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PUBLISHED BY

THE EAST JAPAN BAPTIST MISSIONARY GROUP

of the

AMERICAN BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY

and the

WOMAN'S AMERICAN BAPTIST FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY

BAPTIST HEADQUARTERS

'I ITCHOME, MISAKI CHO, KANDA. TOKYO Te!ephone, Kanda 3115

SECRETARY OF EAST JAPAN BAPTIST CONVENTION: NOBUO TOKITA MISSIONARY SECRETARY OF CONVENTION: ELMA R. THARP TREASURER. J. FULLERTON ORESSITT JAPAN BAPTIST ANNUAL

CONTENTS SPECIAL ARTICLES A Review of the Y ear-j. F. Gressitt . 1 Christian History in the Making-j. A. Foote 2 Gazelle Rulofson Thomson-Emma H. Fisher 4 Robert A. Thcmso:l D.D.-Emma H. Fisher 5 E. H. Jones B.D.--C/ara A. COnVe1"Se . 5 CHURCHES, KINDERGARTENS AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS Himeji Field: Evangelistic Work-W F. Tcpping . 7 Himeji and Inland Sea Fields: Women's Work-Amy A. Accck 7 Inland Sea Field: Evangelistic Work- W. F. Topping . 8 Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto Fields: Evangelistic Work-J. A. Foote 10 Zenrin Kindergarten, Kobe - Margaret H. Foote. 12 Loo Choo Islands-K. Akagawa 12 Yokohama Field: Atsugi Church -]. H. Covell. ]3 Women's Work and Kindergartens-Chiyo Yamada 13 Tokyo Field: Evangelistic Work--j. F. Gressitt 15 Starlight Kindergartens-M. M. Carp:;ntcr . 16 Misaki English Bible Class-Lucinda B. A:Kling , 17 Mito Field: Evangelistic Work-]. S. Kennard, fr. . 18 Morioka and Sendai Fields: Evangelistic Work--F. W Steadman. 19 Women's Evangelistic Work and Kindergartens in Northern J apan-Thomasine Allen . 22 SOCIAL SERVICE INSTITUTIONS 03aka: Mead Christian Center-Margaret E. Cuddeback. 24 Yokohama: Kanto Gakuin Settlement-f. H. Covell 25 Tokyo: Misaki and Fukagawa Tabernacles-Tota Fujii . 25 Yuai Gakusha (Friendship Hostel), Waseda-H. B. Benninghoff 26 Young Women's Dormitory-Gertrude E. Ryder. 28 Morioka Field: Tono Christian Center-A nnie S. Buzzdl 29 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Himeji: Hinomoto Girls' School- K. Yamamoto 32 03aka: Women's Bible Training S~hool-Ann M. Kludt 33 Yokohama: Kanto Gakuin (Mabie Memorial Boys' School)-Royal Haigh Fisher .34 Soshin Jogakko (Mary L. Colby Girls' School)-Winifred M. A~. ~ Tokyo: Tokyo Kindergarten Teachers' Training School-The Editors 38 Woman's Union Christian College-From "The Christian Graphic" 39 Sendai: Shokei Jogakko (Ella O. Patrick Girls' S:hool) Helen L. Wilson . 40 CHURCH STATISTICS. 42 EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS 44 DIRECTORY . 46 Japan Baptist Convention and Baptist Mission, Kyoto, May 24, 1933 SPECIAL ARTICLES

REVIEW OF THE YEAR

]. Fullerton Gressitt

The past year of Baptist -work jn Japan, the sixtieth since the openihg of our mission, coincided with the "hijoji," or "extraordinary period" _into which Japan entered following the assassination of Premier· Inukai on May 15, -1932. In spite of the political turmoil, the economic strain, the strong movement of nationalism accompanying the outthrust into Manchuria and the withdrawal of Japan from the League of Nations, not to mention numerous other movements, all the while there has been a steady development of our churches. Undeniably, a new sense of responsibility for prosecuting the work has been attained. Grants-in-aid to churches and chapels have been steadily (this year, drastically) reduced, necessitating their assumption of greater financial responsibility. , With the new organization of the East Japan Convention and the relinquishment of responsibilities formerly borne - by the missionaries, the process of devolution has been decidedly hastened. In truth, the process here had advanced to a_ point which would be quite unsuspected by an uninformed reader of "Re-thinking Missions/' However, economic conditions here are far from favorable. Many of our churches are still weak, and a too rapid withdrawal of aid would possibly be disastrous for them. Undoubtedly, the new Convention organization effected at Kyoto in May of this year ushered -Baptists of Japan into 'a new period rich in possibilities of development. The relations between our Japanese Baptist leaders and the missionaries have grown doser, and there -has never been a year of truer cooperation. than the year just ended. _ Reports from our schools will dou btless deal with their recent developm,ent~, but it i~ no( out of place to -r~cord our gratii}-cation at -the remarkable enrIchment of the educatIOnal program offered in at least -two of the schools. These schools have exerted a strong 'influence- in the -past, but" ~ith -bettered fac~lities and with str{mg~r staffs .than ever, they will not .-fail to minister more effectively,than ever in the build~n,g of God's Kingdom in Japan. . - 2 SPECIAL ARTICLES

CHRISTIAN HISTORY IN THE MAKING

John A. Foote The event of the year in Baptist circles in Japan was the completion of the merger of the East Japan Baptist Convention with the Japan Baptist Mission. By this reorganization, the Baptist Mission as a legislating body ·outside the Convention disappeared. The mission was the parent body, for in the early days missionaries were the Christians in Japan. As the Japanese Christians increased in number and were trained in New Testament ideals of church life, the day came when an East Baptist Convention was organized. The two bodies for a number of years lived side by side in beautiful fellowship. When national-interests became more and more the concern of the Japanese body, it became necessary to form a joint body with representatives from both bodies to attend to all denominational concerns which tended to overlap. Gradually the missionary representation on this Joint Committee decreased and a Japanese trained leadership took over practically all the area of interests which concerned church administration and education. The day finally arrived when it became very necessary in order to avoid duplication of effort, to have' but one Baptist body, one administration. The Japanese Baptists were reaching maturity and wished to launch prograrns,aUocate missionaries, administer the educational institutions-become the complete Japan Baptist voice in all matters national and international. . The beauty of it all is the unanimity, through the decades, with which this evolution has taken place. I think it may be said that the Japanese consciousness has not grown as fast as the missionaries have wished it to, that the missionaries have prayed for this day' with greater fervor than the Japanese have been willing to accept it. The apron strings have been loosely tied aU the' years and were waiting only for the tug of the growing child to sever them. Three years ago the missionaries were urging the merger and were willing to enter it, but the Japanese leaders, always wise in such matters above their mentors, asked for one year's, then a second year's, then a third year's postponement. Not until they were sure that the rank and file knew what new powers were being bestowed upon them were the leaders willing to have the Japan Baptist Mission step out of the picture as a Baptist entity. At Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan, and even yet the aesthetic and historical center, (political, cultural, religious and socia!), the city where every Emperor is enthroned, on May 24, 19::J3, in the Kyoto Baptist Church the vote was taken in a joint session to become on~ Baptist Convention. A constitution (prepared jointly through many committee sessions and previous Mission and Convention sessions, with Board approval) was adopted. Im­ mediately the new organization was made by the casting· of ballots and the setting up of new committees and departments. A spirit of prayer pervaded the inauguration of President Kawaguchi as the first president of the new body. Of course the Baptist prerogative of free discussion was invoked and all were CHRISTIAN HISTORY IN THE MAKING . 3

heard who felt that they had something to say. But the same Baptist ability to unite was also manifest and it may be safely said that unanimity prevailed exclusively. The missionaries become individuals within the convention. They are delegates to all Convention sessions. The Japanese insisted that there be missionary representation on the Executive Board and on departmental committees. Therefore the missionaries make two nominations for each office to be filled by a missionary, and the Convention elects by ballot. In other words, the Japanese (largely) now. choose the missionaries they wish to be on the roster of Convention representative~. The call, designation and re-call of missionaries, the control of work, requests to the Boards for funds. and allotment of such funds, are entirely in the hands of the East Japan Baptist Convention. The japan Baptist Mission has become the East Japan Baptist Missionary Group. This Group still retains general supervision over the work of the Woman's Society. With this exception, however. the Missionary Group has responsibility only for problems affecting the missionaries personally and for the care of missionary residences. With the inauguration of this new Convention, seven Depart­ ments are set up: Evangelistic, Educational, Social, Woman's, Christian Workers' Benefit, Publishing, Financial. Each Depart­ ment head isa member of the Executive Board, which is the ad interim body of administration. It has a total of twelve members (nine Japanese and three missionaries, of whom one is a woman); these are chosen from nominations made by the four Associations of the Convention. The Executive Board is respon§ible to the Convention and the Convention only. It obtains its working budget from the churches in Japan and the two Foreign Mission Societies of the Northern Baptist Convention in the U. S. A., but it is free to inaugurate work plans without foreign direction. The missionary is become a servant of the Japanese Convention.

A group of women. Torno no Kwai. or Friends Club (connected with Mrs. Hani's School in TokYO), have just opened a Daily Living School in Morioka. Their motto, .. Thinking, Living, Praying," is not only in big letters on the wall. but in the curriculum. All household subjects are taught besides current events, economics, art and health. Every morning they have a thirty minute chapel service. Once a week I go to teach hymns. One of the women said to me: .. We received our start in doing work Jike this from Mrs. Topping in the Mothers' Club of the Morioka Kindergarten."

We opened a Day Nursery near Morioka. in the rice transplanting season. Two young women gave two weeks of their time for this. working from six in the morning tlJl seven at night without any remuneration. only the JOY of working. About fifty children came and not only were they made happy but the parents could work in the muddy rice· fields knowing that their children were safe. In the short transplanting season mothers. fathers. brothers and sisters all work in the fields and the youngest are either left at home; carried on bending backs; or left on the banks where they not Infrequently tumble off into the water. Thomasine Allen 4 SPECIAL ARTICLES

GAZELLE RULOFSON THOMSON

Emma H. Fisher

Miss Gazelle Rulofson first came to Japan in 1886 as a teacher under the Methodist Episcopal W oman's Board and lived in Yokohama until January, 1889, when she was married to Rev. R. A. Thomson and removed to Kobe. For over forty years the Thomson home was noted for its gracious hospi­ tality, not only to friends but to hundreds of travellers ,on mission errands bent. Mrs. Thomson was among the first to advocate doing evangelistic work through children. She also 'Saw the pitiful condition of the neglected little ones who played in the dusty streets while their mothers worked all day in the hot tea-firing establishments. Teachers trained in kindergarten methods were unknown, songs few in number. But nothing dau nted, Mrs. Thom­ son started the Zenrin Kin­ dergarten, which developed into a two-session kinder­ garten, a church, and a com­ munity center. The after­ noon session was for children of the outcaste class, whose Mrs. Gazelle R. Thomson graduates were thus able to enter the primary schools, hitherto closed to them. Mrs. Thomson also opened a kindergarten in the Loo Choo Islands which has been most successful. She was always frail, but indomitable, and a great inspiration to all associated with her. After years of ill health, she tt fell asleep" November 14, 1932, in Long Beach, California.

The following are samples of the many questions asked by the young men of today: .. In order to be a Christian. must I leave my family? Japanese custom requires the eldest son to care (or his family and I cannot abandon mine." .. My grandmother was an earnest Buddhist. If I become a Christian. shall I never meet her again? If she had had opportunity to know Christ, perhaps she too would have wished to follow Him." Georgia M. Newbury REV. ROBERT AUSTIN THOMSON, D.D., F.R.G.S. 5

ROBERT AUSTIN THOMSON, D.D., F'-R. G. S. Emma H. Fisher Robert A. Thomson was born in Edinburgh, February 22, 1860, and while preparing for missionary work, was called to Yokohama, in 1884, to assist his brother in work for the National Bible Society of Scotland; in six weeks he was in full charge. During four years he travelled by jinrikisha thousands of miles, looking after fifty colporteurs, a journey from Yokohama to Kobe taking eight days. In 1888 he was appointed a missionary of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, was ordained, and settled in Kobe. In Jan­ uary, 1889, he married Miss Gazelle Rulofson, and to­ gether they finished forty­ four years of service. Dr. Thomson was a pioneer in Baptist work in Osaka as well, and he re­ opened work in the Loo Choo Islands after a lapse of fifty years. I twas throu gh his initiative that the "Fukuin Maru" was secured and Captain Bickel's career in the Inland Sea was begun. He was eminently successful in establishing self - supporting churches in and near Kobe Rev. Robert A. Thomson and was prominent in the administrative work of the whole Mission, serving for many years as Treasurer. He was always ready to cooperate in general movements for the extension of the Kingdom. After his retirement, he and Mrs. Thomson lived in Long Beach, California, where he died November 28, 1932, two weeks after his wife's decease.

