many who return to their distant homes is a difficult problem which we have not yet solved. 3i Kongju East nistrict COR WIN TAYLOR, District SuperiIl1c1uit'llt. Although assigned to a district at our last annual meeting, the work aside from a few added responsibilities is the same as for the past fou r years. The activities of the past year have been diversified as follows; editing and printing of the journal of last conference,,one month in the language school at Pyeng Yang which was a help and inspiration to me throughout the year, holding the fall and spring conferences, teaching in classes, itinerating and attending the various meetings of the mission, and of an inter-mission chara~ter. Religious status.-our.following on the district as yet is not large in comparison, but the necessity of having follr out of seven of my men in Theological school (or a large part of the best working season

42 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE LJUNE, has precluded extensive work, all ~ur energies being devoted to conservation. Brother Pak our one ordained man, and myself have spent a good deal of time looking after' the work on the circuits ih the absence of the pastors. A number have been lost to us by removal and also by death, the typhus fever having been a sore affliction in several of the groups' but political conditions aside from one group have had comparatively little effeet on the situation. Weare thankful that we can report a moderate gain in the work as a whole having an increase of 77 in full' members although the number of probationers does not quite ('qual that of last year, but the number of other adherents shows considerable intrease there being an increase all together of over 200. We have had no revivals this year in the common acceptance of,that term, but a steady growth along nearly all lines and many lives have been deepened in our classes, and especially the men who have attended the Theologieal school have demonstrated very dearly that the trail1ing they are,receiving is of the Wes]yan type not only strong intillectually but quickened spiritually and aflame with evangelistic zeal. God bless our Theolocgial school. While the lives of a large percent of our members is very exemplary many find it hani to keep the Sabbath when their daily bread seems to depend on that day's work. Fiua1zcial.-Throughout the district last year the rice crop was a..partial or total failure and it has had its effect on the collections. ',', A man who has not enough to eat and 110 decent clothes to wear does notgelvery entheusiastic over the.subject of self support, however progress has been made and some are beginning to tithe their income with gratifying results, as this', plan if fohowed out 'carefully will yield much.larger returns than the haphazard way of glvmg. The amount raised among the Koreans for,all purposes since last conference is over ;ye1z Our friends at the.american Mines at Chicksan have been most kind, and.corteous to us throughout the year and gave very liberally

43 REPORT5 39 to sunplement the amount raised by the local class for a church building at the mining camp. Recently a preaching service for the Americans and Europeans at the mines has been started and will b~ continued as often as the missionary can arrange to be there. I.ct u~ not forget the members our own race in a foreign land. Womans 'Zvork,-The number of women received into the church this year has exceeded that of the men which cer tainly speak~ well for the care and instruction of our ubiquitous Mrs. Sharp, although she has to travel in both districts she is at it so continually that none are forgotten by her. Her strength and zeal have seemingly been limitless this past year; but she mllst have help at once, one worker at least to assist her on each district. In all the district there has been but one Bible woman for most of the year and S'he has been sick a part of the time, it is a crying need and one that must he supplied, that of more bible women. Mrs. Swearer was able to leave her many duties on the West District to assist Mrs. Sharp with a couple of classes, which was greatly appreciated by those who had the priveledge. of attending the classes. Mrs. Taylor has given such time as she was able to teaching in the girl's school at Kongju and to the Sunday Sehool in the city church. This spring we had our first trip together over the work which was not only greatly enjoyed by us, but was much appreciated by the women where it was possible to meet them. Colporteurs.-While the average of the sales by the colporteur~ has not been up to what it should have been the work they are doing is a large factor in our work not only as an evangelizing. [oree but to the stability and permanence of the work. We are itldeed grateful to the British and F o};'eign Bible Society for their generous and intelligent assistance in the work. During the past year 46 Bibles, 223 New Testaments, and 4625 portions have been sold. besides several thousand tracts have been distributed. Schools.-Last conference we had no schools to report but now thanks to the help and. suggestions of Mr. Williams who visited_.the

44 KOREA ANNUAL CONFEREr\Cl!:' [JUNE, work with me, we have four boys schools running all under competent teachers, and prospects of another school to be opened shortly. We are only helping these schools to the extent of )'e1t 5.00 per month and local churches are doing all the rest. Number received this year into full membership 114 " JI "on probation 188 Whole number baptised... I 30 Total enrollment Full members 322 probationers 477 Total other adherents Total following Kong-ju West District W1LBVR C. SWEARER, District Superintendent. The year has not been one of numerical gain, some circuits -having gained and others lost, but there has a decided gain in stability and in spiritual things. More attention has been given to class work and more effort put forth in purely revival work among the churches. Self support has had a better deve1opement, the churches taking more interest in it than ever before. There has been no change in the divisions of the District. KONG-JU CITY. The city church under the direction of Dr. Van Buskirk and,mr. An Chang-ho has made steady and satisfactory progress, growing gradually in membership, in leadership, in self support and in spiritual developement and broadening and deepening in intellectual things. It is exerting a marked influence in the community, superstition, idolatry and evil are compelled to retreat. Self-support has made a great advance: } ~et/, 2 I 4~oo this year as against Yen Last year though, of course, the year has been several months longer; however it has more than doubled. Personal worker bands

45 191 3J REPORTS organized to do first hand work among the people of the city and look after the new converts prove more effecient than a few days of strenuous revival and the usual haphazard caring for the resultant converts eventuating often in loss of at least 90 % of the fruits. The workers have their regular meeting time for report and consultation and prayer; one of the rules is that when a man induces another to come to church and hand his name in as an inquirer it is that worker's business to look after the seeker, see to it that he attends church services and gets instructed and so keeps interested. The membership including the class of seekers is 430 ; this class numbers 182, although the pastor says there are 150 or 200 others who are in one way or another associated with the church. It will thus be seen that the real membership largely exceeds the number of seekers and it is sound as a general rule that when the number of members and probationers surpass the numbei" of seekers, provided there has been no backward tendency, that church has reached real stability. It was thought best to unite the circuit of churches surrounding Kong-ju with the city church for pastoral oversight; so, dating from the last Annual Conference this circuit has been cared for by the pastors and workers in the city church, one of these churches being visited each Sunday by one of the pastors while the other pastor ministered to the needs of the Kong ju congregation. The strong band of Local Preachers and Exhorters in the Kong-ju Church took care of the other churches in the circuit each Sunday. This systematic shepherding of the flocks has proven a great blessing to the churches, one new church growing rapidly to a member~hjp of seventy. Mr. An reports for the church and circuit as follows: The city church is in good condition and is making progress in a satisfactory manner. Formerly the inhabitants of this place were very wicked and did not care to listen to the preaching of the Gospel but now many of them are convinced that Christianity is better than any other religion. Also many superstitions cubtoms have been destroyed through the influence of our church. Among the mem-

46 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE bers there are many who are earnescand-faithful in witnessing; the preachers and exhorters in. the church have worked zealously; as a result the church has prospered every way and is now firmly founded. There is one thing for which we are very thankful: for some years we had much trouble because of the dissensions which were always arising; but this year these things have been swept away and love prevails through the influence of the Holy Spirit. The financial condition is very good; all the debt has been paid off and there is a balance in hand of about Yen During the last year more money was given than during any year since the church was established. It amounted to about Yen In as much as this has been a year of famine and the people have found it hard to make a bare living, the earnestness and joy manifested in giving so much to the Lord is, I think, an indication of growing spiritual life. An old man among the Local Preachers named Kim Seungwhan, altho he is 70 years of age, works faithfully for the Church and is so strong that he walked 100 Ii without weariness on a short winter's day in the' work of the Lord. He has not received any salary and is often weary yet he does not think of these things and works persistently for the Lord. He does these things for two reasons: First, because he loves the Lord; and moreover because he is like the man who hungers and thirsts afterrighteousness. There are eight churches connected with Kong-ju city church and all of them have made good progress except one-the Si Mokdong church, where there are yet ten. members who are faithful. The Whang Chon church was established just before the last Aru1Ua1 Conference met and there are now 70 true believers. They learned that it 'is not proper to have a church service 'in a private house ; moreover the room was 110t large enollgh tocdntain the members,. so they planned to build a chapel, altho most of them are poor.: - Subscifpfionswere secured,:amongthe brothers and sist~rs and ftomadultsand children. AmongtheIi1'a certain man'subscribed

47 REPORTS 43 the amount saved by fasting a number of limes. One boy aged ten who is so poor that he did not have morning and evening meals asked his mother to subscribe and said that they might as well die as not to subscribe to the church construction and besought her to sell a cubboard which they had in their house. This boy finally gave 30 selz himself. The members were much in~pired by his earnestness and Yell 70,00 was subscribed and later some money was raised by the city church so that nearly l'elt was raised and the chapel is now being constructed. 1\lr. Chun Hak-soon, an exhorter at the Kong Su Won church has preached so faithfully that more than 2000 have listened to his preaching and a new church was established two months ago in Ka San, Chung San County where he was persecuted at first and reviled while preaching; later when he came people would run away and hide fl'om his preaching. At last they repented and twenty-two uecame Christians. Also self support was promised by these new believers and Yell 4.00 was raised. Probably stich a thing never occurred in our work in Korea before. THE SOUTH CIRCUITS. These circuits number five as formerly. They have had the combined attention of Mr. Son Seung-yong, Mr. F. E. C. Williams and the District Superintendent. For the larger part of the year 1\1:r. Son travelled the \Vhay Duk and Yun San Circuits from the time of the District Conference in January he has been giving some attention also to the Kang Kyeng Po and 1\on San Circuits, Mr. Williams giving as much of his time and strength as could be spared from his educational work to visiting these circuits and the Kyeng Chun Circuit-a burden altogether too heavy. On one of the most important of these south circuits we had to face first the ill health and then the unfaithfulness of the Local Preacher in charge. After investigation he was quietly discontinued and Mr. Son with an exhorter to assist him cared for the churches which have since been

48 44 KOREA ANNUAL CONFEl{ENCE [JUNE, recovering from thc cffects of the maladininistratlon of the Local Preacher. The Kang Kyeng Po circuit has suffered much from the change of the native preachers in charge of the work in the middle of the year and the continuous absence of these preachers at Theological School. Six 1110nths or more they have been without a preacher and it is greatly to their credit that: the church has held its ground so well. There is a condition of affairs at Kang Kyeng Po that is very detrimental to the interests of the Church. A small part of the town is called \Vhang San. When the division of territory was consllmmated a ll1istake was made in dividing this part from Kang Kyeng Po and assigning it to the Southern Presbyterian Mission because they had a small group there. Kang Kyeng Po has grown since then, and \Vhang San as well, so that the place has become compact and Whang San has now become an integral part of Kang Kyeng Po, the line of division is a winding creek. It is almost impossible for two Churches to operate under such conditions. So far our earnest efforts to effect a satisfactory arrangement with the brethren of the other Mission have resulted in failure. The Baptists also have a work in Kang Kyeng Po. There is 110t room in so small a place for two strong churches and we hope that arrangements may be made so that the people of these two churches may be able to unite to foni1 one strong church, this is their great desire. In Pu Yo County, southwest of Kongju a new group is growing up under the patronage one might say of Mr. Kim Seung-kui who i~ related' by marriage to the fonner Imperial family. There is a great deal of enthusiasm, about a hmldred have signified their intention of becoming Christians and plans are being" formulated to erect a good chapel; this place was included in the Kyeng ChUll Circuit in charge of l\1r. 'Kim Pyeng-cha who comes up to Confercllce recornmended (01: adniission 011 trial. His work on this Circuit is unsurpassed he is a man of great energy, earnestness and ability. His monthly: reports'ate models of neatness and his work shows the. good effects of systematic effort.

49 1913/ REPORTS 45 At Non San we t;ffccted the sale of a part of the land which we were holding for the boy's school grounds. I understand that piece of land cost us originally less than Ye'll 50.00, we sold it for more than YCIl With the proceeds we built a combined church and school house and secured a fine tile roofed house for the native pastor, to be used as his residence and also partly as a rest house for the missionaries, the balance, about len has been put at interest, the income to be used to pay the salary of the teacher in charge of the boy's school. TI-m NORTHWEST CIRCUITS. These five Circuits have suffered some reverses yet a great deal of progress has been made. l\fr. Kim Kwang sik has had the entire pastoral charge of the churches. He has traveled well throughout this northwest region. One of the Circuits has been without a traveling preacher 1110st of the time, the former one having been dis. continued and the man appointed to take his place finding it advisable to spend three months in the Theological School to finish his course. The church on the island of An JVlyen Do still continues to grow, the preacher reporting that three or four seekers join the church each Sunday. VARIOUS ACTIVITIES. Classwork.-We have endeavored more than ever to reach a1l parts of our work by systematic training. Advanced classes were held at Kong.ju, in the south, and the west, and the north. Both men and women were included in the instruction, four or five teachers engaging in the work: At the close of each class the pastor was supposed to make the round of the churches and with the assistance of the class leader in each church hold a short class for those who could not attend the advanced class. These classes were largely attended. Revivals.-In connection with these advanced classes we held revival services in the evening. God greatly blessed these meetings

50 KOHEA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, and many were convicted,and truly conver~ed. The Holy Spirit was present in mighty power and many were freed not only from the guilt of old sins and found peace of mind but were delivered from the enthrallment of petty passions. Colportage.-Wc. are very grateful to the British and Foreign Bible Society for the four or five col porters who have traveled extensively over the District. They have not only strengthened the churches and helped to keep them steady in the absence of the regular helpers but have preached to many thousands of heathen and are preparing the ground for a great harvest. Some of it is already being harvested. Woman's l-vork.-mrs. R. A. Sharp has traveled as faithfully and efficiently as ever over this large District as well as the East Kong-ju District. Her work is deserving of the highest praise. \Ve all realize that it is impossible for one person however strong she may be and however continuously she may travel north and south, east and west, to care for all the women and girls in the churches and schools of fifteen circuits, located among 900,000 people. It is impossible for her to train even the Bible women necessary to care properly for the work. We are urgently asking for two more Women's Foreign Missionary Workers immediately and we are hoping that means will be forth coming for the preliminary training of women to work in the circuits. Mrs. Swearer has held several Bible training classes for the women on the District which were well attended and very profitable. Schoo/s.-In as much as the Educationall'eport will take up the schools in greater detail I shall say: but a word or two on this line. The past year has been the most successful we have ever had in the Kong-ju educational work. The school has made an enviable name for itself and the good work done has been recognized by the authorities. Mr. Williams is highly esteemed by both teachers and pupils, who held for him two or three farewell receptions. W~en he left the whole school walked twenty Ii and the larger boys fifty Ii to the railway station to wish him bolt voyage and a sure and safe re-

