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MINUTES OF THE MALAYA ANNUAL CONFERENCE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH HELD IN SINGAPORE, JANUARY 1938

WESLEY CHUR C H, SINGAPORE TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. OFFICERS OF TEE ANNUAL CONFERENCE S II. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES 4 Special Committees , .. 6 III. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 7 IV. DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS 18 Certificate of Ordination 25 V. APPOINTMENTS 26 Special Appointments 34 Secretary's Certi1lcate 34 VI. REPORTS: (a) District Superintendents Singapore District-R. L. Archer 3!S Sibu District-Lee Hock Hiang 38 Central lI[alaya District-Abel Eklund 40 Central Tamil District-P. L. Peach 43 &erik! District-Wong King Hwo 46 Southern Tamil District-S. S. Pakianathan 47 Penang-Ipoh District-I Dodsworth 49 (b) Standing Committees and Boards Committee on Public Morals 55 Committee on Evangelism 55 Committee on Resolutions 56 Committee on the State of the Church 57 Committee on Home ][issions 57 Conference Board of Stewards 60 STATISTICS Summary of Kalaya Annual Conference and Malaysia Chinese Mission Conference Statistics 64 Statistical Beport of Malaya Annual Conference Inserted Statistics for Educational Institutions Inserted Statistician's Recapitulation Report Inserted Conference Treasurer's Report 66 VII. lIlISCELLANEOUS Recommendations of Committee on Christian Literature 67 General Report on Girls' Schools 67 Report of the Malaysia Commission on Beligious Education for 1937 69 VIII. ROLL OF THE DEAD 73 Memoirs 74 IX. HISTORICAL Conference Sessions 77 Chronol~gical Boll 78 Retired Ministers 79 .MINUTES

OF THE FOR TY -SIXTH SESSION

MALAYA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

.METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

HELD IN WESLEY CHURCH

SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS,

MALAYA

JANUARY 6, TO 12, I938

PUBLISHED BY SECRETARY, MALAYA ANNUAL CONFERENCE FIVE, FORT CANNING ROAD -. SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS

MALAYA ->.~ ... ~'~~~'~: ~ --~'~~:i) OFFICERS 3

I. Officers

Resident Bishop EDWIN FLEE

(a) OFFICERS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE

President. EDWIN FLEE Secretary. W A. SCHURR Assistant Secretary j. S. ARTHUR Statistician .. · C. D. PATTERSON Treasurer .. FRED DAVID Registrdr H. F KUEHN M ission Treasurer · R. L. ARCHER Edu.cational Secretary .. · L. PROEBSTEL Secretary Board of Building and Location. · R. A. BLASDELL Assistant Secretary B.B.L.. · R. L. ARCHER

Any of the above officers may be addressed: 5 Fort Canning Road, Singapore, S.S.

(b) OFFICERS OF THE LAY CONFERENCE

President: T \V. HINCH, Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore

Secretary: j. M. PAKIANATHAN, Kuala Lumpur, F.1\LS.

Treasurer: LEE CHOON ENG, Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore 4 MALAYA C..oNFERENCE, 1938

II. Boards, Commissions and Committees

:SOARD OF MINISTERIAL TRAINING H. B. Amstutz, Chairman: H. F. Kuehn, Registrar: P. L. Peach, Lee Hock Hiang, j. V. Ayaduray, Fred David, S. M. Thevathasan, W. A. Schurr, Gerald V Summers, Wong King Hwo. CONFERENCE RELATIONS Class C for I year: j. S. Arthur, Gerald V. Summers, H. F. Kuehn. Class A for 2 years: S. M. Tthevathasan, E. S. Lau, R. A. Blasdell. Class B lor 3 years: P L. Peach. N. G. Manickam. Lester Proebstel. MISSION FINANCE COMMITTEE Bishop Edwin F. Lee, Cbairman, M. Dodsworth, 1St Vice-Cbairman; R. L. Archer, 2nd Vice-Cbairman; T. W. Hinch, Secretary; S. S. Pakianathan, Abel Eklund, Wong King Hwo, Lee Hock Hiang, Mission Treasurer, Secretary B.B.L., Mission Correspondent,; Secretary of Education, Principal A.C.S. Penang, Principal A.C.S. lpoh, Principal A.C.S. Singapore, and Principal M.B.S. Kuala Lumpur. Elective: Fred David, P W. Tambyah, Lee Chaon Eng. COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION Secretary of Education, Principal A.C.S. Penang, Principal A.C.S. Singa­ pore, Principal A.C.S. Ipoh, Principal M.B.S. Kuala Lumpur, Principal M.G.S. Kuala Lumpur, V. D. Kuppusamy, Ho Seng Ong, L. B. Jenkins.

~ISTRICT CONFERENCE MINUTES Herbert H. Peterson, j. Milton David, Chew Hock Hin, Chua 10k Han. EXAMINERS IN THE VERNACULAR Malay: R. A. Blasdell, R. L. Archer, Goh Hood Keng. Tamil: S. M. Thevathasan. Foochow: Lee Hock Hiang, Mrs. j. M. Hoover, D. p, Coole. OONFERENCE STEWARDS Class A for 2 years: Lee Hock Hiang. Class B lor 3 years: S. M. Thevathasan, Kingham Joseph. Class C for I year: Fred David, W. A. Schurr.

~UBLIC MORALS R. A. Blasdell, Goh Hood Keng, Gerald V. Summers, J. S. Arthur, G. E. Stephens.

~UBLICATIONS AND CHURCH EXTENSION Ex-Officio: Chairman, The Resident Bishop. Ex-Officio: Treasurer, Secretary of the Board of Building and Location. Ex-Officio: Secretary, Secretary for Christian Literature. Malaya Annual Conference Members: R. L. Archer, S. M. Thevathasan, M. Dodsworth, Ho Seng Ong. Sumatra Mission Conference Members: A. H. Prussner, A. V. Klaus. :BOARD OF CO'NTROL FOR HOLDING CHURCH AND PARSONAGE PROPERTY For 2 years: Lee Hock Hiang, S. A. Phillips, Fred David. For 3 years: Secretary Board of Building and Location. F or I year: S. S. Pakianathan, E. S. Lau. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES 5

PUBLIC WORSHIP AND MUSIC Waldo S. Reinoehl. Cbairman: Miss Geraldine Johnson, Lester Proebstel, J. A. Ayaduray, M. Thangamuthu, Mis. ~aul E. Thomas, J. Milton David. CHRISTIAN LITE·RATURE Secretary of Christian Literature, Cbairman: S. S. Pakianathan, R. A. Blasdell, ~. G. Manickam, Theodore Runyan, Chen Pi-Jen, D. D. Chelliah, Miss Eva I. ;\elson, V. A. Chelliah, Lyman B. Terry. STATE OF THE CHURCH Paul H. Schmucker, J. J. Kovilpillai, Goh Hood Keng, Chua 10k Han, Miss ,\label ;\iarsh, J. W. A. Kadirgamar. EVANGELISM Chew Hock Hin, M. Dodsworth, Abel Eklund, C. P Patterson, Goh Hood Keng, R. L. Archer, J. Milton David, Waldo S. Reinoehl, Victor Paranjothy. ]30ARD OF CONTROL OF THE JEAN HAMILTON THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL R. L. Archer. Cbairman: W. A. Schurr, S. M. Thevathasan, (ministerial). P. W Tambyah. Lim Un Tien (lay). MALAYSIA COMMISSION ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 1938 Cbairman: Bishop Edwin F. Lee. Vice-Chairman: Willard A. Schurr. F or one 'year: !\1iss Martha Gertsch, E. S. Lau, M iss Dorothy Moreton. For t7.£'O years: Ralph A. Kesselring, Miss Goh Gie Hing, V D. Kuppusamy. For three years: V Paranjothy, Miss Geraldine Johnson, L. B. Jenkins. Associate members: Miss Mabel Marsh, S. M. Thevat-hasan, Gurdial Singh, S. K. Ratnam, Miss Ruth M. Harvey, C. B. Paul, Mrs. Gerald V. Summers, Ho Seng Ong, Mrs. Tay Soo Keng, j.J Milton David, Chew Hock Hin. Geh Hun Keng, W A. Schurr. Secretaries: Miss Eva 1. Nelson and P. B. Means. Secretary fOT Epworth· League and Young People's Work: G. S. Arumugam. Elected Representative from Epworth League: T!lio Gek Choo. Sumatra Members: Mrs. A. H. Prussner, Darel McFerren.

TRIERS OF APPEALS R. A. Blasdell. Abel Eklund, Goh Hood Keng, S. S. Pakianathan, Lester Proebstel, S. M. Thevathasan, C. D. Patterson, Fred David, J. J. Kovilpillai. Rcser'l}cs: Burr H. Baughman, Chua 10k Han, Kingham Joseph.

HOME MISSIONS Executi'l)c Committee: V. D. Kuppusamy, President: Yong Ngim Djin, Vice-President; R. A. Kesselring, Secretar}'; Wong Hean Kim. Treasurer; Mrs. L. B. Jenkins, Miss M. Dirkson, M. T Fang, Members of the C011l.mittee. Ministerial Representatives: S. S. Pakianathan; Chuah 10k Ham; H. H. Peterson. M embers of Lay COl1ference: \' D. Kuppusamy; Yong Ngim Djin; R. A. Kesselring; Wong Hean Kim. Members of the WomallS Conference: Miss G. Traeger; Miss M. Dirkson; Mrs. M. Dodsworth. Members of tbe Cbinese Mission Conference: Andrew K. T. Chen; C. E. Fang; Hong Han Keng. Members 01 the Cbinese Lay Conference: Lim Un Tien; Cheng Wei King; M. T. Fang. 6 MALAYA CoNFERENCE, 1938

SPECIAL COMMIITEES EDITING AND PUBLISHING OF MINUTES The Conference Secretary, Paul E. Thomas, The Conference Statistician,. E. S. Lau. P. B. Means, S. M. Thevathasan. ASIATIC PASTORS' BUNGALOW j. Milton David, C. E. Fang. Shih Yu Shou, Eugene O. McGraw, LaiKam Hong. CONFERENCE PBOGRAMME Waldo S. Reinoehl, Cbairma1l; J. v. Ayaduray, Secretary; E. S. Lau, R. L. Archer. Miss Ruth M. Harvey, TI. W. Hinch, Paul E. Thomas, Thio Chan Bee~ TEXT BOOK (ADVISTORy) Lester Proebstel, Educational Secretary, ex-officio chairman: Miss Maber Marsh, Miss Dorothy Moreton, L. B. Jenkins, Thio Chan Bee, T. W. Hinch,. V. D. Kuppusamy. MEMORIALS Abel Eklund, L. A. Samuel, Miss Ada Pugh, Miss Carrie C. Kenyon, S. A. Phillips. RESOLUTIONS Ralph A. Kesselring, N. G. Manickam, Lyman B. Terry, Miss Marion Royce. CENTRAL CONFERENCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS Abel Eklund, E. S. Lau. OFFICERS OF THE LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF MALAYA (1936) President: Dr. Chen Su Lan. Vice-President: P. W Tambyah. (a) Malaya Lay Conference: Vice-President: Dr. I. S. John. Secretary: Thio Chan Bee. Treasurer: ]. A. P. Oswald. Auditor: Lee T eck Hock. (b) Malaysia Chinese Lay Conference: Vice-President: Lim Chin Hua. Secretary: Lim Yau Tong. Treasurer: 0 Lim Un Tien. Auditor: Dr. Ling Thian SimA The General Committee: The above officers; Khoo Cheng Hoe (Penang); Yong ~gim Djin (Perak); j. A. P. Oswald (Selangor); Tan Choen Kway (Negri Sembilan); Loh Hung Loon (Malacca); T~ R. Doraisamy (Singapore); Lim Khai Cheng (Sarawak); C. M. Chacko (Keda;h); W. H. T,. Abraham (Pahang); V. A. Matthew (Johore). COMMITTEE ON ACCEPTED SUPPLY PASTORS 'The work of this Committee is referred to the Committee on Conference Relations with power. STATISTICIAN C. D. Patterson; Assistants: Ralph A. Kesselring, J. S. Arthur, Paul H. Schmucker, V. A. Chelliah, Chew Kia Song, Gerald V. Summers. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 7 III. Daily Proceedings

THURSDAY• January 6, 1938 ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSION The 46th session of the Malaya Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church was opened in Wesley Church, Singa­ pore, S.S., at 8 :30 a.m., Bishop Edwin F. Lee, presiding. Devotions. Bishop Edwin F Lee conducted the opening ser­ vice of worship speaking on the theme "Getting Our Spiritual Bearings. " Roll Call The secretary called the roll of the Conference and the following responded: Eklund, Abel Runyan, T Pakianathan, S. S. Kuehn, H. F. Peach, P. L. Joseph, Kingham Li Hock Hiang Chew Hock Hin Proebstel, Lester Schmucker, P H. Dodsworth, M. Archer, R. L. Kovil pillai, J. J. Reinoehl, W. S. Phillips, S. A. Chua 10k Han Samuel, L. A. Stephens, G. E. Ayaduray, J. V Chen Pi-Jen David, Fred Wong King. H wo Thevathasan, S. M. Lin, T S. James Amstutz, H. B. U ong Gie Ceng Arthur, J. S. V. A. Chel1iah Goh Hood Keng Lai Kam Hong Schurr, W. A. Sia Yeu Tee Summers, G. V­ Athimuthu, P. Lau, E. S. McGraw, Eugene David, J. Milton Paranjothy, V. B. Secretary. On nomination of R. L. Archer, W. A. Schurr was elected secretary and named J. S. Arthur as assistant secretary. Conference Bar. On motion of Paul H. Schmucker the Con­ ference Bar was constituted to include the left wing, the first five rows in the main body of the church and the first row in the right wing. Conference Treasuret". On nomination of S. S. Pakianathan, Fred David was elected Conference Treasurer. Statistician. The Statistician called the names of districts whose Statistics had not yet reached him and named Eugene O. McGraw and Ralph A. Kesselring as Assistants. 8 MALAYA CoNFERENCE, 1938

Programme. On motion of H. B. Amstutz the printed pro­ gramme was made the programme for the Conference with the following alterations: recess from 10:30 to 11, United session to be at 10 o'clock and the Memorial Service to come on Saturday at 10 o'clock. Correspondent to the Press. On nomination of Goh Hood Keng, Waldo S. Reinoehl was elected correspondent to the Press. Introductions. The following returned missionaries were introduced: Rev. Paul H. Schmucker, Rev. and Mrs. H. F. Kuehn, and Miss Ruth Harvey. CoJDDlittee on Vacancies. The Bishop named the following a committee to fill vacancies on committees for this Conference: S. M. Thevathasan, J. S. Arthur, Paul H. Schmucker, Gerald V. Summers, Chua 10k Han. Privileges of the Floor under para. 1154 were extended to all lay missionaries, W.F.M.S. representatives and others. ~ports. The name of R. L. Archer was called, his character passed and he read his report as superintendent of the Singapore District. Fratemal Greetings were brought by Paul Hang from the Malaysia Chinese Mission Conference. Checking of Daily Journal. E. S. Lau, P. B. Means and S. M. Thevathasan were constituted a committee to check the accuracy of the Daily Journal. Reports. Li Hock Hiang read the report of the Sibu, Sarawak, District. Question 27. The names of members of Conference were called, their characters passed and tho~e present made brief reports. Recess was held from 10:30 to 11 :00.

UNITED SESSION Questions 1. The following officers of the Lay Conference were introduced and the president spoke briefly: President-T W. Hinch Secretary-J. M. Pakianathan Treasurer-Lee Choon Eng The Secretary of the Lay Conference caned the roll of the members of the Lay .Conference. Those present coming to the front and being introduced were: Than Chi Kang Jasin Chinese P. Athimuthu Johore Bahru Tamil J. Devadasan Kluang Tamil Joshua Baruch Malacca Tamil Dr. I. S. John Singapore Tamil DAILY PROCEEDINGS 9

Lee Teck Hock Paya Lebar C. L. Loong­ Geylang English Lau Cheng Poh Geylang Straits Chinese Lee Choon Eng Singapore Straits Chinese T W. Hinch Singapore Wesley Yao Shao King Sibu Chinese S. M. Pandian Jpoh Tamil V, D. Kuppusamy Ipoh Wesley Miss C. Lois Rea Penang- Tamil K. J. Timothy Sitia wan Tamil Paul Stephen Tapah-Sungkai Tamil Kuan Low Fook Kam par Chinese Ng Moh Say Klang Wesley Mrs. C. O. Jennings Kuala Lumpur Wesley S. Vee rap an Seremban Wesley J. D. Asirvathan Pahang- Tamil Isaac Manickam Bukit Rotan Tamil G. S. Arumugam Klang Tamil J. M. Pakianathan Kuala Lumpur Tamil F C. Dossan Seremban Tamil Introductions. Mr. and Mrs. Richard T Baker, Herbert H. Peterson, and Mrs. Paul E. Thomas, were introduced. Reports. Abel Eklund read his report as Superintendent of the Central Malaya District. P L. Peach read his report as acting Superintendent of the Central Tamil District. Mrs. Gerald V Summers reported orally on her work in Sibu, Borneo, Miss Lydia Urech on \Vinchel Home, Miss Mechteld Dirksen on the Sitiawan Clinic, Lester Proebstel on the building of the A.C.S., Penang, and M. Dodsworth on the raising of the building fund for the A.C.S., Penang. Adjournment. Edward Isaac pronounced the benediction.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON Communion. Bishop Lee, assisted by the Superintendents and others, administered communion at 5 :30 to the members of Con­ ference and visitors .