EPHRAIM H. JONES, B.D. Clara A. Converse Mr. Jones was born in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, on Easter Sunday, April 8, 1849, and passed away at Eagle Rock, California, on Christmas Eve, 1932 . . He was graduated from Newton Theological Institution .and with his wife came to Japan under appointment by the AmerIcan Baptist Foreign Mission Society in 1884. After thirty-six years of 6 " SPECIAL ARTICLES service in the North, with their home first in S~ndai, later in MitQ, they retired, in 1920. Although Mr. Jones was never physically vigorous, by exer­ cising great care he kept himself fit for the strenuous work of a pioneer evangelistic missionary. In season and out of season, with tireless energy he travelled over the North, carrying the gospel story into many a village where it had never been heard. A younger colleague says of him, "His zeal never permitted him to slacken his labors, whether in third-class railroad coach, in basha (a one-horse stagecoach), at rural fair-wherever he found men and women. He was constantly receiving letters from those whose lives had been changed through contact with him. One such letter, received shortly before his death, was from a woman who, as a girl in 1888, had ·first heard of the Way of Jesus from Mr. Jones and had written to tell him that she was still a follower and cou Id never cease to be thankful that God had been revealed to her through him. I think .that Jesus must have had men of his kind in mind when He said, "Ye are the salt of the earth.'"

Thirty years ago, when the Fukuin Maru first anchored in the harbors of the Inland Sea, an old woman went to Captain Bickel and jn a soft voice entreated: .. Sir, I've heard that you have some secret medicine made from human hearts. I have come because my daughter is very ill and no ordinary medicine will help her. Please sell me some of your Jesus-medicine; I will pay wha~ever you ask." The Captain and the evangelists were all astonished at the igno­ rance and superstitio~ of the Islanders. When the ship appeared, women and children used to flee

crying, H Here comes the Christian man - catcher ship!" Now these things are, told ;is strange tales ,of the past. , Recently I attended an evan­ gelistic meeting in Iwagi Island, at which 36 people from neighboring villages were crowded into a 9 x 12 room. Among them were the headman of a village, the principal Frances Foote and Hiroshi Yoshi­ of a school, and a postmaster, zawa. When Hiroshi Chan was two Instead. of. .,~aring Christ.anity. 'the weeks old, we took him to save his childr!!n were~in~ng hymns "Of life. He's lots of fun! praise to Jesus; the· Friend of little children! " Hajime Watanabe CHURCHES, KINDERGARTENS AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS

HIMEJI FIELD

Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Topping~ Miss Amy A. Acock The churches and chapels on the Himeji field have continued their usual activities during the past year without particular gain or loss. Except Wadayatna! Here nine more young people have been added by baptism to this spontaneous Christian youth movement, making a total membership now of thirteen, .all between the ages of 18 and 25. Organized as a chapel, they recently received recognition from the District Association. But four have already gone in search of employment or education to the city. There will be others to take their places, tor the country youth, unlike their sophisticated city brothers, are seeking for something that Christianity alone can give. Never­ theless, the pressing need for this group now is to get it more firmly rooted in the community; a few older men and women to give it permanence and stability. So the field evangelist, who has been commuting weekly from Himeji, has just been located here and will be able to push, more actively the work 'in this strategic district. . Last December a three·day rural gospel institute was held in the Wadayama town hall with Sotohiko Matsuzaki, the well-known Christian rural expert, as its chief attraction. County and prefectural agricultural officials also contributed generously of their time by giving lectures on technical subjects. In the evenings discussions and addresses on Christianity were open to the general public. Six young folk who attended were shortly after baptized in the nearby river. It was almost Christmas and the water would be icy cold. Would not the girls rather be baptized in the Toyooka church where there was a regular baptistry and the water could be warmed? Not much! When Matsuzaki Sensei was baptized, the ice had to be broken first; and neither were they afraid of a little icy water. W. F. T.

WOMEN'S EVANGELISTIC WORK, HIMEJI AND INLAND· SEA FIELDS

INLAND SEA For two months following an operation, Hattori San would take only half salary, one month's salary she returned, and beginning with January this year, at her request, her salary has 8 CHURCHES, KINDERGARTENS AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS

been reduced to "'l:'20 a month, out of which she pays her own rent-! Because of this, and with the aid of several gifts from friends, we have been able to close the year without debt. All the Bible women have gladly taken cuts in their small salaries. Nakao San has worked up the Kindergarten at Mitsunosho and this year we have twice the enrollment that we had last. Practically all the mothers come to the monthly Mothers' Meetings. Nakao San calls in all the homes, does all the Sunday School work in Mitsunosho, goes to another island for Sunday School work, and helps in the Habu Church. Kawamoto San, our faithtul worker at Setoda, is rejoicing in the interest that the town_ has -taken in her Kindergarten, financially and otherwise, and she is looking forward with joy to the prospect of a new building and a resident pastor and family. Katayama San, at Miyanoura, is very happy in her work in the lovely new church, with her kindergarten, Sunday School, her Saturday evening Bible Class of about 20 girls from 11 to 14 years old, and her other church work. Arakawa San, at Shigei, continues her work, but is in frail health and has many discouragements. My trips twice a month to the Inland Sea Field are always filled with interesting meetings and classes. Living with the workers during these days gives me many pleasures and opportunities.

HIMEJI Himeji work continues much the same. Mrs. Wada, in Himeji and Mrs. Takizawa, in Ikuno, continue their faithful work. I have several new Bible classes,-one in English with young men who are teachers of English in Government schools in Himeji; another, also in English, with three Japanese children who were born in America and lived there until a year ago. A. A. A.

INLAND SEA FIELD

Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Topping Miss Amy A. Acock A year ago it was reported that contracts had just been let for the erection of the first two of the five churches to be built in the Inland Sea with the -aid of the funds from the sale of the Fukuin Maru. These buildings were completed according, to schedule and dedications held on October 26th and 28th successi~ely. The first of these dedications was at Miyanoura, at the center of the central group of Inlands. Here, only a few rods from the beautiful harbor that was the chief anchorage of the Fukuin Maru, rises a graceful white building in Japanese style, a distinct addi­ tion to the rural community. Equipped with the ship's chapel furniture, it is also linked to the past by the presence of Deacon Watanabe, the Captain's foremost disciple and a power in the

.J INLAND SEA FIELD 9 community. In spite of the absence of the yourig pastor on a year's compulsory military service, all church activities are being carried on with unfailing enthusiasm. March witnessed a very successful five-day rural gospel institute held in the new building. More than twenty young men from the surrounding country-side were in attendance and have since evidenced increasing interest in Christianity.

Miyanoura Kindergarten-Chapel and Parsonage (left)

The second dedication took place at Agenosho, a sizable town on the large island at the western end of the field. Under able leadership and with its new equipment, this church is making a pronounced impact upon the community. A third dedication will take place before the year is out, at Habu, also in the central group, where the Christians have just finished raising their quota towards the cost of construction., Pastor 'Vatanabe, formerly of the influential Yotsuya church in Tokyo and prominent in Baptist circles, has injected much life into the church and nearby groups since his arrival last January. Setoda, on a neighboring island, is also alloted funds f<)r a building, because of its strategic position and former influence. Aside from a successful kindergarten, however, little has been done here for the past ten years. From July a veteran worker with his family have been assigned to this district and will no doubt be able to revive this work. .' Tonosho, on the large island of Shodoshima, seventy-five miles to the east, has also purchased land during the past year and looks forward to building in the near future. The work on this island is under the supervision of the Himeji missionary, who also has charge during Mr. Farnum's furlough of the latter's territory in the central and western sections of the field. W.F. T. 10 CHURCHES, KINDERGARTENS AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS

OSAKA

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Foote Osaka opened its first underground tube in May of this year, just 20 years after the construction of the first surface street car system. The event marked the pext step in the growth of a metropolis. Osaka is a modern city, the center of a population area of above five miUions; five other cities, largely industrial in their interests, contribute to her life. All world markets are now the recipients of Osaka manufactures - Europe, America, India, China, South Mrica, Australia . . . Iron, steel, cotton textiles, machinery, toys, bicycles, motor cycles, cement, buttons, beads, hosiery, electrical eQuipment of all kinds, cutlery, paints, automo­ biles, and many other useful and essential products are Osaka's contribution to an advancing material civilization throughout Asia. Should not religion also be one of the useful and essential things Osaka may foster at home and abroad? The great event of the year in Baptist circles was the Reduction radical cut in financial aid given to some of the in Budget churches. Rather than being a set-back, it has become a challenge to faith and initiative. Pastors and laymen are awakened to the need and joy of wise evangelism. If the church is to exist, it must plan to finance itself. New life is springiBg into being in all the churches. The future of extension evangelism (the-missionary's work) is, however, not so hopeful, for it cannot draw from native sources. So there is another side to the cloud with a silver lining. Will it mean the end of missionary evangelism? Osaka Baptists suffered a great loss in the death of Death of Pastor Ogawa of the Osaka Baptist Church. His going Pastor was not unexpected, for his sacrifices in building up a Ogawa strong, self-supporting church had brought on physical disabilities from which he _had long suffered. In the Christian Graphic for September, 1933, his picture and a brief sketch of his life appear. As signal as Pastor Ogawa's going was the coming Mr. Akagawa of Pastor Akagawa to the Osaka Baptist Church. Comes to He comes from five years as ,secretary of the East Osaka Japan Baptist Convention, where he made significant contributions to the national cause of our Baptist churches. In his prime he comes to a prime church, and the next' years should see very great growth in the Osaka Church. It is already one of the great churches of the Convention and will be a power jn Kingdom tasks in the decades ahead. Evangelist Oshima and his wife moved from Tanabe Takatsuki to Takatsuki in November. A young couple, a and Tanabe promising field already in cultivation, and converts to be baptized are the setting. Tanabe is calling Mr. Massaki from Tono in the North, a man of unusual prepara­ tion in education abroad. Sakai has a population of 100,000. Evangelist Yamamoto Sakai (Moody Bible Institute) has been having a hard time, because of discordant elements in the church, but it is OSAKA 11

hoped that in the near future the church can unite in a . vigorous forward movement. A united church behind an earnest man and wife will honor the Lord in Sakai. In Kidzu and Ikeda two successful peasant gospel Peasant schools were held in February. Next year we plan such Gohspei efforts in three localities. Nothing so good has ever been S cools invented to reach the young farmers. People of a remarkably high order gladly give their time, energy and knowledge to these schools, and the results are commensurate.

Kidzu Farmers' Gospel School

The Osaka New Life Hall, a union venture in news­ Newpaper paper evangelism, has had a remarkable first year. Evangelism A great Osaka daily takes the "bait" into every home in many prefectures, with first-class sermans once a week. When requests come in from these scattered cities, villages and homes, a personal offer of help is sent, together' with tracts, New Testaments, magazines. Materials have been sent to some 1800 persons; nearly 200 have been enrolled as inquirers; earnest souls have been intrDduced to some kindly Christian pa!;ltor; two public meetings have been held to make personal contacts and answer questions face to face. Additions to churches have resu !ted. It is a fascinating type of evangelism for it is fishing in a big sea. This Bureau has its office across the hall from the Osaka Baptist City Mission Society's office, and mutu;:tl aid is given. The Footes plan to take their long-deferred furlough Missionary in June, 1934. Miss Kludt's furlough also is due in Furloughs 1934. It is -hoped that Miss . Cuddeback, the. one remaining member of the Osaka Station, can stay on. No S, O. S. call is being sent out.

KOBE AND KYOTO The work in Kobe and Kyoto is in excellent condition. Pastor: Sugaya resigned from the Fukiai {Kobe) Church in .May~ and his 12 CHURCHES, KINDERGARTENS AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS

successor is being sought. Dr. and Mrs. Thomson, who .gavesmne forty years of fine missionary service to these cities, died within two weeks of each other, in Long Beach, California, last November. They were tenderly remembered by the many who had been influenced Christ-ward by them, both in Kobe and Kyoto. The denomination is not looking forward to locating successors to the Thomsons in these cities. It is not that the work is completed, but that other places are more needy if funds are available. j. A. F.

ZENRIN KINDERGARTEN, KOBE Margaret H. Foote Zenrin Kindergarten will soon be forty years old! VvT e Trustees shall celebrate formally next autumn, but perhaps we celebrated more fittingly this spring in May, when we organized our first Board of Trustees. They are a fine group of Japanese men and women, representing the Kobe churches and the Kindergarten graduates. They will shape the future policies of the school and help to solve the difficulty of a vanishing budget for a charity kindergarten. Several changes have been made in the teaching staff and Staff several cuts in salaries as a result of the cuts in the budget. Our greatest financial problem is land rent. If we could only buy! Two changes have been wrought in the neighbor­ Neighborhood hood-first, the highway with its subway beneath is in use; second, the first apartment house built by the city for the very poor is in use. In an effort to improve living conditions in this slum, several more apartment houses will be built later, to house about 800 families. We were all astonished by the numerous Christmas Gifts for the gifts from Japanese and foreign students of Kobe Needy this year. Rice, vegetables, fruit and old clothing, besides two hundred yen. People like to give to the really needy!