51 REPORTS 47 turn. The country schools have done excellent work under his direction. Sunday School H'olk.-We were privileged to have with us for a few days Mr. Harry, P. Morton and l\-1:rs. Morton, and their son and Miss Snell} prominent Sunday School worker~. The little convention we held was web attended by delegates from all over the District some men coming more than 50 miles. Many valuable suggestions were received at that time and plans made for the better development of this branch of our work. Report of the Pyeng Yang, West Pyeng Yang, and Yeng Byen DistrIcts to the Annual Conference of C. D. MORRIS} District Superilltendent. One of the important events of the Conference year was the changing of the Rev. Kim Chang Sik from the Supcrintedcncy of the \Vest Pyeng Yang District to the Superintendency of the Yeng Byen District. Circumstances which developed during the year made it necessary for me to spend cansiderable time in Pyeng Yang, and Bro. Kim was very willing to do what we all considered would be for the best interests of the whole work. A mid year Union District Conference for inspirational purposes was held in Yeng Byen last August, and notwithstanding the rainy season there was a good attendance of the official brethren of the three northern districts, and all who attended testified to having received much pleasure and benefit. During the winter five general Bible classes for men were held in as many common centres. The places selected were Tu Mu Kol in Whaong Rai Do, Kang Saw, Pyeng Yang city, Sin Chang, and Yeng Byen. The attendance was encouraging, and the work done was helpful. The farewell prayer and testimony meeting of each of these classes was an event long to be remembered. Those who attend-

52 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, ed were filled with joy on account of the spirit of hopefulness that had come to our people. When these general classes adjourned the preachers, with the advanced believers in each section, arranged for the holding of local classes for Bible study among the congregations of the respectiye territory. In this way almost all of our people had the opportunity for some definite Bib!e study during the winter season. Since Kim Chang Sik assumed the Superintendency of the Yeng Byen District he has travelled extensively, and his report will give you the conditions in detail. In Yeng Byen city the boy's school building has been completed. It is a nob~e granite building, two stories with basement. The ROSCOE I. FAIRFIELD IVIEMO- RIAL SCHOOL will, we trust, be a great blessing to the youth of North Korea for many generations. During the past year the benevolent gentleman who gave this building, as well as the church in Yeng Byen, passed home to his reward. Doctor and Mrs Miller had to spend a few weeks in Japan 011 account of Mrs. Miller's health. We all hope and pray that she may be speedily and permanently restored. Mr. and Mrs. Wachs, Miss Dillingham, and 1\1iss Shaffer have been abundant in labors, and the most remote parts of the district have been visited. Dr. Miller made a number of medical itinerating trips, and 1\1rs. Miller accompanied him whenever possible. Mr. Wachs reports as follows "The new school building has taken a good deal of my time as I had to put in the heating and ventilating system for the building, making ventilating and heat pipes from an iron roof that had been tclken off the W F M S home. The new building has had a stimulating effect on the attendance at the boys school which has been steadily increasing, the shortage of teachers has necessitated using the more advanced boys as tutors. I have visited at least once the more important groups and_ churches on the District except those in the extreme southwest. Two -visits were made to the American mines where a rhost hearty welconle was accorded me 'both times. I never enjoyed

53 1913] REPORTS 49 preaching better than I did when trying to show forth to these my fellow countrymen, the riches in Christ Jesus." Kim Chang,Sik took charge of the West Pyeng Yang District during half of the Conference year, but since his transfer to Yeng Hyen I have taken direct charge of it. The money is in hand for the long promised church in Chinnampo, and we hope to be able to get it conlpleted before winter. It will not only supply the local need, but will be a centre for aggressive work in all that region. The most serious problem in connection with this, and the other districts, this year was the necessitated closing of most of our primary schools. The new and changed conditions have made it impossible for us to carryon these schools except in a few large centers like the county seats. The reasons for this are w«l known to our constituency. Any schools we now have under our control must be properly hollsed and equipped or they will be a reproach to us. On account of this we are compelled to confine our efforts to the better support of fewer schools rather than trying to help as many as formerly. Economie conditions also have caused a large number of people to move away. These two reasons will largely explain the apparent decrease in our following on this district. Dr. Follwell having been on furlough Dr. Anderson took his place and with his assistant Dr. Choi has had a very busy ysar. He and Mrs. Anderson have won a warm place in our hearts, and our love and prayers will follow them to their new field. We rejoice in the prospect of Dr. Follwell securing a new hospital. It will be a real joy to all of us to see his long service crowned with the erection of a plant that will be a credit to our great church, as well as in every way fitted to allow the doctor to do his very best work. Mr. Becker and Mr. Billings have not only done full work in our union college, but have also carried a large part of the evangelistic work. Their work in the college and academy will be covered by the educational report, and I will here refer to thei~ work in the evangelistic field. Mr. Becker reports for the Chilsan circuit as follows: "Average attendance, 8 churches including prew Apeenzeller

54 50 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, Memorial Chapel, was about 850 during the year. A year ago the circuit paid in self support but 40 per cent of the helper's salaries. During the past year we have raised 60 per cent of the salaries of the six paid helpers of the circuit. We have built two new churches, one costing over six hundred J'en, and the other costing over two hundred and fifty yen. All the money was raised locally. The churches support four primary schools of lower common school grade, receiving in help from the mission a total of nine yen a month. Yi Tong Kui, the Conference probationer in charge has shown himself to be a man abounding in energy, and initiative, as well as in tact and executive ability, and the splendid condition of the circuit is due to him rather than to the missionary in charge whose position was necessarily mostly advisory, although he spent his Sundays as far as possible on the circuit." 1\1r. Billings reports as follows: "Regular work consisted of 15 to 18 hours teaching per week in Pyeng Yang Union College where I also had charge of the college prayer meeting. In the Evangelistc Work I have had charge of the Chungwha circuit which now reports a following of 530 Christians. The success of the work is largely due to the local preacher, Chung Tin Su, and a number of workers who assist him, although they have no reward but the joy.of service for the l\1aster. The village of Nong Hung he lives has only 7 out of 55 or 60 houses in which there are no Christians. They have built a parsonage since last Conference and are now building a Common School for Boys which will cost abqut.4oo yeu. This one church pays 7 ')leu a month towards the pastor's salary, and other smaller places bring it up to about twelve yen. During the year we have built a new 18 kan church at Ku Kol in Pyeng Yang city to provide for Our congregation there. Although 17 families, including 40 ot: 50 people of our congregation, have moved away we still report 103 believers. The children's Sunday School is especially flourishing and has begun the observance of an annual Children's Day which is now being observed in all our Pyeng Yang churches, Since last Christmas I have taught in five of the general Bible classes.

55 I9 131 HEI'ORTS 51 and I also taught in the Spring Conference for Korean Stuucnts in Tokyo. I have spent 62 days in country itineration at week ends and vacation periods." l\ir Billings also had charge of the building of the large boy's primary school in Pyeng Yang which is now almost completed. It is a real satisfaction to know that at last our boys will be housed in a building that is in every way adapted to the present day needs. The \V. F. i\1. S. ladies and the wives of the missionaries in their hospital, school, and evangelistic work have had a busy and a successful, year. The account of their work in detail will be found in the women's report. I cannot speak too highly of the Korean pastors, They have done faithful work, and carried heavy responsibilities. It is fair that I should make special reference to Pastor Hyen Sook Chit who has heroically carried the work of our big Nam San Chai Church (First Church), and comes up to Conference with everything in fine condition. The year has been one of many problems, and I want to testify to the sturdy:character of out pastors and helpers. It has been a joy to have had the privilege of working with them. While we regret that we have to report a decrease in the total following on our Northern Districts we are grateful to be able to say that in almost every case there has been an increase in our full membership. This proves that our church is on a solid foundation and we have no reason for discouragement. There is also an encouraging increase in the total contributions. Full particulars along this line will be found by referring to the statistical table. We are especially grateful that (or the last half of the Conference year there has been an increase of spiritual interest among the churches. God has come to many of our people in a very precious way. We believe He will manifest Himself in a more marvelous way than we have yet seen, and do greater things for His church in this land. With gratitude to God for a year full of His Divine care and mercies I respectfully submit this report.

56 KOHEA ANNUAL CONFEHENCE LJUNE, Note: Just before Conference the Rev, Jonathan Verity of Ohio came to Pyeng Yang, and for one week held union services in the Presbyterian and Methodist churches which were largely attended. He also spoke to the students in the different schools a number of times. His ministry was a great blessing to many. The vigor and enthusiasm of this veteran of almost eighty years was a great object lesson to all our people. Seoul District Report. C. S. DEMING, District Superi1ttelldcllt. The Seoul District includes not only the city of Seoul and suburbs but also our M:ission station at Chemulpo and the large work connected with that station on 17 different islands about the harbor. Rev. B. R. Lawton has travelled the Chemulpo circuits. He has held several Bible classes in addition to his pastoral work and has held all except the first quarterly conferences. He has been accompanied by his wife on most of the trips and she has done much for the women in a direct way as well as having been a great in" spiration to the whole work. The report of the work on the Chemulpo end of the District we will leave to B. R. Lawton who has kept in close touch with the work and its progress. As to the work about Seoul it comprises thirty churches centering about our three large city churches, First IVI. E. Church, Meal Memorial Church, and East Gate Church. FIRSI'M. E. CHURCH. This Church has the advantage of having our Poi Choi and Ewa students in its congregation. It has a large membership many of whom attend only the morning service. The average morning attendance is 800. The membership was repo~ted at the first quarterly conference as 1968 but the records have been revised during the year.

57 REPORTS 53 During the year 54 have removed by letter many going to Shanghai and lvianchuria. A prosperous childrens Sunday School was organized under the direction of l\1rs. W. C. Rufus and is conduded along modern lines with a fine corps of teacllers {tom our schools. Over 200 students were gathered in in this way. Under the leadership of 1\1r. Rufus a primary day school was organized. The Church has borne its full expense. The enrollment is about 70. They are using an old building on the Pai Choi compound formerly used for dormitories. A new building is greatly needed. For ten days in February a Bible Class was conducted which was followed by ten days more of evangelistic services. These services did much to deepen the spiritual life of the 6 mission churches connected with the First 1\1. E. Church. At Changuai 30 new believers were gathered in, in the next few weeks and other churches had a like in gathering. A prayer circle of young men was formed which had a great influence upon the lives of our students in Poi Choi. These young men arranged for a laymens banquet to arouse more interest among the laymen and create a deeper spirit of church fellowship. The prime mover in tqis was Mr. Hugh Cyun, Principal of Pai Chai who has recently been elected to represent our Sunday School Work at the Zurich convention yen have been raised for all purposes by the l~irst 1\1. E. Church this year of which 120 ye1z was for church repairs, 120 )'cn to assist in building a mission chapel, and 910 yen for pastoral support. This Church has a Ladies Aid Society of which Mrs. I-Ia is President. Seventy young men handed their names into this church as the result of the evangelistic services held by Dr. Mott in a large tent on Pai Chai compound during his visit in March. One new preaching place was opened. by the church this year at Maeli. Many of the chapels organized by this church have become independent. Six local preachers have been licensed from among the members of this church during the year.

58 54 KOHEA ANNUAL CONFEHENCE 1JUNE, There arc now two Quarterly Conferences outside of West Gate. One includes the churches of Samkai Kongtungui, Sawkang and Aogai. The other includes Changuai and three churches in Yang Chun. No native worker has been living in Yang Chun and being thus neglected they have fallen prey in turn to the Seventh Day Adventists, an independent church, and their own ignorance. In February a local preacher 0 Tai Chu was sent to them being supported in part by the American Bible Society and in part by a gift from Norway. This has already resulted in adding great strength to the churches. At Saw Kang the membership is 183 and there are nine classes in the Sunday School with an average attendance of 120. They are running a boys school with 64 enrolled students. Through a gift of 85 yf1t from St. Petersburg the school work has been greatly strengthened. There is also a girls school with 30 pupils. Changuai has made great strides during the past year and their church building is now too small- to hold the crowds. To new believers have been gathered in during the year. The membership is 375. An afternoon childrens' Sunday School has been organized with a membership of 45. There are a great many poor people in the church and collections have been taken for the relief of them five separate times. They an~ in great need of a Bible woman. Kongtungni is also flourishing 44 new believers have been brought in recently. Sunday afternoons are _spent in soul winning. The contagion began with the women spread to the men and has now reached the students in the primary school. The Church is pushing the work of self support. At 30 homes the people give a handful of rice each day towards raising the pastors salary. The membership is Z20. MEAD MEMORIAL CHl,JRCH. This is our strongest Church in Korea Methodism. The total membership is The budget for the past year was 3213 yen.

59 19131 REPORTS 55 The beloved pastor Chun has been sich the whole year and has been unable to preach though his interest in the Church and his advice even in his weak condition has been the main stay and life of the church. Hyen Soon the assistant pastor has carried on the active duties of the Church and bravely born the responsibilities resting upon him. He has manifested a deep interest in Sunday School Work and helped largely to make a success of the great Rally in the Spring. His acquaintance with both English and Japanese has enabled him to render us great service as an interpreter. He has also translated two books for publication during the year. One of sermonic outlines and one on Sunday School \Vork. In April the ehul ch suffered the loss of its parsonage by fire. \Vith some outside help the sum of 300 J ' e11 was raised and a new parsonage has been built. Rev. John Verity spent a week with this church in evangelistic services and through the agency of the Holy Spirit 70 souls were added to its membership. The boys school is in a flourishing condition. The enrollment is 170. There are six chapels conducted in connection with this large church of which the strongest is at Yun Who bong outside of South and West Gates. This chapel has a membership of about 300 and from this chapel a mission has been organized at Sachueli. One of our ablest young men is giving his time to this work. At this point a good site for building has been recently secured for 300 )'Cll and it is proposed to erect a chapel costing about 4000 J'cn in memory of Mrs. M. F. Scranton whose life was so closely connected with the Mead Memorial Church. Three chapels are located near the North gate. The helper's salary and buildings have all been furnished by Mead Mel)lorial. EAST GATE CHURCH. The East Gate Church has enjoyed a very prosperous year thought the pastor was changed during the year..chang Nak do was ~ppointed to fill a vacancy in the Bible School work and O.