FRIDAY• January '7, 1938 Fiftieth Anniversary of the. Woman's FOI'eign Missionary Society Worship. Miss Thirza E. Bunce addressed the Conference on the subject "Threads of Gold." Special music was furnished by the M.G.S. (Singapore) Choir, led by Mrs. Elsie Lyne. 10 MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938

ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSION Introductions. Miss Eva M. Sadler, returned missionary was. introduced. Dr. H. C. Rutgers, General Secretary of the Nether­ lands Indies Bible Society was introduced and addressed the Con­ ference briefly. Mr. Paul E. Thomas, Assistant Mission Treasurer, and Manager of the Methodist Book Room, was introduced. Question 15. The names of additional members of Conference were called, their characters passed and those present made their reports.

UNITED SESSION Introductions. Mr. Frank C. Sands, Manag-er of the Malaya Publishing Ho.use, was introduced and spoke briefly. Rev. T C. Gibson, moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Malaya was intro­ duced and addressed the Conference. Retired Minister's Fund. Mr. T W. Hinch, President of the Lay Conference presented the following- minute which had been discussed by the Lay Conference: "That in view of the need for building up the Retired Minister's Fund, each church be urged to make special efforts to reach the minimum goal of $1.35 for l:Sene­ volences. And that in addition, each church with a membership of 50 to 100 be urged to raise an extra $5 and each church with a membership of over 100 to raise an extra $10 to the year's total and that this additional amount be allocated to the Retired Minister's Fund." Unanimously adopted. On motion of Abel Eklund a committee was ordered to study ways and means to build up the Retired Minister's Fund. Reports. Wong King Hwo presented his report on the Sereki, Borneo District (it was read by G. V. Summers) S. S. Pakia­ nathan read his report as Superintendent of the Southern Tamil District. Recess from 10:40 to 11: 10. Eveland Seminary Commencement. This was the Twenty-· Fifth Anniversary of the founding of the Seminary. Bishop Lee gave the charge to the graduates; the Principal, Miss Nelson, and others also took part in the prog.ramme. Splendid music was. rendered by the Eveland Seminary Choir. Bishop Lee pronounced the Benediction. Malayan ughts and Shadows, a pageant depicting the first fifty years of the work of the W.F.M.S., was presented at Fairfield Girls School to about 500 people. It was written under the direction of Miss Jackson and directed by Miss Gertsch. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 11

SATURDAY• January 8, 1938

Worship Service. Mr. T. \V- Hinch led the worship speak­ jng on the theme, "A Message from the New Hymnal," which was illustrated by appropriate hymns.

ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSION Passing of the Classes. On the recommendation of the Con­ ference Relations Committee the following actions were taken: 5 c and 12 b, J. W A. Kadirgamar was admitted on trial and .elected to be ordained local deacon. 6 band 12 b, Victor Paranjothy and Eugene O. McGraw were continued on trial, advanced to studies of the second year and elected to be ordained deacons. 12 d, Ling Muang Siu, Deong Sung Lin and Yao Shao King were elected to be ordained local deacons at the next sesssion ,of the Borneo Mission. On motion of L. Proebstel, the Bishop was requested to arrange the transfer of Ling Muang Siu from the Hinghwa Conference. Question 21. It was noted that the Hinghwa Conference had noted the move of Na Muang Siu (Ling Muang Siu) to Malaysia where he was employed. The Hinghwa Conference voted to "send his record and recommendations to him to be presented in case he desired to enter that Conference." Question 8 a and 9 a, V. A. Chelliah and G. E. Stephens were ,elected to full membership, advanced to studies of the third year and elected to be ordained deacons. Question 8 b, Chen Pi Jen was elected to full membersmp. Question 13 a, Lim Keong Eng was elected to be ordained local Elder. Question 13 band 10. Chew Hock Hin was elected to be -ordained Elder under the missionary rule and advanced conditionally to studies of the fourth year. Question 11 a. T S. James Lin was elected to be ordained 'Elder. Question 5 a. H. H. Peterson was received on trial in studies -of the first year. UNITED SESSION Memorial Service.. After singing Hymn 120, Goh Hood Keng led in prayer and Bishop Lee read the Scriptures. John Chua spoke :in appreciation of the late Mrs. Lim Keong Eng, Abel Eklund of the late Dr. H. L. E. Leuring, J. V Ayaduray of the late James A. :Supramaniam. Memorial services had previously been held in all 12 MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938 principal churches for Bishop Oldham. On motion of H. B. Amsiutz the following was unanimously adopted: "The Malaya Annual Conference endorses the plan for a memorial to Bishop William F. Oldham in the form of a Memorial Window to be placed in Wesley Church, Singapore, the church which he founded -53 years ago. And that the appointment of a standing. committee be referred to the cabinet to go into details and have authority to act." After singing Hymn 204 the Conference recessed from 11:10 to 11 :30. Reports. M. Dodsworth read his report as Superintendent of the Penang-Ipoh District. On motion of Fred David the time of adjournment was set at 1 p.m. Miss Rank read her report on Nind Home. Mr. V D. Kuppusamy read his report as President of the Home Missionary Society. T Runyan, Statistician, gave a pre­ liminary report on statistics. Reception of the Class. Bishop Lee 'received V A. Chelliah, Chen Pi 'Je-n and G. E. Stephens into full membership in this Con­ ference. Annual Conference Session. On motion of Fred David the name of T. M. Kurien was referred to the Conference Relations. Committee. Adjournment. After the announcements were made Con­ ference adjourned, the benediction being pronounced by Lim Keong Eng .

SUNDAY• January 9, 1938

Ordination. Bishop Edwin F Lee, assisted by the District Superintendents ordained the following as Deacons: J. W. A. Kadirgamar K. J. Timothy Victor B. Paranjothy V. A. Chelliah Eugene O. McGraw George E. Stephens and the following as Elders: Chew Hock Hin T S. James Lin Lim Keong Eng Dedication. At 9 a.m. Bishop Lee dedicated the new Foo­ chow Methodist Church building, Singapore. Conference Worship Service. Bishop Lee preached at the Conference Service of Worship held in Victoria Memorial Hall on "Christianity's Searchlights on Tomorrow." A very representative congregation of approximately 700 filled the hall. This service was broadcast over the British Malaya Broadcasting Company's facilities. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 13

MONDAY• January 10, 1938

Devotions. Theodore Runyan spoke on the theme "Divine Grace." The Salvation Army Male Quartet sang.

ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSION Journal. The Committee reported the Journal for Friday and Saturday in order. Introduction. Brigadier Lord of the Salvation Army was intro­ duced and addressed the conference briefly. Passing of the Classes. On recommendation of the Con­ ference Relations Committee the following- actions were taken: Question 6a. P. Athimuthu was continued On trial in studies of the first year. Question 6b. Ding Siu Ca. Ho Seng On?:, Lau Hung Ang, Uong Meng leu, and Lai Kam Hong were continued on trial and advanced to studies of the third year. Question 6e. Sia Yew Tee was continued on trial in studies of the third year. Question 7. Lin Lee Kong was discontinued. Question 9b. Burr H. Baughman, Kingham Joseph and Uong: Gie Ceng were placed in studies of the third year. Question 10. Chew Hock H in was placed in studies of the fourth year, conditionally. Question lIb. Theodore Runyan and Chua 10k Han were graduated from the Conference Course of Study. Question 17b. The character of all accepted supply pastors was passed either in District or Annual Conference. Question 16 and 17a. The accepted supply pastors were placed either in the c1ass exempt from the Course of study or in their respective classes (See the list in the Disciplinary quest,ions). Question 17. The names of all members of Conference not previously passed were called and their characters passed. On recommendation of the Conference Relations Committee this minute was passed. liT M. Kurien was requested to ask for location at the next Annual Conference." Recess was held from 1 0 :30 to 11 :00. Reports. Fred David presented the Conference Treasurer's report (See report). P. L. Peach presented the report of the Com­ mittee on Public Morals. It was received on motion of M. Dods­ worth (See Report). T W. Hinch gave a brief oral report on 14 MALAYA CoNFERENCE, 1938

A.C.S., Singapore. H. B. Amstutz reported' on the Ministerial Training Schools. Order of the Day. On motion of W- A. Schurr the election of Finance Committee members, Statistician and three members of the Home Missions Board was made the order of the day imme­ diately after the Journal on Tuesday. On motion of W. A. Schurr the Cabinet was requested to bring in nominations of Statistician (some one who might possibly serve several years) and three mem­ bers of the Home Mission Board. The time was extended to 1 p.m. Address. Bishop Lee spoke on the subject "A Half Hour with Current Books on World Affairs." Music. The Tamil Church trio sang. Reports. Miss Marsh read the composite report of the Methodist Girls' Schools. Adjournment. After the announcements and the singing of Hymn 254, Eugene O. McGraw pronounced the Benediction .

TUESDAY• January 11, 1938 Devotions. Bishop Lee spoke on "Method and adaptability for the Task in 1938."

ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSION Journal. The committee reported the Journal in order. Elections. On the nomination of the Cabinet, C. D. Patterson was elected Statistician and the following Assistant Statisticians. Penang-Ipoh District. . Ralph A. Kesselring Central Tamil. J. S. Arthur Central Malaya. Paul H. Schmucker Southern Tamil. V. A. CheUiah Singapore. . .Chew Kia Song Borneo (both) .Gerald V. Summers Fred David and P. W. Thambyah were elected members ot the Finance Committee on the first ballot. Lee Choon Eng on the second ballot. On nomination of the Cabinet, S. S. Pakianathan, Herbert H. Peterson and John Chua were elected members of the Home Missionary Society Committee. Conference Transits. On motion of R. L. Archer, the Superintendents were requested to refer to the Fourth Quarterly Conference and the Lay Conference the proposal that each Church pay 3 % of its Pastor's salary to the Conference Transit Fund. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 15

Salaries as Grant-in-aid. It was moved that we record the following resolution as being the position of our Conference relative to the payment of funds to workers in churches or schools or in institutions conducted under the direction of the Malaya Con­ ference of the Methodist Mission in Malaya: RESOLUTION: Be it resolved that where an ag.reemerd is made between a District Superintenden·t and a worker in his district whereby an allowance is to be paid to him by the Mission, this allowance is a grant in aid and not salary. It is further understood that such agreements are terminable by one month's notice until the following session of the M ala;ya Annual Conference. It is further resolved that any agreement fen- service made with the Methodist Mission or with any Methodist Church in Malaya will be void and of no effect unless signed by the Secretary of the Building and Location Board 0" by the Resident Bishop. Afternoon Session set to convene at 4 p.m. Home Missions. On motion of M. Dodsworth, the Home Missions Column in the Statistics was reduced to one, and one column was placed for Home Missions in School Statistics. Statistics. On motion of W- A. Schurr, the Religious Edu­ cation column was reduced to one and the Statistician and Secretary empowered to eliminate others with the approval of the Bishop, such as "adherents." Reports" P B. Means presented his report as Secretary of Religious Education. Recess. From 10:30 to 11 a.m. Reports. Ralph A. Kesselring presented the report of the Committee on Resolutions. Statistics. Report given by Theodore Runyan, Stmtistician (See report). References to Board of Stewards. The Cabinet referred the names of Isaac Manickam and Tan Kee Seong, supply pastors, to the Board of Stewards. Pastor's Leave Fund. On motion of Fred David, the Pastor's Leave Fund was to be re-organised. Each Pastor was to contribute a minimum of $1 and a maximum of $5 and the church may con­ tribute dollar for donar, each amount to stand to the credit of each respective Pastor. It was referred to the Committee on Conference­ Claimants, for recommendations, to report at next Conference. On motion of S. S. Pakianathan the Board of Stewards was ordered to bring in Gestetnered form on the second day of Con­ ference recommendations for the re-organization of our Pension scheme. 16 MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938

Question No.2. Transfer of Lau long. Ding from the Foo­ chow Conference and of Lam Thau Onn from the Sumatra Con­ ference was announced. Address. Bishop Lee addressed the Conference on "A Half Hour with current Religious Books." On motion of Chew Hock Hin Conference adjourned to meet at 4 p.m. Benediction was pronounced -by Rev. Paul H. Schmucker.

TUESDAY• January 11, 1938

AFTERNOON SESSION Devotions. After singing Hymn 9, Bishop Lee led in prayer. Question 9 and 10. S. M. Thevathasan gave the report of the Conference Stewards (See report). China Relief. On motion of Abel Eklund, funds for China Relief are to be sent to the National Christian Council, Shanghai. They are to be sent to the Mission Treasurer. Singapore, who will remit when a sufficient sum has accumulated. Boards and Commissions. On motion of M. Dodsworth, Boards, Committees and Commissions as selected by the Cabinet are declared elected and appointed for the coming yeal. Conference 1939. On motion of W. A. Schurr the Cabinet was asked to name the seat of the next Annual Conference, endea­ vouring to find a place outside of Singapore. Central Conference. On motion of Abel Eklund this minute was passed: "1. That we request the Resident Bishop to call a preliminary session of the Central Mission Conference of South Eastern Asia on the advice of the Cabinet. 2. That a com­ mittee be appointed to make necessary arrangements for such a session. to prepare a programme and to recommend and outline items for consideration and action. This committee should sub­ mit to the mid-vear sessions of Mission commitees a tentative report for their ·consideration and recommendations." RepOrts. M. Dodsworth read the report of the Committee on Evangelism. The report was received. Waldo S. Reinoehl read the report of the Committee on the State of the Church. On his motion it was received. V A. Chelliah read the report of the committee on Christian Literature. It was received. Y.W.C.A. A letter of greeting was received from the Malayan Secretary of the Y W.C.A. DAILY PROCEEDINGS 17

Memorials. H. B. Amstutz spoke on the value of "Useful Memorials" and explained the working and value of the Hammond Organ. Presentation of Credentials. Bishop Lee presented Deacons and Elders credentials to those ordained. Persons going on leave were presented to the Conference and Hymn 557 was sung. - Journa1. On motion of W. A. Schurr the printed journal was made the official record of this Conference. Appointments. Bishop Lee named the Superintendents who read the appointments for their Districts. Adjoununent. After singing' Hymn 240, Bishop Lee pro­ nounced the Benediction. Conference adjourned at 6 p.m. \VILLARD A. SCHURR, Secretary_ EDWIN FLEE, Cbairman. 18 MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938

IV. Disciplinary Questions

The Malaya Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, held in Singapore, S.5., from 6th January to 12th January~ 1938. Bisbop: Edwin F Lee, Presiding Secretary: Willard A. Schurr. 5 Fort Canning Road. Singapore Statistician: Theodore Runyan, 5 Fort Canning Road. Singapore Treasurer: Fred David, 5 Fort Canning Road, Singapore Registrar: H. F Kuehn, 5 Fort Canning Road, Singapore A. UNITED SESSION I.-Who are the members of the Lay Conference present, and 7,;.lho are its officers! (See Secretary's record for names of members.) President: T. W Hinch, 5 Fort Canning Road. Singapore Secretary: j. M. Pakianathan. 5 Fort Canning Road. Singapore Treasurer: Lee Choon Eng, 5 Fort Canning Road, Singapore 2.-ls the Annual Conference Incorporated According to tbe Require­ ment of the Discipline? ~ 221, § J. Yes. According to the law of the land in which we live. "The Secretary of the Board of Building and Location of the Methodist Episcopal Church" is incorporated by Ordinance No. 194 in Vol. V. Revised Statutes of the Straits Settlements and also by Enactment No. 13 of 1914 in the Federated Malay States. 3.-What Officers and Persons bolding .Moneys, Funds, etc., are Bonded, and i11 u)bat A 11unmts, According to the Requirement of the Discipline? ~ 1043. None 4.-What are the Statistical and Financial Reports for the year? (a) From the Statistician. See Statistical Report. (b) From the Treasurer. See Treasurer's Report See Reports. 5.-(a) What are the Items and Aggregate of General Conference Benevolences apportioned to this Conference? None. 6.-W hat Reports and Exhibits are presented by Conference Boards and Institutions t See Reports. 7.-What is the Annual Report of the Conference Board of Home' Missions and Church Extension? See Report of the Home Missionary Society. S.-What is the Annual Report of the Conference Board of Foreign Missions? None. 9.-What are the Claims on the Conference Funds? See Report Board of Conference Stewards. DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS 19

JO.-(a) What has been received 01t these Claims? See Report of Conference Board of Stewards. (b) How has it been Applied? See Report Conference Board of Stewards. J I.-What amount has' been apportioned to the Pastoral Charges within the C01tference, to be raised for the Support of Conference Claimants? ~ 952, § 4. 45 cents per member. f2.-What are the Items and Aggregate of Annual Conference Benevo­ lences approved by this body for the ensuing year? Home Missions 30 cents per member Conference Claimants .. 45 cents per member District Superintendents and Bishop 15 cents per member Annual Conference Bene- volences 20 cents per member Local Preachers 10 cents per member Other B ~nevolences .. 15 cents per member Total SI.35 per member 13 .-What approved financial campaigns are to be carried on in this C01tference during the ensuing year, and for wbat amounts? :'\one. 14.-~Vhat is tbe schedule of Minimum Support! f 942. None. 15.-W bat are the approved claims for the support of District Superin­ tendents, Bishops, and C01tference Claimants for the ensuing year? Conference Claimants . . 45 cents per member District Superintendents and Bishop 15 cents per member J6.-lVbat shall be the Evangelistic and Religious Educational Plan for the ensuing year? See Reports on Evangelism and Religious Education. 17.-Wbat Standing Committees shall be appointed b_v this body? See list of committees. IS.-What other items of business sball be considered by tbis United: Session! None. J9.-Wbere shall the ]'\/ext Session of tbe Conference be held? Referred to the Cabinet. B. ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSION 20.-Who have had their Credentials Restored witbout readmission to the Conference? ~ ~ 851-S53. None. 20 MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938

21.-Who have been Recei7.,'ed by Transfer, and from what Conferencesr ~ 674, § 12. Lam Thau On, Sumatra. Lau long Ding, Foochow.