KOBE FIELD Loo Choo Islands

K. Akagawa The Okinawa Association was organized in the Okinawa Okinawa Church in May, 1933, with the churches of Association Okinawa and Shuri and the chapels of Itoman and Katena as charter members. At the same time Kakinohana was recognized as a Kakinohana chapel and was received into the Association. It has abou t 40 members. The Sunday School at Katena is strong.. They have K ate mi morning and afternoon sessions, with ·arienrolment of 120 pupils. Sometimes ten or twenty pupils fronl .the YOKOHAMA FIELD '13

-neighboring primary school' attend the Sunday School with their teachers. Mr. Minei, who graduated this year from the Theological Itoman Department of KantoGakuin, is the evangelisL On June 10th he was married to Miss Yuriko Oshiro, teacher of Naha Zenrin Kindergarten. The Itoman believers are rejoicing over their new leaders. Mr. Teruya and Mr. Minei have started hopeful work at Kimbu and Oshiro Mura, the latter of which is Mr. Minei's birthplace.

YOKOHAMA FIELD

Atsugi, Kanagawa Ken

]. Howard Covell

Evangelistic work in Kanagawa Prefecture has been The New strengthened by th~ coming of a full-time evangelistic Missionary missionary in the person of Mr. Parkinson, who moved from Tokyo to Yokohama early in 1933. We in school work who have had the missionary connection with the churches for many years rejoice over the Parkinsons' arrival. The church with which I had been connected was Atsugi, Atsugi where Mr. G. Hiruma has been the leader for so many Church years. While the town is the center of a relatively prosperous district, most of the church members live in the small villages scattered over the flat plain through which the big river flows, and they' come to meetings by bicycle, or by bus. The most recent development is one long hoped Atsugi for, the opening of an independent kindergarten. Kindergarten A daughter of the church graduated this ye3.r from the Tokyo Kindergarten Training School and the continued demand made the start possible. The building has been remodelled to some extent, and some thirty youngsters are enrolled. It is a beginning in community service. Mrs. Covell has carried on a cooking class monthly, Cooking with much interest, and expects to entertain the member~ Class in our home in the near future. As usual, the women of the church are quite as active as the men, though fewer in number.

Women's Evangelistic Work and Kindergartens, Yokohama Field Chiyo Yamada ChristIanity is slowly but surely spreading its roots- among the women of the Kanagawa Prefecture. Christians are much more eager than formerly to spread tile Gospel to their neighbors. Some 'open-theil;' homes- for, Bible study for those ~ho hesitate- to come to public church services. One woman, who became a n CHRUCHES, KINDERGARTENS AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS

Christian through the death of her little girl, has had one sorrow after another, the last being the death of her husband. Yet in the" darkest' hour of her life, she confesses before her non-christian relatives that her hope and comfort is her belief in Christ.

One .Sunday last fall a graduate of Mary Colby School brought her parents and younger sister to our churcD seryice. While in school she had become an earnest Christian. bur neighbors. were influencing her family toward Tenrikyo. a comparatively new religion. Through her prayers and consistent Christian life. the parents were led to attend church: meetings were held in their home to which neighbors and friends were invited; finally the parents and sister were truly converted. Just one week before the day set for their baptism. while returning from church the father was injured by ruffians. Afterward. when the police asked what he wanted done to those who had injured him. he said he would like them treated as leniently as possible as no doubt they had families dependent upon them. The authorities were astonished. and the news of his magnanimous spirit was spread abroad. But the test was more severe to the wife. who began to doubt the love and care of the Heavenly Father. Friends seized the opportunity to press again the claims of Tenrlkyo. But a glorious victor) came to them at last. and all three. their faces beaming with joy and hope. were baptized on Easter morning.

Atsugi Woman's Meeting Left: Pastor Hiruma; next, Miss Yamada.

There may not be many graduates of mission schools who are leaders in religious circles but many are torchbearers of the Cross in homes, in educational work and in business life, in lonely and dark corners where God alone knows of their work. Bible women are faithful in visiting both Christian and non­ christian homes; monthly meetings and Bible study classes are carried on. Sometimes disappointment clouds their faces, but more often joy and thanksgiving fill their hearts. The Haramachida Kindergarten contim,les to have an enrolment almost beyond its capacity, although the building was' enlarged Iastye~u'~ " The head teacher still has' the ~ respect and ,coilfidence Of 'the people. Mothers' meetings are well attended,. giving us TOKYO FIELD lS

entrance into homes to which we have no other access. No mission funds are used for this work. Miss Colgate generously provides the salary of the head teacher; other expenses are cared for by tuitions and by gifts from parents and friends. The Kanagawa Kindergarten, which is without foreign aid, feels the financial stress very keenly. When parents have to economize in children's education, the little ones are first to suffer. So our numbers have been reduced. Teachers' salaries have been cut, but they are working as cheerfully as ever, hoping for a better day in the near future. All the teachers are graduates of Mary Col by School. The head teacher was married last winter to a teacher in Mabie Memorial School, thus establishing a beautiful Christian home. She continues her responsibilities in the Kindergarten. Fine representatives of our graduates' mothers are members of our church and woman's circle. Many of our boys and girls are now in our mission schools.

THE CHURCHES, TOKYO

Mr. and Mrs. ]. Fullerton Gressitt

October -1, 1932 marked the official inauguration of Greater Tokyo, -·a . city of over 5,000,000, the largest city in the whole of Asia. In the ten years since the great earthquake, Tokyo has been. repl.anned and rebuilt in conformity to modern demands, a city full of surprises to the foreign visitor. In the processes of readjustment and relocation of homes and of our-churches, our several Bap~ist centers have suffered vicissi: tudes; but in spite of these difficulties we now have three churches (besides the two related to Misaki Kaikan and its branch in East Tokyo and Immanuel Church), each provided with a church build­ ing, and each carrying on work also in a suburban center. These centers are now well within the new city limits. Two have developed into organized groups with resident workers, assisted by annual grants from the Mission Society. The third center has just acquired a lot, the gift of a former member of the Japan Mission, and expects to build a chapel soon. In all these centers the young people are working actively. The latest group organized is the Meguro Baptist Chapel (formerly called Himonya and allied with the Shiba Church), a small but vigorous group, mostly young people, with a young' pastor recently graduated from our theological school. In .' special evangelistic meetings in May Dr. Kagawa preached two. evenings to large audiences, and Pastor Abe is keeping in touch with the 59 people who signed cards expressing their desire to lea4 Clnistian Iives. ~ We hope our friends in America who are re-thinking missions will remember that pioneering work is being done here in such center~ where the needs of the people for religious guidance ~e greater than ever before. "'-- ]. F. G. 16 CHURCHES, KINDERGARTENS AND SUNDAY SCHOODS

Starlight 'Kindergartens M. M. Carpenter

lStarlight Kindergarten No.1; Head Teacher's Home Upstairs The reconstructed building shown above, now completed, is light and spacious and compensates us for sacrifices of time and furlough. The entire work was done without any expense to the Board or Mission. The Starlight mothers are showing more and more interest in doing things for the Kindergartens, but have not yet advanced beyond giving tangible things. Three times during the past year those parents, who were able to leave their homes provided a

Starlight Kind ergarten No.2, Immanuel Church BIBLE CLASSES, TOKYO 17

simple luncheon at the Kindergarten, and paren.ts and teachers enjoyed the eats and the social time with the children. At the last meeting, which was on Boys' Festival day (May 5th), 25 mothers and 40 children were present. (See accompanying photo.) The older graduates showed their continued interest by planning a program for the entertainment of the younger group, those in the primary grades. This year Kindergarten Sunday Schools and teachers gave ¥195 for sufferers by flood or fire and to meet needs in our district. Quantities of clothing were also sent for the flood-suffer­ ers in the North.

BIBLE CLASSES

Misaki English Bible Class, Tokyo

Lucinda B. Axling

The teaching of Bible cla'3ses in the churches. schools (within or without the curricula), and homes, either in English or in Japanese, is a joy to the heart of every missionary. The follow­ ing story is simply one example of the many classes taught by members of the Mission.-Editors. This class was organized in 1909 and has been Past History: under the same leadership ever since. Its member- ship has varied from five or six at first to thirty or forty in the later years. Former members are now scattered around the globe in Japan, Korea, Formosa, China and U.S.A., and many who found Christ in this class are now earnest and prominent Christian workers in our own and other denominations. Among them are:

Mrs. Sawana: Wife of Prof. Sawano of Mabie Memorial School. Mrs. Sugaya, wife of Rev. Mr. Sugaya of Kawasaki Baptist Church. Mr. Va. law lecturer in Taihoku University. Formosa. Mr. Tsujimura in the Japanese Consulate in Nanking, China. Mrs. Matsuba. formerly Miss Taka Mizuno, the wife of assistant Professor Matsuba of Keijo University. Korea; also teaches English in Keijo girls' high school.

1. We have thirty members. The number is kept The Present: up by the members bringing in their friends. 2. W'e are organized, with the usual officers and six cOmmittees. 3 .. BeSides the regular Sunday study meeting, we have an early morning .prayer-meeting and a social once a month and whenever possible go on an excursion together in spring and fall. . 4. Our collections go to the support of the Fukagawa work; year-end; relief . to poor . children, . the summer camp at Tamagawa,. and the support of our own activities. .' . . 5.W~ have a .lending library in our class room. 6. We are getting out a prayer calendar for use in ·vacation. 18 CHURCHES, KINDERGARTENS AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS

7. Miss Imura, a convert of the ~lassanda Christian of ten years' standing, has been our faithful president. for the past two years. 8. Mr. S. T. Kim is our present president, a tall Korean, insurance office clerk, a constant inspiration to teacher. Once in the early days of his faith she asked him to offer pr~yer. His instant answer was, "I'll try." Since then, he often takes the chair next to her as he comes in, and leaning over whispers -" May I pray this morning"? He was .baptized two years ago and is often called one of the "pillars" of the class. Many are the friends he has brought and introduced to the class and its teacher. It's. as big as Faith in God and Prayer, and The Future? brotherly love for each other and those outside our membership can make it.

English Bi!:lle Class-October 1932 Farewell to Miss Nystrom and Welcome to Miss Clause

MITO FIELD

Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Kennard, Jr. Pastor Naito is continuing the fast pace of the church in Mito Mito to strong membership and full self-support. Three years ago when he came here the Church was about dead, and' the bulk of the support came from the ·Mission. Already there is a good congregation and the sixth complete family has taken its stand for Christ in the person of a leading physician whose wife and daughter had previously been won into fellowship. Support from the Mission has been cut now to ¥15 a month, and in less than a year this congregation has promised full self-support. In contributions the Mito Church already ranks as one 9f the first ten Baptist churches in Japan. MITO FIELD 19

Taira too has made the promise of full self-support in one Taira more year. The significant thing here is the strong group of young men who share in the work of the church. They have their. own organization, through which many are brought in -to receive Christian instruction.

Mito Cnurch Of the other places on this field, Ishioka continues the Ishioka most thriving, and that in spite of lack of any regular pastor. The long years of patient kindergarten and Sunday SChool work backed up by persistent visiting have created a nucleus of young people whose religious faith finds ample scope for nurture in practical activity. During the past year, in the three Sunday Schools conducted by this preaching place, the number who did not miss one Sunday was doubled. A successful Farmers' Gospel School was held at Kimiga. Kimiga Instruction by various experts on modern methods of agriculture was accompanied by Bible teaching and training in the essentials of Christianity. Due to the cut in the budget, it is doubtful if work here can be continued. ]. S. K.

MORIOKA AND SENDAI FIELDS Mr. and Mrs. F. W- Steadman Miss-Thomasine Allen Miss Annie S. Buzzell During fhe past year our interest has been more than ever centered upon the development of the churches and groups scattered over this large field. The churches are moving forward. 20 CHURCHES, KINDERGARTENS AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS along the line of self-support and initiative in service that promises increasingly large things for the near future. There is also a readiness to push out to the unreached wherever arrangements can be made for the support and proper care of such work. A little help here means much in real service. Such service may take different forms but it can properly be called Evangelism so long as the real message is centered in making our Lord and Savior known to all. The Farmers' Gospel Schools have been a leading Farmers' special feature. In four places these have been held Gospel with real success. Various forms of follow-up work are Schools being pursued by the pastors, who are the key men. Their intensive work is no doubt the most important feature of each of these schools. Eating, sleeping, reading, talking, singing and praying witn a group of these young men for :a week will certainly bring forth fruit to the honor of our Master•. Pastor Saito, who is serving the Shiogama Church with Mr. Saito rare spirit and devotion was recently ordained. . In' Ordained addition to his outpost work at Rifu he is doing special work at two other places where he has found several members of the Shiogama Church who are glad to co-operate with him in this new service, especially for young people. His unique plan of admitting to his classes only small numbers, requiring.~ special grade of work and attention from each member, a,.nd· keeping a waiting list of those who wish to enter is of. much interest to us. It should put such work for the young folks on~a stronger footing than heretofore in these rural places. . .. The Morioka Church under the efficient leadership

(Before this report was in print, Mr. and Mrs. Steadman left for America because of the latter's ill health. There is now no Baptist missionary family in residence north of Tokyo. -Editors).' ..