60 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, Kui Sun from Haiju has been in charge since November first. The East Gate and its ten allied chapels have enjoyed a great deal of intensive work since the return of D. A. Bunter from his furlough. Every day but Saturday has been spent in house to house visiting or Bible Classes and the results of this work are large. The records of this Church like those of the other churches have been revised during the year and the membership stands at 450. An unfinished church at Hankang offers a great opportunity of advance work if a preacher and funds can.be secured. An able preacher shoulq. be sent there as the people are mostly of the educated class. There is a great need of more Bible women among the chapels connected with East Gate Church. Much help has been given temporarily by students from the \Vomen's Bible School during the summer months. Wang sim Ii is one of the most prosperous churches of this group and has a membership of 129. CHONGNO CHURCH. The Church at Chongno has only been established for two years but as it is in the very centre of the city it can not but grow rapidly and promises to become the centre of all our work in the city. \Ve are still using Korean buildings and the membership of the church is now something like 200. Two large womens' classes numbering each about 200 have met thel-e during the past year and have demonstrated the strategic character of the locality and the inadequa,teness of the present accommodations. It is planned to build upon this site a large church fitted out with class rooms to be known as the Appenzellu Memorial Church. We hope the funds will soon be forthcoming as this is one of the inost urgent needs of our work in Seoul. Prosperous boys and girls schools are now being conducted in connection with the Church work. GE!-!ERAL WORK. The District Conference was held at Chemulpo Feb. 19 to 2I

61 REPORTS 57 and proved to be a mighty factor in unifying and spiritualizing the work on the whole district. The Union Theological Institute and the Pierson Memorial Bible School have finished another very successful year using the same plant. There were seventeen graduates from the Institute and Twenty graduates from the Bible School. Work among the Chinese has been organized in Seoul a two story brich building secured, a school established with one teacher and a pastor from China brought over and placed in charge: The funds for this work have all been secured without touching the l\1ission funds. The visit of Dr. Mott and the Sunday School Commission No. 4 proved to be sources of great power and inspiration to all our work. Here in Seoul about Sunday School Workers and scholars gathered in one large rally held on the North Palace grounds. With heart felt gratitude to God for his protection and guidance through the year which has had its cares and dangers because of unwarranted suspicion on the part of the authorities and with many thanks to all who have contributed to the success of the year both here and in the homeland I lay down the work of the year praying that God's blessing m~ rest upon the work and au that shall be attempted in His name B. R. Lawtons report. Fourteen trips have been made from Chemulpo, two of them being one day trips, and the longest 15 days, a total of 100 days. Five country Bible c1asses-were held covering 25 days. Mrs Lawton and I both taught, and the total average attendance was 157 men and 170 women. In addition to this was the ten-day Chemulpo class held in February, enrolling something over 100, in which I taught two periods daily.

62 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, The work covers 75 churches and groups in addition to the two Chemulpo churches. We have been able during the year to visit about 60 and counting duplicates have made 83 visits. Of the 12 quartely conference outside of Chemulpo all have been held at least twice and several three times. District Superintendent Brother Deming H ably assisted in 9 of the 33 held, The gain in membership on the circuits without the help of an a native ordained pastor has not been large. I have received 44 into full membership, and baptized 40 adults, a much larger number of candidates were rejected as not yet fited for the church relationships for whhich they appeared. It has been my priveledge to christen 83 children dedicating them to God, and seeking to impress on their parents the magnitude of their responsibility. Pastor Yi lkmo of First' Chuch Chemulpo is the right man in the right place. His conduct of the affairs of the church leaves little to be desired. An exceedingly profitable series of meetings was held during February, Pastor Yi was ably assisted by Brothers John Thomas and 0 Kuisun. There was much heart searching and some real spiritual victories gained. At Kang Wha city self support has been raised from J'C1l to yen per month. The people are still waiting for their church meantime worshiping outside the crowded house when the weather is fine. The ammount collected for the church now ammounts to a little over yen including a recen~ gift of )'e1t from :Mr. Heintz of Philadelphia. School work is about holding its own but must have more help at once or we will be obliged to close our schools as we cannot obtain acceptable teachers for the work with out adequate pay. An advance of I S% in self support made at the spring conference is a hopeful sign. We are ready to fall in line with the program of an annual ten percent increase and believe that our people, extremely poor islanders though they be, will measure up to the increasing burden.

63 REPORTS 59 Suwan District Report. G. 1\1. BURDICK, District Supt'rilltL'llticllt. The Suwan District has not shrunk in territory during this Conference year. New roads have been built, and some of the rhysical features of the country have been somewhat altered by the labor of man. The changing economic conditions have affected the life and activity of the people business enterprises have drawn men away from the church, and our church records have fallen off somewhat in numbers. But the distances to be traveled remain the some while the competing conditions of a changing ind ustrial and social life have called for more well planned incessant effort to couserve the life of the church. While the increased demands called for larger reenforcement and better equipment, at the very beginming of the year the district suffered, through the necessary return to America of Miss Hillman, the loss of one of its most efficient workers, Miss Miller has continued alone the work of the district among the women with a heroism and ability, hampered only by the impossibilities of the task, which fulfill the best traditions of missionary service in any age, Brother and Sister Taylor have been unswerving in their loyalty and faithfulness, assets always standing to the credit of the Suwon District Late in the Conference year Mrs. Taylor's sickness gave us anxiety, but we are rejoiced at her recovery Cind presence among us again. At the session of the 1912 Conference Elder, Hong Seung Ha came to us from the Kongj u District in exchange with Elder Son Seung Yong. The district was divided into three main parts. Mr. Taylor has had chage of the four circuits on the west, Hong Seung Ha has had the principal oversight-of the four central circirits; and, in addition to the general district work, I have reserved the foul' remaining circuits on the last for every Church visitation. This plan has worked more satisfactorily than any it has hitherto been possible to arrange. The circuits in size _have ranged in number from six to twenty churc1!es, most of

64 60 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE LJUNE, the circuits having a number of out places not organized as full Churches but where Sunday s_ervice is regulaly observed. Of the regularly organized Churches the fourth Quartery Conferences showed a total of one hundred thirty nine. Last year through diminished numbers in some villages groups that have hitherto been called Churches are now more or less dependent upon some other church and are not counted, Eleven salaried men and one unsalaried man have been at the head of the circuits, and four self support preaches have been working as assistants. The exporters, as volunteer workers, have been more systematically used than other years in helping to look after little groups of Churches within the circuit and in assisting in revival work. All the forces available have been inadequate properly to look after the work as it now stands. Although the reports show a shrinkage of some seven hundred believers on this district, some part of this is due to extensive correction of the church records. Nevertheless we must admit, that, especially during the early part of the Coufereuce year, there were many cases reported backsliding. The small proportion of these cases we have been able to follw up have clearly indicated to our own judgment that a large per cent of such losses might have been prevented if we had had a sufficient force of the right men to look after the work. But, notwithstanding this discouraging feature of the work, the winter and spring have witnessed a marked turn in the spirit of the work. A good revival spirit pervaded the winter classes; and a number of important centers have enjoyed extensive revivals. The completion of the Suwon Church, which was made possible thro\:lgh the generosity of Mrs. Althera Babcocks Teither, whose contribution to this purpose was made in memory of her father and mother, has served to hearten this church, which joined enthusiastically in raising funds to help construct and complete the building. Since the completion of the church the size of the congregation has largely increased, and the school has about doubled in size. Our successes here', as so many times in the past, again threaten ultimate disaster to the work, for, while the school contiunes to grow we have

65 REPORTS 6r no building in which to hollse it,.and temporarily we have been forced into the church building. But as soon as cold weather comes on some new provision must be made. At Kall\loi, on the Ichon circuit an cxtensive revival in the early winter brought in about forty five new converts, a~ld the church has been rebuilt at great s&;lcrifice and devotion 011 the part of the members. Women here, as at Suwon in the erection of the church there, gave their silver hair pins and wedding sings, and one old lady cut her hair and said it for a switch and gave the proeeeds. The Ichon county seal church has outgrown its capacity, and the church is now being enlarged. The same is true at Chang Ho Wou. Notable revivals have occurred at Kum Tan and at Chei Chun county scat. Among the converts have been wine sellers, drunkards, gamblers, and members of a society supposedly antagonistic to Christianity. Doth in addressing large congregations of heathen as for example, at the market in Chei Chun, and in personal conversation with individual men, I have never found the people more responsive. It is true that economic conditions, the hard tin1e to make a living, is an often repeated excuse from men for not assuming the obligations of Christian life and the church; but the desire to know God and become a member of His kingdom is almost universally there It is very rare to find a man \V ho doubts the truth of Christianity or professes autagonism to its claims. The opportunity cans "Forward march! " The home church orders " l\1ark time! " Notwithstanding the home order the missionaries and native workers have been marching. Othcr mcmbers of the Suwon staff will have reports of their own. The district superintendent has traveled I 1,080 Ii, about three fourths of the distance on foot. He has made 25 trips, and spent 234 days on his. district. 1 Ie has visited and held service in 174 villages and paid a total of about 360 visits to different parts of the work. All but one church on the district have been visited during the year. For the first time in his five years connection with the district the superintendent can report that he has visited at sonie time every church. During the year

66 62 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE 1 about forty churches or villages where we once had churches have been visited for the first time by the superintendent. He has held one preachers' meeting, one district Conference, thirty five Quarterly Conferences, two Leaders and Stewards meetings, has examined and received on probation fifty-four candidate~, sixty-seven full members, and has baptized one hundred thirty-four adults and seventeen children. He has also conducted three training classes for leaders and Christian workers for a total of 3 I days, and has lead two revival campaigns. The class and revival work have been well extended through large parts of the district by Mr. Taylor and his native workers on his part of the district, by Hong Seung Ha and his co-workers on their circuits, and by other native preachers and yolunteer workers on other parts of the district. In the woman's work Miss Miller has personally held classes in particular for the Bible women and picked volunteer workers, and has sent these women out to do class work in all parts of the district. During thc coldest months of the winter I have found these women busy and happy in their work, teaching the women of the churches to read to pray and what the meaning of the Christian life is. So far as the character and prospects of the Church in Korea are concerned I have only confide?ce and hope. Many of the native leaders both men and women are seeing VISions. As in the cases of the old prophets of Israel, not all see alike clearly, but a vision of something larger in Christ has come I have talked with many of these men and women about it, and I am' confident that they are going to work out these new ideals. Discouragement does not arise from want of faith in the Korean Church. Its foundations have many times been tested. Its spiritual and evangelistic trend is too unmistakable to admit of doubt. The discouragement rather arises out,?f the consciousness of forces expended to the utmost without retuming the required resul,ts. While there are whole counties in the district as yet hardly touched and none of the territory is fully occupied, yet we are not qui~e holding our. own in the work already established. For two or three years

67 REPORTS past through unavoidable lack of proper care a church dies in one place as often as a new one springs up in another place. None of the -missionaries working on the district live within its bounds. The district, though one of the largest in the conference, centers no where. When the missionaries make their itinerating trips and return home they return to places outside the district and thus point of contact is lost until the next trip, l\'feanwhile owing to this interrupted connection in the work previous effort has lost much in force, and too many things have to be done over. Conditions during the past year have brought these disadvantages more clearly into prominence, and it seems certain that the demand for close supervision of the work will be greater rather than less for years to come. Our great need is a mission station in the heart of the districts God has graciously given us help along the way and kept the work together amid great difficulties, and we trust Him in the fullness of time to supply all our needs. H. C. Taylor reports as follows. Last year at conference time we were appointed to the west circuits of the Suwon District, these include Nam Yang and Asan counties and are located in a very compact block and arc easy 0 access by rail or boat, they comprise about fifty groups over twenty being on the N am Yang ~ircuit. The three trips over the work have been full of encouragement Some have fallen away however for various reasons. At one pla.ce lightning struck the flag pole of the church and all left but the leader surely a case of supersitution and lack of faith. During the spring itinerating about 100 new believers were reported. At a group on Ansan circuit the leader has been very zealous and 20 new believers have been enrolled. Increased interest is being taken in education with the result that two new boys schools have been started on Nam Yang circuit with a total of 35 scholars. Other schools show an increased enrollment especial1y at Suwon, and tlt Kosaiki, at the latter place a house has been purchased for a school building. Beside the classes

68 KOREA ANNCAL CONFERENCE UUNE, held on these circuits assistance has been given in two larger classes in other parts of the district. During the year I S I days have been spent in the country and 5600 Ii traveled 68 adults and I 8 ~hildren have been baptised, and 22 probationers and 40 full members have been received..,

69 MEDICAL REPORTS. Haiju Medical Report. From March 1st, 1912 to June 1st, In looking over the medical work the two and half years we have been in Haiju, there seems to be no cause for discouragement. This is the third report we have made to conference. The second showed an increase in attendance of 490/0 over the first, and the third now shows an increase of 86/,0 over the second. The total treatments in the 30 months have been 24,454. The work grows in interest all the time and we know the Great Physician is blessing it despite the imperfect way it is carried on. The hope expressed in my last report to conference that the new Hospital would be begun in the spring of that year was not quite realized but we were able to begin it the following October and had the foundation laid before cold weather. With the opening of Spring, work was again resumed and now I am rejoiced to report that it is almost ready for the plasterers. 'the work is going on rapidly and ought to be finished early in the fall, at the latest. The red brick, white pointing and green paint make a very pleasing appearance. It will accomodate easily 20 inpatients besides the Dispensary and with large cistern, gate-house and fence is costing a little over $5,000. This, however, includes the building only without the equipment. We shall need the balance of the $8,000 to put in the heating, and plumbing and equip it with beds, furniture and other necessary apparatus. Our success is due in no small measure to the faithful work of the assistants, who have not spared themselves pains to treat all who come in a kind and patient way, always jealous for the good reputation of the dispensary. Many are the good, workable suggestions they make and we always, as far ~s possible, give them a trial.