22.-Who have been Readmitted? ~~ 499, 504, § 1. None. 23.-Who ha'f.;'e been Received on Credentials, and from what Churches.? ~ 500. None. 24.-Who have been Received on Trial? (a) In Studies of First Year, Herbert H. Peterson. (b) In Studies of Third rear under the Seminar)' Rule. ~ 523, § 5. None. (c) Exempt from Course of Study under Seminary Rule. ~ 543, § I. J. W. A. Kadirgamar. 25.-Who have been Continued on Trial? (a) In Studies of First Year. P Athimuthu. (b) In Studies of Second Year. Ding Siu Ca Lau Hung Ang Ho Seng Ong Eugene O. McGraw Lai Kam Hong Victor B. Paranjothy (c) In Studies of Third Year. Sia Yew Tee (d) In Studies of Fourth Year. None.

26.-Who have been Discontined? ~ 542, § 6. Lim Lee Kong 27.-Who have been admitted into Full Membership? (a) Elected and Ordained Deacons this year. Vethamonikkam A. Chelliah George E. Stephens (b) Elected and Ordained Deacons previously. Chen Pi-Jen (c) Elected to be Ordained elsewhere. None. (d) Ordained Deacon, having been previously elected by--­ Conference. None. DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS 21

Quest. 2B.-What Memb~rs are in Studies of Third Year? (a) Admitted into Full A1embersbip this year. Vethamonikkam A. Chelliah Chen Pi-Jen George E. Stephens (b) Admitted into Full M embersbip previously. Burr H. Baughman Kingham Joseph Uong Gie Ceng 29 -What Members are in Studies of Fourth Year? Chew Hock Hin 'O.-What Members ha've Completed the Conference Course of Study~ (a) Elected and Ordained Elders this year. T S. J ames Lin (b) Elected and Ordained Elders previously. Chua 10k Han Theodore Runyan (c) Elected and Ordained Elders under the Seminary Rule. ~ 533, § 5. None. (d) Elected to be Ordained elsewhere. None. (e) Ordained Elder, baving been previously Elected by--­ Conference. None. (f) Ordained Elder elseu)/;ere under our Election. None. 31.-W hat others hat'e been Elected and Ordained Deacons.~ (a) As Local Preacbers. f 523, §§ 1,2, 3. Deong Sun Lin Ling Muang Siu K. John Timothy Yao Shao King (b) Under Seminar}' Rule. f::;Z3. § 5. J. \V. A. Kadirgamar Eugene O. McGraw Victor "8. Paranjothy (c) Under Missionary R'ule. f 52" § 6. None. (d) Elected by this Conference and Ordained elsewhere. None. 32.-What others bave been Elected and Ordained Elders? (a) As Local Deacons. ~ 533, §§ 1,2,3. Lim Keong Eng '22 MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938

(b) Under A1issionary Rule. 1f 53.', § 6. Chew Hock Hin (c) Elected by this Oonference and Ordained elsewhere. None. 33.-Who have been left witbout Appointment to Attend One of our Schools'! None. 34.-U'as the Character of each Preacber examined? Yes, in open Conference. 35.-Who are accepted as Supply Pastors? fI 481 (Exempt from tbe .Course of Study) Leong Wah Ah Nguoi Ging Sing Ling Siu De Guang Kie Ca Ling Sieu Lak Dang Kai Hua Uong Suoi Gi James Roy Chieng Lung Chiang Yao Shao King Uong Ce Ung R. Zacharias Kieu Sik Gang Kieu Dung Siong Lau Kie i\gie Ding Sieu M uo Tiang Guong Cung Gong Song Dong K. J. Timothy Ling Cheng Suoi Uong Ding Meng Uong Li Hwo P. Moses Ling ,\1 uang Sieu Hu Keng Lieng Hu Hiong Uong Lau Buong Chieu Lim Keong Eng Ding Voi Liong Deong Sung Lin Li Cang Ung A. Devadason Die Chi Chiong S. M. Rajamoney (Tbose not exempt from tbe Course of Study) Vim Tuck Fatt Nguoi Bo Hi Lee Boon Choo S. M. Pandian John Devasahayam Lee Cheng Hui Wen Pu Kian Isaac Manickam \Vong Ying Leong M. Thangamuthu Dang Chi Huoi John Abraham Hu Cu Dung Lam Hong Pun Ding ~guong Uong Lim Chai Hung N. Samuel Uong Siu Ching Lam Un Hui Dang Ek Su D. K. Gnananandam D. K. Asirvatham S. Kovilpillai Ling Kie Hieng Ngu Ci Giong Loh Chao Chee Die Ki Hong 36.-(a) What Accepted Supply Pastors now in charge are taking I. The Conference Course of Study'! ~ 544, § 7. 1. In the First Year. Vim Tuck Fatt Lam Un Hui 2. In the Second Year. None. DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS 23

3. In the Third Year None. 4. In the Fourth Year. None. I I. The Local Preacbers' Course of Study? 1. In tbe First Year M. Thangamuthu Lee Boon Choo D. K. Gnananandam John Abraham John Devasahayam S. Kovilpillai Lam Hong Pun Wen Pu Kian Ngui Gi Ciong Lim Chai H ing Wong Ying Leong Die Ki Hong Uong Siu Ching Dang Chi Huoi Nguoi Bo Hi Dang Ek Su Hu Cu Dung 2. In tbe Second Year. S. M. Pandian Ding Nguong Long Lee Cheng Hui Ling Kie Hieng D. K. Asirvatham 3 In the Third Year Loh Choo Chee, Isaac IVlanickam. 4. In the Fourth Year. None. (b) Was tbe character of each Accepted Suppl'y Pastor now t1t charge examined? See ~ 464, § 2. Yes. (c) I Are the District Committees on Qualifications of Local Preacbers nominated by the District Superintendents appro'ued'! ~ 463, § 5. See District Conferences' Minutes. (c) II. What Local Preachers bave completed satisfactorily the studies prescribed? See ~ 523. § 1 (3). 1. For Deacon's Orders. K. John Timothy. 2. For Elder's Orders. Lim Keong Eng.

37 -Who have been Transferred, and to what Conference'! ~ 674, § 12. None. 38.-W bo bave Died? J ames A. Supramaniam. 39.-Wbo have bad tbeir Conference Membersbip terminated'! (a) By Voluntary Location. mr 499. 504, § 1. None. (b) By Involuntary Location. ~ 505. None. 24 MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938

(c) By Surrender of the A1inisterial Office and Credentials. ~506. None. (d) By Judicial Procedure. ~~ 508; 741-762. None. (e) By Withdrawal. ~ .507 (1) To loin the Ministry of Q1wther Church. ~ 507 § I. None. (2) From the Ministry. ~ 506, § 2. None. (3) From the Ministry and Membersbip of the Church. None. (4) Under Complaints or Charges. ~ 762, § 2. None. 40.-11lbat other personal Notations should be made? T M. Kurien is absent in India without leave. See action, re Location, of Tuesday. January 11th.

41.-Wbo are the Supernumerary A1ini~ters. and for 7.Dbat number of years consecutively bas each held this Relation? ~ 591. None.

42.-H·bo are the Retired /t1inisters? (T 601. Y. ]. ] esudason Edward Isaac S. \1. Rajamoney 43-fl'bo ba've been granted Leave of Absence! ~ 581. J \V. Hawley ]. J. Kingham 44.-Wbo are the Triers of Appeals! ~ 741, § 1. R. A. Blasdell Fred David Abel Eklund J. ]. Kovilpillai Goh Hood Keng Reserves: S. S. Pakianathan Burr H. Baughman L. Proebstel Chua 10k Han S. M. Thevathason Kingham Joseph C. D. Patterson 45.-What institutions and organi{ations are approved b:V three-quarterJ vote of the Conference for appointment of Ministers in the Effective Relation with Annuity Claim! ~ 947. § I. None. 46.-Where are the Preachers Stationed! ~~674, §3, 675,101, § I. See list of appointments. CERTIFICATE OF ORDINATION 25 I

~bts is to ~ertif\? that following election by the MALAYA ANNUAL CONFERENCE I..-it OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH I

on Sunday, January 9, 1938, assisted by several Elders,

I Ordained the following D EAC00:S I GEORGE ERNEST STErHENS VETHAMONIKKAM ABRAHAM CHELLIAH I K. JOHN TIMOTHY ft it JOSEPH \VEST ARASARATNAM KADIRGAMAR if EUGENE O. MCGRAW VICTOR BARNABAS PARANJOTHY I The following were Ordained ELDERS ft LIM KEONG ENG I ~ CHEW HOCK HIN T S. JAMES LIN if it H

BISHOP January 9, 1938. Singapore, S.S., Malaya. 26 MALAYA CoNFERENCE, 1938. v. Appointments SINGAPORE DISTRICT R. L. ARCHER, Superintendent CP .0., 5 Fort Canning. Road, Singapore. S.S.) SINGAPORE: Anglo-Chinese School & Branches T W Hinch, Principal & Manager S. M. THEVATHASAN John A. Bird WALDO S. REINOEHL Leo P.Milum Middle School Lee Choon Eng, Headmaster j. V. Ayadurai Primary School .. Miss M. Smith Continuation School EDWARD S. LAU, Headmaster Eveland Seminary Miss Eva 1. Nelson, Principal Fairfield Girls' School .. Miss Carrie C. Kenyon, Principal GeyIan~ Church. English Congre~ations EDWARD S. LAU, Pastor Women's Work Mrs. E. S. Lau Mrs. P B. Means Geylang Straits Church CHEW HOCK HIN, Pastor Women's Work Mrs. Chew Hock Hin Ceylang Methodist Girls' School Mrs. P. B. Means. Manager :\1rs. E. S. Lau, Headmistress Leper Hospital Service .. Mrs. R. L. Archer Methodist Girls' School ;\1 iss Lila M. Corbett. Principal Miss Ruth M. Harvey Mrs. John A. Bird Mrs. Paul E. Thomas Mrs. R. Lyne Nind Home Miss Minnie L. Rank, Principal Miss Chia Loy Keow, Assistant Oldham Hall Boarding School John A. Bird, Pri1lcipal Paya Lebar Church CHEW HOCK HI!\:. Pastor Lee Teck Hock, Assistant Paul E. Thomas Bible Woman '\1rs. Khoo Chiong Bee Women's Work Mrs. Chew Hock Hin Paya Lebar Methodist School . Mrs. Chew Hock Hin, Headmistress Straits Chinese Church (Bickley Mem'l) GOH HOOD KENG, Pastor Bible Woman To be supplied Women's Work M iss Lila M. Corbett Miss Minnie L. Rank Wesley Chu rch WALDO S. REINOEHL. Pastor Wome~;s Work Mrs. Waldo S. Reinoehl Mrs. Paul E. Thomas Mrs. T W. Hinch Miss Ruth M. Harvey District Women's Work Mrs . .J. M. Hoover District Malay Language Work Mrs. R. L. Archer District Student Work PAUL B. MEANS

Names in CAPITALS indicate those who are ELDERS. Names in Italic indicate those who are Deacona. NOTE:-In every case the P.O. address is c/o Methodist Mission followed by the station listed. ApPOINTMENTS 2't

MALACCA: District Missionary R. A. BLASDELL District Helper .. . CHUA 10K HA:\ District Women's Work Mrs. R. A. Blasdell District Parish Visitor .. Mrs. Chua 10k Han Anglo-Chinese School & Branches Ho Seng Ong, Principal Chinese Church CHUA 10K HAN, Pastor Bible Woman Mrs. Cheng Mei Hyong Womeil's Work Mrs. ChuJ. 10k Han Miss Eva M. Sadler Miss Ada Pugh Methodist Boys' Boarding School Mrs. Ho Seng Ong Methodist Malay Hostels . . Miss Ada Pugh Wesley Church .. Supplied by Ho Seng Ong Chong Ah Poon. Associate Women's Work .. Mrs. Ho Seng Dng Miss Eva M. Sadler Miss Martha S. Gertsch Suydam Girls' School Miss Martha S. Gertsch, Principal Shellabear Hall Miss Eva M. Sadler, Principal Bemban, Church To be supplied Jasin, Church & Circuit Supplied by Lim Keong Eng Merlimau, Church & School Supplied by Lee Cheng Hui Sungei Bahru, Church .. Supplied by Loh Choo Chee Sungei Rambei, Church Supplied by Wong Ying Leong Tampin, Church & School Supplied by Gan Khe Siew NEGRI SEMBILAN: Pangkalan Kempas, Church Supplied by Loh Choo Chee JOHORE: Bekoh, Church Supplied by Lim Chai Heng Chinese School Supplied by Lim Chai Heng Bukit ASJ.han, Church Supplied by Lim Chai Heng Bukit Gambir, Church Supplied by Lim Giok Hui Chinese School Supplied by Lim Giok Hui Serom, Church Supplied by Wong Ying Leong School Mrs. Wong Ying Leong Sagil. Church To be supplied Tangkah, Church Supplied by Lim Keong Eng Women's Work Mrs. David Ling Anglo-Chinese School David Ling, Headmaster Ho Sen!? Ong, Manager

PENANG-IPOH DISTRICT

M. DODSWORTH, Superintendent, (P.O., 136 Burmah Road, penang, S.S.) KEDAH: Alor Star, Anglo-Chinese School E. Eapen, Headmaster Tamil Work .. .. Supplied by R. Zacharias Bedong, Anglo-Chinese School Foo Chee Sin. Headmaster Kulim, Chinese Church Supplied by Wen Pu Kian

Names in CAPITALS indicate those who are ELDERS. Names in Italic indicate those who are Deacons. NOTE:-In every case the P.O. address is c/o Methodist Mission followed by the station listed. 28 MALAYA CONFERENCE. 1938.