Mr. and Mrs. Steadman's Farewell, April, 1933

Less than five months after the terrible tidal wave swept away two-thirds of the thriving city of Kamaishi. Pastor Kawamura was asked by the editors of the Annual to furnish a picture showing the extent of the disaster_ Without one WOld of explanation. he sent the accompanying picture. Could anything demonstrate more clearly the spirit with which the little church is facing its immediate task of ministering to the community? No defeatism there!

Kamaishi Kindergarten 22 CHURCHES, KINDERGARTENS AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS

Women's Evangelistic Work and Kindergartens Northern Japan

Thomasine Allen

Last year much time and strength was given to Earthquake and relief work necessitated by the crop-shortage Tidal Wave that devastated large areas in the North. What lessons of hospitality and courage we learned as we went from town, far into the mountains in our effort to relieve the suffering! Five months later found us in the mountains again, visiting some of the same places. I do not say "towns" for they were either partially or wholly washed away by the tidal wave of March 3rd. Our second relief trip was not for food but for every kind of necessity, for the survivors had lost everything. In one of the larger towns, one of about 5000, there was nothing left but the school which was on a hill, the temple, and city office. Every house was gone; it was a dead city. The refugees were all crowded into the school building and temple until barracks could be erected. A day's walking over muddy, clay mountain paths brought us to the next village, one which we previously had visited. Here about one-half of the town was left standing. This was typical of all places on this northern coast, innumerable towns and villages wrecked, but everybody all over Japan from Govern­ ment down to kindergarten children, helping to relieve the suffering. As various circumstances prevented our going Morioka Summer away for our regular summer schools in 1932 we School decided to have one on a hill just back of our house, where a temple stands in a lovely crypt­ meria grove. Every day about 100 children came early in the morning-some of the older ones even bringing their breakfast as well as lunch. A corps of young teachers guided these boys and girls (from kindergarten to High School) from seven-thirty in the morning till four in the afternoon, then met at our house for a 'wash-up,' supper, a teachers' meeting and a 'sing.' A year ago we held a summer school at Kuji; Kuji, New the heat was terrific and the unkempt children Kindergarten swarmed. Later, Miss Sakamoto, of Taira, volunte- ".. ered to leave work which she had been carrying on for twenty years, and go there for several months to start a kindergarten. This meant a real sacrifice for the difficulties were legion but she said, "Do not speak about the hardships. I· only know joy in this service and thank you for giving me the opportunity to do the work." The wee room which she rented was soon outgrown and a larger. room procured. Every day, rain or shine; about fifty little ones came, and the parents gradually learned what a kindergarten was and what it meant in the lives of the children. Before long they insisted upon organizing and paying tuition. This has enabled us to secure a teacher and let Miss Sakamoto go to conquer other fields. About 200 people came to the train to see her off, which shows something of the impression she had made in four short months. Aside from the kindergarten, MORIOKA AND SENDAI FIELDS 23 which' met every day, she had work for older children and grown people not only in Kuji but also in a· neighboring village-in all about ten meetings a week. Feeling the need of our own immediate neigh- Morioka borhood, Shinjo Morioka, a new section in Christian Center which no Christian work was being done only what we were doing in our own home, we opened a kindergarten and Community Center. Miss Kuni Obara has general charge of the Center, and the program she has worked out includes: Kindergarten (opened in April with government recognition); Boys' Club: supfrvised recreation; High School Girls' club; English classes; Bible class; Sunday School; and Night School. This latter is for working people. Sewing, Japanese language and writing, music and massage are taught from seven to teh once a week--with chapel service of course. The teachers, aside from our regular staff, are all volunteer workers. The teacher of massage is a deacon in the Morioka Baptist Church. We are trying to meet the needs of the community and bring even the commonest of tasks to the worship level. Our Community Center is to serve another purpose Training Lay too. It, in conjunction with the Morioka Kinder Workers garten, and under the leadership of Miss Sato and Miss Obara will serve as a training center for lay workers. Our purpose is to open day nurseries in the country villages, especially in the farmers' busy season, and to train young women from these villages for this work. We have already made a small beginning and are training a few workers. A member of the I wate Legislature called recently to thank us for the relief work we had done, and to ask for a day nursery in his little village, saying that the government school building would be available for it. And so the doors open and the opportunities for service increase. As our group of seven carryon the various forms of work in Morioka and a large outlying district we want more of the spirit of our Master who went about doing good and giving more abundant life. '

During the summer vacation the volley ball team of Waseda University. while in training. is housed in Alvah Hovey Dormitory. The men have voluntarily placed themselves under the same rules that obtain during the school year. Morning worship and other religious work is led by Dr. Benninghoff.

The Harajuku Church claims ;mong its members two rare girls, sisters. graduates of it mission girls' school where they learned of Christ. Their influence within the church is most helpful. But what is their infiuence outside the church? Just one example-: In Tensho.en, Fukagawa Ward, Tokyo. there are some 300 unemployed. The condition of the children is pitiable, and nothing was being done for them until these giris, upon their own initiative, began work for them. They now have about fifty children'in their care every Saturday. Teruaki Takahashi SOCIAL SERVICE INSTITUTIONS

MEAD CHRISTIAN CENTER, OSAKA

Margaret E. Cuddeback Marriage! What a magic word! Full of happiness and joy if the young people are prepared to work and share. What tragedy and sleepless, worried nights if it is gone into blindly. Therefore Mead Christian Center in Osaka has started a class for young girls that expect soon to become brides.

A Group of Mothers at Luncheon, Mead Christian Center Sewing and cooking, both Japanese and foreign, are taught and although the department is still new and the teachers are still planning newer and better ways of teaching, the classes are well attended and have a bright future of doing much more work in the same field. • The girls are finding out that the teachers are their ~t friends; when they are in trouble, the teachers feel their sorrow and when they are happy everyone is happy too. Last week the brother of one of the girls committed suicide and the teacher was one of the first to help and console her. The teachers are trying by their words and deeds to show the spirit of Christ in their lives and to teach the girls that a home, to be built on truly solid rock, must be founded in Christ. KANTO GAKUIN SETTLEMENT, YOKOHAMA 25

Starting with the Home, the Center is trying to become the real Center of the neighborhood, and to that end we have kindergarten, Sunday school, Saturday clubs, Playgarden and Night School-all feeding into the Church.

KANTO GAKUIN SETTLEMENT, YOKOHAMA J. Howard Covell

A new staff is poing the leading at the Kanto Gakuin Staff (Mabie School) Settlement, but the program is practically unchanged. With the suspension of the School's Department of Social Service Administration the theological students· have taken over the duties of teaching. In place of Professor Watanabe, who had been the moving spirit from the first, Professor K. Tornoi is now in charge. One of the theologs is in residence -and the professor himself spends three nights in the settlement house every week-end. Education is the center of our effort to help the strug­ Activities gling people of this district. Though the settlement house is open only in the evening, except Saturdays and Sundays, there are daily classes, including the labor school and the Sunday School. Recreation, savings, a women's society, and other features go on, and we expect to have a camp again the first week in August. Our prayer is that we may be true guides in the struggle for justice.

MISAKI AND FUKAGAWA TABERNACLES, TOKYO T. Fujii, Director Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Parkinson

The Tokyo Misaki Tabernacle is a two-project institution. The parent project, having spent twenty-five years in the school of experience, is now out in the world, facing its dire need and challenging opportunities. Its child, the Fukagawa Christian Center, was born ten years ago, just after the Great Earthquake, and still needs parental care and guidance. The prevailing financial depression leaves even the older project without adequate resources. Those who gave it birth and made it what it is today must still stand by and lend a helping hand. I want to record my profound gratitude to those who in the P3.st have stood behind these projects and enabled them ye3.r after year to render a full­ rounded Christian service to tens of thousands of needy people. In reviewing the year, several things stand out. First: On behalf of the Tabernacle, I want to express our sincere appreciation of the untiring services of Mr. and Mrs. Parkinson, who came to our assistance in the absence of Dr. and Mrs. Axling. Many of our young people learned not only to like them but- to love them. I am confident that the seed. which they sowed among us will bring forth much fruit. 26 SOCIAL SERVICE INSTITUTIONS

Second: In these days when so many missionaries are being detained in the homeland because of lack of funds, we are deeply grateful for the return of Dr. and Mrs. Axling. Their coming makes us. feel as though our father and mother had returned from their long journeyings. Third: The world-wide economic depression has caused us much financial hardship. The American Women's Hospitals Association, through whose cooperation the dispensary at the Fukagawa Christian Center has, for nine years, been able to minister to multitudes living in this semi-slum, was compelled to discontinue its help. Moreover, the aid received from the two Baptist Foreign Mission· Societies has, been gradually reduced until today it is only about half what it was only a few years ago. Forced, in spite of Japan's troubled financial seas, to try to discover funds, we find that the Buddhists have their adherents everywhere. It is exceedingly difficult, therefore, for an out-and-out Christian institution like ours to secure financial support. 'The purpose of our whole program is preventive, rather than simply curative. We want to prevent poverty and delinquency by maki~g the child physically and spiritually strong. We strive to prevent young people from going astray by persuading them to allow Christ to fortify their hearts and wills. Our program, with its gospel of health for the whole man, seeks to prevent disease. Tuberculosis, a national scourge, afflicts some 850,000 of our people and carries away apI=roximately 85,000 victims every year. During the year The two dispensaries treated 22,445 people. Visiting nurses called in 1487 homes and served those too ill to come to the dispensaries. The English schools enrolled 991 young men and women. The -kindergartens and day nurseries enrolled 160 children. Playgrounds and summer camps cared for 210 boys and girls. We are trying to be friends to those in need-any need of body, mind or heart. But we also feel the need of friends. "A friend in need is a friend in deed." T. F.

Yuai Gakusha (Friendship Hostel), Tokyo Waseda Christian Center

Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Benninghoff E. S. Shi11,ozaki, Associate in Charge of Religious Work Friendship Hostel (Yuai Gakusha) was established in 1907, by the 3 L Club, an organized Bible Class which met Sunday evenings in. the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Benninghoff.. Several Christian professors of Waseda University made the project possible and for 25 years have heartily co-operated in its progress and program. Both the 3 L Club and the .Hostel are today working units in Waseda Hoshien (Christian .Center) which is the outgrowth of their continued interest and the expression of their co-operation. The Hostel has had three homes-the first in a rented lodging house near the university; the second in permanent. quarters YUAI GAKUSHA (FRIENDSHIP HOSTEL), TOKYO 27 provided by the Baptist Mission on a lot adjoining the missionary's home in Benten-cho, Tokyo; the third, established after the earth· quake of 1923, on a lot adjoining the Christian Center and Scott Hall, near Waseda University. r. During its 25 years of history nearly 300 students have taken advantage of its fellowship and . intensive religious education program. Many of these have become Christians. All of them have gone out into active work carrying with them the ideals and influences of their contacts formed during their student days spent in the Hostel. It is not the business of Yucii Gakusha, a Christian Hostel, to compete with the many lodging _houses in the neighborhood. It is rather its mission to provide, under Christian auspices, a home for fellowship, and opportunities for study and co-operation in practical social and religious activities for university students. The program of the Hostel is built around the three significant factors of an all-around Christian education; Worship, Study, and Service. This program is placed definitely before each candiQate for admission, and his entrance is based entirely upon his desire to co·operate in the program. No one is forced or even invited to enter the dormitory. But ha ving once decided he wants what the Hostel has to offer in fellowship and religious education, as a member he must co-operate in its program of Worship, Study, and Service. He may enter at any time and leave at any time. Careful records of attendance, courses of study, and service are kept; and a small scholarship fund enables membcrs to reduce substantially their expenses, in proportion to their co-operation and service.

" Yuaigakusha" Men with Dr. Benningh()ff 28 SOCIAL SERVICE INSTITUTIONS

No religious requirements are made for admission beyond a sincere desire to co-operate in the Hostel's program, share in, its fellowship,and work for its interests. Many of the members have been leaders in the student church which meets in Scott Hall, near by, each Sunday morning. As many have indicated an interest in the work of the Hostel, -the following outline of its program is presented. It must be borne in mi~d, however, that what appears in outline as mechanical routine, carried forward in the spirit of Christ, is the basis of habit formation, and the opportunity for self-expression and co- operation. . PROGRAM: WORSHIP: Morning prayer. at the breakfast table. Required. Sunday morning worship. Thursday evening prayer· meeting. STUDY: One hour a week. under the leadership of Mr. Benninghoff. Required. SERVICE: Active participation in leadership of student activities conducted by Waseda Christian Center in Scott Hall. All members of the Hostel who £ecure an ayerage of 75% under the above three heads can participate in the Scholarship Fund. H. B.B.