70 66 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, This spring when our first assistant started to the Medical School we were for a while greatly handicapped but now for a time, at least, we have a very reliable and efficient substitute.. Th~ dispensary is open from morning till night every day, except Sunday and no one is ever turned away. This year we have had to discontinue feeding the in-patients except in extraordinary cases, as our resources would not permit, and they or their friends look after them as best they can. This is a hardship in many cases, but we saw no way out of it. We are especially grateful for the coming of Miss Barlow and Miss Edge, who from the time they arrived have given themselves wholly to the work in a way which has inspired us all: Miss Barlow has taken over most of the direction of the Dispensary Dible Woman in her work among the women, and comes every day to sing and pray with the in-patients. l\1iss Edge spends most of her time in the dispensary and is faithfulness itself. Though unable to deliver the message by word of mouth, if example counts for anything her work is having ]-ich results. She has also relieved me of a great burden by taking eharge of the Dispensary Accounts. Believing that our new hospital cannot fully meet the need without nurses, we have already begun to train two young women in this work and plan in the fall to begin a regular course of study for them. So far they are very promising and we believe that with training they will in the capacity of District Nurses fill a long felt want. We hope in time to increase the number. The first of March Mr. Becker sent us one of his preachers as Hospital evangelist. He is a. good improvement over the former incumbent, who seemed to have "grown weary in well doing" and resigned to become a merchant. The present evangelist is making a consistent effort to see that no one leaves the place without hearing the message and is also making himself useful in the church and Sunday School. It is difficult to measure in figures the result of his work but we believe they are greater than statistics we give. A chapel service '. is held every day before beginning the clinic and it

71 REPORTS is no uncommon thing to have 30 to 40 listeners. This is one of the greatest opportunities open to a native preacher and I would like to see the time when a specially trained man could be regularly appointed to this post. The health of the station has been good for the most part the past year. OUf number was increased by the a rrival of a little daughter in the home of brother and sister Grove last J uly. Need~ less to say she is most welcome and is already a great distributer of sunshine. I will also add that I have taught the subject of "1I ygicne " in Severance Hospital Medical College the past year. Haiju Hospital Statistics. MARCIl 1ST, 1912 TO JUNE 1ST, Ncvv l)atients.... l~eturns... "0 Total Treattnents.... Males.... Fenlales.... General Anasthetic Operations.... Local " Visitors ,500 J 7,204 2,867 1, ,495 New Believers Out calls by self " " " assistant Fees from Patients... I, Respectfully submitted, A.H., NORTON, M.D. Report of Kongiu Medical Work FOR 15 MONTHS ENDING MAY 31, 1913 In some ways there have been heavy disappointments in our work; we reported last time that Kansas City was undertaking to raise money for our hospital, but no hospital seems in sight yet. I

72 68 KOREA ANNUAL -conference [JUNE, do not know the definite status of the compaign I only know that but little has been accomplished and there has been but little active work; this seems largely due to world Methodism calling the head of the campaign away and sending him out to be Bishop of the plains and mountains of Montana and the neighboring states. I know of only about $ and I hear indirectly that same we is being raised, probably the total would reach $ But the conditions seem to be unfavorable for hopes of a hospital anywhere in the near future. The work itself is disappointing in that we have to ~urn folks away that we could treat and may be cure a good number of them in an adequately furnished hospital. And all the work we attempt is seriously handicapped. But in spite of this, I think our work has continued to maintain about the same level of quantity and is better in quality as I have gained experience in the work and ability to get at what I am told in the graphic if not always intelligible language of the Koreans. The work in the Government hospital continues to prosper and still much effects our work; loccasionally hear of the attendants there lacking kindness and there is no spiritual uplight by them, but their physical work is good, and so I hear of people going there that I should naturally have expected to conle to us, and the mass of the people go there. But that does not mean that we are unknown and unregarded ; I am told that many people are anxiously waiting for us to increase our plant so as to care for real hospital work. There is a distinct field for the church to engage in medical work here; even though the presence of the Goyernment institution does somewhat narrow that field in comparison with what we first saw here five years ago. Our local receipts for the time have been better than before, due to two reasons: first, we have made charges higher, second we have sold good spectacles at a good profit and this helps receipts without a great deal of work and does good in saving a few people from spectacle peddlers. But though the receipts have been better. there is a great mass of people who are unable to pay unless we arc underly hard on them and this would defeat the Christian purpose of

73 REPORTS our work. Our records show that only about:!5 % of patients pay in full, less than 5 % pay a fair part, leaving over 75% who pay nothing. I believe however that this can be improved, but if they can not pay we shall have to charge more from those who Cal! pay. There is an impression abroad that the Government Hospital is entirety free and some are dsisatisfied to be asked {or money - however the Government Hospital is not entirely free, they expect pay from those able. Of those who come to us f-ij are from Christian homes; our evangelist and his wife, our Biblewoman; have reported over 130 decisions to believe and 40 have joined local church, many of these are gave from the church but we rejoice that same of the most faithful new believers began in the dispensary. Last year all our helpers were cared for by special gifts and balances on hand; this year we get 4 J'l'll a month for a H boy" who gives part time to dispensary work. And my personal helper is also in the dispensary. The evangelist and his wife are supported by special gifts; as is also a student in Severance Medical College, who was before my assistant in the dispensary. We have reeeived gifts for regular work, too. We acknowledge gifts from the following :- ":Mary M. Stickney-Spaulding" Fund. Dr. C. V. Fox, Wessington Springs, South Dak. Mrs, J. J. Reynold's. S. S. class, Pasadena, Calif. Rev. and Mrs. F. E. C. \\1illiams, Kangju, Korea. Rev. and Mrs. Cormin Taylor, " " 1\111'. N. S. Doty, Kansas City, Mo.. Rev. D. C. Dutton, ",. " Rev. 1\11'. Hallar and Mr. C. W. Jaggard, Kansas City, Kan. Miss Netella Lay, Cottonwood Falls, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Morgan, Three Hills, Alberta, Canada,

74 70 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, Statistics: New Cases... Operations: l~eturns... 5 chloroform anesthesia Outcalls cocaine " Glasses fitted without " Total treatmeuts Total ~ of cases were male, 39 ~ female, RECEIPTS: Balance February 29, 1912 Receipts, appropriations... " Special gifts... " Local..., " Interest...,...,...,."... " j09~ Total...,... 0 roi5.035 DISBURSEMENTS: For drugs and supplies..... For current expenses.... Balance on hand June 2, y Total Respectfully submitted, J. D. VANBusPIRK, 1\1.D. Report of Medical Work of Hall" Memorial Hospital at Pyeng Yang, Korea. March 21st, 1912 to Feb. 28th, 19J:J. Dr. Follwell was in charge of the work till the 20th of March 1912, when he left for America on furlough. Dr. Choi, the first assistant, was then in charge until the 1st of April, when I arrived and became responsible for the work the rest of the year. I found

75 19I 3J REPORTS 7 1 that Dr. Follwell had worked up a splendid clinic and had earned a fine reputation as a physician and Christian. He had also trained the assistants to such a degree that it was very easy for me to step in and take charge of the work. I feel much indebted to him and to the workers, Dr. Choi Sungku, 1\1r. Choi :Myunho, and 1\11". Saw Yunhyup. Without their efficient service, I would not have been able to carryon the work. From my observation of the work this year, I came to the conclusion that the hospital is filling a decided need in Pyeng Yang, for though there other dispenraries and hospitals, most of them are non-christian. If our hospitals were erected only for the sake of charity or philanthropy, they might be diepenesd with for a time, but the Church needs them in the work of ev~ngelizing, so they arc meeting a vital need. They are also a great blessing to the Christians, who much prefer them to a non-christian institution. The sad feature ofour work in Pyeng Yang is that it is so crippled by the lack of necessary building and equipment. We have a big clinic and a large opportunity, but we are not caring for it a~ we ought to. Many cases cannot be oprated because' of fear of infection and dire results; many cannot be received as in-patients because we lack the place to keep them: and thus we lose many of our best opportunities, for our work is the most telling in this class of cases. The major part of the work necessarlly has been in the dispensary, or with out-patients, still we have attempted some surgery and have had fair results.- We removed four copper needles, one and a half inches long, form the abdomen of a youth who had them inserted for the cure of stomach trouble. He recovered nicely and gained many pounds in weight. \Ne operated on three cases of liver abscess, two of which recovered well, but one died. One of those who recovered picked up so well that when I met him a few weeks later I didn't know him till he showed me the wound in his side. A lad of fifteen came to us with bone disease of the leg and we advised an operation. We had to remove au the bone from the knee to the ankle except a thin shell, and then to add to his troubles

76 7'2 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, the wound did not grow together well, so a deep, wide sore was left that had to be covered with skin. Oue of the assistants suggested that we ask the boy's father to furnish the sink, and so we did. He hesitated a little, but soon agreed to submit to the knife to save his son from suffering. At the time of the operation, we had them on tables side by side, and the father was put to sleep but the boy was awake and witnessed the whole proceeding. When the boy saw his father struggling under the early stages of the anesthetic I he began to weep. Just then one of the assistants remarked to him, " See how your father is suffering in your stead. Ought you to be thankful for such a father?,/ It was an object lesson to us also of the suffering of Jesus Christ for us. These are only a few of the more interesting cases. I am glad to say that all who were in-patints professed to believe in Christ as their Saviour, and they seemed to be sincere. How many of the outpatients were led to a knowledge of Christ or made to seek a knowledge of Him God only knows. We tried to "lift up the Saviour." Dr. J. H. Wells of tile Presbyterian Mission in Pyeng Yang 'left on furlough in June, and I was asked to take his place in caring for the missionary community. This I did gladiy. There were a few serious cases during the year and two fatalities, which caused great disappointment and great loss to the whole missionary body. 1\1:rs. Billings went through a hard siege of Scarlet Fever, but the rest of the members of our Mission, including children) enjoyed good health on the whole, and we are grateful to God for this. Doctors Hall and Cutler rendered much service at times when I was absent and took a great burden off of me by caring for Jamie Sharp during his protracted illness. I also made one trip to the Suan Mines at the call of Doctor Stryker to assist with an operation, And I have treated several transient. visitors. The year has been a very pleasant and profitable one temporally and spiritually, and for all we give glory tb Go_d.

77 191 3J REPORTS 73 Statistics. I.-Attendance at Clinic :- Ne\v Cases ]{eturn Cases ut CalIs:- ~ 3,000 (a) By Dr. Choi (0) Dy Dr. Anderson On foreigners On Koreans Koreans operated at Presbyterian J -{ ospital Finances :- Total.., ,..., FROM MARCH 21ST, 1912 TO FEB. 28TH, RECEIPTS. From Mary Stickney Spaulding Gift... II Y II Mission Treasurer..."' Drug and Fee Receipts... 2, " 2,8so 92 EXPENDITURES. Expended for drugs, salaries, repairs, etc... 2,606.og Balance on hand, Feb. 28th, [ ,8so 92 A. GARFIELD ANDERSON, M.D. May 17th, Pyeng Yang, Korea.

78 74 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, Report of Medical Work at Wonju, Korea. The doctor's residence at Wonju was begun last spring, (19 12), and should have b~en finished in the fall, but due to unforeseen delays is still unfinished. Work has been resumed, though, and all ought to be completed by the middle of June (19 I 3). Rev. S. A. Reck has rendered the Mission a big and splendid service in supervising the building of this residence, and we extend to him our sincere thanks. The $5,000 which the Swedish churches are raising has not ail come in yet, but most of it has and we are confident that all will be in han.d very soon. The report from home dated the 11th of April showed a total in cash of $ and we have $550 in pledges, a total of $4, , leaving less than $700 to raise. This will su rei y come. Under the circumstances, the Finance Committee authorized me to build the hospital, as we, have enough cash to cover ty.e contract price of the building. Accordingly, we made a contract with Mr. Lew, and the work is well under way now. I have felt that $5,000 is not sufficient to meet all our needs, especially in furnishing and equipping the building, and so I asked the Finance Committee to allow me to create an "Equipment Fund," into which I could put such money as I get in the way of fees outside of the regular hospital work and of 'gifts which corne to me apart. from the regular subscriptions of the church. This fund is not to be included in the $5, we are getting fro111 the church. In this fund I now (May 15th, 1913) have Yen 1, With this money I hope to get some equipment which we need and which we could not get out of the building fund. I have spent about a month this spring in Wonj u in the interest of the buildings. During this time sick people have come almost every day to see me, some of them from long distances. One poor woman, a leper, came a distance of 100 miles over some of the highest mountain passes in Korea to seek a cure. I have visited seyeralsick folks in their homes, but have been able to do very little

79 REPORTS 75 for them, having no drugs or instrulllents with me. Two women have come to church as a result of one of these visits and we have won the love of another family, which we hope also will come to hear the Gospel preached. There is a big work here to be done and. we hope that we soon shall be able to enter into it in eamc.st. l\lay 15th, A. GARFIELD ANDERSON, M.D., Wonju, Korea. Yeng Byen Hospital Repo.. t. Our work, as each succeeding report shows, kceps growing larger and more anc1more interesting. During mid-winter we were compelled to sojourn in Japan for nearly three months on account of l\1rs. 1\1il1ers health, during which time the Hospital was practically closed au the time. Since our ret:urn it seems the sick and mained have been coming from an directions at the rate of 30 to 58 daily. At one time we had a run of five days with two and three major operations daily besides treatments. One of our most happy patients, is a man whose wifc has been a Christian for a number of years, while he abused the Church. I was called one morning to his house being informed that he was dying. It proved to be a case of strangulated hernia, but hc could not be persuaded to go under the knife till the next day. Suffiee to say we operated and the man is will and strong again,-but the ques tion in the minds of the Koreans is, I-low could that Foreign doctor know what the condition inside of a Kos.:-ean would be before he opened him up? Even our DistrIct Supt. Rev. Kim Chan Sik says it is strange. During the year we have been privileged to spend 29 days in the country, visiting on all the districts and only missing a few of the smaller churches or groups. On these trips we met many familiar faces of our old Hospital patients, and in a large percentage of the places it seems that those

80 KORE~ ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, who are the leadcl's originally received their inspiration while being treated at the Hospital. One day in the country we treated nearly 100 patients in a room 8 ft. square and no waiting room, except to stand outside. Our Sundays of late how been spent in the country, meeting with a small number of Christians here and there, and in every case I was impressed with the numbers of our hospital patients there worshiping our Lord and Savior. I At the District Conference my first assistant Mr. Pong Kinsyun ga vc the following report of his years work: Since last conference, through the grace of God I have becn permitted to preach on Sundays 20 times in the Yeng Byen Church, and lead j 7 Prayer meetings. I have also traveled in the country 45 days preaching distributions tracts and helping the doctor minister unto the sick. I am very grateful for the many blessings receivcd during the last year. Twenty-six days during thc year I taught in Bible-study classes) at various plans. The balance of my time was spent as assistant at the Hospital. STATISTICS FOR YEAR OF New patients..." Old patients Total treatments given Major operations..... Minor operations In-patients. '0'.... Deaths in Hospital... For the month of May, 1913 our records show :- Total treatments... "0 "0 Major operations 0... It... 00' 0 Minor opera tions...,.., ~ In patients..., "... 4,308 4,72 7 8, _57

81 1913] REPORTS 77 ] une first we had 15 inpatients in the wards and 12 relatives who accompanied them beside 10 or I ~ patients who wen-:- compelled to be sent away to the near by inns. I think this our last months work is proof enough that we really need marc room. \Vhen we first started in had only room for 4 patients then increased 0ur wards to 9 rooms, now we could use as many more. I feel after the patients come and we operate on the more seriolls ones, we are duty bound to give them the best of treatment rather than as where we are compclled to send them down to the inns, in the filth and dirt to retard their progress and often ends ill death. These are somc of the reasons why we arc in immediate need of a Hospital building, if we are to continue our work with any self respect. We could continue longer if it were not for the inpatients without feeling it so keenly, but to do our best operating and then tell the patient 10 get along the best they can is a little less than murder. l\10re and more I feel our greatest work is with the patients who stay at the Hospital rather than those who come only once or twice. It has been shown that 95 ~{} of our inpatients become Christians, because they are daily taught the words of God and exhorted by the Hospital helpers and Bible women Mrs. Miller has spent what time she has been able reading and praying with the women in the wards. On Saturdays has conducted a "King's Daughters" for the girls and "Kings Hearlds" for the boys-teaching them lessons from the Bible. On one of my country tri)! of 12 days she also accompanied me, and at each place gathering the women together which resulted in many conversons. Special Gifts were gratifully received as follows :- IVliss Grace Puterbaugh.... Mrs. Wnl. 1--I. Crede... '" lvir. J. T. Brown... f.... $

82 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, lvi-r. a'nd ]\{rs; M. M. Robinson... Mrs. E. Starke...,.. Mrs. Oakley Mrs.- W. B. Billings \fiss Olga Shaffer... Miss Graee Dillingham FINANCIAL REPORTS~ Reed. fronl Board for au purposes Spaulding gift Total Special gifts personally received Hospital :Earnings , cficit Paid out to helpers Drugs and Supplies General expense Bible woman... to.... Itinerating... Cash borro\ved... Fuel 2, ,5 0 1, , \1. MILLER, M.D.