Sungei Patani, Chinese Church Supplied by Lau Un Hui Tamil Church Supplied by R. Zacharias PROVINCE WELLESLEY: Bukit Mertajam, Resident Missionary C. D. PATTERSON Anglo-Chinese Girls' School }\1rs. C. D. Patterson, Principal English Congregation C. D. PATTERSON Tamil Church . . Supplied by A. James Roy Nibong Tebal, Anglo-Chinese School Looi Leng Yim, H ead11lQster C. D. PA rTERSON. Manager Tamil Church Supplied by A. J ames Roy Parit Buntar, Anglo-Chinese School C. D. PATTERSON, Principal Tamil Church Supplied by A. J ames Roy

PE~ANG: Anglo-Chinese School LESTER PROEBSTEL, Pri11cipal Secondary School D. D. Chelliah, Headmaster Middle School Herbert H. Peterson, Headmaster N. Horley FRED DAVID Miss Elsa Youngdahl Primary School Miss Dorothy Moreton, Headmistress Continuation School Khoo Cheng Hoe, Headmaster LESTER PROEBSTEL, Manager Anglo-Chinese Girls' School Miss Lois Rea, Principal .\1 iss Geraldine Johnson ;\l rs. Dorothy Deacon Tamil Church FRED DAVID, Pastor W~men's Work Mrs. Fred David Miss C. Lois Rea Wesley Church (Fitzgerald Memorial) ?\1. DODSWORTH, Pastor Herbert H. Peterson, Associate Women's Work Mrs. .\1. Dodsworth Miss Youngdahl Winchell Home Miss Lydia Lrech, Principal PERAK: Batu Gajah, Tamil Church Supplied by S. M. Pandian Bruas, Anglo-Chinese School Ling Chew Siang, H ead11laster Ipoh, Resident Missionary THEODORE RL.'\JYAN Anglo-Chinese School Percy B. Bell, Principal Ralph A. Kesselring THEODORE RUNYAN P. S. Dempsey Continuation School Wong Wai Lam, ·Headmaster Percy B. Bell, Manager Anglo-Chinese Girls' School Miss Gazelle T.raeger, Prin.cipal Mrs. Doris M. Harris A.C.Girls' Boarding School Miss Gazelle Traeger Chinese Church .. Supplied by Leong Wai Ah Bible Woman Mrs. Ng Sut Cheng Women's Work Mrs. Leong Wai Ah Miss Gazelle Traeger Horley Hall Ralph A. Kesselring, Principal

Names in CAPITALS indicate those who are ELDERS. Names in Italic indicate those who are DeaconB. NOTE:-In every case the P.O. address is c/o Methodist Mission followed by the station listed. ApPOINTMENTS 29

Tamil Church & Circuit ]. MILTON DAVID Women's Work Mrs. J. Milton David Tamil Settlement Supplied by S. M. Pandian Bible Woman Mrs. Nallathamby Women's Work Mrs. S. M. Pandian Wesley Church . THEODORE RL';'\VA!,\, Pastor Women's Work Mrs. Theodore Runyan ."v1 rs. R;tlph A. Kesselring Kampar, Anglo-Chinese School y ong .\'gim Djin, Headmaster Continuation School Lai K am Hong, Headmaster Yang \:gim Diin, Manager Chinese Church Lai Kant Hong Women's Work '\Irs. Lai Kam Hong EnGlish Congregation Supplied by R. A. Kesselring Kuala Kangsar, Tamil . ~. G. ;\lA\:ICKAM Sitiawan. Resident Missionary Euge11e O. McGraw Women's Medical & Evangelistic Work '\liss .\lechteld Dirksen Anglo-Chinese School .. Eugene O. McGraw, Principal D. C. Gong. Vice-Principal Methodist Girls' School '\liss :\1echteld Dirksen, Manager !\lrs. Ng Kong Kai, Headmistress Girls' Boarding School .\1 iss .\lechteld Dirksen, Principal Tamil Church & Circuit Supplied by K. J. Timothy Women's Work '\Irs. Timothy Miss .\lechteld Dirksen Sungei Siput, Anglo-Chinese School 'I'jm Tuck Fatl. Headmaster Chinese Church " Supplied by Vim Tuck Fatt Women's Work :\lrs. Vim Tuck Fatt Tamil Church . .. Supplied by S. Kovilpillai Sungkai, Anglo-Chinese School \lrs. \Villiams, Headmistress Tamil Church Supplied by P. Moses Taiping, Resident W.F.\1.S. \lissiortary '\liss Thirza E. Bunce Anglo-Chinese School .. :\. G. .\1.\:\ ICKA.\l. Headmaster Tamil Church . ~. G. !\IA\:ICKAM. Pastor Women's Work '\lr~. '\;. G. '\lanickam Wesley Church . Eugene O. McGraw, Pastor Women's Work \1 iss Thirza E. Bunce Lady Treacher Girls' School Miss Thirza E. Bunce, Principal (on leave April 1st) Miss Della Olson. (successor) Miss]. 1\1. Pediow Tanjong Rambutan, Anglo-Chinese School To be supplied Chinese Church Supplied by Leong Wai Ah Tapah, Tamil Circuit .. Supplied by P Moses Teluk Anson, Resident Missionary L. B. Jenkins Anglo-Chinese School L. B. Jenkins. Principal Chinese Church " Supplied by Lee Boon Chew Tamil Church V B. Paran;otby Bible Woman .\lrs. K. Sundram Women's Work Mrs. Paranjothy Mrs. L. B. Jenkins TRONOH, Chinese Church Supplied by Leong \Vai Ah

Names in CAPITALS indicllte those who are ELDERS. Names in Italic indicate those who are Deacons. NOTE:-In every case the P.O. address is c/o Methodist Mission followed by the station listed. 30 MALAYA CoNFERENCE, 1938.

SIBU (SARAWAK) BORNEO DISTRICT

LEE HOCK HIANG, Superint~ndent (P .D., Sibu, Sarawak, Borneo)

District Missionary GERALD V SUMMERS A PO, Church and School . . .. Lin~ Kie Hieng, supply A NANG CHONG, Church and School To be supplied A SANG GENG, Church and School Ngoi Ging Sing, supply A SING BA (SLALU) Church & School To be supplied AU PDH GENG. Church and School T S. JAMES LIN BANGAU, Church and School .. Ngu Gi Ciong, supply BIDUT, Church and School . . .. Hu Hiong Uong, supply BUKIT ASEK, Church and School .. Tiang Guong Cung, supply CANTON BA (HUAT HD GENG) Church and School Lam Hoong Pun, supply DASAI\, Church and School .. Ding Siu Ca District Women's Work .. " .. Mrs. G. V. Summers DIENG SIANG DIO, Church & School To be supplied ENSURAI (UONG SU LAI) Church and School Hu Cu Dung, supply ENG GI LD, Church and School .. Guong Kie Cha, supply GUDNG HUA, Church and School Ding Siu Ca GENG TAU, Church and School To be supplied HING HUA BA, Church and School Ling Muang Siu, supply KAPIT, Church and School . . Lau Hung Ang PANASUK, Church and School Lau Kie Ngie, supply PULAU KELADI. Church and School Nguoi Bo Hi, supply SUNGEI BUDI, Church and School " Diong Sung Ling, supply SA LING GENG, Church and School Ding Nguong uong, supply SEBUAH, Church and School . , To be supplied SIBU, Masland Memorial Church Lau long Ding Women's Work . . Mrs. Lee Hock Hiang Mrs. Gerald V Summers Mrs. Lau long Ding Bible Woman Miss Uong Seuk leng Girls' School . . . . Mrs. Gerald V. Summers SING CIO ANG, Church and School .. Cong Ding Ming. supply SING NANG CHDNG, Church & School Uong Ming leu

CENTRAL TAMIL DISTRICT S. S. PAKIANATHAN, Superintendent (P.O., Kuala Lumpur, F.M.S.) BAHAU ,... .' To be supplied BA!\TING, Anglo-Chinese School D. J. SUNDRAM Headmaster Church To be supplied BU KIT ROTAN, Church . L. A. SAMUEL Women's Work Mrs. L. A. Samuel CHERAS ROAD, Circuit,. .. S. A. PHILLIPS KAPAR, Anglo-Chinese School .. ., C. M. Chacko. Headmaster Church .1. S. ARTHUR KLANG, Tamil Church .. . . j. S. ARTHUR Women's Work Mrs. J. S. Arthur

Names in CAPITALS indicate those who Me ELDERS. Names in Italic indicate those who are Deacons. NOTE:-In every case the P.O. address is c/o Methodist Mission followed by the station listed. ApPOINTMENTS 31

KUALA KUBU BAHRU, Anglo--Chinese School E. J. Joseph, Headmaster Church .. .. G. E. Stephens KUALA LUMPUR, Tamil Church S. S. PAKIANA THAN Women's Work Mrs. S. S. Pakianathan Miss Norma Craven KUALA PILAH To be supplied LABU .., .. . Supplied by John Devasahayam PORT SWETTENHAM, Tamil Church J. S. ARTHUR SENTUL, Tamil Church ...... P. Athimuthu SEREMBAN, Tamil Church &. Circuit J. W A. Kadirgamar Women's Work Mrs. J. W A. Kadirgamar Bible Woman .. .. Miss Sumner TANJONG MALI M, Anglo-Chinese School O. E. Stephens, Headmaster Church .. Supplied by John Abraham Tamil School .. John Abraham Headmaster

SOUTHERN TAMIL DISTRICT ]. J KOVILPILLAI, Superintendent, (P.O., 53, Jalan Meldrum, Johore Bahru ) SINGAPORE: District Work S. M. THEVATHASAN Lyrical Evangelist Supplied by M. Thangamuthu Tamil Church ...... J. V Ayarlurai Women's Work Mrs. J V. Ayadurai M iss Carrie C. Kenyon Pasir Panjang .. .. Supplied by M. Thangamuthu Seletar (Naval Base) Supplied by V. Devasahayam Seletar (R.A. F Station) Supplied by E. J. Ponniah ]OHORE: Batu Pahat '" Supplied by S. M. Rajamoney Johore Bahru, Anglo-Chinese School V. A. Chelliah Church ...... 1. ]. KOVILPlLLAI \\'omen's Work Mrs. J. ]. Kovilpillai .lahore Labis To be supplied Kluang, Church & Circuit Supplied by S. M. Rajamoney Muar KINGHAM JOSEPH Sagil Supplied by A. D EVADASON Segamat Supplied by A. DEVADASON MALACCA: Ayer Panas To be supplied Bukit Asahan To be supplied Bukit Chermin .. To be supplied .l asin LaIang . . . . To be supplied Malacca, Church & Circuit .. KINGHAM JOSEPH Women's Work .. Mrs. Kingham Joseph NEGRI SEMBILAN: Tampin Supplied by 1. Henry Tamil School .. J. Henry

Names in CAPITALS indicate those who are ELDERS. Names in Italic indicate those who are Deacons. NOTE:-In every case the P.O. address is c/o Methodist Mission followed by the station listed. 32 MALAYA CoNFERENCE, 1938

CENTRAL MALA Y A DISTRICT

ABEL EKLU~O, Superintendent (P.O. Klang, F.M.S.)

SELANGOR: Klang, Resident Missionary ABEL EKLC~O Anglo-Chinese School . ABEL EKLL:\D. Principal Methodist Girls' School Miss Constance Meyer, Principal Wesley Church ABEL EKLL:\O, Pastor Women's Work Mrs. Abel Eklund 1\1 iss Constance Meyer Kuala Lumpur, Resident Missionary W A. SCHURR Methodist Boys' School W A. SCHURR, Acting Principal PALL H. SCH:\'1L'CKER Lyman B. Terry Methodist Afternoon School PALL H. SCHMLCKER. Principal P Athimuthu. Supervisor S. A. PHILLIPS Methodist Girls' School Miss \'1 abel ]\larsh, Principal Methodist Girls' Boarding School Miss Emma Olsen, Principal (on leave April) Miss Norma Craven. Successor Wesley Church \V A. SCHLRR. Pastor PALL H. SCHMUCKER. Associate Pastor \\'omen's Work Mrs. W A. Schurr Mrs. Paul H. Schmucker Miss Mabel Marsh Port Swettenham. Anglo-Chinese School .. ABEL EKLUND, Manager

l\EGRI SEMBILA:\:

Seremban, Resident 1\1 issionary H. F KUEH~ Anglo-Chinese School H. F. KUEH\J. Principal Mrs. H. F. Kuehn Wesley Church .. H. F, KUEHN, Pastor Women's \Vurk Mrs. H. F Kuehn Sepang, Anglo-Chinese School (Toh Chye Engli·sh School) H. F. KUEHN, Manager

PAHANG:

Bentong, Chinese Lam Thau On, Pastor Tamil Supplied by J. D. Asirvatham Mentakab, Anglo-Chinese School Supplied by A. B. Samuels Pahang Toamil Missionary Supplied by J. D. Asirvatham Pahang Chinese Missionary Lam Thau on Kuantan, Methodist Girls' School tvliss Mary Olson, Prinncipal SAKAI WORK. Batang Padang Valley, Perak Supplied by S. M. Siantoeri Jelai Region Pahang .. To be Supplied Supervisor Sakai Work, Pahang .. PAUL B. MEANS

Names in CAPITALS indicate those who Me ELDERS. Names in Italic indicate those who are Deacon,. NOTE:-In every case the' P.O. address is c/o Methodist Mission followed by the station listed. ApPOINTMENTS 33

SERIKI (SARAWAK) BORNEO DISTRICT

WONG KING HWO, Superintendent, (P.O., Sibu, Sarawak, Borneo)

District Missionary GERALD V. SUMMERS BAI K DEK LEE, Church and School To be supplied BAI K SI ENG PO, Church and School Die Chi Chiang EANG KONG, Church and School Lai Chang Ung BI!\ATANG, Church and School "Ding Uoi Liang BUKIT LAN, Church and School Hu King Lieng HOH HING PO, Church ,. Cben Pi-fen KRCPOH, Church and School , Chieng Lung Chiang KLOI l'\GA KENG, Church and School Ding Seu Muo LABAAl\', Church and School Dang Chi Huoi MADOR Church Uong Gie Cheng NE SE AKAK. Church and School ,. Kiel! Dung Siang !\ASSIT, Church and School. Ling Cheng Suoi DL'\:G NANG PO, Church and School To be supplied REBOK Church and School .. Kieu Sek Gang S:\!\G kUONG, Church and School Kong Song Dong SER I KI, Church . ... Cben Pi-fen SLI DAP (SI LI OAK) Church & School Long Chi Ung Sl'\;GEI NI K LO\:G, Church & School Ling Sieu Di SLI\GFI SIA\:G, Church and School To be supplied TX"JOI\G KU\:YIT, Church & School Lau Buong Chiu TL'LAI (DC LAl) Church .. .. Uong Gie Cheng TUI\G OAK PO, Church and School L'ong Li Hoc

SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS

Mission Treasurer .. R. L. ARCHER Assistant Treasurer Paul E. Thomas Secretary of the Building and Location Boa rd R. A. BLASDELL Assistant Secretary R. L. ARCHER Secretary of Education, . LESTER PROEBSTEL Secretaries for Religious Education PAUL B. MEANS 1\1 iss Eva I. I'\elson Manager. Methodist Book Room Paul E. Thomas Mission Correspondent M. DODSWORTH Methodist Chaplaincy .. R. L. ARCHER Jean Hamilton Theological Seminary R. L. ARCHER, Acting Principal Editor "Malaysia Message" PAUL B. MEA:'\S Contributing Editors G. S. Arumueam W T. CHERRY JI,1iss Dorothy Moreton Miss Eva I.' Nelson C. G. Jackson

Names in C,APITALS indicate those who are ELDERS. Names in Itali.c indicate those who are Deacon8. NOTE :-In every case the P.O. address is e /0 Methodist Mission followed by the station listed. 34 MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938

Secretary for Epworth League and Young People's Work G. S. Arumugum Secretary for Intermediate and Children's \Vork ,\liss Eva I. !'\clson Secretary of Christian Literature PAUL B. MEANS Evangelism Through the 1\1 inistry of Music Mrs. Paul E. Thomas Treasurer, W.F.M.s. .. . . Miss Minnie L. Rank Editor "The Light of Salvation" (Tamil Magazine) S. S. PAKlA!,\ATHA~ Contributing Editors .. G. Abishegam ]. Y. A't'ADURAY ]. W. A. Kadirgamar FRED DAVID V. A. Cbelliab Editor "Southern Bell" (Chinese Monthly Magazine) A:'\DRE\V K. T. CHEN Business Manager HONG HAN KE\!G 0:'\ FURLOUGH:- Re\·. W. G. Shellabear. Rev. and Mrs. ]. j. Kingham Rev. and Mrs. P L. Peach Re\". and Mrs. H. B. Amstutz Rev. and Mrs. D. P. Coole Miss Thirza E. Bunce Miss Emma Olson . lHiss Lila M. Corbett Miss Marion Royce. Miss Hazel :\1. Depier

Names in CAPITALS indicate those who are ELDERS. Names in Italic indicate those who are Deu(:onlJ. NOTE:-In every case the P.O. address is c '0 Methodist Mission followed by the station listed.

the Malaya Annual Conference.