Young Women's Dormitory, Tokyo

Gertrude E. Ryder

The past year at the Young Women's Dormitory has been one of steady work. The health of the girls has been excellent; hardly a case has gone into the hospital room. We have had an average of 26 girls during the year, which compares well with the nUtnber in other Christian dormitories. We were able to close the year with a profit of ~·34.00, instead of a deficit, as we had feared. We shall have ro dra w upon the Dormitory Reserve.' Fund Jor ~xtensive repairs to the roof during the coming year., The latest additions to the Dormitory family are two Even Little little, motherless girls, one eleven and the other Girls Enjoy fourteen years old. For four years their father, with Dormitory only hired help, did his best for them, but finally, hearing of our home, he asked us to take them in. Our greatest anxiety was that they might lose their childhood by being with so many older girls, but they se~m very happy. We encourage, especially the little one, to have her friends come here to see her. . . Ashikaga, a town about two hours from Tokyo by Gratitude of train, during the past fifteen years, has sent us eight Girls and girls. Being in the town recently on business, Mrs. J,i'amilies Saito and I visited each one of the families. Wherever , we went, whether the former girls or only their: families were at home, we received a most cordial welcome.. One ,old lady with white hair and few teeth, but with the clearest kindest eyes-a beautiful, Christian woman-was so 'genuinely happy to see us that she gave us inexpressible joy. She immedi­ atcHy wrote her daughter, who is a Christian and m3.rried, about our call, and we have had a lovely letter from her.. If the. families of all our 500 girls feel as kindly toward us as those of Ashikaga, we have more respect than we· had dreamed. YOUNG WOMEN'S DORMITORY, TOKYO 29

Following up our girls is important. We heard that' Follow-up one of our former girls, a lovely Christian, had im~ Work bibed communistic teaching. Finally the matn,m, Isayama San, wrote frankly and asked for the truth. The young woman answered that there was a time when she was thinking along that line but that, as she thought it through, she could see that it was wrong, and so she had dropped it entirely. We were thankful that she had grace and wisdom to think! For seven months we had a little wife who was All Things studying in a nearby school. Her husband asked To All Girls us to take her and put some life into her. She was from a good family in the country, but had had no chance .to associate with young people. She was a very sweet young woman and, to her husband's delight, she did improve very much while she was here. A full program of outside work has been carried Outside Activities on as in other years, as has the entertaining gf various groups here in the Dormitory.

Young Women's Dormitory, Christmas Play, 1932

MORIOKA FIELD Tono Christian Center

Annie S. Buzzell

The boys of Tono Kindergarten's first ~lass gradua~ed frot? Middle School this year. The one whose kmdergarten dIploma 1~ No. 1 has entered the college of Tohoku Gakuin, Sendai. The 30 SOCIAL SERVICE INSTITUTIONS

family are not Christian, but the mother, when she went to register the boy in the College, went with him on Sunday morning to the First Baptist Church (with my card of introduction to Pastor Yamada) and asked their favor and watchcare for her son. He was baptized by Mr. Yamada in June. His youngest brother was one of the 32 Kindergarten graduates of this year.

Wednesday Afternoon Free Kindergarten-for Children of Farmers and Laborers The children held a bazaar on graduation day, selling Relief Work things they had made. They cleared ¥8, which they sent to the children of the Kamaishi Kinder­ garten who had lost their homes in the tidal wave disaster just a short time before. Tono is a farming center and we have wanted to Farmers' do more for the surrounding villages. Early last Gospel School year my helper, Mr. Sasaki, attended the training class for rural workers, held in Sendai, and then immediately started plans for putting into practice what he learned there. Last August we had a most enthusiastic and successful Farmers' Gospel School. All the year Mr. Sasaki has kept in touch .with the 21 young farmers, who came from eight villages, sending them literature regularly, writing personal letters, etc. In January "more than half of them came in for an air-day meeting, and in August we are to have another Gospel School. If we had a bicycle, Mr. Sasaki could visit these young men in their homes, but bus and train fare costs too much; and his work here does not allow the time it would take to walk. We have no servant, and he is the only helper we have besides the two Kindergarten teachers, so his duties range from Sunday School superintendent and office secretary to carrying water and keeping the yard in order. When he came to us ten years ago, he was not a Christian and knew but little of Christianity. By attending summerschoQls, institutes and conventions (practically his only vacations) ~Ild MORIOKA FIELD 31

putting into practice what he learns there, and by much study, he grows; and his heart is in all that he doe.s. Not the least of the joys of working here has been that of seeing Mr. Sasaki grow in Christian character and efficiency. Miss Miyaki, our head kindergartner, came from Sendai when we opened the Kindergarten, twelve years ago, while Miss Aoyagi, now in her fifth year of service, is a Tono girl. One of our graduates is in the Osaka Bible Training Graduates School, one in a Kindergarten Training School, and two fine young men are in the Theological Department of Kanto Gakuin. To live a rather primitive life in an isolated town may not seem to be a great bit of missionary work, but my heart is deeply rooted here; and the life given cannot be lost.

. Miss Y··.· ...... was baptized just before her graduation. two years ago. from Mary Colby School. She has now led her father. mother. sister. and two friends to Christ and. into the church. Her Cather says ... She has led five of us within two years. In the next two years. we five must help five others to know Christ." The first thing that attracted this father to Christianity was that this daughter did not become angry. as the others did. when teased.

Kitayama San had to leave school because of poor health. but before she left. she had won one of her friends in the dormitory for Christ. After some months she was obliged to enter the hospital. She said she didn't mind. for it was a fine place to witness for Jesus. Her bright face has attracted much attention from those in the same room. One woman asked her if she really was as happy as she seemed, and how she could be when she had to lie in bed all the time without moving. So Kitayama San told her about Jesus. She had led her nurse to Christ within a week after her arrival at the hospital. Every day she' prays for all the teachers and students whom she knows, besides many other friends. Winifred M. Acock

Mrs. Imanaka. while living in CaliCornia. became very ill. She vowed that if she recovered. she wI,mld become a Christian. She kept her vow, became a Christian. and later led her husband to Christ. Upon returning to Innoshima. in the Inland Sea district. Mr. Imanaka opened his home to his friends and neighbors for regular church services. Recently I was invited to his home and baptized four men and women in the sea, in front of his garden. Mr, Imanaka is telling his familY and friends how great things the Lord has done for him. H. Watanab:! EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

HINOMOTO GIRLS' SCHOOL, HIMEJI

Compiled from Report of Principal K. Yamamoto Miss Vida Post

Due to the cut in the budget, several changes were Chanfles in made in the staff. Mrs. Yamamoto, music, and Mrs. Faculty Mashimo, Bible, were asked to resign. Some full-time teachers were reduced to part-time. There are now eight full-time teachers, all Christians, and seven part-time teachers, of whom three are Christians.' The School regrets. very much the loss of Miss Jenkins who resigned while on furlough. Miss Post returned in September and, although the hours of English teaching are few, she is busy with the various activities of the SchooL She is a help in the religious life of the School and an advisor to the Principal. Besides, since there is no older graduate on the faculty, there is a field of service for Miss Post among the graduates. In March 17 girls graduated. In Aprit 58 new students Students entered. This increase seems to be largely due to the united effort of teachers, Friends of the School Associa­ tion members, and the graduates. Moreover, the real worth of the School is being recognized more widely, no doubt because we are carrying on our Christian program without any fear or hesitation. This Committee of thirteen was appointed by the Hinomoto trustees from among teachers, former teachers, Development missionaries, graduates, trustees, and the Friends Committee of the School Association, with the Prindpal. Two important problems are under consideration, namely: Possible removal as a result of the new State road that will pass through this property. Financial independence. H' This four-page bulletin is being sent to the students MJ::th~O and their paren~s,. the graduates, and the Friends of the School ASSOCIatIOn. We should not fail to express our thanks to our trustees, SpeCial especially to Miss Converse and Mrs. Hara, wIlt> have Thanks given generously of their time. Mrs. Topping has offered a scholarship in the form of music lessons, to needy pupils. We appreciate this interest and help. Miss Acock is teaching Bible Classes which some of the teachers attend, and her personal leading is felt. 33

WOMEN'S BIBLE TRAINING SCHOOL, OSAKA

Ann M. Kludt, Acting Principal Margaret E. Cuddeback The Women's Bible Training School celebrated its 25th 25th anniversary last Otcober. In connection with Anniversary the celebration, the graduates published a beautiful booklet giving the history of the School.

Freshmen. All But One Are Products of Baptist Work. Left to Right: Graduate of Tono Kindergarten, one year Higher Department of Sendai Girls' School; Taira Kindergarten; Korean student; Mary Colby Girls' School, Yokohama; Himeji Girls' School; Inland Sea Church (special student).

The other real event of the year was the inaugu- Temporary ration, in April of this year, of a temporary Affiliation affiliation with Lambuth Training School for Christ- With Lambuth ian Workers. For some time the board of trustees had been studying the problem of training women more adequately for a wider sphere of Christian service that would meet the requirements of this complicated age in which we live. Fortunately, about the same time the report of the Commission on Christian Education in Japan was published. These twelve Commissioners~ four American and eight Japanese, came to the same conclusion we had reached-that there was need for inter­ denominational cooperation in the training of women for Christian work. .Briefly, the situation is this: In the Osaka-Kobe district there are four schools, with small student groups, almost completely financed :from foreign sources, doing the same type of work, and even using many of the same· professors. It is an expensive way 34 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

of training workers and is limited in scope. Better methods could be used in . some sort of cooperation. Because of our reduced budget, we were granted the privilege of cooperating temporarily with Lambuth Training School, where the first and second-year girls are now taking about half of their class work. The seniors go only once a week for three hours. In . the meantime, the four Bible Schools of this Further district-Episcopal, Congregational, Methodist (Lam­ Cooperation buth), and our school, have appointed a joint com­ Desirable mittee which is studying the situation very carefully. The coming year should see forward steps taken in a more permanent affiliation. For 25 years this School has been sending out women of character to help forward the Kingdom of God in Japan. Under this new plan we are hoping to send out more and better trained workers. A.M.K.

KANTO GAKUIN, YOKOHAMA

(Mabie Memorial Boys' School)

President Emeritus, Charles B. Tenny, D.D. President, Yugoro Chiba, LL.D. Vice-President, T. Sakata Missionaries: Mr. and Mrs.]. Howard Covell Mr. and Mrs. Royal Haigh Fisher Mr. and Mrs. ]. Fullerton Gressitt The past year at Kanto Gakuin (Mabie School for Men) has been full of changes. Rev. Yugoro Chiba, LL.D., who is widely and favorably known in educational and religious circles, was chosen by the Board of Trustees to the presidency, succeeding Rev. Charles B. Tenny, D.D.­ now President Emeritus-under whose able administration and sacrifical guidance greater Kanto Gakuin achieved a splendid start. Prof. Genzaburo Shirayama, recently returned from a period of study and observation in the States, has assumed the deanship of the expanded College of Commerce, bringing to his task new enthusiasm and a point of view which is thoroughly student centered. The fact that he is a record-holder known throughout the Empire for ·his prowess in swimming and that he was coach f-or the successful Japanese Olympic team at Los Angeles, gives him a unique place in the student heart; his clear-cut Christian manhood also is a large asset for our. work. He has on foot a rather ambitious scheme for the education in Japan of second- , generation Japanese of the Washington-California coast which should prove helpful in a needy and difficult situation. The year in the .High School (Middle) pepartment has been characterized by steady growth. The policy. adopted some time ago by Dean-now Vice-President-Sakata of. anticipating the government schools in the prefecture. by the adoption of improve­ ments in curriculum recommended by the Department of Educa- KANTO GAKUIN, YOKOHAMA 35