83 79 EDU~ATIONAL REPORTS Reports of Pyeng Yang Union Academy for 1912 and 1913 The fall term opened Sept. with an enrollment of 2 I 8, nearly all old students as we only took in 6 new ones at this time; the average attendance was 195 of which there were 17 in 1St., 77 in second. 56 in 3rd and 45 in the 4th grade. We had for our Regular teaching force; Kim Son Too, Kim liiong Chae, Kim In Chun and Cho Siol of the last year's force and Kim Song Ho, Pion Song Ok and Kim Chong Un who were yel doing work in the Jr. and Sr. years of the College. Besides these we had Mr. SOI'oto as teacher of Japanese and 9 others who taug11t a total of 138 hrs. at the rate of 80 sen per hour per month receiving a total sum of I )' '11 each month. The total monthly p~y ro 1 of the regular teachers was ),C1t no teacher, even the three college graduates receiving more than yen per month. The total pay roll of the teaching force in the Fall was yen Due to the fact that all the college WOrli was transferred to the new college building we had room enough to furnish up a teacher's office room in the Academy building; a desk was placed here for each regular teacher thus making it possible to throw more respon sibility of management on the native teachers. Kim Son Too was given charge of the rolls and general announcements; Kim riiong Chae had charge of conditional exams, had supervision of grade records, was director of the student. self-control Association and looked after the afterno~:)11 athletics. Kim In Chun kept the school diary, had charge of the daily-attendance-report-records and made most of the preliminary drafts of sc~pules,.etc. Cho Sip1 was in charge of tbe Student Aid S~ciety until ~his was di~banded by an action of ~he faculty. These regular teachers were, of course, the leaders in all

84 80 KOREA ANNUAL CONNERENCE [JUNE, special events as well as in charge of a large number of the chapel and prayer services; they were most faithful in Chapei attendance and in every way were most active in looking after the welfare of the school. They deserve the highest commendation for the way in which they have thrown themselves into the whole activities of our Mission school. I could not wish for better helpers; we have worked together in perfect harmony; the associate faculty meetings have been a pleasure for everyone wanted to do even inore than their share of the work. I am sure that it would have been impossible for the superiutendant to have brought about such satisfactory coditions 'without these most efficient helpers. These are the type that I hope that we may continually turn out of our school The Fall term closed Dec. 15th and 170 students took the examinations. There \-"ere I 10 conditions but considering the fact that each student had ahout 10 studies on which to take examination and that our requirements on daily grades and final exams are probably more strict than any other school in Korea this is pretty fair; onl}' about 6~ % of all final gradings were marked, tc short." And at the opening of the new term 90% of these had prepared so well during vacation that they worked these off.' The winter term opened Jan. 8th; 178 students 'were enrolled, only 3 new ones. Soon after the opening we held a weeks Bible Study and special meetings putting aside our regular schedule; this was a very manifest spiritual help to the student body. At the close of this term l'vlarch 25th in accordance with the Board action that this be considered the end of the school year we passed the grades up a year; on examination 144 were given pass-up certificates, 24 failed to meet all requirments and were conditioned. We did not have a graduating class as we had to add a year to make our curiculum come up to the Educational Senate's requirments ; for the present we are calling the highest grade the 5th, in which we enrolled 41., The Spring term opened April 5th, with an enrollment of 16; old students and 125 new ones; these were adj usted to the grades as follows ;-25 in first, 108 in the second l 73 in the third, 45 in the

85 REPORTS 81 fourth and 4 I in the 5th. The new students were unusually well prepared very few of the applicants failing to make the grades for which they were examined; only 10 were asked to go into a lower grade and these went there without a question. We were glad to receive lpplicants from the Southern Presbyierian Higher Common schools of the Southern Provinces. The large increase of the student body necessitated a larger teaching force; we had the 1 st grade in one division, the 2nd grade in 4 divisions, the 3rd grade in,) divisions, the 4th in 2, and the 5th in 2 divisions; in all a total of 12 divisions to be taught 6 days a" week 5 hrs each day and this necessitated 360 hrs of teaching each week. We met this by loading our regular teachers a little heavier and by adding three more hour teachers selected from the college students. Thus the academy furnished a splendid place for our college students to get practical pedagogical training under our supervision; we use all those who show any aptitude ill teaching. The total enrollment for the yer was 342. The average attendance during the whole year was 223 of which the average attendance of l\1ethodist students was 75. Of the total enrollment in the Spring term 213 were from the country and 80 were from the city of Pyeng Yang; 147 are not self support 146 are self support 103 were married and 190 were not, 65 % not married (In only 24% of our student body were not married) 90% of the students have christian parents. (In % of the parents were christian.) 83% are graduates of our christian primary schools while only 3 years ago only 10% were graduates oflower schools, 144 have stated that they wish to entei: church work, 49 :1re preparing to teach in our church schools, 10 are thinking of farming 17 wish to become merchants 3 want to take up medicine and 51 have not decided what they are called to do, ; it is significant that about 70% of the whole student body have definently stated that they are eal1ed to take up active christian work when they finish theil' school preparations. One of the new ventures for this year was the disbanding of a

86 82 KOREA ANNU~L'CONFERENCE lju~e, student athletic association and the direct facultly control of all athletics the expenses being~et bya direct fee of 20 sell per student per term. This has been an unqualified success as it,has done away with a source of friction between faculty and students and a lot of t begging' ;we have been ~ble.to so arrange h.ours, supervision and apparatus so that all 0/ the studellts have had at least one hollr of e..xercise each day whereas previously only. paid up full members of the student association were allowed to use the football and, baseball outfits thus making it impossible to use the apparatus at the regular exercise periods, and shuting out a large portion of the student.qoqy,from use of the athletic grounds. By n~uch effort the Athletic Association raised 65 yen Jast year ; by the present method we raised 137 ')1('11 and ~pent a little more )'C1Z buying J 8 foot-balls and 2clqz. baseballs as well as other a,pparatus. Two.of our regular ;teachers are.in charge forenoon ""nd afternoon. The students seem to be perfectly satisfied with tbenew arrangement. The student Missionary Association following. a precedent.established several years ~go took up a special collection in the student body of yell with which they will send one of the school graduates out to.some unevaegeli~~d section of Korea (Probably this. year to 1\1ethodist Won-elm territory) as their missionary for oneyear. In thep.ast Kim HiOl1~ Chae (in Chae-chu) Son Tong to (in Manchuria) and 1t~J ~ (in.chae~chu) have been appointed school I11issionariesand have most w()rthily represented us. The Mis~ioI:1ary Asssociation is a strong factor in out school life and the ideas and principles it represellts are enthusiastically supported by the.whole: student body which is stroqgly missionat:y in its motives ilnd, feelin,gs.

87 19131 REPORTS I i' E.' Yearly' I Studeut Year Total Student From I Teachcr:;' No. of xpellse fec,pa},.\:, expense I fees I Missions i Salaries i studeuts stj~;rtt. per I of tot'ai I I ~~~ studenti expense ; 13OO,00! - I I ::'7t;,~ i ' ' ' I 61% ~ , \ 366 T, i 66~;, i I S.IO 6'35 i 75~:J I (!.IS 57'.':, I oo! 358 I i 56% 1' oo! I ; 34 i-i 1.35 I 6.00: S3~~ ~1~~i;:;::I~I~;:6!:7--~1~1~ Averaging for the last 7 years the cost to the eo.operating Missions per stutil!llt pel )'wr has beett Jt:1t3:55. It has cost the Missions all an average J /'U to put a student thtu the Academy fur the regulation 4 years. The Average cost to thc stuuent in fces for thc Acaucmy Course has bccll ] "t'/t Since 06-07,2716 have elltolled, 217 have graduated making ~':~ grudllthcs. :-lome RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ( 1) That recitation seals be provideu for all recitation rooms. (2) That elementary apparatm; be provided for science teachiug. (3) That one of our collcge graduates be made Kio Kam. (4) That the salaries of Kim In Chull and Kim l-iiong Clme be raised to J"rtf per month. (5) That we endeavor to proviue dorlllitories for all our stuucul:-;. Respectfully suljumitcu ARTHlJR 1,. HECKEIZ. Seoul Educational Report. The past year has been a period of adjustm{::nt and organization. This work made po'ssible beginning primary schools in three addi. tional. places in the city, at Aogai, Chong No and Chong Dong, \vithout Increased expense to the Mission. A plan to unite the Sang Dong higher department with Pai Chai to save reduplication and harmful competition ended in failure on account of the non-christian element in control of the school. Following our ~uggestion they

88 KOHEA A:\NUAL CONFERENCE sought and found other quarters. Now the Sang Dong school fits i!lto the Mission educational policy and relieved from the high school incubus remains and should continue to be the largest and be~t equipped christian primary school of the city. The new method of administration, by means of a Joint Board of Education and a Superintendent, has proved quite successful in standardizing and articulating the schools of thc city and in giving somc little assistance to the missionaries in charge of country schools Our desire to be partly relieved from higher educational work last fall to give more time and attention to the primary schools of Seoul and surrounding country was thwarted by the action of the Presbyterian Mission preventing their educational forces from continuingin Union College work in Seoul. We are firmly convinced of the paramount need of conservative and constructive work to develop the primary school system. An organized effort to secure four well equipped union primary schools for the capital met with the approval of the Seoul missionary community and the Educational Senate and is now under consideration by the J oint Committee of the Home Boards of Foreign l\1issions. The YGar's work in Pai Chai proves that no mistake was madc in recommending the appointment of Mr. Hugh H. CyUll as principal. His spiritual influuence and Christian leadership among the young men, not only of Pai Chai but of the eutire city, promises a career of great usefulness. The arrival of 1\1r. Paul Cyun from America and his appointment to work in Pai Chai by the Southern Methodists greatly strengthens our present teaching force and indicates the possibility of closer co-operation in the future. The Academy curriculum now conforms to the Senate course of study. Some changes in the teaching staff bas given us a faculty loyal to Christian ideals and to mission interests. The student body as a whole has fallen in harmoniously with the changes proposed. Only once one of the classes at the beginning of the new administration b,ecame disconteted on account of the influence of a disgruntled

89 REPORTS hour teacher and attempted to strike. \Vhen they learned that.. they had severed all relationhisp to the school by their voluntary action, and the school authorities refused to listen to their alleged grievances before they enrolled anew and presented their case in the proper from thru the regular channels, they complied with the spirit of law and order and have since been very loyal to the institution. We expect Mr. Cyun will give a more complete report incl uding statistics and the work of the various departments. The Union Colloge work carried on during the year was terminated last fall by the action of the Northern Presbyterian TvIission. The Seoul members of our Mission, however, decided to continue some advanced work in Pai Chai, but it seemed unwise to attempt more than one class on account of lack of teachers and and equipment. Accordingly ten boys were enrolled in the Freshman class and candidates for the Sophomore class were recommended to Pyeng Yang. Others ready for higher classes were found satisfactory positions and are eagerly awaiting the final decision concerning Union College work. Until that question is settled effort in Seoul.should be directed toward the development of the primary school system, including the Common and Higher Common schools and the establishment of a Union Middle School or Preparatory department. Dormitories for Pai Chai are sorely needed. \Vell equipped common school buildings at cal'efully Chosen centers are also greatly needed. Respectfully submitted, W. CARLRuFus. Seven Years of Educational Work in Kong Ju Districts. History of the l OI'k :-As early as I 904 an attempt was made to organize a school in Kong Ju,but until the fall of I906 there were no well established Christian schools in South Chung Chong Province. At that time the Kong J u school was reorganize~ with an attendance,

90 86 KOREA AN~UAr~ CONFEHENCE of only 15 students. Within the next three years three schoois sprang up in the southern part of the Province, and during the last three years the people of the northern part have organized five. The plan of organization has been conservitave making it necessary to refuse permission to start schools promiscuously, and keeping those we have in Christian centers. l':ach year has found the standard higher than the previous until as a result of concentrated effort the present year finds au our schools using the curriculum authorized by the Korea Educational Senate (of C:hristian Missions), and approved of by the Educational Department of the Government. In I g08 the first grades of the H.igher Common School were opened in the Kong J u school. Since then other grades have been added making the present school a well organized one of four years. Three of those graduated from this school are attending the Union Christian Medical school, at Seoul; five have received diplomas from our Pyeng Yang and Seoul Christian High Schools, and are now teaching. Three are still studing in High School and three of this years graduates are teaching in our country schools. At present the total attendance in the nine Common schools is 230 and tile Higher Common school is 34. (Besides these boys schools the \Vomens Foreign :Missionary Society are carrying on three Common schools for girls with a total attendance of about 100.) Perso1l1zel of tlze Teadters:-The teachers of the Kong J u school are all of them fine Christian men and are doing good service in the church work here. To Sang J(yu :-is a man of the gentleman class and has had ~esides good training in the Chinese Classics, a Common school course in German and worked for some time in the Government offices at Seoul. He is assistant Principal and teaches Chinese and Bible. l(im Kwmt Whey:-was educated as far as High School in Kong Ju and then spent three years in a Japanese University where

91 I913J REPORTS 87 he specialized in History and Economics. He teaches Japanese. History and Geograpy. Hyull A-ry Tong :-is a graduate of a Seoul High School and tcaches Japanese. Drawing, Penmanship and Chinese. l(im Sa H)llIlIl -is one of our graduates, who also graduated from the Pyeng Yang High School and is teaching Mathematics, Science and Bible. Hl hmlg III Sik :-has been a Christian for eight or nine years. He studied here when the school was first started in He graduated from our Pyeng Yang school and is now teaching in our Common school. Studellt l-jclp :-At least $ 1, has been used to aid boys in getting an education either here at Kong J u or to those of our graduates whom we have helped to go on to a higher school. Nearly ~ne fourth of the above amount was used during the past year. Some of the money has been loaned to the boys and the rest has peen earned by them working here among the foreigners of thc station. vve have never given any aid to students without some return in work or money, for we believe that only as they realize that they have earned their own money are they helped to become strong men. We need a great deal of money for this work each year, all of which comes from friends in America who are especially interested in boys. The least we can do on adequately is $ a year. Not all of this needs to come from the home land, for there are students paying back their loans each year. Most of the work done by the students is on Mission property, tutoring and mimeographing. Some boys are supported by the missionaries and in that case the boys work after school hours just as they do in America.