W. A. SCHURR, Secretary. Singapore, S.S. January 12, 1938. MALA Y A ANNUAL CONFERENCE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS WITH BISHOP LEE Left to Right: Rev. Abel Eklund. Central Malaya District; Rev. Lee Hock Hiang. Sibu (Sarawak). Borneo District: Rev. R. L. Archer. PhD .• Singapore-Malacca District; Rev. S. S. Pakianathan. Central Tamil District: Bishop Edwin F. Lee, Presiding Bishop. Singapore-Manila Area; Rev. Wong King Hwo. Seriki (Sarawak). Borneo District; Rev. Preston L. Peacb, Superintendent for part of 1937. Central Tamil District; Rev. M. Dodsworth. D.D .• Pellnng-Ipoh District. The photograph of Rev. J. J. Kovilpillai. Superintendent of the Southern Tamil District. appointed nt Conference 1938. will be found immediately following the Report of the Southern Tamil District. DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS' REPORTS 35

VI. Reports (a) District Superintendents

Report of the SINGAPORE-MALACCA DISTRICT THE ACTION of the previous General Conference -in rearranging the bounda- ries of the Malaya and Sumatra Conferences resulted in the removal of the Chinese churches located in North Sumatra from the Singapore District and their reallocation to the Sumatra Mission Conference. This we feel was a wise action since they could not be adequately supervised from Singapore except' at a large expenditure of time and money neither one of which has been 3yailable. PERSONNEL. This year has witnessed the following changes in our district staff. In June Rev. R. A. Blasdell and family went home on a well earned furlough. Miss Ada Pugh was at that time transferred from Taiping back to her "home" city and took charge of the Malay Hostels in Malacca and in addition has been helping to look after the mission work in the surround­ jng neighbourhood. In January Miss Sadler went on leave and Miss Mary Olson came to take over the responsibilities of Shellabear HalL For about three months of the year Rev. and Mrs. Paul H. Schmucker occupied the mission bungalow in Malacca and during that period gave valuable assistance to the Malacca Wesley Church as well as to other mission work in and about that city. On February 10 Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Thomas arrived in Singapore and immediately began to fill places of real usefulness. Mr. Thomas in the Mission Treasurer's office and in the Methodist Book Room and Mrs. Thomas on the staff of the Methodist Girls' School. They have also given fr~ly of their time in the Paya Lebar Church, while Mrs. Thomas's ability to produce sweet music on the organ has been a blessing both to the Bickley Memorial and Wesley Churches. Early in March we wished Mrs. Hoover bon voyage as she sailed for England and America to take advantage of her much needed furlough. Then we had the pleasure of welcoming her back to Singapore again the middle of December ready for another term of service. A suryey of the work on the district reveals many evidences of God's blessing, although I must say that it also reveals many places where much more successful work might have been done had the district superintendent been able to find sufficient time to devote to the proper supervision of the work. The exacting duties of the Mission Treasurer's office and the Secretaryship of the Singapore Branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society have necessarily limited his activities on the district. Our work has been further handicapped during the year by a considerable amount of sickness amongst our staff of workers. lVIALACCA SECTION. The Malacca Chinese Church, under the leader­ ship of Re\,. John Chua, has had a very successful year. The attendance at this church has grown so that at times it is almost impossible to find seating a.ccommodations for those who attend. If we are to measure up to our respon­ sibility in feeding the flock in that community we must soon find a way to enlarge the seating capacity of their church. The Malacca Wesley Church has not had quite so good a record this year due chiefly to the pastor's extended illness. Yet Mr. Ho Seng Ong has rendered loyal and efficient service in the dual capacity of school principal .and pastor. 36 MALAYA CoNFERENCE, 1938

The exacting duties of the school do not leave much time for real church work even when the person enjoys the best of health. The work on the Malacca Circuit does not show as much fruitage .as we had hoped for although in some places the results have been. encouraging. The absence of Mr. Blasdell as District Missionary has deprived the circuit of the care and supervision which it so much needs. The work in Serom, Bukit Gambir and Sungei Rambei started off well under the new leadership of Mr. Wong Eng Leong, but his illness for the past six months has left these congre­ gations without much attention. In May we dedicated our new church and parsonage in Sungei Bharu. This is a very modest building. but yet very attractive and will meet the needs of our work in that village for many years. The church in Jasin has been entirely renovated and repaired without any assistance from the mission. I t now looks like a new building. Here and at l'angkak Rev. Lim Keong Eng has had a successful year of work. At Tampin. Sagil. Bukit Asahan, Bekoh and Bemban we are doing little more than "hold the fort." This is not due to a lack of opportunity or opposition, but simply to a lack of workers. We are greatly in need of trained consecrated preacher­ teachers. The local preachers and exhorters in these churches are doing the best they can but their abilities are very limited. Until we can get some real preachers for these points and funds with which to support there "Methodist" will not count for much in those neighbourhoods. Brother Lim Cheng Hui continues to render good service in the Merlimau school and church. How we wish we had several more like him. SINGAPORE CHURCH WORK. Most of our Singapore churches have had a very good year. In every instance they show a substantial increase in membership. Our people have contributed liberally to the China Relief yet their benevolent giving has help up well as the report of the Statistician will show. The banner for the highest giving per member to the church benevolences goes this year to Wesley Church. They have given at the rate of $1.75 per member. The Geylang English congregation reports a good year although Brother Lau's illness has of necessity limited their activities. Kev. Chew Hock Hin reports good success in his two churches: Geylang Straits and Paya Lebar. the Geylang Straits reporting the largest proportionate increase in membership· of any on the district. The Epworth League in this congregation organized about one year ago reports an enrolment of sixty and an average attendance of seventy-two. Our Paya Lebar Church shows a healthy growth in all depart­ ments. During the year the pastor started a preaching service in Malay on Sunday evenings in addition to the morning service in English. Since the beginning of our work in this center our people have had to worship in the class rooms of the school building but now they are looking forward with much enthusiasm to the completion of a fine new church bUilding. We expect to lay the Comer Stone of this new church Sunday, January 16. The Bickley Memorial Church under the able leadership of Rev. Goh Hood Keng and his corps of helpers has had a very successful year. This institution is playing a role of increasing importance in its own community and the city at large especially among the Straits born Chinese. The fact that the Government was pleased to honour the pastor of this church with a J.P. this past year is evidence not only of the fact that he commands the respect Clf the authorities, but is also an evidence of the valuable contribution which he and ibis church are making to the public welfare. This church -continues to ,have the banner Sunday School, with an enrol­ ment of· over 500. Many more would come if there was ·available space in which to put ·additional classes. Until such space can be found they will be compelled to limit the enrolment. The Straits Congregation is also rejoicing this year in the final acquisition 'of a new pipe organ which has been made possible through the faithful labours of the Ladies Aid Society. Wesley Church under the leadership of Rev. H. B. Amstutz has enjoyed i year of increasing tiseTulness. SinCe this church represents the first Metha- DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS' REPORTS 37

dist Congregation to be organized in Malaya it may well be regarded as the Mother Church of Malayan Methodism. Having that idea in mind the pastor and his official board have done much during the year to beautify the interior of the church building so as to create a dignified sanctuary. suggestive of reverence and conducive to worship and thereby set a standard which we trust may be followed by other churches in our conference. The new lights, the new pulpit and choir furniture and the new floor tiles have all been provided with this idea in mind. The installation of the Hammond Electric Organ, the first of its kind in Malaya, has also added very greatly to the value of the church services. The influence of Wesley Church has reached even wider circles this year through the facilities of the British Malaya Broadcasting Company by which one Sunday evening service each month is put on the air. Reports from various quarters indicate that these broadcasts are much appre­ ciated. The total cost of re-roofing the church, painting and renovating Wesley Hall, new furniture and the new organ have cost the church over ~7,OOO of which more than $4,000 have been paid by the congregation and friends of the church. In view of the pastor's ill health during the year, and the increasing demands of the chaplaincy on his time, he deserves much credit for what has been accomplished this year under his direction. Mr. and Mrs. Amstutz with their son Bruce will soon go on leave again having completed their second term of service in Malaya. We wish for them a joyful reunion with their daughter in the homeland who anxious.1y awaits their arrival, a restful furlough with their friends and loved-ones, and in due time their return to Malaya. Mention should be made of the fact that Mr. Amstutz has served as pastor of Wesley Church for a longer period than any of his predecessors since the founding of the church. LEPER WORK. Religious services under Mrs. Archer's direction have been conducted every Sunday in the Singapore Leper Camp and periodically in the lohore Leper Camp as well. A Christmas treat and programme were given in both camps during the Christmas season. T'his ministry to these unfortunate sufferers who live shut off from the world is much appreciated and creates one of the bright spots in their lives. SCHOOL WORK. Time and space will not permit me to give a detail­ ed report on our various schools. They have all ,had a successful year of work. The Anglo-Chinese School and the Methodist Girls' School in Singa­ pore have had many more applicants than could be received. The same may be said of our Geylang Girls' School. We are very seriously embarassed for lack of space in the Geylang school. Mrs. Lau the headmistress had to give up her office to make room for the growing classes. The Fairfi~ld Girls' School under the leadership of Miss Kenyon has added a ne\\" \nng to the sch.ool and has paid for it during the year. The building of our church. ~all in Paya Lebar will provide needed class room space for the crowded condItIOn of the school there. After conference Miss Corbett, principal of the Singapore Methodist Girls' School and Miss Royce, principal of the Suydam Girls' School in Malacca, will go on leave having completed a very busy and successful term of service. We wish for them a pleasant and profitable furlough and a return to their friends again in Malaya. During the past few months the Mission has acquired a school ·site con­ sisting of over seven acres in Malacca on which we hope soon to erect new buildings for the Malacca Anglo-Chinese. School. The present quarters do not conform to government requirements and no satisfactory adjustment can be made an the old site. In the month of May the new Anglo-Chinese School building in Tangkak was officially opened. This is a small building of four rooms and is not a grant-in-aid school. I tis, however, a substantial building and will serve well the needs of that community. Being built next to our church t'he class rooms ·can also be used for Sunday School work as well. 38 MAL:\.YA CONFERENCE, 1938

EVELAND SEMINARY, under the able leadership of Miss Nelson, continues its valued service of training young women for Christian leadership in Malaya. BOARDING SCHOOLS. Shellabear Hall and Nind home, both of our girls boarding schools, have been filled to capacity. Miss Rank. the principal of Nind Home, is faced with the necessity of finding a new building in which to house her girls since the old boarding school is in such poor condition that it can -no longer be used. Thus she is on' the lookout for money and friends who will help provide new buildings. The Methodist Boys' Boarding School in Malacca under Ho Seng Ong is filled to the capacity permitted by the health department. Oldham Hall is the one boarding school where we have plenty of room for more students. Mr. Bird the Principal has been on the ~ookout for more boys and some are coming but for the past few years this school has not measured up to our expectation. Perhaps the need for a large boys' boarding school in Singapore is past. We are, however, hoping for better results this year. I n conclusion I wish to record my appreciation of the loyal support givel1 by all the workers on the district. I feel that there is amongst us a real spirit of brotherhood and a common desire to advance the Kingdom of Christ in our midst. We pray that God who knows the motives of our hearts will over­ rule the mistakes and blunders which he doubtless has seen in our work and that by his grace the good accomplished will be multiplied a hundred fold.

R. L. ARCHER, District Superintendent.

Report of the SIBU (SARAWAK) DISTRICT s I VI EW the progress made by the Sibu District in spiritual and worldly A affairs in 1937 J cannot fail or forget to thank God. our Heavenly Father for His mercy and tremendous love shown to me and my fellow-workers throughout the district. As I search for material for this report I am exceedingly glad to discover that a new record of church and school work has been attained in spite of a decrease in the price of rubber and frequent tapping holidays imposed under the Sarawak Restriction Scheme. Churches have been built in five new places this year. Pulau Keladi Cburch was built during the first quarter and was opened in July. Churches at Sungei Buoi and at the head of the Sungei Merah were finished in December. The churches at Kapit and Sungei Penasu still lacked doors and windows when we left Sibu. We expect these to be on when we return but we plan to use the churches even though these items are delayed. Our school building is also practically completed at S. Penasu. In Pulau Keladi and Sungei Merah (Geng Tau) we will use the church for school classes until the school building can be built. We have taken over two schools in the Cantonese colony this year. A local preacher bas been appointed headmaster in each place. Sunday Schools have been opened and Bible is taught in the school but little progress has been made among the adult Cantonese as they are practically all uneducated and all worship idols. Another Cantonese community has asked us to take over their fine new school building and help them find a teacher. We find the Cantonese people very fine but they take a good deal of our time as they have had no experience in runnin~schools and. seeing the success of our Mission among the Foochows. they bring most of their problems to us to be solved. Mr. DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS' REPORTS 39

Summers has kindly agreed to accept responsibility for checking up on the work of our schools and he has spent a great deal of time among them this year. He has called together the teachers and school committees in each place and has discussed with them methods for improving the work of the school and for securing a closer union between the work of the school and church. He reports that 85% of the Chinese children of school age in rural centers are in our schools, and that 63% of them are Christian. We believe that our schools are a great help in laying a good foundation for our church in the next generation. Many of the parents are still uneducated; so P-ll!ch so that most of our schools hold a meeting for parents one evening each week to give a summary of the news of the week as reported in the Chinese newspapers. The meeting is opened with a hymn, a prayer and a devotional talk by the pastor. New school buildings have been built this year at Sungei Midut, Bukit Asek and Bukit Lima. The Methodist Girls' School, Sibu, is planning to build a $12,000.00 building in 1938. Subscriptions for this were begun this year and $5000.00 was quickly subscribed. Then when the call came from China for Relief Funds it was decided to give way to this appeal and the taking of further subscriptions has been postponed until the new year. A music teacher has been secured for this school for the new year. The Sibu Church has had a good year of work due largely to the zeal and energy of Rev. Lau long Ding who came from China at the end of last year. Early in the year he organized a baby show; and a Sunday service was given over to talks by local doctors on the care of infants. Over one hundr.ed babies were entered in the show. The Borneo Company supplied tins of mIlk and health pamphlets to each entrant and prizes to the winners. The Resident and several other Government officers attended and were pleased with the success of the show. Rev. Lau is also a trained musician and has, with the help of Mrs. Summers, organised a choir which provides special music twice on Sunday. He has introduced the new Chinese Hymnal of Universal Praise and has used every possible opportunity to teach and practice these new hymns to the Sibu Church and to those who gather together for meetings of the entire district. The Sarawak Mission has recommended that his transfer to our Conference be secured and I, on behalf of the Sibu Church and the whole District. add my endorsement to this recommendation. The following churches have had an e:x'tra good year of work and are recommended for their progress in spiritual things; Hinghua Ba, Au Poh Gen~. Kwong Hua and A Po. Bintulu. though the most secluded church in the district. as far as distance and difficulty of communication a re concerned, has had a p:ood year and shows progress. Se\'en children and 25 adults were baptized on our \'isits there. The Preachers' Association organized last year has been very useful to us as an opportunity to discuss our common problems as we meet once a quarter. This year a committee was appointed to plan revival meetings wherever in­ vited. Meetings have been held in four places this year with good success. A team of three or four preachers go together to hold such meetings. Our Sixth Annual Preachers' Institute and Training School was held in Sibu in June of this year. This school fills a real need as we have to depend so largely on lay preachers and this school ghres both encouraoement t? s~udy and useful training. We are deeply grateful to Rev. Amstutz f~r con­ hnumg to plan these schools for us. Our teachers this year included Bishop Lee, Dr. Archer, and Rev. Hong Han Keng as well as Rev. Amstutz who also served as Dean of the School. . Our Woman's work continues to suffer from a lack of properly trained BIble Women. Our only trained Bible Woman is in the Sibu Church and her work has been very satisfactory. Many churches have asked for trained Bible Wom~n for next year. Two of them have already arrived and are ready for work m ~he new year. Others are being sought for. Our women are prepared to subSCrIbe towards their salary and we trust that the v.,'. F. M. S, can also help us support them. 40 l\lALAYA CoNFERENCE, 1938.

We report the following figures for the district totals for 1937: Total Membership '930 Children baptized 349 Adults baptized ,154 Probationers received 68 Number of Sunday Schools 16 Average Attendance 1318 Our Sunday Schools are now fully supplied With proper materials. I n conclusion I again thank God for his unf.ailing help in our church work. I also thank my fellow-workers for their undaunted spirit and fine co-operation in the work of the Sibu District in the year 1937. LEE HOCK HIANG, District Superintendent.