tion' has brought Kanto Gakuin into increasing favor with the local constituency. Opportunity for shop-work, for training in the rudiments of agriculture, for the beginnings of specialization in commercial subjects, even within the five-year High School course, are much appreciated by an observing clientele. Situated in the commercial port of Yokohama and being the only men's school under Christian auspices in the prefecture, Kanto Gakuin College of Commerce is confronted with a unique opportunity for touching the future business leaders of the community. Questions of support for such an institution are not so difficult. A curriculum of practical subject matter is being worked out within the government requirements. Extra-curricular acti vities of a varied nature-from oratory to mountain-climbing­ bring a touch of real college life to our men. Too often close personal and informal association between teachers and students is prominent by its absence in government schools: we are attempting to make our real contribution in this field of personal intimacy, and the loyalty of an increasing body of alumni gives reason to feel that we are not entirely without results. . An active International Relations Club, under the guidance of Prof. Takayama and the enthusiasm of Prof. Covell, have during the year set a fine example in their work, of positive and constructive peace. The Lytton Report was the center of a serious group study for weeks; critical and analytical work was enlivened by fresh material from Manchuria hrought by Prof. Odabashi. We have thus far been exceedingly free to study and work in this field of international relations, and we feel that we have done constructive work for world fellowship. The year has been marked by frequent and intimate interJ;1ational contacts through visits of student fellowship teams. Among them, the touch with the students of the States through messages from Thomas Harrison and Prof. Eby, and with the college men of China through the frank messages of Messrs. Wong and Chang during their recent good­ will tour, will stand out in memory for years to come. Cor­ respondence with schools in America and with Yenching University in Peiping is proving a follow-up which should make effective these ideals for peace and cooperation amid the strife and stress of these troublous times. In spite of united contributions by the teachers throughout the year of a portion of their salaries, the final cut in appropria­ tions from New York brought to us a major tragedy at Kanto Gakuin in the forced decision to close temporarily (We hope against hope that it is temporarily!) the College of Social Service Administration. . Many of us here have felt that the distinctive reason for our carrying on was embodied in this unique and pioneering Department. Its discontinuance was due to the lack of the necessary $3000 to carryon. It is hardly too much to say that the idea of social service is temporarily in eclipse in Japan <;luring these fascist-minded days. But only by so much the more was it actually imperative for us to carryon, awaiting the dawn of the day of reaction which is bound to break in time. But it was not to be! . By recommending our social service students to the .Presby­ ~erian College in Tokyo (Meiji .GakuinY we ~ere able i~ a measure to· meet their requirements, and we had very few new applicants. Our pre-theological men ·were turned over to . the EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Methodist Seminary in Tokyo (Aoyama Gakuin) as the best solution of our plight.. By dint of careful planning we have been able to retain the Fourth and Fifth Year Courses in Theology intact. We grieve over the lack ot training in the field of social problems which our future ministers must from now on experience tinder the new arrangement. One thing is very sure: during the short history of its existence, our Social Service Department more than justified itself. It demonstrated what can and ought to be done in a difficult and hampered field. Its loss is truly serious. Its overhead was too much for our budget; other departments could no longer carry it; it had to go. A realignment of the Christian educational forces in the Empire is surely overdue which would make it possible for Christianity to make its distinctive contribution in this needy field of social rehabilitation and reconstruction. Kanto Gakuin has the satisfaction of knowing that it did its bit while it had its chance. One· of the joys of the year has been the presence among us durinK the spring of Dr. George W. Bouldin who has been contributing his services to Kanto Gakuin. His years of experience in the south in both educational and evangelistic work have greatly strengthened us, and the service he has rendered is much appreciated. With over a thousand men in all departments Kanto Gakuin is at work building the Kingdom into the life of this nation. R. H. F.

SOSHIN JOGAKKO, YOKOHAMA

(Mary L. Colby Girls' School)

T. Sakata, Principal Miss Winifred M. Acock Miss Goldie M. Nicholson

At the request of some of the students of Mary L. Colby Girls' School, throughout last summer, once a week at 8 A.M., a chapel-service was held on the campus. Five of our Higher , Department girls attended the College Y.W.C.A. conference at Gotemba, and the following week eleven High School girls went with a teacher to the Junior conference. A number of these delegates, together with other students, later confessed their faith by baptism. On August 5th a number of Soshin teachers and students were gathered at the wharf to meet Miss Goldie Nicholson, who had been assigned to our school for her first year in Japan. From the beginning, Miss Nicholson has shown a warm interest in her work and a remarkable fitness for it. We earnestly hope that after .she has had her language study in Tokyo, she may be Sent back to our school.· The fall-term was a busy time 'with the usual excursion, athletic day, literary and musical programs, and the Christmas activities, which this year were centered around a three-fold • SOSHIN JOGAKKO, YOKOHAMA 31

purpose of worship, giving to the poor, and telling others the glad gospel-story. , These were, however, dark days for the school. Two teachers had already left because of our need for curtailing expense. Others were to be dismissed at the end of the year. Teachers who were retained had their salaries cut. Our buildings were in a wretched condition, and we were deeply in debt. In December our principal, Mr. S. Takagaki, tendered -his resignation, to take effect at the end ofl the2"year.

Machine Sewing Room-Formerly Part of Dormitory

But God had not forgotten us. The New Year dawned with blessings in store exceedingly abundantly above all we had asked or thought. Mr. Sakata, the head of the Middle School of our Mabie Memorial Boys' School, at great sacrifice to himself, consented to take the principalship, the trustees of Mabie Memorial releasing him from some of his responsibilities there that he might help us. At his own request he is serving without salary. The Alumnae promised their loyal support, backing up their promise with the sum of ¥13,OOO. In addition they have since promised ~~1000 more toward school improvements and ¥500 toward current expenses. In order to make more money for fuure needs, they are successfully operating a school-store. Gifts from several other sources have made it possible to wipe out -e~ery sen of indebtedness. As this report is being written, ~re comes word of another ¥lOOO, given by the father of·''Sne of the teachers, a graduate of the school. Our buildings and grounds now present a very different appearance from that of four months ago. All the buildings have been repaired and painted. Unused rooms in the dormitory have been changed into class-rooms. An outdoor gymnasium is now in use. A new building" is nearing completion. We have, been • 38 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

able to get much-needed furniture made very cheaply through the Manual Training Department of Mabie Memorial. Large new rooms, fitted with tables and sewing-machines, now offer a practical training for those who desire it. In March we graduated 38 girls. In April over 100 new pupils entered. The Y.W.C.A. has . been reorganized and strengthened, and is again a voluntary group of enthusiatic girls working for strong Christian influence in the school. The Sunday School is growing in interest. The teachers are encouraged. The students are cooperating in an effort to make our school the very best possible ...... And some people say they don't believe in miracles! W.M.A.

TOKYO KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS' TRAINING SCHOOL

Miss Kiku Ishihara, Principal

The great event of the year for the Tokyo Kindergarten Training School was the dedication of its beautiful new building 'in November, 1932. Built largely with gifts from friends -in America, it represents also its own loyal alumnae and friends here, and its ambitious principal, Miss Kiku Ishih.ara, who at great personal ~ sacrifice gave ¥1000. Hard times have lessened the enrolment, both in the Training School and in the Kindergarten, but on the whole the year has been a good one. From non-Baptist sourcesJone hears of the progressive work .the school is doing, not onley in ·'the classroom but in practical work. .In spite of the hearty supPort 01 the board of trustees, Miss Ishihara bears very heavy responsibilities; she needs and deserves the prayerful cooperation of -friends both in America and in Japan. Editors. TOKYO KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS' TRAINING SCHOOL 39

Woman's Christian College, Tokyo

Compiled from The Christian Graphic

The splendid campus and buildings, occupied by 500 Equipment young women, the pick of the nation, and their instruc- tors, crown. fifteen years of achievement for higher Christian education of women in Japan. Although it.is the youngest of the seven union Christian women's colleges of the Orient, it already h::ls the largest student body. With so few other avenues for liberal higher education, it is natural that this Christian college should become exceedingly popular. . The Fifteenth Anniver­ Fifteenth sary was celebrated on Anniversary April 28th. The cam- pus looked its best; its new concrete sidewal ks were flanked by well trimmed lawns and flower beds and arched with cherry trees in full bloom. The auditorium was decorated with lattice work of cryptomeria branches. Here, after speeches by many distinguished persons, as part of the afternoon program, the students presented "Comus," a Masque by John Milton. Among the distinguished guests were H. I. H. Princess Chichi bu. H. H. Princess Higashi Fushimi, and the American Ambassador. A notable event in the celebr.ation was the presentation of a gift from the alumnae of ¥17,000 to be Used toward the endowment fund. Of the 757 graduates The Alumnae to date, 33 have continued their study in Japan~se Imperial universities for men, or in America and Europe; 30 are teaching, nearly half of whom are on the faculties of mission schools and colleges; 36 are engaged " Mortals that would follow me, in journalistic or similar work; and Love vertue, she alone is 280 are married. Miss Tamiko ·free." From "Comus" Yamamuro, daughter of the com- manding officer of the Salvation Army in Japan, is herself Chief of the Investigation Bureau of the Salvation Army. Another graduate is Miss Fumiko M.itani, who is developing inductive education in one of Tokyo's leading private schools. A third, Miss Mutsu Maruyama, is now working in the Oral School for the Deaf. She says: "The spirit of 'Service and Sacrifice' which was implanted in me when I was in College led me to this work, and I am thankful that it has guided me." 40 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

SHOKEI JO GAKKO, SENDA. (ELLA O. PATRICK GIRLS' SCHOOL)

U. Kawaguchi Ph. D., Principal Miss Alice C. Bixby Miss Georgia M. Newbury Miss Helen L. Wilson

How many times have I wondered what must be behind the non-committal appearances of girls as they sit before me in class. Are they taking in far more than I realize-not only of subject matter, but of mannerisms and reasons, and is it because their thoughts are so confused that I they often appear to be I indifferent ?

Some of the Faculty In the Higher Department, girls often reveal their thoughts thn.>ugh their compositions. One girl from a poor family where there care several children lost her mother a, few ,months ago, and her continuing school was a serious question. A short time before her mother~s death, the girl had been baptized. This is a part of one of her recent compositions, for the way has been opened for her to remain in school, where her Christian leadership is very strong: . .. Rain in Spring brings to my heart a melancholy impression colored with green. ,However. this melancholy mood can not determine my future. The love of God and Of my dep~ mother have not vanished from my heart. BeCause of this great love, I hope to rise from' ~y sorrow shining like the sun after the gloomy rain of Spring." One of the worth-while activities of a Christian girls' school is the Y.W.C.A. Memories of my own happy "Y" days have caused me to be interested in even the youngest girls as they put into practice the Christian ideals they are hearing for the first time. SHOKEr JO GAKKO, SENDAI 41

For the third day of the third month, which is celebrated in Japan as Doll Festival Day, the first year students, not far removed from their own childhood when dolls were a delightful possession, wanted to give dolls to poor girls confined to hospitals. One wintry Saturday afternoon, they met and dressed dolls which they had purchased themselves. There was much fun in choosing names for the dolls, most of the girls selecting their own names. Then after the dolls had been properly admired and a picture had been taken, the students took them to a near-by government hospital. These same students made a large scrap-book containing samples of typical Japanese things, and together with silk book­ marks on which they had written their favorite Bible verses sent it to a church in America. A similiar book, one for each girl, came to the students in return. It is difficult to imagine which book in which country was treasured the more. In order to stimulate scholarship, it was decided this year to give half of tuition free to those pupils who had an average of ninety with a grade of over eighty percent in each subject. Among the few who received this reward were two sisters who are orphans and who are being cared for by an English rescue mission society in Sendai. With their mother they left Tokyo after the great earthquake and arrived in this city where their mother died shortly afterwards. Another of the girls who received this sp~cial recognition is the daughter of an Episcopal clergyman. This year from our high school, we had an unusually large graduating class while our entering class was a little smaller than usual. The students in our higher department remain practically the same in number. We are faced with countless serious problems these days, problems which we can not meet except as we rely upon His strength. ~o, though our numbers may be smaller than they were ten years ago, with confidence and faith we face the future as we daily seek to win for Him the lives entrusted to our care. H. L. W.

Mrs. Tota Fujii is president of the Mothers' Association of the grade school (government) in their neighborh:od. Several hundred mothers meet once in three months, when such speakers as Miss Kawai, Dr. Yasui, ProCessor Hasegawa, Dr. Yoshioka, address them upon subjects of special interest to mothers. When Mrs. Fujii organized the Association, three years ago, there were very few such organizations in grade schools, but now there are many of them. Church Statistics 1932

Church Members UJ I:: Contributions Kindergarten Night School I

~ ~ jg ~ I' CJ) I ~ ;X '8.~ g ~ Station Church and Chapel ...... CJ) I ~ ~ .~ ..c: -3 ~ ~ ~ 2l ~ ~~.§ ! ~ ~ § III f;z:l ~c U ;> -= ~ ..c:: I ~ c

1 UVIIJ ~ I, Eo I] :~fa -g rn ll~ ~E ~;g ~ ;g ~ ~ ~ ~ :::l • O... O~ 0.= 0 IIJ IIJ ..c: QJ I B ,<1) >: a:~:E ::E ' ~ ,~ <~ rn rn ~l) ~iJ:l E-< l) E-< rn ~ ~ ----.IH;;-:-"im-e-:j:-i-;;c;;"'h-u-rc-;-h-·- ..----- .. ·I---l' --411--8-1 l-m -6 --1---4-5 --...-, l57O--..-. --2 ~--.. -. --..-. --.. ·1------lkuno Chapel...... 1 13 - 12 , 25 3 259 1 169 ...". ...1·". Himeji Jl Tatsuno Cnapel .. , 1 12 171 29 4 1 27 ". 251 ...... , ... Toyooka Church... '''1 2 49 30 79 12 2 125 1 I, 454 ...... , Sund