92 88 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, Curriculum for Higher Common School. SUBJECT. FIRST YEAR. I SECOND YEAR. I THIRD YEAR. }'OljRTH YEAR., Bible... John'~ Gospel. 5 Gen. Ex Japanese... Readmg, } i writing, etc. 8 Same ; , ;- Conversation, Korean and ' I Chinese Same as ill}' 7 I S Japanese... i. amc History and 1 I Geography. Geog of }: 2 'U al } i II Life Christ.. 5 Same & } Grammar 8 Same Acts & I Cor.. 5 Same... 8 Same... 7 I Empite : DIvers Geography National } 2, Ancient History... History...},-, English... Optional Jirst} i.. 3 reader... ;.) Mathematics... Arithmatic."I 5 Arith... 5 Ari1h. & } Algebra.. 5 Algebra & } 5 Science Element')'... 3 PhY"OIOGY,3 Drawing... Freehand... j 1 Same... '''1 I SlDging...".~lDgIDg...! I I Industry... Farming-...: 1 Same... I Physical! I Exercises... Gymnastics &} I 3 S Base-ball... ame c'. I I Total hours... " '1. Geom... Physical } C:teography 3 Zool4gy or } 4 Botany Same... I IVfechanical... I San1e... 3 Same NOTE :-At present we are only able to teach 6 periods of Japanese a week (All perjods are 45 minutes each.) The Curriculum (or the Common Schools a is similar to the one for the Higher school only begining at the very first of the branches. Bible 5 periods a week for four years, Japanese 8 periods, Korean and Chinese 7 periods, Arithmatic 5 periods, Science 2 periods for the last two years only. Singing I period, Freehand drawing I period, and Physical Exercises in drill and play for 3 periods for the four years. (Some' periods are 30 minutes and some are only 20 minutes.) Most of the books used in the Common school are prepared by the Government and Geography is taught by means of maps and the Korean readers.,

93 REPORTS Financial Statement. There has been about $ raised localy for the Kong Ju school in the last seven years and $2, has been received from the Mission Board and Special gifts. The above amounts have been used for teacher's salaries, and current expences. $2, or more has been received and spent for land and the present buildings. Besides the above amounts about $ I, has been spent in helping poor students. Some of this money will be paid hack and reused for other students. Higher Common School Statistics YEAR t 19" I;" Students... -=-- 3!-I-l ---;6 -;;- ~\~- C~raduatcs ,-_, 1.-:1 Common School Statistics. I I I 1 _ YEAR : 1912! 1913 I Students \ 37 I 42 I, , 4 8 " 41) Graduates l 3 5 I 6 (': ,, ~_, "_', Present Conditions and Needs. Of the 912,000 Korean inhabitants of this Province ouly I ill 180 are receiving education and of these 'IO~ only are receiving a Christian training. (Besides the above there are over 5,000 boys who attend [(111 Pangs where they learn only the Chinese letters.) We have the only Higher Common School in the Province, with nine Christian Common Schools and over fifty Pr~vate and Government Cornmon Schools as feeders.

94 go KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE In view of these fact5 it behooves us to meet the following needs of the educational work in order that the young men of this Province obtain Christian training. OBJECT. Higher Common School endowment Higher Common School building..... DOTlllitory No. I.....,,2.... J,ahratory Equipment endowment ("Gsing only Int.erest).... Lihrary fund (books)..... AMOUNT. 'fl. 5, , , TIME I'KOl'OSF.1I Total $12, Besides the above we need :fisoo.oo each for three schools, namely Kyeung Chun, Kung Mal and Kue Mi Tong. The interest only will be enough to do our share in supporting the schools and no further aid would need be asked from the home land. God has wonderfully blessed the work and tnough it is not large it has had a steady healthy growth in all these years. May God in His infinite l\1ercy continue to bless the work is my prayer. Respectfully submitted, F. E. C. \Vn.LIAMs. Report of t.he Educational Com mittee. The Educational Committee recommends that the special t ecommendations of the Pyeng Yang and Seoul Stations for school dormitories receive the immediate attention of the Mission alid the Finance Committee.because, in the estimation of the Educational Committee and Educational Workers of the Mission they are absolutely essential at the present time for the following reasons: (1) \IVithout dormitories we can not control the time, the diet or the physical culture of the students. (2). Without dormitories we can not give the proper moral training or overcome the evil tendencies of the student.

95 HEI'ORTS ~) 1 (3) \Vithout dormitories at least 50% of t he effort spent on the training of the student is wasted. (4) With dormitories the personal influence of the teacher on the student can be multiplied many times. (5) \\lith dormitories the price of board can be reduced at least :! 5 % and thus many would be able to attend school that can not now do so. The Committee also recommends that the resolutions of the 1912 Conference appertaining to the l\lission Primay schools be rccindcd and t~lat the following be adopted as our church policy: (1) That we encourage the support of the lower primary school~ (Po Dong Kwa) where ever there is a church organization able to support same; at least one to a county; it being recommended that these be made as nearly self-supporting as possible. One strong, well-developed school should be preferred to two or more weak ones in the same vicinity. It is also urged that every effort be taken to make these schools come up to the Senate and Government standards. (2) \Ve recommend that Higher Common schools (Ko Tung Kwa) be immeditely devloped in the following places; Seoul, Pyeng Yang, Kong Chu, Hai Chu and Yeng Byen and also ask the church, Mission and Finance Committee to strain every nerve in the raising of money for the proper buildings, equipment and current expenses as we must make these schools at least equal in efficiency to the splendidly equiped Government schools in each of the above places. It is our opinion that if we can not provide first class schools, the results will be disastrous to our christian propaganda in eho-sen. (3) It is further recommended that our Mission, carry the two years of college preparitory (Tok Piol Kwa) only in the one place where the Union College is to be located. (4) Also that we reiterate our resolution of last year, 'that the

96 KOEEA ANNUAl. CONFERENCE [JUNE, 1\Iission goon record as' in favor of establishing ONE UNION COLLEGE FOR ALL KOREA AND THAT COLLEGE BE LOCATED IN SEOUL. (5) That an Educational Supetintendant be appointed for each district who in consultation with the District Superintendant and pastors shall have the power of supervision over the schools of said district; all questions of Educational policy being referred to this superintendant and the administration of the Mission for final adj ustment. This will be necessary if our l\1ission is to carry out the decisions of the senate and the orders of the government and if our school system is to be dove tailed and coordinated so as to give a maximum of efficiency for the Mission and church expenditures. A. l~. BECKER, Chairman.

97 93 REPORT OF COMMITTEES AND OFFICERS Methodist Union Theological Institute. E. M. CABLE. I regret very much that I am 110t to be with you in Annual Conference this year tu present this report and participate in the proceedings of the conference. The past year has been one uf prosperity and unusual interest for the Uuion Theological Institute, as well as one filled with much labor and various activities. Notwithstanding, that the year has been one of unusual trials and perplexities the work in the school has been accomplished without a jar of any kind.,\ splendid spirit has been manifested throughout the whole year. The relations between teachers and pupils has been very cordial and mutual1y helpful. We had hoped to see the new seminary building well under way by this time but unforseen circumstances have arisen which have and still are necessarily delaying operations. We trust that all matters will soon be adj usted and make it possible for us to proceed with the work. Another reason for delay is that the donor, Mrs. Gamble, is having plans prepared in America and as soon as they reach the field I trust we will be able to begin the construction of the main building. The excavation for the same has already been completed. The students have manifested a genuine spirit of devotion and loyalty to the word of God and the vows they have taken upon themselves. There has been not only a growth in the knowledge or the Scriptures and the science of interpretation but a deepening of the work of Grace in their liyes. The spiritual life has been devel~ped and fed.

98 94 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, A real spirit of self-sacrifice is also apparent. Nearly all the students have been self~supporting and ma!ly of them have studied at a great ~acrifice. 'The'writ~r kn~;s s~n~ ~vh~ ha~i ~~ten only one good meal a day and many-who ~at two light meals a day. All this is done gladly for the privilege of better preperatioll for Christian service. This spring we expect to graduate a class of eighteen, making a total up to the present of fifty seven graduates. Nearly all the men.ate in the active ministry and quite a number of them are already in conference relations. Our great need at present is for a plant to properly care for the men. I trust there will be no more delay in this matter. Rev. C. S. Deming and myself from our Mission have given most of our time to this work. During the. vacation we taught in the Pierson Memorial Bible School so that the whole of the year has been taken up in this work. I come now to lay down my work for a season. 1 trust that my successor will have as much joy and real comfort in this work as I have had. It is a great service and I thank my heavenly Father that he has given me a little part in it. 1\1y prayers and interest wiii follow you during the coming year. Enrollment for the Year. Seniors \.Jiddles Juniors... "... t. l~irst Year...:...'.' 3 I Total... "0, t,, 102 Study of the Korean Language. The Committee. on the study of the Korean Language reports that it has examined the Missionaries engaged in the study of the Korean language with the following results:

99 i9131 Mr. and 1\1:rs. B. R. Lawton and Mrs. J. D. VanBuskirk have satisfactorily passed the examinations of the third year and wc recommend that they be graduated from the course. l\irs. "ran_ Buskirk also worked off the condition of the 2nd year's work. Dr. A. G. Anderson, Miss Mary Beiler, Dr. and Mrs. I. 1\1. Miller, Miss Huldah, Hainigh, Miss Ruth Benedict, 1\1iss Olga Shaffer have satisfactorily passed the examinations of the second year and we recommend that they be passed to the studies of the third year. Mr. Paul L. Grove, and the l\/iisses Olive Pye, Grace Harmon, Jeanett Walters and Grace Dillingham have all passed the examinations of both the first and second years as we have had an extra long Conference year and as these had not been on the Field long enough at the last Conference to take the first years examination at that time. \IYe now recommend that they be passed on to the studies of the third year. 1\1r. and Mrs. Victor H. Wachs and Miss Naomi Andersol1 have Satisfactorily passed the examinations of the first year and we recommend that they be passed on to the studies of the second year. Dr. Amanda Hillman has satisfactorily passed the written examination of the second year and we recommend th;lt she be passed on to the studies of the third year. The committee also recommends that in the course of study the following changes be made: In the 1st year under No. 3 that it read," Scott's l\ianual or Stokes's Helps." Under No. I I change to read," Memorize the the first ten lessons and questions of Beecker's 'Introductory Sentences,,' " In the second year change No. 9 to, Memorize lessons I I to 40 of 'Introductory Sentences' especial attention being paid to the method of memorizing. In the thire year under No. 9 stri1{c out the books under Educational and Medical. AlsO" that 'a note be added at the bottom.of the course stating,"

100 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, Altho at present, attendance at the yearly language class can not be compulsary nor can the work done there be regarded as taking the place of the above course, yet, as credit 011 certain parts of this required work can be given on work properly passed there, and as the whole course will be rendered much easier through the facts, methods and enthusiasm gained by contact with many students of various grades, abilities and acquirements, the language committee heartily reconunends that all language students of the Mission, old or young, attend and take the month; course planned for each year. (For the year 1913 the class is being held at Pyeng Yang from June 13th to July 10). Amended on Motion of J. D. VanBuskirk, as follows; tile required Chinese course be referred to the committe for revision. THE COMMITTEE FOR C. S. DEINING. Vv. C. SWEARER. A. F. BECKER. E. M. CABLE. RepoJ t of Sunday Sc:hool Committee. Owing to the decrease in the member of day schools undej... the -control of the chljrch, we wish to call the attention of the mission and all our Korean brethren to the fact that the future growth of the churcb will in all probability he largely through the means of the organized Sunday Schools. To that end we urge that every effort he -made to increase the efficiency and improve the methods used in Sunday School work. We approve the action of the Executive Committee of the Korean Sunday School Association asking that Mr. Swinehart of the Southern I)resbyterian Mission he set aside for the work of Sunday School Secretary for all Korea. The visit of Commission 4 of the World's Sunday School Asso 'Ciatit)ij Wasil source of great inspiration and came at a -most opportune

101 REPORTS 97 time. The mass meetings held in Seoul and Pyengyang were especially helpful and we are very greateful to the visiting commission. Respectfully submitted, B. W. BrLl.:.INGS, (711'. B. R. LAWTON. R. R. REPPERT. Miss JESSIE l\1:arkeh. Church Temperance Society. The officers of this society have but little to report. \Ve have been unable to do as we had hoped. We tried to get some funds to allow us to visit and present the cause to the church more gene~ rally, but no funds were secured. Some agitation along the educationalline has been done during the year at various places. The president of this society has prepared a booklet in Korean, setting forth the evils of intemperance, and the W.e.T.U. has undertaken to print and circulate the book, it.should soon be ready for ci rculation. Plans for more general work are in hand and wh~n it is done we will report as to progre9s-the plans were presented to this conference last year. Respectfully submitted, J. D. VAN BUSKIRK. Permarlent Bible Committee. Since our last Annual Conference there has been only one meet.:. ing of the Bible Committee, ydur three representatives 011 the Committee were in attendance. The effort which was made last year td have the Bible Sdcieties working in Korea unite their agencies under otie martigement has resulted in failure. The transactions that are of most interest are as follows:

102 98 KOREA AXr\UAL CONFERENCE tjun)!, I.-The publication of a complete reference New Testament in Unmun. 2.-A cheap NO.5 Testament to be published to sell at 10 sal. 3.-The whole Bihle is being published in Unmun in compact form and when bound wilt be approximately the size of the present New Testament in Unmun. 4.-An edition of the New Testament is being issued containing paragraph headings. W. C. SWEARER, Chairman. The books of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society have been audited and founei correct. Foreign and Home Missionary Society. Report to Annual Confcrcnce. Son Chun Do... Tokio Pastor Saw Kan Do investigation Printing and postage... Balance DISBURSEl\fF.NT. June I J, Y RECEIPTS. Anl't on han{1 l\lfar. 12, 'Collections and interest... 1, ,993 5 B. R. LAWTON, TrfaS1I1'fl'.

103 REPORTS 99 Treasurers Re port. Preacher's Aid Account. Fixed deposit receipts in Dat kht Ginko : July 15th November I I th March 18th... " 24th... " 25th... l\lay 12th , Two Notes. Sept. 18 Note by O.A. \Vellcr for Finance Committee Korea Mission :March ~9 Note by Finance COlllmittee , Principal Grand Total... 5,3 IO.g8 C. S. DEMING, TrcasflYt'Y. Resolutions. TVhereas our urothcr and sister, Dr. and.mrs. 1. M. Miller, in memory of their little girl, (/ An,y Elizabeth Miller," have presented to the mission the sum of )'CIl [or the equipment of wards and private rooms in the hospitals of the mission : Resolved, I. That we accept with gratitude this gift and will usc it according to the desire of the givers and we pray God's blessing upon them and 2. That we trust the gift will be a blessing to many of the poor and needy sick in this land, that its frangrance may be as sweet as the fragrance of the memory of the little girl in whose memory the gift is presented.