Report of the CENTRAL MALAYA DISTRICT TH IS is the first report from the Central Malaya District, which was organized at the last session of the conference. I t stretches from Port Swettenham on the west coast to Kuantan on the east coast, a distance of 275 miles by roads, such as they are. In Port Swettenham and Kuantan the Government is now planning or building airdromes, which will make communication easier :in the· future. The district also includes Ne~ri Sembilan towards the south, and the Sakai work in the Batang Padang Valley in Perak. There are three English speaking Churches, which together with the English schools in Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Klang and Port Swettenham formerly made up the Kuala Lumpur English District. The work in Pahang was part of' t~e Central Tamil District, and the Sakai work was transferred from the Penang-Ipoh District. CHURCHES. The work in the English churches shows definite progress. Mr. and Mrs. Kuehn returned from furlough to Seremban early in the year and have continued to build on the foundation laid in previous years. Mr. and Mrs. Schurr have enjoyed continued happy relations with the Kuala Lumpur church. Besides the evening Service, this church has a morning service for young people, which is run in close connection with the Union Sunday School. Though this is a union service with the Cantonese church,. the responsibility for it rests mainly with Brother Schurr. I have tried to spend about three Sundays a month in Klang. Here, too, we have a splendid group of young people with whom it is an inspiration to work. The close relation of the Pastors of the English churches to the schools creates an ideal situation which bridges the gap so often existing between these .two institutions. I tis encouraging to note that the relation between the schools and the churches throughout Malaya is yearly growing closer. This ensures a greater harvest for the Kingdom. T'he activities among the young people and children are most encouraging. The Union Sunday School in Kuala Lumpur has .a membership of 300. In Klang the enrolment is 252 with an average attendance of 182 for the year or DISTRICT SUPER'INTENDENTS' 'REPORTS 41

an increase of 58 over last year. \The Seremban Sunday School also shows an increase in attendance. The yearly budget of these churches is steadily increasing and as the churches are relieved of paying regular pastors' salaries they contribute generous­ ly towards benevolent causes especially the Home Missionary Society. All three churches are blessed with treasurers who 'handle the accounts in an exemplary manner.

SCHOOLS. There are twelve schools on the district. The work in each has been carried out with faithfulness and efficiency. Some have made marked progress. The Sentul Metbodist Boys' Scbool is reported as a separate unit for the first time. This school was opened as a grant-in-aid school on March I, 1936 with one class, Pr. I., in the Tamil church building. During 1936. and 1937 classes were conducted in the church building and in a nearby school. The Government has given a land grant of five acres and a building grant of $3.i,5oo. In April 1937 and active campaign was started for funds for a new building. To date $26,000.00 has been raised, but $7,700.00 more is needed. The contract for the new building was signed and work begun in ~ovember. In January 1<)38 three full classes will be in session, ready to go into the new build­ ing when it is completed in July. This school will serve as a feeder school for the Methodist Boys' School, Kuala Lumpur, but will also give special attention to gardening, nature study and handwork. 'rhe locality is semi-rural. The school has a great future wherein a new kind of education can be tested. Thirty of the pupils are Christians, most of them connected with the Sentul Tamil Church, which is located next to the school site. The success of this \\hole project is largely due to the untiring efforts of Mr. Peach. The M etbodist Boys' Scbool, Kuala Lumpur, has greatly improved in health, due to the school clinic and the tuck shop, which are both efficiently run. The enrolment has reached a maximum of 810. The correlation of \Vesley Church and the upper classes is very strong. Every member of the staff is a Christian but one who is a church attendant. The nurse and office staff are also Chris[ian. The Metbodist Afternoon Scbool has now an enrolment of 375. '\1uch progress has been made in improved teaching and supervision. The financial situation is satisfactory, The school serves a definite purpose in the city, caring for pupils who are ineligible for the morning school. It aims at doing good work in the Primary and 1\1 iddle 'School, prepa1ring the boys for admission to the upper classes in the Methodist Boys' School or for employment. The Met bodist Girls' School is looking forward to re-building their entire plant on a new site tentatively promised by the Government. The Girls' Board­ ing School has added a beautiful new bus to its equipment. The school's loca­ tion outside of the city of Kuala Lumpur is excellent adding greatly to the health and happiness of the girls. The Klang A1etbodist Girls' Scbool has completed splendid new sen'ants quarters and improved the sanitary installation at a cost of $[,500.00. This has all been paid for. In April Miss Sherwood went on furlough and was succeeded by Miss Meyer. In Kuala Lumpur \liss Stevenson has tried wings on occasions, but finally she had a fall and is no\v on the high seas to meet another soaring spirit. The Port S'i.i.'ettenbam Scbool has taken a new lease on life. I ts enrolment has doubled and during 1938 we expect to reach 200. A piece of land adjoining the old site has been purchased and plans are on foot for new buildings and an adequate playground. A real attempt is being made to raise the standard of the school. In two or three years this school will be among our strongest and best. Watch us grow! Tbe Klang school is also looking forward to a programme of extension, which is greatly needed to care adequately for the present enrolment. :\11 classes are full and the overflow is swelling the Continuation School. The Seremban and Sepang schools are also making steady progress. 42 MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938

SAKAI WORK. Our two Batak mIssIOnaries to the Sakais have both had a year of trials and bereavement. Early in the year Mrs. Simanjoentak pas~ed away, leaving a lovely little baby girl and a sorrow-stricken husband. Through her Quiet courageous and self-sacrificing spirit. she won the love and respect of the Sakais. Although her stay amongst them was short, we feel she made a fine contribu­ tion. Mr. and Mrs. Siantoeri's little one. after a serious and prolonged illness, was taken to a better land. Her illness necessitated their staying in Sumatra for some time, but they are now back in Sakailand. On account of illness and enforced absences from the field it has not been possible to carryon the work as effectively this year as in the past. We are looking forward, however, to a greatly enlarged programme in the immediate future. This work will bo:: reported by the president of the Home Missionary Society. PAHANG. Pahang is our first missionary field and much of our work in this state will. for some time to come, need missionary support. In this entire state there is only one Protestant church, our own little church in Benton!!. There are two small organized congregations here. one Chinese, the other Tamil. They are partly self-supporting. At Cheroh Estate near Raub there is a large group of T elegu Christians, who worship regularly in a school building supplied by the estate. A Local Preacher supplies the pulpit most Sundays. These are the only places where services are conducted everv Sunday. Other centers such as Raub. K. Lipis. Mentakab and, very occasionally, Kuantan are visited by our Tamil and Ch·inese workers, ]. D. Asirvatham and Thn Kee Siong. In addition to "these, estates, towns, and villages are visited and tracts and Bible portions are distributed and sold in Chinese, Tamil and Malay approximately 12,000 during the year. These missionaries do their best to visit and encourage the many Christians scattered over this large state many of whom seldom or never have .an opportunity to attend a Christian service. There is in Pahang a large group of young people. recent graduates of our schools, who have gone there to find employment. We find them everywhere. Many of them are members of our Church, others not yet baptized Christians, but all of them extremely friendly towards our programme and ready to co­ operate with us. At a service in K. Lipis we asked our young people how often they had an opportunity to attend services. They told us that in 1936 there was only one service and that was conducted by an Adventist Preacher. And this in the Capital! Others have even fewer opportunities. During the past year 'we have had three English sen'lces in K. Lipis, at one of which Bishop Lee preached. There were from 40 to 50 attending, mostly young people from our own schools. We have given these young people a fine start in life but what an obligation we have towards their further development and guidance. They are looking to us. Let us not leave them as sheep without a shepherd! In addition to our Chinese and Indian speaking workers. therefore, we need to have at least one who is able to minister to these young people in the English language, holding English services at least once a month in each of our larger centres. It is a challenging opportunity! Arrangements have been completed for the opening of a Girls' Scbool in K uantan, our first Girls' School in t.he state of Pahang. The Government is laying plans for boys schools in all important centres of Pahang. Hence there is no need for our entering with a programme for Boys' Schools. The Govern­ ment does not intend to start girls' schools there and as a Mission we have repeatedly been invited by Government officials and others to open girls' schools in several centres. The immediate need is in Kuantan and a school will be opened there on January 17. We have rented the downstairs of the Hainan Association building as temporary quarters. Miss Mary E. Olson, our very efficient and experienced educationalist, will be the first principal of this school. The announcement of her coming was very enthusiastically received by the DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS' REPORTS 43 local people. His Highness the Sultan has promised us his support and he said he would like very much to send his 10 year old daughter to our school. The Inspector of Schools and other Government officials as well as prominent towns­ men welcome our coming. In Kuala Lipis the Government has offered us a beautiful hill as a possible sight for a girls' school. In Raub, our site has been further developed, and offers a splendid location for a school and church. Last September we were asked to start schools in these places. We hope that we may enter while the door is open. Whenever I make a trip to this great state. I am reminded of the words spoken by God through Moses to the Children of Israel:

Report of the CENTRAL TAMIL DISTRICT THE VERY sad death of Rev. J. A. Supramaniam in July of this last year left two posts \'acant-the administration of this District and the headmaster­ ship of the Methodist Afternoon School Kuala Lumpur. I have tried to fill these places for the last six months of the year. Brother Supramaniam faith­ fully continued all his work to the very end of June although he had to cease travelling at the end of May, I visited him often near the last and though he was extremely weak his concern and conversation was about his work, He was truly faithful unto death. During these months I have visited every station in the District except the Pahang section which was transferred to the Kuala Lumpur English District. It has not been possible to find out all the needs and press for their fulfilment in so short a time. My duties in Kuala Lumpur with raising funds for the n.ew school at Sentul and the administration of two day schools made it impos­ SIble for me to leave Kuala Lumpur very much. This District is a most important part of our Methodist Tamil work in Malaya and I sincerely trust that effecti\'e provision will be made in 1938 for the administration of the seven pri\'ate schools and the Church and Evangelistic work among the large population of Estate people. If ever our Tamil ministry should be ready for a challenging task it is now. It demands preparation. sacrifice. and continual zeal and hard work. Those who have these offerings to give should enter. Those who lack these things should refrain from accept­ ing appointment. I am very deeply impressed with the opportunity open to the trained local preacher who. employed in Government, or estate or private concern and who in addition, has a definite call within his soul to preach and teach the Christian message without salary, and who will study to catch the glorious joy of being a servant of Jesus Christ. Such men in classroom. pulpit, prayer meeting, home. village, and estate can do great things for God, Some are appearing, Let this Conference pray for more. There are eighteen local preachers in this district for 1938. What a revival could appear if everyone had a large share of the spirit in which Wesleyan Methodism was born! There are nine stations. I shall briefly make report of each one beginning from the North: TANJONG MALIM: John Abraham Local Preacher. supply pastor and headmaster of the Tamil School. E. J. Joseph, headmaster of the Anglo-Chinese 44 MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938

School. This is a very important center between Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh. -rhe English school is increasing in enrolment. I t is vhe only such school in the community. The Tamil school has not grown and it is in a very serious condition so far as proper housing is concerned. The Government requirements for private schools in Perak have become very rigid. English services were opened this year and a very promising response has been shown by the commu­ nity. Old boys and Old girls of our Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur _schools have attended. No other Christian group is th,ere in active work. The Railway Administration is definitely 'interested in our future plans for the educational work. Many of their staff are located there. Land should be acquired at once if possible and a station programme laid out. KUALA KUBU BHARU: L. A. Samuel, Elder. H. 1. Atkinson, head­ master of the Anglo-Chinese School. This school, must have a better staff if it is' to make any impression on the community. There is a plot of land that has been set aside for an English school. Our school now is in a rented house. T,his circuit is large and can be developed but a teacher-preacher cannot do the needed work. A real "travelling" preacher is needed. Tanjong Malim, Kuala Kubu and Rawang are three centres where our Methodist organization should definitely advance so that we can properly feel that the areas in between I poh and Kuala Lumpur are being evangelized.

KUALA LUMPUR CIRCUIT: ]. S. Arthur, Elder. ~. Samuel, Local Preacher and pastor's assistant. Mrs. P. L. Peach, Missionary. This is the strongest church in the area but there is much yet t6 be done to cause the Kuala Lumpur congregation to fully realize the wonderful privilege of gi\·ing. The church seems to have difficulty in meeting its full budget. It is a church of very progressive activities in every department. I ts membership is strong and influential. This churClh organization has a dual responsibility-the circuit of village and estate work and the town mernhership of ever growing well 'educated Tamil and Indian youth from our schools. SENTUL: L. A. Phillips, Elder. There has been improvement in Sunday School and Ladies Aid work during the year. This church membership has suffered losses and those who can give find it very difficult to meet vhe current budget. The church has a long-standing building debt. This year the interest has been paid but none has been paid toward the capital. The opening and the growth of. the Sentul :\1ethodist Boys School will certainly give impetus to this church in every way. The Sunday School membership should increase and a Christian staff in this day school can become an asset to the church organi­ zation. KLANG: J. v. Ayadurai, Elder. Ganandnam, Local Preacher, pastor's assistant. This is a very strong church with a fine future. Good work has been done by a steady, loyal set of Christian workers. All departments :are making progress. It is definitely planned to erect the new parsonage in 1938 for \".hich they have a growing building fund. Re\,. Abel Eklund has given much assistance to this church particularly in securing a larger site for the new parsonage. This cnurch should make its power felt in surrounding centers particularly Port Swettenharn, Kapar, where we have English schools. PORT SWETTENHAM: Devadason, Local Preacher. D. J. Sundrarn, headmaster of the Anglo-Chinese School. This station is growing in importance for Tamil work because of increased shipping and this Port is the entrance for many labourers. The church membership is small. T'he plan of educational expansion in English now fixed by Rev. Eklund will give this church a new task -of Christian education and evangelism. BANTING: G. E. Stephens, local preacher on Trial in the Annual Con­ ference. He is headmaster of the AngI.o-Chinese School. This is an important estate center. A new building to be used as church and school is desperately needed. The present building equipment ?,nd location is unworthy of a Metha:.. DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS' REPORTS 45

dist organization. If a real Christian benefactor could see with his physical eyes the present building, and see with -his spiritual eyes and mental eyes the possibilities around this place, he would certainly close his physical eyes and make a donation of $1,000.00 to change the present condition. A buildingJund has been started but immediate action should be taken. BUKIT ROTAN: Isaac Mamicam, Local Preacher. This is, in my opinion, the greatest center in all Malaya for estate work. I t is a monument to the zeal and consecrated service of the late Rev. Arumugam. This work must have vigorous leadership if the opportunity is to be properly met. An aggressive plan of evangelism and Christian education is needed, adapted to estate work. I t should be patterned along true Methodist lines. This is the field where the travelling and itinerant ev,angelists like to go. There is a reason-they know that it is a good field. Our Methodist organization should be sufficient to meet every need of these people. SEREMBAN CIRCUIT: John Devasahayam, Local Preacher. This is a Large circuit and capable of great growth within Seremban and in the surround­ ing estates and villages. The town church has several very strong laymen. The Anglo-Chinese School offers an increasing constituency. The surrounding estate work now carried on at Labu and other places by the pastor is .a most promising part of the Tamil work at Seremban. This station needs a full time pastor and ·an assistant for Estate work. There is a good parsonage in the city and a strong church organization. Rev. Kuehn has been most helpful in this church during the latter part of the year. IN GENERAL: The general results of the year are some progressive and some otherwise. There is a drop in the total membership of about 8%. The Benevolence collection has increased by 50% and there are reported 48 Christians in the five day schools with an enrolment of 270 whereas in 1936 these same schools reported 2 Christian pupils. Rev. Supramanium's illness and death was a serious loss to the progress of this district. The administration of the work suffered much. I have been very glad to carryon for the short time, though I feel that I have accomplished but little save perhaps by words of advice and encouragement to those who were in charge of c-hurches and schools. I want to thank all workers of the district for co-operation in the work. . I would recommend a larger and more active co-operation with the Anglican, Lutheran .and Syrian Christian leaders in this area. In a most interestin~ series of articles on Reunion of Christiandom in the Selangor Parish Ma£?;azine the Anglican minister in Kuala Lumpur says in the section on Methodism. "The truth seems to be that we sorely need one another." The Syrian Christian leader. Rev. Koshy. expresses in his annual report great appreciation of the kindness of Methodist friends. The Lutheran leaders use our churches. All of this is significant and we should, in street, in worship, in estate. and in town, be ready to pray with them. to meet with them, to work with them our brethren and all others whose hearts are ·humble and sincere, that we all may be one. Thus will we, by wise words and goodly deeds advance the Kingdom of our Lord. PRESTON L. PEACH, District Superintendent.