Kobe (toman Chapel 1.00 Choo · .. i 1 31 1 83' 114 I 4 'I ::: I ::: ::: I Katena Chapel .. 1 ' 5 I 7 : 12 I 1 i ~~ j ~ ::: ::: ::: ::: { 1 136 31 540 ... 2 40 '" I ... 615 1254 I I ~~~tCha~~tCh :: :::i f ~g i §i : ~~, I ___ ~.~ !---KyOtO Kyoto Church ... "'_"'_.::.:-.::.·1-- --I --AS" -- '-40 ! -----ggl_' __4_ --+ -+0 -+I-rl~~ --i'j --=-"-=-I~ 1--::-: ~ --::~ I; ---3 ----u2 --1 ~ --..-, -:. --..-. 1--"-'1'--": --.-.. ---.-.--: {IShiOka Chapel ...... --12 1 I, Kimiga Chapel ." ...... "'1--1 1 41 i-iT,' 8 ' -'--23'1'49 6 1 60 ... 37 ...... , ...... 1 M' Makabe Chapel ... •...... 1 18 i 10 '28 ... 1 56 ... i 236 .. · ...... '" 33 5 ! Ito Mito Church...... '''1 1 2247 I' 36 57, 6 Taira Church ...... ". 2 63 ~! 2gg ~ I' l~gy ... "2 3'0 :~ I :::, 660 8441 _ I~co!!.iura Chapel --=---'-'--:':':""":':'1' I 22 1 11 33 I ... --i -1~~--!- ;~~ ~---=-'--:-::---::~i--::-: I-'~ --'''-, tlachinohe Church ...... -----}' ----2i3i ,i~24U "~I 477~ 1-35 Hanamaki Church ..• ". ". "'1 1 1 65 2 398 22 ... ". , ." I ", 1 ... lwayado Chapel... ", ...... 1 14 ! 12 : 26 ... M . k Kamaishi Church ...... 1 44 : 26 : 7U : 3 ono a Morioka Church...... ''', 1 78 i 79 I 157 ! 9 ! ~~~ .~ I' !~~ ::: .~ I ~~ 'I ::: I ::: ~ig I: l~~g Nemuro Church...... 1 1 36 , 19 , 55 1 1 146 ... 388 ... 2 I 36 355 318 fono Chapel.· ... ." ... ". ,,·1 1 33 i 34 : 67 3 ] 181 3 360 I ... 2 ' 48 68:! 2875 : ISundav Schools"...... " ... '"I __'''_l ___''' __,,_. \ __,,_. --"-' , __5_ ~2.. ___"_' __,,_. ,__ ,,_. ______"=-- __ 38 Ikeda Church ..."...... , 1 I 26 1 l~ 1 3 I 58 2 502 i Naniwa Church...... 1 58 53 I lIt 7 1 220 2 1051 I "'1'" ... I '". , ' Nara Church,,· ". ... "...... 2 24 i 30 'I 5i ". 1 40 3 568 ...... ::: I Osaka Church "'1 1 40 ' 45 I 8:> 6 1 80 2 1!).40 ... 3 i ~.~ I 1070 03aka Sakai Church ... 1 '18 ! 15 ! 33 2 fanabe Church ... 1 11 I 9 I 20 2 I ig 3 ~§~ 1 ::: I Yodogawa Church ... 1 30 , 23 I 53 8 __ Sunciav Schools ...... , I _.'" , -.- :". i ' --..1 gg __ ~ 13:'~ ~I "2~ 111 __ 2~.07:.1 ... I Sendai First Church... ..·1 1 8t II 117 ',: Hit! 8 1 170 1 1251 ... , -':.'... 415 535 Hokusei Church...... " I 1 27 , 35 i 62 1 63 1 342 ... 2 13 175 192 452 f 1 91 2 729 2 ' 25 i 428 Sp.ndai l ~i~e:an~~C~:r~~h ::: :::1 i ~~ ! ~~ i I~§ : 3 159' 3 731 '''l... 2 ' 38 I 484 484 Shokei Church ...... "', 2 , ... I 229 1 . 229 2 1 233 109...... i ... I . Sundav Schools ... '''1 __ ..':. '__ '-.:J -----.~".! - --:.:~ ---'-" __3_~ __,,_. •.. __,,_. ... I .. . 1 Central Church ...... "'1 1 I' 85 I l2!i I 211 8 ::I 264 1 424U ... '--3-1--8-51--~' Fukagawa Chapel...... 1 16 16 32 ... 1 79 2 I 376 22 ." , .. . .. , Harajuku Church... ..' 2 30 39 69 5 1 101 2 1243 .... 2 25 ...... T::.~ 1- 2:~~ I Haramachida Church ... I 20 ~5 I, 45 3 1 74 2 I 427 12 3 I 68 .. . 1018 Tokyo f Immanuel Church ...... 1 ; 45 75 ! 120 2 1 150 2 I 977 20 3 : 38 .. . "'1 770· 192,"'1 Shiba Church ." ... 2 ' 44 44 ! 88 5 1 .l05 2 975 ... I .. . ." '" I Suginami Chapel 1 I 4 2 " 6 ... 1 38 1 217 ! ...... "'1 ... •.. 'lotsuya Church... 1 49 54 ,103 2 1Sunday Schools ... "."...: I "._..-.:.'..... J ~~ ~ ~~ ii5 ,,~ ~.~ , .:: i ::: 14~.~ 15~: -- II Atsugj Church ...... '--I --25 ~ I~ 4 4 149 2 341 38 ------1------'...... " IKanagawa Church ... 1 107 242 ,349 3 1 112 3 2346 3 46 ... '1447 ,Kawasaki Church ... 1 18 191 37 2 1 70 3 427 8 ... I ... '" IYokohama llKanto Gakuin Church 1 76 29 105 17 1 181 2 1050 ...... '" ...... Yokohama. Church ... 1 _ 130 132 I 262 6 1 123 3 1799 ... 3 35 ". '" 870 ... ,Sunday Schools...... ______,,_. __,,_. --- 76 H--- Matsumoto Church i 68 1 144 4 om,:·--{I Omachi Church ... 1 50 I 58 108 2. I M ISSlon NaJ'!'ova Church ... I , 19 10 29 ____5_ 1m I ~~~ ~~~ i ~~~- ~~~ ;;; 1 ~~~ ~~~ - --- I 1 :i r J8 . 8 06 98 41863. 242...... •.. Total for 19:i2 -67-1' 214::1 26;iO 14m 229 I i 113 8998 108 42505. 2706...... I ... •.. : ... 1 Total for 1931 74 2146 2614' 4760 265 ~----- Educational Statistics' 1932

rn Students QJ

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.. ~-.~.1---2 I I ... 11' __ ...,_ .. _Ii H' .. {IHinomoto Kindergarten .,. ... 35 ~ ~_o_~_ Ime]1 Hinomoto Girls' High School ••• 1 15 ------______.._'_I------1-30--1------·-~·-I------.. -·-I------65~ iAgenosho Kindergarten...... 2 26 171 192 I · 1 !Mitsunosho Kindergarten .. . 18 69 Inland Sea IOmishima R.. 'indergarten...... 1 20 110 480452 I ISetoda Kindergarten...... 1 29 123 581 [Shigei Kindergarten...... •. 1 30 165 600 ------t 1------'--1------1------1-----1 f :Zenrin Morning Kind~rgarten ...... 5 Kobe \ Zenrin Afternoon Kintlergarten...... ) ::: I ~} ... 1350 3068 I 2 l iNaha Zenrin Kindergfirtt'n Loo Choo ... ! ___4_0,_ ... 615 ]254 i Mito;Taira Kindergarten ...... 2 ______·_ .. _1------..-·-1-----~3-0-1------·- .. -1.------6-60--!-----8«--- lKamaiShi Ki'ndergart~n .. . 2 ...... 32 ... 540 730 2 1 Morioka Kiridergarten .. . Morioka INemuro Kindergarte-IJ. .. . 2 ~~ ::: ~~~ l~i~ i Numakunai Kinderg'drten 1 ... 20 ... 100 290 i tTono Kindergarten ... '" 2 '3 iOsaka Kind~rgarten... .., .. - ... .,. . .. , 2 Kizu Kindergarten ...... :.:',:.' I' :.: ;; ::: ,;~ 2:: Osaka JliMead Christian Center-~ind~rgarten ... 2 . 1, ,. ,t -Engltsh School ... a 70 ." ~.~} ... 2531 6403 1 _____ iBible Training School ...... , .... ____._.1 ____1_4_ 16 ... 16 I 695 7764 ___-'--- __ I------1------Hokusei Kindergarten ...... '" 2 Kesenmlma Kindergarten ...... 1.2

Sendai Se~dai First .Church Kindergartt:n 22 :.:.:. I' I' fl:ShlOgama Kmdergarten _.- ... .. - ... i~38 :::... Hi484 i~1484 284 28 ______;Shokei Girh;' High School ...._.. ______26_~ _____.._. _1------..-. _1 ______1------:~I--- 27059 Fukagawa Nl:rsery School··· .,...... 3 94 1730 3785· Haramachi Kindergart< n ...... " :::1 2 45 ]025 1110 Haramachi Kindergarten Training School ... 15 65 24 3800 4300 i IHaramachida Kindergarten ... "'1 3 68 1018 ... 1 2 :.: I 600 :Harajuku Kindergarten :::1 25 I iHarajuku Night School ...... 6 ]0 240 ~~g iMisaki Kindergarten ::I 85 1454 2852 I Misaki English School .. . 9 331 60nO !:870 [Starlight Kindergarten J .. . 4 57 1078 2614 Tokyo Starlight Kindergarten II 3 38 770 1921 Waseda Dormitory... .., ... \ 24 1311 1270 I,Waseda Night School ... 5. 58 345 23 !Waseda Other Clubs...... ::: ( 138 305 234 :Woman's Christian College (Union) (B3) (44.038) (129,326) IYotsuya Kindergarten ...... 2 '43 -1476 1557 ,Yotsuya Primary English Class .. . 1 35 686 94 1 !Yotsuya Adult English Class .. . 3 13 381 370 I ... 3 5845 5785 11 ______IYoun g Women's Dcrmitory...... 26

[ {,Kanagawa Kindergarten ...... '''1 3 46 1447 ~I Kanto Gakuin High School...... 34 873 54697 77717 i" .. College·...... · 197 9 14992 45219 I Yokohama .1.. " Theological School 16 24 7 9989 .. .. English School ... • '20 230 5593 5425 \Soshin Girls' High School...... 13 14933 29926 IYokohama Kindergarten ... 3 35 870

1932 1931 Summary: Kindergartens... ." ." ...... , 32 ..... ,1301 32 ...... 2100 children High Schools...... 4 .... :,3447 4 ...... 1480 students Higher Departments or Schools .. , 6... •.. 384 6 ...... 378 Night Schools ... 11 ...... 885 9 ...... 1813 Fees paid .. · ¥139,258. ¥151.203. Expenditures ... ¥257.649. ¥293,894. DIRECTORY OF MISSIONARIES With Dates of Joining Japan Mission