104 100 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE UUNE, IVltereas, We have been hollor~d by the presence of Bishop Bashford, whose visit here cost him a great geal of effort and inconvenience, and the sacrifice of other important work, and whereas his v~sit has been a great blessing and inspiration to us both in private counsel and public address we hereby express to him our heartiest thanks and assure him of our deep gratitude. vvhereas, Bishop Harris has been returned to us by the General Conference, and whereas he spent himself in labors for us while in the U.S. and whereas he has conducted the conference as usual with great love and patience, we hereby express our gratitude to him and assure him of our love and devotion. TVhe1'eas, Bishop Hiraiwa of the Japanese l\fethodist Church has favored us with his presence, and was entered into our problems with great sympathy and frankness. We express here by auf thanks to him and our best wishes for the success of his work among the Japanese. TVhereas, Rev. D. A. Bunker and Mrs. Bunker, Dr. W. A. Noble and Dr. E. D. Follwell have returned to us safely from America where they have been spending their furloughs, Resolved that we extend to them our heartiest welcome and wish for them many more years of service in this needy land. Whereas, Rev. E. M. Cable and wife, Rev. W. C. ]{ufus and family, Rev. F. E. C. Williams and family are now on their way to the homeland for their furloughs, Resolved that we express our appreciation for their faithful work while here and wish them a safe and pleasent journey home and after a profitable sojourn there, trusting they l~ay be brought safely back to us filled with renewed strength and power to continue in the Lord's work. ryhereas, Rev. S. A. Beck, has given much time during the past year to the Wonju District and has rendered the Mission valuable service in so doing Resolved that we express our hearty thanks for his services, and wish him many blessings in the Master's works du~ing the coming years. T hcreas, the. members of the conference have been so cordially

105 19131 REPORTS 101 received and entertained in the homes of our brethem and friends in Seoul Resolved that we extend to them our thanks and hearty appreciation for the welcome and hospitality afforded us. rvhereas, Dr. George Heber Jones has been so faithful in advancing the missionary cause the past year and has been of val uable service to our Mission in many ways, Resolved that we express to Dr. Jones our appreciation of his interest and help, and wish for him the largest success in his work the coming year. Whereas, The Young Men's Christian Association so kindly tendered a reception and entertainment to the members of the conference, Resolved that we extend to them our heartiest thanks for the same, and wish them a large and increasing success in their great work. TVltei-eas, the ladies of Ewa Haktang have shown such kindness and hospitality: in their entertainment of the' conference and other visitors Resolved that we expre!:is to them our sincere and hearty thanks for the same. Wlzercas, the Misses Lulu E. Frey, Minnie Albertson, Gertrude Snavely, Mary A. Hillman and Ethel Estey are now at home on furlough, Resolved that we assure them of our love and prayers and sincerely hope that they will all be returned to us in the near future with renewed strength and vigor. f,-vhcreas, the Sunday School work in Korea will be without doubt the greatest means of our church growth and therefore demanding our greatest effort and care to make it increase more and more in efficiency and whereas the Executive Committee of the Korean S. S. Association has requested that IVIr. M. L. Swinehart of the Southern Presbyterian~l\1:ission be made S. S. Secretary for all Korea and this request is approved by the S. S. Commission Rcsolv. ed that we as a conference express our hearty approlfal of the action taken in choosing Mr. Swinehart and hope that he may soon be. appointed to the work. N. D. CHEW, Chairman.

106 102 [JUNE, LANGUAGE COURSE OF STUDY. 1. The alphabet and syllabary. FmST YEAH. 2. The Chit)ese and Korean nltmerals and the counting 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 distinction between it-ta (~'1:1') and il-ta (~-ct). Scott p c. Negation (Scott) 5. Adverbs, as given in Scott. 6. Post-positions (Scott p. 153.) 7. Study the formation of indirect discourse as given in Mrs. Baird's Fifty Helps. a. "'ti, :7~~ Mrs. Baird's Fifty Helps. Gale's Grammatical Forms b. '1, '1'11-, '-1~.5.~, ~'1, 1"k~J, ~.:n.~ Gale's Grammatical Forms c. Concessive "1"lf, 1"s:1, 1"~, 1'7:f, '1 ~h 1; ~ ~~:x. Gale's Grammatical Forms 96-g9. d. Alternative ~;,;l, l!;;1 Mrs. Baird's Fifty Helps and Gale's Grammatical F onns I 17- I IS. c. Temporal, Scott p. lis. f. Fearing, Scott p g. Wishing and ~esiring 1'.:n. J:1 T1:1', "t.ll.al..,"ct, 1"~ or e~1"1:r ", 9. Salutations and dismissals in high, middle and low forms. a. On acquaintance. b. Morning and evening. c. On street.

107 COURSE OF STUDY 10. Reading. a. Careful attention to euphonic changes and pronunciation of words. b. Proper emphasis of clauses and phrases. c. Careful reading of the three Ritualistic forms of Discipline. I I. l\iemorize the first ten lessons and questions of Becker's Introd. Sentences. 12. Two hundred sentences to be written and translated by the student. 13. Translation of the First Epi<;tle of John; the student to have a general knowledge of the words and the form as studied in in the first year. 14. To be read. H Ewa " by vv. A. Noble. "Korea" by G. H. Jones. Ii Every Day Life in Korea" by D. L. Gifford. SECOND YEAR. I. Underwoods's Introduction, Part I I. 2. Gale's Grammatical Forms, pages I to Grammatical Analysis of Gospel of Matthew. 4. Select 100 Sinico-Korean words and learn their etymology. 5. Four hundred sentences, half colloquial and half in literary form with translation; studen~ must memorize 100 of these sentences. 6. Study the Geography bf Korea and learn the Chinese for the names of the provinces, their capitals, chief rivers, open ports, mission stations and names of the principal railroad stations. 7. To be studied: Methodist EpiscoPll Church Catechism, pre pared by W. G. Cram. 8. Study carefully petitionary forms and practice in e;xtemporaneous prayer. 9. Momorize lessons II-40 of Introductory sentances especial attention being paid to the method of memorizing. 10. To be read:

108 104 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE "Korea the Hermit Nation ti by W. E. Griffis. "Korean Sketches" by J. S. Gale. THIRD YEAR. I. Read carefully introduction to 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 ll. 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. 1l~-t~.Jf.. b. iq~~'ca c. AJtIaJ+lJ~ 10. Present an original composition of characters on some subject helpful to the student. I I. Chinese a. Names for government depart~ents. b. Principal Mission Schools. c. Principal Mission Hospitals. d. Review. 12. To be read " Chinese Characteristics" by A. H. Smith. " Korea and her Neighbors" by Mrs. Isabella Bird Bishop. The committee strongly recommends that all language students old and young attend the yearly language dasss.

109 10 5 COURSE OF STUDY Luke Jr7~ Acts h3: Class Leader's Course. FIRST YEAR. Methodist Catechism it l!-l JiL ~ ~ Pictorial exposition of Bible 117J:s:. ~ Laws of Christian Conduct lilt~ ~-tt~ Things to be read. a. Leading the family in the right way ~ 7~T1!C. Jl~~";f ~~+~ Exhorters Course. FIRST YEAR. Matthew ntaji Story of two friends AJij aj+ 1)= -E General History of N. T. 11 ~~~ Genesis "?oj.ai};!} O. T. Geography =r~'cl;:l Psalms 1-30 ).l~--o-.:::::-to Articles of Religion Things to be repeated. I. Corinthians 13!.ll~!C.'i!+=:O 2. Psalms I : and 22 ).1:5{l -O~-+= Exodus f- ~l-it Numbers ljj+~ SECOND YEAR.

110 106 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE [JUNE, General History of O. T. =r~-!~ N. T. Geography -M ~;J;l"Cl Songs of Solomon ~ ti I. Thessalonians \"lff~.x. '17}:1:J 2. " " :+ General Rules it.:tt Pilgrims of Progress "'tl ~ ~ :;:~ Things to be repoated. Metthew 5 : vrc)f Ji. 0 Psalms 5 I : ).l{11 +-Q John Al.t Romans ~D} Preachers Course. FIRST YEAH. Discipline (quarterly and District ~j~.:rt~ conference) Leviticus 1!l1~;:tJ A Brief story of Bible ~J "A ~ ~ Laws of Preaching ='l1:s:. ~ Church History (from Pentecost to 100).:m.!J ~::Jl Things to be repeated. 11etthew 5-7 vti:t Things to be read. Evidences of Christianity fil ~k. ~ Company of two <;:hurch 'ej.:m. 'M.. ~ Hebrews ~ J! :e-l Galations~t.fSl b} Deuteronomy 111:J) SEcOND YEAR.

111 COUHSE OF STUU\, I. Samuel ~-V-~;KJ. 2. Samuel,,~ Laws of Preaching Xt!:x. '!} Church History (from 200 to 45 0 ).lit!) ~ ='l Proof of Christianity ~ 7~ ~ Discipline (4) Aj~-tt~ ~'l!fl~ I. Timothy SJ..1:~IAt! 2. Timothy,,~ Ephesians ()tl alj 5:. Jeremiah 0'11 :e.lll~ bt I. Kings ~,,~ 1r 2. Kings,,"I;. Ezra ~lb.~t Nehemiah ~ 'tlj til b} Laws of Preaching Xj 'f} THIRD YEAR. Church History ( ).:m.!1 ~;l) Discipline (5) ;;(J~-Tt~ Authropology ~ * i'-t ~~'ij Isaiah 01 k} OF I. John..a it-./-i 2. John ".::::" 3. J obn " ::::" Zechariah ""t7~ el bt Malachi W- ~ ~ FOURTH YEAR. Haggai ~7~ The essentials of Christianity ~.:m.~-e Soteriology T~ ~ Church History ( )..:m.!J~.:rJ Discipline (Ritual) ;l:j~ il~

112 108 [JUNE", Conference Roll. Alexander, R. P.-Tokio, Japan An Chang Ho-Kongju Beck, S. A.-Seoul Becker, A. L.-Pyeng Yang Bertels, C. N.-Tokio, Japan Bunker, D. A.-Seoul Burdick, G. M.-Seoul Cable, E. M.-On furlough Cassiday, F. A.-On furlough Chang Nak Do-Seoul Chapell Benjamin-Tokio, Japan Chew, N. D.-Haiju Choi Pyeng Hyen-Seoul Chun Duk Kui-Seoul Chung Chai Kwon-Onyang Chritchett Carl-Coral, Michigan Deming, C. S.-Seoul Follwell, E. D.-Pyeng Yang Grove Paul, L.-Pyeng Yang Han Chang Sup-Ichon Hong Seung Ha-Suwon Hong Soon Tak-Haiju Hyeng Soon-Seoul Hyen Suk Chil-Pyeng Yang Jones, G. H.-New York City Kang Sin Wha-Wonju Kim Chang Sik-Yeng Byen Kim Chai Chan-Pongsan Kim Chang Kyu-Samwha Kim Chang Hung-Chinnampo Kim Kwang Sik-Hongju Kwon Sin Il-Pu Pyung Lawton, B. R.-Chemulpo McGill, W. B.-Redlands, Ca1i~ fornia Moore, J. Z.-Colorado Springs, Col. l\ij:orris, C. D.-Pyeng Yang Noble, W. A.-Seoul o Kui Sun-Seoul Rigby, A. E.-On furlough Pak Wun Paik-Wonju Pak Pong Nai-Seoul }Jak Yung Chan-~-Ieuichyun Pang Chok Sin-Kang Tungni Pyen Hak Yong-Ham Chong Reppert, R. R.-Wonju Rufus, W. Carl-On furlough Schwartz, H. W.-Tokio, Japan Sin Hong Sik-Jpcbang SOl1 Seung Yong-Kongju Swearer, W. C.-Kongju Taylor Corwin-~ongju Taylor, H. C.-Seoul Van Buskirk, J. D.-Seoul Wachs, V. H.-Yeng Hyen Williams, F E. C.~On furlough Yi Chi Sung-Seoul Yi Chin Hung-Yangduk Yi Ha Yung-l)yeng Yang Yi lk Mo-Chemulpo Yi Kyu,ng Chik-Seoul

113 191 31,CONFERENCE. ROLL 109 Kingsbury, W. de L.-On furlough Yi Tong Sik-Kang Nung Probationers. Billings, B. W.-Pyeng Yang Chung Chin Su-Chung VVha Reicher, M. K. W.-On furlough Kin Tai Hyen-Paik Chun Kim In Kwon-Kang Kyung Kim Pyeng Choi-Nolmi Kim Ukwon-Nam Yang Norton, A. H.-Raiju Pak Yung Chan-Heui Chun Pak Yung Suk-Kongju Pak Hyen Il-Wonju Son Ik Chu-Pai l\1i Son Chun Do-Missionary to China Yi Chang Hoi-Nam Yang Yi Tong Kui-Chilsan Yi Yung Sun-Pyeng Yang Yun Sung Yul-Seoul Former Members of the Mission. Appenzeller, G. H.-I884, deceased Scranton, W. B., M.D.-1884, Seoul Ohlinger, F.-I887, U. S. A. Hall, W. J., M.D.-189I, deceased 1894.,Bustead, J. B., M.D.-I89 2, deceased Hulbert, H. B.-1894, Hartford, Conn. Cobb George, C.-1898, Singapore, S.S. Sherman, H. G.-1898, deceased Brooks, A. M.-1898, Los Angeles, Cal. Sharp Robert, A.-1903, deceased Hahn, Dr. D. E.-1905, Seoul Lober Charles-1808, Seoul Rockwell, N. L.-1908, deceased 1910.