Report of the SARIKEI DISTRICT GLANCE OVER THE WORK of the Sarikei District of the year 1037 will A reveal a fine spirit of co-operation and strik~ng impro\'ement of the churches. which has continued from last year. \Ve are thankful to God for His wonderful care and His guidance in our work .. 46 MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938

DISTRICT IN GENERAL

In this district there were last year 21 churches, and this year two new churches, Sungei Pan and Dung Nang Po, which have been established. In each of the churches quarterly conference has been held three times except the newly opened two. We are grateful that the families of all our workers and members which I have been visiting all the time during the year are all in good health under God's care. We are also thankful to Reverends Summers, Li Hock Hiang. Sia Yeu Di. Ding Sieu Ja and Yeo Sieu King for their aid tn revival meetings which were held at several churches. The number of baptized adults for all churches this year is 7; and that of the children is 2;,. The number of preparatory members received during the year is 480. Five new church buildings have been erected and dedicated during this year: in Ne Se akak Binatang, Labuan. Sungei Pan and Oung Nang Po. As time and space do not permit me -to report in detail the work of every church I shall only mention some outstandin~ ones. Among all churches Ne See Akak might be counted as the most prosperous and satisfactory-the one in which different organisations such as Sunday school. Epworth League, Bible Study Association, Preaching Bands, etc., have formed and worked out successfully. The qncreasing church attendance there, this year, almost doubles the number of the previous year. In Labuan, Ta.njong Kunyit, Sungei !,\ilong, with the help of the preaching bands and the work done by the preachers, considerable success has been experienced. I'll addition, some of the striking work done by our devoted and faithful members seems worthy to be mentioned here. At Hock Hing Po, there are two persons who, through the hearty praying of a fellow member, Mr. Cio Men Gu, have returned to sound health again after a serious attack of cholera. I t happened in like manner at Krupok: one of our devoted members named Li Dung Ming prayed for a man. who had nearly lost his life in serious illness, and helped save him through God's mercy. Since the happening of the above the churches of these two places have become more and more prosperous and enligl,tened. At Mador, one of the Non-Christians being terribly attacked hy the evil spirit asked for the help of a faithful member, Mrs. Guok Chiek. She prayed earnestly for the woman who by God's mercy has now been freed from an evil disturbance. Thereafter she and her husband came to believe in God and have been baptised. This has resulted .jn more persons coming! to the church and in a stronger faith of the members and workers of that church. The year wiII end soon. We have received much blessing this year in our work. I pray earnestly that the coming year may have a greater advance and more fruitful harvest. WONG KING Hwo, District Superintendent.

Report of the SOUTHERN TAMIL DISTRICT JOHORE BAHRU, ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL has steadily increased its enrolment. wh-ich is 225, under the Headmaster, Brother P Athimuthu. The standard is higher than it was formerly. The Sunday School and the Epworth League work is carried on with the help of this school. There are about 35 adults in the Night School. The Superintendent of Education recommends our school to all boys who cannot gain admission in the Government schools. In 1939 the Government can be requested to make this a grant-in-aid school in lohore if possible. The public thinks well of this. school. DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS' REPORTS 47

The Church in Johore Bahru has an average attendance of from 40 to 50 every Sunday The members and adherents of this congregation raised $2(2 in their Ingathering service and they have given more than their quota in benevolences. Brother J. ]. Kovilpillai gave I; lantern lectures and sermons in connection with the Epworth League and on estates. All Christians irrespective of denomination co-operate with the pastor and appreciate his services. lOuang Work is still weak. Brother]. P Joshua has done his best. The church and the circuit is the second largest in the district. There are 12 educated Christian families and about 20 Christian labourers v.ithin the town limit. It wiII grow and progress in 1938. The Segamat Church and Circuit are making use of the Methodist churches at Segamat and Tangkah. The Chinese congregation in these two centres are pleased to lend their support and co-operation. On Sagi} Estate, the estate authorities built a chapel for the Christian labourers some years ago Though the members are all labourers they raise about $100 a year for the support of the pastor, benevolences and current expenses. There are four Exhorters who conduct services every Sunday, hold mid-week Prayer meetings and conduct Sunday School. On Johore Labis Estate near the town of Labis, there are a hundred Christian labourers; the estate authorities are approached to build us a chapel. The church at Segamat with their pastor, Brother A. Devadason are responsible for this growth. This congregation raise yearly a thousand dollars for the support of their pastor and benevolences English services are conducted twice a month and the attendance is good. Brother V E. Matthew and Kumara­ kulasinge are in <::harge of this work. Tampin Work was started in 1936. Because of unsuitable workers, the work did not succeed much during 1936. Brother S. M. Rajamoney was stationed here early in 1937 temporarily. The Inspector of Schools has approved it as a grant-in-aid school for 193'8. Though the church is small this circuit has two Sunday S<::hools. This is a strategic centre and work will develop along the roads leading to Gemas. Kuala Pilah and Bahau, and along roads leading to Seremban, Malacca and Lobok China on the way to Port Dickson. Malacca has done very well under Brother]. Milton David. The pastor himself is musical and, in addition, Brother Jushua Baruch, Mrs. Wellington. and 1\1 rs. Bala Gopal who has a very good knowledge of the technical Indian music, contribute their share to help the musical part of the worship. There is a strong Sunday School here with five other Sunday Schools in the outstations. An English service is conducted during week days for the good of Malacca and other Indian brethren. The Ladies paid $220 to reduce the debt on the Parsonage. This is the best giving Tamil Church in Malaya. Definite and consistent outstation work has been established. M uar has Sunday School and church services which are conducted regularly. T·he Lord's work in Batu Pahat has grown still more. The worship services are well attended and there 1s a Sunday School. During 1938 Batu Pahat and Gemas will be organized as two churches. When Muar Tamil Christians become a church in 1938 the whole of Johore will have been well occupied. Some years ago Brother 1. .J. Kovilpillai used to cover the whole of lohore from Malacca. To-day in Johore there are churches in lohore Bahru. Kluang. Segamat, Sagil, Tangkah, Muar and Batu Pahat and an Anglo-Chinese School with 225 boys in Johore Bahru and a grant-in-aid Tamil school in Tampin. Singapore has done well in Pasir Panjang, and the Air Base. The town church has a large Sunday School, a good Epworth League with ;4 members and a Youth's Christian Association for the'municipal labourers who come to our haH to attend the night school. The Ladies Aid Society helped to reduce -the church debt by $600 during 1937 and have further contributed $46 to make the choir seats. 48 ~ALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938

The work under Brother V A. Chelliah in the Air Base has progressed. Brother Chelliah has helped me greatly in editing the Tamil paper known as "The Light of Salvation" besides helping Brother P. B. Means in the Methodist Book Room and in preparing the Responsive Readings and the revised Ritual for the use of·the churches. The Church in Pasir Panjang under Brother M. Thangamuthu has a membership of 130 Christian labourers. They sing well because Brother Thangamuthu is a musician. The Sunday' services and mid-week prayer meetings are well attended. There is a night school where illiterate labourers learn to read and write. For four years they raised $4 a month towards the support of their preacher; to-day they raise $44 a month and the Alexandra Brick works donate $10 a month making a total of ~;4 a month. Brother S. M. Thevathasan has assisted me in the town church a great deal. The churches in the district have raised in 1937 16% more for ministerial support, benevolences and current expenses. There has been a steady increase in membership, conversions and baptisms. This district was formed in 1934 and the workers in the district have laid the foundation. The structure is to be built on it. In Tamil. there is a proverb: "the main work in the district is evangelism," meaning, "to a mighty one a mere blade of grass is a weapon." The workers and their leader cannot boast of any high degree of education nor material training. We have been mere blades of grass. The credit, if there is any, and glory goes to the migh tv one yea, the Almighty and the all-loving God our Father' in Jesus who used the mere blades of grass as weapons or instruments in His mighty hand.

S. S. PAKIANATHAN, District Superintendent.

S. S. XOVILPILLAI

). Superintendent of the

Southern Tamil District:

Appointed Conference 1938. DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS' REPORTS 49

Report of the PENANG-IPOH DISTRICT HE BUILDING PROJECT of the Anglo-Chinese School, Penang, consumed T the major part of my time and energy this year. As chairman of the building commiuee it was necessary to spend much time in soliciting funds. This has meant that the work on the district has not been given the 'attention it required. However, through the splendid co-operation of our missionaries, pastors, and other workers, the work has not suffered to any large extent.. I have held two Quarterly Conferences in all the churches except one and WIth the kind assistance of Rev. Theodore Runyan the other Quarterly Conferences were held in and around Ipoh, We give thanks to our Heavenly Father for all the results achieved and for the opportunity of labouring in ,beautiful North Malaya. We express our ·appreciation of the splendid co-operation and support of our fellow workers. This is a district of large opportunities and a major task. fhe burden has been heavy but God's grace has been sufficient. A survey of the year's work reveals definite gains in new buildings erec:ted and increased efficiency in the work of our schools and churches. PERSONNEL The kaleidoscopic changes in missionary personnel continue. The Ipoh staff was greatly strengthened by the arrival of Jean Elinor Kesselring and Suzann Runyan. Burr l\:. Baughman came to Penang Anglo-Chinese School immediately after conference and remained with us until the first of August. He rendered yeoman service at Taiping during ·the week-ends in taking charge of the Wesley Church and conducting English Services in Bukit Mertajam and Parit Bun-tar. Herbert H. Peterson returned from leave the day Mr. Baughman left and assumed the pastorate at Taiping where he ,had buil,t up a i;trong church before going on leave. Miss Geraldine Johnson was appointed to Penang at the last Annual Conference. She has rendered most effective service in the Anglo-Chinese Girls' School as well as 1n the Chinese .Church where a choir has been organized. Miss Della Olson left for America on 1st April, and was succeeded by Miss Thirza Bunce who has had a good year in Taiping as principal of the Lady Treacher Girls' School and resident missionary. Miss Hazel M. Depler postponed her home-going until August I in order to remain in Bukit Mertajam until the arrival of the Pattersons. Mr. Patterson took over the Principalship of the Anglo-Chinese School, Parit Buntar, and ~1rs. Patterson became head­ mistress of the Anglo-Chinese Girls' School. ilukit Mertajam. The eooles went on furlough in October after the completion of the ~e\\' Anglo-Chinese School Buildings at Sitiawan. Eugene McGraw very acceptably acted as principal of the Anglo-Chinese School, Siti-awan, until the end of the year. Mis'S Ruth H an'ey was welcomed back from leave in April to the staff of the Anglo­ Chinese Girls' School, Ipoh, where she took the place of Mrs. Bell who had gone to her homeland for a short stay. There have been very few changes in our local staff this year. R. Zacharias came to Tapah in February in charge of the large Thmil Circuit there and has had a record year in that difficult field. Victor Paran iothy had to leave Parit Buntar and Bukit Mertajam in March to accompany his wife to India. James Roy, a former member of t·he South India Conference who was highly recom­ mended by James .J. Kingham, took over this work. NEW BUILDINGS T,he several projects started in 1936 have come to completion this year. The new Anglo-Chinese Middle School in Penang was opened by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, G.C.M.G., O.B.E. on December I I. This modern building constructed of reinforced concrete provides 12 full-sized class rooms, a hall seating 600 persons, a primary. hall, two offices, and an art room. The total cost, with furniture, is $90,000.00 of which amount the Government 50 MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938 has kindly provided ohalf. Great credit is due to Dr. L. Proebstel who planned th~ building and had much to do with seeing it to completion. The new Pn~ary School building is also under construction and will be completed in Apnl 1938. The total cost of this structure including furniture will be approxi­ mately $40,000.00 half of which has been 'asked for from the Government to be provided in 1938. These two buildings cost a total of $130.000.00. The four acre site cost $6;,000.00 representing a total commitment of $195,000.00. One-third of this amount will be provided by t·he Methodist Mission from the sale of Maxwell Road property, one-third from the Governmenlt and it is hoped that the other one-third can be provided by the community of which $53,300.00 has already been subscribed. The bui'Jding campaign in Penang has done much to put our school before the public and has been t,he means not only of raising funds for buildings but also created a svmpathetic interest on the part of the public in our programme. The new buildings on the new West­ lands -site mark 'a new era in the life and programme of the Methodist Mission in Penang. Mr. Percy B. Bell has worked untiringly in Ipoh to raise funds for the extension project of the Anglo-Chinese School. $52.000.00 have been subscribed. Two pieces of property adjoining our Mission compound have been acquired which will provide adequate space for an enlarged football field, and the new buildings required for the Science Laboratory. The new servants' quarters for the school have already been completed and work is progressing on the new school buildings which will cost ~40.000.00. The Government is making no Capital Grant towards the new buildings but has very kindly agreed to provide $6,000.00 for the equipment of the Science Laboratory. The Honourable the British Resident of Perak, Mr. G. Cator, officially opened the new Anglo-Chinese School buildings in Sitiawan on October 16, 1937. He had previously agreed to our proposal of spending $10,000.00 from the sale of the Orphanage lot for this project. This has enabled us to complete the entire building programme of the school a-s proposed by Mr. Coole in 1935. There is now a large hall, a workshop. and an eight-classroom building which cost $26,500.00. This plant is one of the finest of its kind in all Malaya and provides a type of building well suited for a rural area. The contract for the new \Vinchell Home in Penang was signed in March and calls for completion on March 31, 1938. This building which is being erected on the former site of "Stafford" will cost approximately $22,000.00. It proddes a dormitory for thirty girls and living quarters for the missionary lady in charge. The Winchell Family in America sent a special gift of $1,goo.OO (Straits Currency). Miss Lydia L'rech has been collecting subscriptions from the Old Girls of the "Homes" and has received one or t\\·o donations from societies in Penang. The Dato Kramat property, Penang, where the Anglo­ Chinese Branch School and Tamil Church were formerly housed was sold to the Lutheran Church early in the year for $5,000.00. Half of this amount was used for the new Tamil parsonage which was opened by BiS/hop' Lee on December 10. 1937. This parsonage provides a -social hall downstairs for the use of the church and is complete in every way. The total cost of the build­ ing was $4,200.00. In addition to this amount received from the sale of the Dato Kramat property and the funds already in hand the local congregation has raised $400.00 and has paid $150.00 on the church building debt. On November 14, Bishop Lee laid the corner-stone of the first Protestant church to be built in the state of Kedah. This structure being built by the Tamil congregation at Sungei Patani will cost ~3,500.00 furnished. Eighteen years ago Mr. Doraisamy one of our staunch laymen started 'a subscription list for the Tamil Church in Kedah. The amount has increased during the. years so that now a magnificent site has been secured costing $2.400.00 and a beautiful building is nearing completion. The local church has already secured $800.00 in SUbscriptions this year and expects to raise t-he balance necessary to complete the building. DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS' RE·PORTS 51

The balance of $2,500.00 due on the Kulim Mortgage was paid in April. Since all of our seven-acre estate in Kulim, Kedah, has been sold it was neces­ sary to look around for a suitable site for a church and school. Through the kindness of one of our church members who advanced the money a site was bought on the main road costing $1,400.00. The building which will house both the church and Chinese school is being built together with a neat little par­ sonage the total cost of which will be $5,Soo.00. All of these amounts are provided from the sale of the Kulim Rubber Estate. These two new buildings in Kedah will be dedicated by Bishop Lee early in 1935. Plans have been passed for the Tamil Parsonage in Parit Buntar. $1.700.00 is already in hand for this 'Purpo~ and the members of the church have sub­ scribed $400.00. The contract for the new building will be signed in January. YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORK Special mention must be made of the Sunday Schools on this district. The Union Sunday School in Ipoh under the superintendency of Mr. V .. D. Kuppusamy has doubled in attendance this year. The Lnion Sunday School in Taiping with Miss Pedlow as superintendent was organised early in the year and already has reached an enrolment of 126 with an average attendance of 76. This is an entirely new organisation which provides for the students of the Lady Treacher Girls' School and the Anglo-Chinese Boys' School. The Wesley Church Sunday School, Penang, continues to grow under the superintendency o~ Mr. D. D. Chelliah. Although it is largely dependent upon the schools for pupils and teachers there has been no cessation of activities during the school holidays which has meant much in sustaining attendances throughout the year. In Tanjong Rambutan ninety per cent of the children who attend our private school attend the Sunday School which is the most hopeful aspect of our programme there. In Telok Anson the Sunday School has been re-organised on a more efficient basis and already shows marked improvement. In Kampar there has been increased attendance. We are glad that our pastors and teachers now realise that the Sunday School is an integral part of the church from which the new recruits must come. Three very successful Epworth League gatherings were 'held this year. The Penang-Ipoh District Institute was held at Ipoh with an enrolment of over two hundred. I t was pronounced one of the most successful Epworth League Institutes over held. A one-day Epworth League Rally of the Northern District Epworth Leagues was held at the seaside jn Penang on ~ovember 2. There was not a dull moment during the day ·and although some of the leaguers at Taiping ·had to leave home at 4 o'clock in the morning to reach Penang in time for the Morning Watch Service all felt amply repaid for the trouble taken. The Ipoh Epworth League Rally was held at Telok Anson. These one day meetings if properly organized can be the most fruitful gatherings we have for Christian fellowship in the religious experiences of our young people. PENANG DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOLS I n addition to the Annual District Sunday School Rally held at the Penang Town Hall, a five-day Religious Education School was organized in P~nang in November with a registration of 90. The pastors of the Presbytenan and Anglican churches co-operated in this school in a splendid way. This took the place of the ten weeks Teachers' Training School held. in ,former y.ears. Great credit is due to Miss Dorothy Moreton for the orgamsatIOn of thIS school. THE CHURCHES The district superintendent has not been able to visit the churches this year as formerly but due to our splendid !personnel there has been advance throughout the churches. Our Tamil congregations have the largest. me.mber­ ship of any group in this district. The I~oh l1amilChu:ch and Gtrc1:ur has had another record year. Under the leadershIp of Fred DaVId, the work IS well- 52 MALAYA CONFERENCE, ]938