Acock, Miss Amy A., 1905-50 ShimoteraMachi, Himeji. Acock, Miss Winifred M., 1922-1 of 8 Nakamaru, Kat,agawa Ku, Yokohama. (Tel. Honkyoku 2176). Allen, MIss Thomasine, 1915-31 Tenjin Machi, Morioka, Iwate Ken. Axling, Rev. (D.D.) and Mrs. William, 1901-5 Nichome, Shirakawa Cho, Fukagawa Ku, Tokyo. (Tel. Misaki Tabernacle: Kanda 1628). Benninghoff, Rev. (D.D.) and Mrs. Harry B., 1907-551 Itchome, Totsuka Machi, Yodo~ashi Ku, Tokyo. (Tel. Ushigome 3687. F. C. Waseda Hoshien ~ Tokyo 757866). Bixby, Miss Alice C., 1914-2 Nakajima Cho, Sendai. (Tel. 1192). Buzzell, Miss Annie S., 1892-Tono, Iwate Ken. Carpenter, Miss M. M., 1895-2 of No.9 Nichome, Surugadai, Tokyo. Clause, Miss Freda J., 1930-Tokyo Joshi Daigaku, Kami Igusa Machi, Suginami Ku, Tokyo. (Tel. Ogikubo 49). Covell, Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard, 1920 1327 Minami Ota Machi, Naka Ku, Yokohama. (Tel. Kanto Gakuin, Choja Machi 2108. F. C. Tokyo 73127). Cuddeback, Miss Margaret E., 1931-50 Itchome, Minami Dori, Moto Imasato Cho. Higashi Yodogawa Ku, Osaka. (Tel. Kita 7005). Farnum, Rev. and Mrs. Marlin D., 1927 Mont Vernon, N. H. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Royal Haigh, 1914-1327 Minami Ota Machi, Nakaku, Yokohama. (Tel. Kanto Gakuin, Choja Machi 2108). Foote, Rev. (D.D.) 1912 and Mrs. John A., 1911-58 Itchome, Minami Dori, Moto Imasato Cho, Higashi Yodogawa Ku, Osaka. (F. C. Osaka 28813). Gressitt, Mr. and Mrs. J. Fullerton, 1907-820 Nichome, Shimouma Machi, Setagaya Ku, Tokyo. (Tel. Setagaya 2674). Holtom, Rev. (Ph. D., D.D.) and Mrs. Daniel C., 19 LO-2090 Monte Vista St., Pasadena, California, U. S. A. Jesse, Miss Mary D., 1911-Ashland, Virginia, U. S. A. Kennard, Rev. (Ph. D., Lit. D.) 1920, and Mrs. J. Spencer, Jr., 1923-10 of 166 Sanya, Yoyogi, Shibuya Ku, Tokyo. (Tel. Yotsuya 3786). Kludt, Miss Afln M., 1922-50 Itchome,' Minami Dod, Moto Imasato Cho, Higashi Yodogawa Ku, Osaka. (Tel. Kita 7005. F. C. Osaka 77362). Meline, Miss Agnes S., 1919 - c/o Mrs. A. B. Johnson, Colon, Nebraska. Newbury, Miss Georgia M., 1921-2 Nakajima Cho, Sendai. (Tel. 1192). Nicholson, Miss Goldie, 1932-51 Itchome, Denma Cho, Y otsuya, Tokyo.' Parkinson, Rev. and Mrs. William W., 1929-1778 Minami Ota Machi, Naka Ku, Yokohama. Post, Miss Vida, 1920-50 Shimotera Machi, Himeji•. Ross, Rev. and Mrs. C. Howard, 1910-1001 W. 161st St., 'Gardena, Los Angeles, California, U. S. A. Ryder, Miss Gertrude E., 1908-51 Itchome, Denma Cho, Yotsuya, Tokyo. Steadman, Rev. and Mrs. F. W., 1902-Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Tenny, Rev. m.D.), 1900, and Mrs. Charles B., 1914-Hilton, New York. Tharp, Miss Elma R., 1918 -2 of No.9 Nichome, Surugadai, Tokyo. Topping, Rev. 1926 and Mrs. Willard F., 1921-102 Goken Yashiki, Himeji. Wilkinson, Miss Jessie M. G., 1919-5 Ardmore Road, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass., U. S. A. Wilson, Miss Helen L., 1929-2 Nakajima Cho, Sendai. (Tel. 1192).

RETIRED OR NOT IN ACTIVE SERVICE From A.B.F.M.S. Report and Actions Bennett, Mrs. Mela B.-69 Sherman Place, Ridgewood, N. J. Bickel, Mrs. L. W.-50 Shimotera Machi, Himeji. Briggs, Mrs. F. C.-34 Chestnut Terrace, Newton Center, Mass. RETIRED OR NOT IN ACTivE SERVICE 47

Clagett, Miss M. Anna-cio W.A.RF.M.S., 152 Madison Ave., New York. Converse, Miss Clara A.-I4 Asahigaoka, Kanagawa Ku, Yokohama. Dearing, Mrs. J. L.-U Fresh Pond Lane, Cambridge, Mass. Fisher, Mrs. Emma H.-1327 Minami Ota Machi, Naka Ku, Yokohama. Hamblen, Rev. arid Mrs. S. W. - Granville, Ohio. Harrington, Mrs. C. K.-clo A.B.F.M.S., 152 Madison Ave., New York. Hill, Rev. George W.-1l6 W. Granada Road, Phoenix. Arizona. Jones, Mrs. E. H.-c/o A.B.F.M.S., 152 Madison Ave., New York. Mead, Miss Lavinia Hotel Maryland, 13th and LaSalle Sts., Minneapolis, ·Minn. Parshley, Mrs. W. B.-Live Oak, Florida. Scott, Mrs. J. H.-American Girls' Academy, Box 257, Istanbul, Turkey. To'pping, Rev. and Mrs. Henry-lOI Haramachi, Koishikawa, Tokyo. Wilcox, Miss Edith F.-38 Forest Ave., Providence, R. I. Wynd, Rev. and Mrs. William-23 Dalhousie Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland.

ALLOCATION OF MISSIONARIES September, 1933 HIMEJI Acock, Miss Amy A.-Women's evangelistic work. Post, Miss Vida--Himeji Girls' School; Hinomoto Kindergarten. Topping, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. - Evangelistic Work. INLAND SEA Acock, Miss Amy A.-Women's evangelistic work. Topping, Mr. and Mrs. W. F.-Evang~listic Work. KOBE (Including Lao Chao Islands) No resident missionary. Akagawa, Mr. K.--Loo Chao evangelistic work. Foote, Mrs. J. A.-Kobe Zenrin Kindergartens. Foote, Mr. J. A.-Kobe evangelistic work. Kludt, Miss Ann-Women's evangelistic work, Lao Choo Islands. KYOTO No resident missionary. MITO No resident missionary. Mr. and Mrs. Kennard, evangelistic work. MORIOKA Allen, Miss Thomasine-Women's general evangelistic work in North. Buzzell, Miss Annie S.-Tono Christian Center. No resident missionary family. Mr. AxIing, evangelistic work. OSAKA ' Cuddeback, Miss Margaret E. Women's Bible Training School. Foote, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.-Evangelistic work. Kludt, Miss Ann-Acting 'Prihcipal, Women's Bible Training SCJ1Ool. SENDAI No resident missionary family. Mr. Axling, evangelistic work. Bixby, Miss Alice C.-Girls' School. Newbury, Miss Georgia M.--Girls' School. Wilson, Miss Helen L.~Girls' School. TOKYO Axling, Mr. and Mrs. William -Misaki' and Fukagawa Tabernacles; Morioka and Sendai evangelistic work; National Christian Council (part time). Benninghoff, Mr. and Mrs.' H. B. - Waseda Christian Center. Carpenter, Miss M. M.-Starlight Kindergartens; Immanuel Church. Clause, Miss Freda J.-Woman's Christian College. ' Gressitt, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. - Treasurer, Mabie Memorial School, Yokohama; evangelistic work, Tokyo. Kennard, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Jr.-Literature evangelism; Mito evangelistic work. Nicholson. Miss Goldie M.-School of Japanese 'Language and Culture. Ryder, Miss Gertrude E.-Young Women's 'Dormitory. Tharp, Miss Elma R.-Missionary secretary of Convention; secretary of Missionary Group. ' PlRECTO~Y' OF MISSIONARIES

YOKOHAMA Acock: Miss Winifred M.-Mary Colby ·.Girls' School. Covell, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.-Mabie Memorial School. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. R. H.-Mabie Memorial School. Fisher, Mrs. R. H.-Kotobuki Kindergarten. . Parkinson, Mr. and Mrs. W. W.'-1;.:vangelistic work. ON FURLOUGH Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Farnum; Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Holtom; Miss Mary D. Jesse; Miss Agnes S.Meline; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ross: Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Steadman; Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Tenny; Miss Jessie M. G. Wilkinson. .

.. ORGANIZATION OF JAPAN BAPTIST CONVENTION

EXECUTIVE BOARD Y. Chiba, J. F. Gressitt, S. Namioka, M. Yamada ... 1934 Miss Allen, T. Fujii,K. Naruse, Mrs. T. Yasumura 1935 W. AxIing, R. Fujiwara, T. Nakai, Miss C. Yamada 1936 OFFICERS OF ANNUAL MEETING 1934: President ...... U. Kawaguchi Vice-Presidents...... : H. B. Benninghoff, S. Yasumura Convention Pastor ...... H.Watanabe Associate Convention Pastor...... ~.. ~.. T. Nakai Auditing Committee ... Ann Kludt, T. Okuma, Kumajiro Yamamoto Japanese Secretary...... No!)uQ Tokita Missionary Secretary ...... Elma R~ Tharp DEPARTMENTS Evangelistic T. Nakai (Chairman), R. Etani, J. A. Foote, T. Imai, J. Suga~'a, Tadaaki Suzuki, Teruaki Takahashi. Educational . S. Namioka (Chairman), Shigeru Aoyagi, Miss T. Ayai, D. C.Holtom, Miss Sachi Maruyama, R. Sawano,. S. Yasumura. Social Service W. Axling. (Chairman), 1. Chiba, J. H. Covell, Shigeo Shinozaki. Woman's Miss Chiyo Yamada (Chairman), Miss Kishi Abe, Miss Shin Sakamoto, Miss Mine' Bito. Christian Workers' Benefit K. Naruse (Chairman), Toshiro Miyaji, Shigeo. Nakatani, R. Seo, Koichi Takahashi, Shinichi Watanabe, Hikota Yukawa. Publishing . J. F. Gressitt (Chairman), Shozo 'Hashimoto, Kichigoro Kawamata, J. S. Kennard. Jr., W. W.Parkinson, Togo Suzuki, K. Tomoi. Financial T. Fujii (Chairman), Y. \ Akimoto, Seichi Arima, R. H. 'Fisher, K. Harada, Gertrude E. 'Ryder, ShuzoTakahashi. Delegates to National Christian Council-Alice C. Bixby, R. H. Fisher. J. F. Gressitt. Also T. Imai, Y. Chlba, M: Kuroda (So Bap.), who were carried over from the old regime. Hymnal Committee R. H. Fisher, S.,Yasumur:a..

ORGANIZATION OF MIS~ION.ARY GRO~P

STANDING COMMITTEE . Alice C. Bixby,·J. H. Covell ...... 1934 ThomasIne Allen, H. B. Benninghoff ...... '1935 Winifred M. Acock ...... 1936 ORGANIZATION OF MISS,IONARY GROUP 49

Woman's Committee (sub-committee of Standing Committee) Alice C. Bixby, Mrs. J. S. Kennard, Jr. . .. 1934 Thomasine Allen (Chairman)... .• ...... •• 1935 Winifred M. Acock (Chairman), Vida Post 1936 Woman's Joint Committee The above named missionaries and the following: Mrs. Sakae Hashimoto, Miss Kuni Obara .. 1934 Mrs. Naito, Mrs. K. Naruse ... . .• 1935 Miss Chiyo Yamada, Mrs. Sasako 1936 OTHER COMMITTEES American School in Japan-Mr. Fisher. Auditing Committee-Treasurer of Missionary Group. Correspondence with Missionary Children-Mrs. Covell, Mrs. Axling. Conference of Federated Missions - Mr. Covell, Miss Newbury, Mr. Topping. (Each for one year only.) Language Committee-Mr. Benninghoff, Miss Post. Medical Committee-Mrs. R. H. Fisher, Mr. Covell. Program Committee-Mr. Kennard, Miss Wilson, Chairman of Meeting, Secretary of Missionary Group. Publicity Committee - Secretary of Missionary Group, Mrs. Kennard, Miss Nicholson, Mr. Parkinson. Shadan (juridical person holding property under Japanese Iaw)­ Mr. Fisher, Mr. Foote, Mr. Gressitt, Mr Kennard, Mr. Topping. Mission Church - Pastor, W. F. Topping: Deacons, Mr. Gressitt, Mr. F~ote; Clerk-Treasurer, Mr. Parkinson. OFFICERS Chairman of Meeting 1934-Mr. Topping. Secretary-Miss Tharp. Recording Secretary-Miss Cuddeback. Preacher-Mr. Holtom.

BOARDS OF TRUSTEES HIMEJI: Hinomoto Jo Gakko (Himeji Girls' School) S. Namioka, Mrs. Topping ...... 1934 Miss Kludt, Mrs. Yoshiko Umeda 1935 Mrs. Tsuni Mizunuma, Miss Post 1936 OSAKA: Women's Bible Training School. Miss Amy Acock, Miss Mishie Tomoi 1934 Mr. Foote, Mr. Naruse...... 1935 Miss Post, Mr. Kembi Yamamoto 1936 SENDA! : Shokei Jo Gakko (Ella O. Patrick Girls' School) Miss Bixby, Mr. Koichi Takahashi 1934 Mrs. Benninghoff, Miss Kuni Obara...... 1935 Miss Allen, Mr. Gento Suzuki ...... 1936 TOKYO: Hoshien (Waseda Christian Center) Mr. Gressitt, T. Fujii 1934 Dr. M. Shiozawa ...... 1935 Tokyo Kindergarten Teachers' Training School Miss Bixby, Mrs. Gressitt. Woman's Cilristian College (Baptist Representatives) Miss Winifred Acock ... ..• ...... 1934 Mrs. Kennard ...... • 1935 YOKOHA VIA: Kanto Gakuin (Mabie Memorial School) Mr. Axling, Mr. Gressitt, Mr. Shozo Hashimoto., Mr. H. Yukawa... 1934 . Mr. Covell. Mr. Fisher, Mr. T. Fujii. Mr. H. Wata:labe 1935 Mr. K. Ando, Mr. H. B. Benninghoff, Mr. D. C. Holtom, Mr. S. Takagaki ...... 1936 Soshin Jo Gakko (Mary L. Colby Girls' School) Mrs. R. H. Fisher, Mr. Teizo Tada 1934 Mr~ Shigeru Aoyagi, Mr. Gressitt 1935 Miss W. Acock, Mrs. Morita...... 1936 J L" YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

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