114 110 w. F. M. S. UUNE, Ladies of the Woman Foreign Missionary Society. Name Branch Year Apptd Present Address Miss L C. Rothweiler... Cincinnati Colombus O.... Mrs. Rosetta S. Hall, M.D.. New York Pyeng Yang, Korea.... Miss Mary M. Cutler, M.D... Cin. aud N. Y Pyeng Yang, Korea.... Miss Lulu E. Frey... Cincinnati Seoul, 'Korea.... Miss Mary R. Hillman... Cincinnati Chemulpo, Korea..... l'vliss Ethel M. Estey... New York Waterville, N. Y.... Mrs. Alice H. Sharp... New York Kongju, Korea.... Miss Lulu A. Miller... New York... 19oI... Chemulpo, Korea.... Miss Henrietta P. Robbins... New York Pyeng Yang, Korea Miss M. L. Guthapfel... Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa.... Miss Jessie B. Marker... Cincinnati Seoul, Korea.... Miss Gertrude E- Snavely... Philadelphia..., Haiju, Korea.... Miss Emily Irene Haynes... New York Pyeng Yang, Korea.... Miss M. M. Albertson... Cincinnati Seoul, Korea.... Miss Ora M. Tuttle... Cincinnati Seoul, Korea.... Miss Huldah Haenig... :.. Northwestern Seoul, Korea..... Miss Olga P. Shaffer... Cincinuati Yeng Byen, Korea.... Miss Mary Beiler... New England Haiju, Korea.... Miss Ruth E. Benedict... New York Pyeng Ynng, Korea.... Miss Hanna Scharpff.. ~... Northwestern Chemulpo, Korea.... Mrs. Mary S. Stewart, MD... Philadelphia... 19II... Seoul, Korea... ". Miss Amanda Hillman, M.D... Self support... 19II Seoul, Korea..... Miss Olive Pye... New York... 19II Seoul, Korea.... Miss Grace Dillingham... Pacific... 19II... Yeng Byen, Korea.... Miss Grace Harmon... Northwestern... 19II.. Seoul, Knrea.... Miss Janett 'Valter... Topeka... :... 19I1... Seoul, Korea.... Miss 'Naomi Anderson... ~orthwestern... 19II Pyeng Yang, Korea.... Former Members of the W. F. M. S. Mrs. M. F. Scranton B4... Deceased, 19o9.... Miss Meta Howard, l\1.d... 1~86.. U.S..... M:s. Marga~et B. Jon~s [I]... '1" Fiftb Ave N. Y.... M1SS Josephme O. Pame Deceased, Mrs. Mary Harris Followell [2] Pyeng Yang.... Miss Lilliau N. Harris, M.D Deceased, Miss Sarah H.?l1iller I... Stanlford Conn.... Miss Ella A. Lewis... '" Seoul..... Mrs. Nellie Pierce Miller [3] Seoul.... Mrs. Esther K. Pak, M.D... 19II... Deceased, 191 [.... Mrs. Margaret Edmunds Harrisoa [4] Mokpo.... l\liss Emma Ernsberger, M.D Antong.... IVIiss Sarak B. Hallman [5] Seoul..... [I] Married Rev. Geo. H. Jones, of the Parent Board, [2] Married Dr. E. D. Follwell, of the Parent Board, 18g7. [3] Married Mr. Hugh Miller, of The B. and F. Bible Society, [4] Married Rev. 'V. B. Harrison, of the Southern Presbyterian Mission, [5] Married Rev. S. A. Beck of American Bible Society.

115 KOREA ANNUAL CONFERENCE III Annual Meetings. No. Date President Secretary 1 August 17, H. G. Appenzeller... H. G. Appenzeller z July 10, II. G. Appenzeller '" W. B. Scranton September 12, September 24, September 25, August 20, June 10, 18g1.... August 25, August 31, January 16, 1895." August 28, 1895 August 19, 18g6.... May 5, August 25, 18g8.... May 12, May 14, igoo.... May 9, May 16, May I, February 9, 19o4... Bishop Warren Bishop Fowler Bishop Andrews... H. G. Appenzeller '" Bishop Goodsell.... Bishop Mallalieu... Bishop Foster..... Bishop ~inde.... W. B. Scranton..... Bishop Joyce.... Bishop Joyce.... Bishop Cranston.... Bishop Cranston.... \ Y. B. Scranton..... Bishop Moore.... Bishop Moore.... Bisnop Moore..... Bishop Moore.... June 21, Bishop Harris..... June 6, Bishop Harris... J une I 8, B h {Cranston } IS ops Harris Marcb II, 19o8... Bishop Harris..... June 23, Bishop Harris..... May II, Bishop Harris.... June 21, Bishop Harris.... March 5, Bishop Harris.... June, 6, B', h {BashfoOd } If" ups Harris \ V. B. Scranton.... W. B. Scranton.... \V. B. Scranton.... \ \'. B. Scranton... 0 G Jones.... G. H. Jones.... G Jones.... G. H. Jones.... J. B. Busteed..... II. G. Appenzeller.. G. H. Jones.... G. H. Jones.... \V. A. Noble.... G. H. Jones.... W. C. Swearer.... \V. C. Swearer..... S. A. Beck... :..... S. A. Beck..... S. A.. Beck..... S. A. Beck..... S A. Beck..... S. A. Beck..... \Y. Carl Rufus W. Carl RUfus Corwin Taylor Corwin Taylor Corwin Taylor

116 112 STATISTICS [JUNE, Summary of Statistics. E ~. 'W u..., t:: >-.'" d til ::: 1S '"' ~. 5I L 0 0 c;l~ ~ ~o - I --..::'t:l_ 'c " t::.:::... o ~ CIl ()() ~ > E '"'-.z:: o d ("l00... O-::s u ~ <:I E-< d ~ ~e -5 ~ d":: c.- tis... ::;;.!:l_ ~ r,fhf: ~ ~ zo ~ 1888 II I I I0 YEN n g I gil II I )

117 MEDICAL STATISTICS. VI 6 OJ OJ IS ij VI II Cd CJ.~.M OJ ~ Cd S OJ 0 o:s~ ~ ~ STATION DOCTOR IN II S ~ ~.; ij ~ CHARGE ~ ;.. OJ $ til CIS OJ ~ til jg ~ 15 t=..!!l.g~ ~ c; :=: OJ OJ CIS ~~ ~ B ~ u u (,,) E OJ OJ 1:i ~OJ 'l.i z ~ ~ = ~ P fi ~ ]..c=.t: (.) til ~ '.;:j "" tlf3 ~.S:! <II.g~... '"il i=ci t':i ~ 2 ~< 'iii s: OJ 0 :; z..c= ~..c= = U -5 '~ '0 E 'a p <II t=.s:! ~ S <II ~ ~ \ ~) ----' *Pyen Yang... A. G. Anderson... 2,695 10,305 13,000 58% 42% Not reported YEN 2, l Haiju,..... A. H. Norton... 4, ,500 17,204 61% 39% *Vengbyen... I. M. Miller... 3,3 08 \ 4, ,035 Not reported 45 tkongju J. D. Van Buskirk I.6 4'[ % 39% I Av. Av. Total ,349 31, % 40% * Figures are for Calendar year t " Conference year 15 months. -I , 't ~ ~ 83 i 131 I Z ! , ! [ 't1 ~ ~ '0 Z ,88,39 1, ,591.74

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119 STATISTICS"KOREA ANNUAL CON FERENCE FOR CHURCH ME~BERSHIP SUNDAY SCHOOL CHURCH PROPERTY. COI.LECfIONS SCHooL.!;) NAME OF CHARGE. )\AME OF PASTOR. SEOUL DISTRICT 1. Seoul, First Church II 2. Mead Memorini... 3' " East Gate " Chong No...!i. " west Gale Chemul1'lO, First Church,. " '''h:,<1o So Kangwha City " West Cirpuit South Circuit II. Pu Pyung Circuits K yodong... 13' Chin Yum Yung Chong Circuit 15. Vung Heung " 16. 'fuck Chuck Total HAIJU DISTRICT 1. Hniju City Paik Chun City " North Circuit 4- " South" Yun An City & Ctrcuit " North ",. " South " 8. Haiju West Circuit 9. Ong Chin 10. Kang Yung II. Haiju East " Total... SUWON DISTRICT I. Suwon City & Circuit 2. Nnm Yang 3. Ansan 40 Chei Chun " 5. Chung Ju 6. Eum Sung " 7. El1m Juk 8. Kwangju North" 9. " Soutll " 10. Icbun II. Yea Ju " Total... KO,XGU WEST DISTRICT J. KOI1gju City & Circuit. 2. Hoi 1'uk " 3. Yun San 4- :NtJl Moi 5. Kang Kyung 6. Kyung Cbun 7. Chung Yang 8. Ilougju 9. Tang Chin 10. Saw San II. Tai An " Total KOKGJU EAST DISTRICT I. Sin Chang Circuit nyang 3. Chicksan 4- Mok Chun " " Eum Sung " 6. YUD Keui., Total PYENG YANG DlSTRICf I. Nam.San Chni 2. Koo Ko! Chil San Choong \vha 5. Pong Sun 6. Saw liung 7. Soo An Pai Mi Sin Kay... Total PYENG V ANG WEST DlST. I. Chinnampo Sam Wba 3. KangSaw Ham Chun~ 5. Cheung San Total "'ENG BYEN DISTRICT I. Yeng Byen City 2. TaiChun 3. Unsan '" 4. Heuichun 5. Sin Chang 6. Kai ChUD 7. Cbapa... ~. Yang Dok Total WONJU DISTRICT I. Wonju Yawju... 3' Hoing Sung Pl.ung Chang \ung Wol 6. Chei Chun...,. Kang Neung Sam Chuck Chin 10. Pyung Hni Tolal... Choi Pyeng.hycn.... Chun Duk-kei Oh Kei-!.un i Yi Kyeng-chik... Yi Chi.Sung Yi Ik-mo.., n. R. J.:"vton :lnd Kim Oo-cbei..... r Cho Nni-duk..., " Yun Heui il.. "',. ".. " Kim K wnng-kuk 'I..,: Kwon Sm.II n. H. Lawton and Kim lk chei.... Choi Chok-il... 1.'.. Chong Soon it.. "Kim Kwang cba " Haw Chin i1... Kang Sin-wha Hong Soon taik K. D. Chew and Moon Chang -hyun Son Chang-hyun... Kwak Myung-ni Hyun.kyung.. " 1m Chin-kuk... P. L. Gro\"e and Pak IIeni do... " Kim Chang-hun.. " Yi Chong.wha..,1 N. D. Chew :md Saw Chung.soon. _ Yu Hong.cbun and Vi Chang.hoi II. C. Taylor and Kim Kwang-sik..., " Kim Tong.il '" G. ~I. Burdick and Yi Yun-yung......! " Yi Moon.byun..... K' lin Ch"k I-I... I " Cll1Jn Sai.yung... Bong Sung-Ita and Ham Tong-beui " Ham Chang-sup Han Chang-sup Chang,--n.OOIIl-lllVIlI1l!!1 J. D. van Buskirk and An,-uaUI!:-nOI F.E.C. Willinms and Saw ~ailie:-v'unj Saw Kei heun.. Kim PYUllg-clmi...,. Kim In kwon..., ",Chun Tuk-wban... W. C. Swearer and Pok Rei-up.... " Yi Sang.man... Yi Yong ju.... Song Whan-soo... YangCbi-ok C. Taylo( Pak Yung-suk... '''1 <;.hung Chai.~won... Sm Hong-sik Choi Myung.SOQ Pan Moo-nok "Io.lk.po C. D. Morris. SUp'1. llyun Suk-chil '" B. W. Billings A. L. Becker... B. W. Billings Kim Chai-chan... Whang Chun-mo... Supply... Song Ik chin..... Supply C. D. Morris, Supt. Song Heui.pong... Kim Chang-kyu Supply Pyun Hak-yong Supply J Grand Total for 1913* Kim Chang-sik, Sup't..... V.H. Wachs..... Supply..... Supply Pak Yung-cball Yi Kung.do... Supply.... Supply Yi Chin-hyun I--~~~~~~-=~~~i-~~~I~~~~~I~~~~~--~~~~~I-~r_~~--T_--~~~~~~~~~I--~--+-~~~-~~-:-~~;---.-~~~l'ak Won paik, Supt. Gain or loss (Latter parenthesis) (3 ei j ' IIJ 3~ 3~ ~ ' I4! 107, i 107: SI: IC}O IO~: , 24' , 12~' ?i_.. ~S.i :; : 10000; ' 13000; 9 5 4T 630 1:1: 1295 ' : , : , 3 18S I, , 128; 5 I II 20 I II { 520, 18 I 7 34: ' 539 I ' ' :1:;2 I, 5 71 I 1 7 IO 'Soc 12 5S S 3D 202l I r; I 4' \ I r;o 21 37! 7 3 II; 8] 6c I ~5; 6~!7 4~11 --:..-,----""'--'-;-_...:.:--~"-.:-.!...;-.--'!.,,=-.; ~90_: ~ ,000 I ] II ; : II ~I :~! ~~II' ~f TOi 7: 17 1 So, 4 89Si 1018! 1916, 47' I519~--:C":';---:-':'1 I--~~- - ~~~~~~~~--~--~I-=; --~~~r---~--~~~~i--=~--~~--~ ~~----~~-i--~:i-~il---~ ~~;I' 3481 S Ii I028i 9 1 3,: 240i ~6 16, IN ~6 I 3' IS' 292: 2 2: 4 10 i : ' 4 1 iii 269' S! : I I: 126' IS: II I 10 4 I 3: 229: 2: I: 300, t : 3: I, 3' 40 5, 106, 264' 465 II !.72~. -:=": I-:-:<.I-.-.:=-.I---o:';----:--:::b'---,~~I--=-::I ~"t =- I-----I 2[0 II , 153 II I i \ 2! 51 :w: 26, 4i 191,,1 I~!;i 41! i zi I I i !~71 -- li-_~i--~6.--- _, IS~1, ~I Ii :1 " S' SfJ2.JCII 107S 51 )( ]('(1, I j! II! 301'1' 44 7': )33 41 I' 99 Is(,1 585 loi 2: 4.:,6 ~n' ' , Oli 10 -'-i --6IS- I9?J -][5_ ~J9 3 (), I, I: I, 2; 18' 22/ 10 2 I 2 13l-22~" T. 3 II )2 35 Z!- - S;--93 -i ;-- 8 1,' ' I ' -"'-7-.,--_'-_...:..._~+ ~-I-I-'~~:---8-;-~_i_--~:~~~~:-';'----4=,i=====~!--~-i---I--~--,--...:!.:i~ =!.!.i--:.:.:;---..L..--.:..;---:--~---.:.!...---'-'----",O-..:!-.!.I._jl_ 6,=~?~., 2_0 I ' 2 3 I I ] "=1' ':~: ';:1 41 '9" 4I ' 102; 2' "':ci---"-'i---.-j33:-~ -._.--0="--,-- S; -2I~I:4 ~1--=.:: ,:;2:- -..2I ---:~~--=~.:II- ~~I-_==I- ::_::_:=:,--Li--_:_::r.:I-_;:.II-_::: :_:::_::I_;;~:_::_::I--7:::=I--===I-- ;--~:--===I- ::::::1 ui.- 3.~2 1O!-2'---'- 380: , ~ i 3 0 3: i 112' 203! 221:, 3 4 ~ 2 1io I IS i 4 0 II' I' _.=-~,_--'-''''-' I ~J 3 :' :: I J '395 '--6110:--16j 5 los! , 1I !.5..1_ X I I, 3 96', 3' ' i J 14.:12:: J, j : II 2' 201 I' 3 liz I,~ I 3. II I' I Ti!, I 21 :zo i 1 I 5' Ii 14 II I Ii 20 hi I s7 3 4 ~ -liz, s fry 1:4}1 244~ Not sepsrated unto boys red girjaschools No BOhools Pupils TellchH'Ii 186 i

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