organized and well-manned. The three catechists located in Sungei Siput, Tamil Settlement, and Batu Gajah have all done well. This whole cIrcuit is entirely self-supporting. The Ipoh Tamil Congregation is the largest in Malaya. Mr. David in addition' to teaching in the school and taking care of his large congregation and circuit has made six trips to Tapah this' year and has been a great .inspiration to Mr. Zacharias; our pastor there. A trip was made to the Cameron Highlands where 60 Christians are located who have no pastoral care of any kind. Mr. D. John in Telok Anson has consistently visited the many rubber estates in that vicinity and has raised the standard as well as increased the attendance·of the Town Church. In Taiping M. G. Manicam has been zealous in doing work not only in the school but also in the church and circuit. He has compiled an order of service in romanized Tamil which repre­ sents a large amount of labour and provides an adequate ritual for the T!amil service as an aid to many of the younger members. The Tamil Church in Sitiawan under the leadership of K. J. Timothy has increased in membership and has had a good year. James Roy during his nine months in Parit Buntar and the Province has met with marked success by increasing the membership. Kingham Joseph in Penang has consistently called upon the membership and has established a reputation as a preacher. The Patani Road work sponsored by Miss Lois Rea assisted by Mr. Clements and Mrs. Vanniasingham is one of the most hopeful feature of our Penang Tamil Church work. Over two thousand Tamil labourers are housed in the Municipal Block of buildings and afford a fruitful field of labour which is now only occupied by our Methodist church. The English-speaking work as represented by the Wesley Churches is our principal link with the school programme. In Telok Anson, Kampar and Bukit Mertajam our English services 'are under the control of the Tamil and Chinese Quarterly Conferences. A new English service was started in Kampar in June. Mr. Kesselring goes down from Ipoh twice :a month. The other two services -are being taken care of by Kampar. This has been a means of reaching the students in the school. In Penang, Ipoh, and Taiping the English-speaking congregations are too cosmopolitan to come under any national or racial classifi­ cation. The lpoh Wesley Church has had a good year with Rev. Theodore Runyan as pastor. There has been a marked increase in attendance through­ out the year. The financial position of this church is stronger than ever before. The Wesley Church of Taiping under Mr. Baughman and 1\1r. Peterson has made marked progress. Through the influence of Miss Thirza Bunce a Ladies Guild was organized. not as a means to raise funds for the church but rather as an organization which would bring the members of the church together in a social way. In all of our Wesley Churches there is a need for more of a comm~n interest to bind our people together. Dr. L. Proebstel ·held special services in November with an average attend'ance of 120. The Wesley Church, Penang, still maintains its full .attendance at the service and this year the Ladies Aid inaugurated 'a series of social services which brought our people together. Dr. E. Stanley ] ones spent two busy days in Penang where his messages were greatly appreciated. His appeals to our boys' and f!irIs' schools met with a large response~ His meetings were a means whereby the Anglican. the Presbyterian, and the Seventh-day Adventist churches co-operated with our Methodist group. Plans were made for his visit to Ipoh but unfortunately they could not be carried out. Rev. Theodore Runyan conducted a very successful series of meetings at Bukit Mertajam which resulted in 26 decisions on the part of the young people. The need for ·a more aggressive evangelistic programme on this district is keenly felt. The large building programme has precluded any opportunity . to conduct special services throughout the district, but it is hoped that next year systematic attempts can be made in every centre to hold speci'al meetings. Several travelling evangelists from India have visited our Tamil churches. Mr. D. Samuel who was brought over for our Pastors' Institute spoke in all the DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS' REPORTS 53 large centres. Mr. Dauson was well received in Sitiawan, lpoh, Taiping and T elok Anson. CHINESE CHURCHES There are eight Chinese-speaking churches on t,his district. Five are centred around Jpoh where Cantonese and Hakka dialects are used. The lpoh Church has had the largest attendance in years. The Bible Woman has greatly increased the attendance of the women, and the pastor, Mr. Leong Wai Ah, continues to be very popular with his congregation. He preaches in Tronoh every Sunday in addition to conducting the services in his own church. The Tronoh Congregation is very faithful but does not increase in size. The Ipoh Chinese parsonage ·had to be demolished to make room for the new buildings of the school. This means that the building programme will have to be started next year for ·a new p·arsonage. The Pusing Church has taken on new 'life with M"r. Cheng Chee Leong as pastor. He has interested the younger members of t'he community in the church and has had a number of baptisms this year. The Sungei Siput Church recently orga­ nized by Mr. Vim Tuck Fatt continues to grow. Kampar Chinese Church is one of the strongest on the district and under the leadership of Lai Kam Hong has gone forward. Mr. Lee Boon Chao volunteered to tour the state of Kedah on a bicycle to sell Bibles ..and distribute tracts. He was taken on by the Bible Society at a salary of $10.00 'a month and has sown the seed in Kedah this year. As a result of his visits many Christian people have been discov-ered in out­ of-the-way villages .and in the towns which means that there is a place for a full-time Chinese pastor in the state. Mr. Faa Chee Chin has served the church in Sungei Patani without pay for the last two years but cannot do justice to the work as he lives ten miles away and has to do school work. Mr. Lee Boon Chao has been three month in Telok Anson and South Perak selling Bibles. He helped greatly in the Chinese Church at TeJok Anson. This church is vcry small and it is hoped that a full time pastor can be ap­ pointed there next year. The new Chinese Church at Kulim. Kedah. wiII afford the opportunity for a larger programme in that town of 5.0:)0 people. EDUCATIONAL WORK Our schools have occupied the major portion of the time of our Mis­ sionaries as well as of the Asiatic workers this year. The Methodist Mission schools in the state of Perak are first in the estimation of the public. In Penang and the Province and Kedah our schools are better off today than ever before. ~I25,OOO.oo has been subscribed by the public of North Malaya for Methodist Mission schools this year. Schobastically our schools lead. In Telok Anson under the principalship of L. B. Jenkins, the Anglo-Chinese School has established a record which has caused the community to take a new interest in the Methodist l\lission programme. In Kampar under the capable leadership of Mr. Yang Ngim T\jin the Anglo-Chinese School leads scholastically as well as on the sports field. The I poh Anglo-Chinese School under the principalship of Percy B. Bell will start the first science classes in 1938 to be held in any Methodist school throughout Ablaya. The number of applictations for admission to this school are evidence of the high regard in which it is held in the state of Perak. T'he Anglo-Chinese Girls' School, ipoh, under the principalship of Miss Gazelle Traeger. maintains a high standard of efficiency. The co-operation of the girls and the teachers in the progI1amme of the Sunday School and church is most encouraging. Horley Hall with its popular principal Ralph Kesselring has an enrolmenlt of forty four and is now our lan.!;est boardinf!; school. The Anglo-C·hinese School. Penang, under the princip'alship of Dr. L. Proebstel, has e~t~b~ished a record of high efficiency. The Annual Art and Handwork ExhIbItIOn opened by Lady Thomas on the day of the opening of the New Anglo-Chinese Middle MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938

School, received special mention in the local papers which stated that it takes first place in All-Malaya. A 100% pass in the London Mf(ltriculation class is one more evidence of the high standard maintained by the school. The A.C.S., Sitiawan. in its new building has already attracted more students and wit>h the assistance of Mr. D. C. Gong as vice:-principal of the school the standard of scholarship has steadily improved. The Lady T reacher Girls' School. Taiping, with Miss Thirza Bunce as principal increased in enrolment and effi­ ciency. Mr. Ng Chin Choon \'ery ably acted as Headmaster of the Anglo­ Chinese School, Parit Buntar, till the arrival of Mr. Patterson in September. Mr. Patterson has already initiated new plans which are increasing the effi­ ciency of the school. The increased number of .admissions for 1938 shows that our school here is better thought of than ever before. The Anglo­ Chinese Girls' School, Penang, continues to grow under the Iprincipalship of Miss Lois Rea. The great opportunity which this school affords for work among the students was evidenced by the splendid response made by the appeal of Dr. E. Stanley Jones when he ~s in Penang. Winchell Home under the direction of Miss Urech has had a good year. Miss Haz·el M. Depler had made a large pJlace for herself and her school in Bukit Mertajam which is ably filled by Mrs. Patterson. Mr. 1'\. G. Manickam through his untiring energy and enthusiasm 'has built lip the Anglo-Chinese School, Taiping, to incwase the enrolment of the school to 130. Various plans were proposed to rehouse this institution which has now outgrown the Chinese Church building. A big cinema hall has been secured which will afford accommodation for 260 pupils. The school will open in this building in February 1938. The private schools around Ipoh are all growing and self-supporting. They are well staffed and now have a thriving Sunday School in connection with each school. Our two private schools in Kedah afford a large opportunity. In Bedong the Chinese and Tamil languages are t'aught in -addition to the regular EnJ?:lish classes. Application has been made to the Government for a site in Bedong and although the site we asked for is not available we' have been given to under­ stand that another site will be provided by the Government. In Alor Star our school has decreased in enrolment but we hope during the coming year to build up this institution as it is our only means of reaching this strategic capital of the state. Methodist schools in North Malaya have never been better housed, better staffed, and better thought of than to-day. Our position as a Mission is very strong. However, we must not lose sight of our "mission". We are here to bring the good news of the message of Jesus Christ 'to the people of Malaya. Equipment is necessary but a definite v~tal experience of Jesus Christ is our aim. May we never lose sight of our great mission. A door effectual has opened unto us. Our schools ,are crowded. Our teachers are sympathetic to our programme. May we take advantage of the opportunities afforded by our schools to bring students and teachers to an acquaintance with the Master Teacher. The state of Kedah is one of our most. opportune mission fields. There is no resident Protestant pastor in the whole state. Our Chinese congregation at Sungei Patani has. pleaded for the appointment of a full-time pasto'T they will try to finance. The New Tamil Church is now built. We know of no greater opportunity for the development of rural churches than in this state where village after village is without a pastor. May we "go up and possess the land!"

M. DODSWORTH, District Superintendent. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES 55

VI. Reports-(Continued) (b) Standing Committees and Boards Report of the COMMITIEE ON PUBLIC MORALS HE PAGE devoted to the work of this committee in The Malaysia Message T was continued with much effectiveness up until Rev. Blasdell went on leave. It has been impossible to prepare suitable material since then because of the great increase in my responsibilities in Kuala Lumpur after the death of Rev. Supramanium. I can truly say in connection with this Committee "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." We feel very keenly the need of aggressive work to stem the increasing tide pf commercialized vice, amusements and drinking. Our church and school programmes must be so constructed and op­ erated as to constantly teach by precept and example the way of righteousness. Tthe dawn is breaking and the signs are good. One of the largest wedding receptions that Kuala Lumpur Methodism has seen for years was conducted in the Chinese Assembly Hall and there was not a sign of liquor. It was absolute­ ly "dry." It can be done. Methodism can and will show the way. We cannot do better than repeat a section of 1937 report of this Committee wherein three lines of effort are indicated: I. A strong and united attack on present day evils which are not only a public menace, but are even making a serious inroad in the spiritual life of our people. We deem the most serious of these evils to be gambling in its various and widespead forms, prostitution, opium addiction, the use of intoxicating beverages, the use of tobacco and various forms of amusements, particularly those found in the modern amusements parks. 2. The clarification of and education of our people in the com·ictions of the Church on moral questions. 3. The arousing of public sentiment on moral questions which will be strong enough to abolish existing evils and to establish a public con­ science for decent and clean living. The Commission on Religious Edocation has definitely in its plan of publications for 1938 temperance material in addition to that which is now published. This is to be sent out to churches and schools. T·he moral tone of our people will depend very largely upon our leaders. Our ministers, missionaries, League presidents, Sunday school superintendents and teachers, local preachers, and day-school teachers c.an have a great influence on all people and may save many young lives from moral collapse and thus save our great programme, by "refraining from doing those things that cannot be done in the Name of the Lord Jesus." PRESTON L. PEACH, C bairmall.

Report of the COMMIITEE ON EVANGELISM YOUR committee is pleased to report that evangelism has been emphasized in many places throughout the conference. 1\\r. D. Samuel of :\1adras gave a series of lectures at the Pastor's Institute and spoke in most of the Tamil churches. Dr. E. Stanley Jones conducted meetings in Kuala Lumpur, Klang, Penang and Singapore which were most successful. Win My Chum services were held in Bukit Mertajam, Taiping and Klang. 56 MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938

We recommend that special services be held in every church during Passion Week with a view of deepening the spiritual life of our 'members as well as non-Christians. I f it

Report of the COMMITIEE ON RESOLUTIONS WE SHOULD express our appreciation of Bishop Lee's guidance in stirring us intellectually and spiritually during the Conference. We also express our thanks to Bishop and Mrs. Lee for their delightful AT HOM E. We heartily rejoice with the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of women's work in Malaya. We especially enjoyed the dramatic and musical items presented by them on this occasion. We record our thanks to all those who have greatly added to the value of the Conference sessions through their music: Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Eva Clarke, the Salvation Army Quartet, the Tamil Trio. We greatly appreciate the visit of fraternal visitors: Rev. T. C. Gibson, Rev. Richards and Rev. Moore Anderson of the Presbyterian Church; Brigadier Lord of the Salvation Army; Rev. Paul Hang of the Chinese Mission Conference; Mr. Lyne of the Y.M.C.A.; Miss Burgess of the Y W.C.A.; and Dr. H. C. Rutgers, Director, Netherland Bible Society. At the close of this conference we wish once more to express our thanks to our Singapore friends who have entertained the members of this conference. We must not forget to mention the Ladies' Guild for their Tuck Shop, which has helped in the social and gastronomical enjoyment of the members of the Conference. - Lastly we wish to thank the Official Board of Wesley Church and its pastor, Rev. H. B. Amstutz, for putting their buildings at our disposal. RALPH A. KESSELRING, Chairman. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES 57

Report of the COMMITTEE ON THE STATE OF THE CHURCH THE STATE OF THE CHURCH in any given period is to be gauged not by statistical records but by the degree to which it comprehends and proclaims Jesus' ideals of the Kingdom of God. It is important, therefore, that we sub­ mit our programme to careful scrutiny to discover to what extent it measures up to this standard. We believe that the relationship of school and church in Malaya offers a great opportunity for evangelism and Christian training. Our church schools are being fed largely from our day schools. We are pleased to note that most Church Schools held in day soh 001 buildings are now merged with those held in connection with organized churohes, thus making church attendance and mem­ bership the goal of the pupil's early training. There is, however, a grave danger that our youth may be coming into the church in such large numbers that it will not receive the guidance and personal direction which it should have from its leaders. We must place greater emphasis upon the training of the member­ ship of the church and the deepening of its spiritual life. I n order to preserve the dignity of church membership, we recommend that those who come from non-Christian homes UDon confession of faith should complete a thoroughgoing preparatory membership course before being baptized. I t is a tradition among Methodists that they respect the ritual and observances of other denominations. We should not accept a member on transfer from another denomination, especially when that denomination operates in the same community, without first discovering the reason for the applicant's change in membership and consulting the pastor of the other church. One of the most difficult problems before us today is the presence of two langu.age groups within t,he local church. Where this problem exists, leaders should work untiringly to bring the two groups into harmony and co-operation. Careful consideration should be given to the appointment to such churches of ministers who are qualified to work with both groups. The committee recom­ mends that services be conducted in English in each centre for the benefit of those who cannot fully understand the vernacular. I n most cases it would be advisable to conduct !lhese services as a part of the programme of the vernacular church rather than to organize a separate society. W. S. REINOEHL, Cbairman.

Report of the HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY HE HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY was organized by Bishop Edwin F. T Lee about six years ago primarily "to reach the unreached" in the great state of Pahang but during the short period of its existence the Society. has developed wor·k not only in Pahang but also in Cameron Highlands beSIdes subsidizing work in Malacca. MALAY HOSTELS. There are fifteen boys and ten girls in the two hostels. Two of the girls are Girl Guides and the other e~ght are members C?f the Y.W.C.A. Miss Ada Pugh reports: "the parents appreCIate the help that IS given to their sons and daughters and the friendship fo!med with them and. the contact in their homes when teaching their mothers and SIsters to read Romamzed Malay, is one of the happiest approaches \\'~ have in trying to ~et a be.tter understanding of their problems and bringmg new and useful mterests mto their lives." 58 MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938

In Pahang, our original Home Mission field, the Society subsidizes the salaries of two missionaries-one Chinese, Bro. Tan Kie Siang, and one Tamil, Bro. j. D. Asirvatham. Bro. Tan Kie Siang is stationed at Bentong but travels to various parts of Pahang visiting stations within a radius of 50 miles. There is a church building in Bentong where services in Chinese and iTamil are held. The attendance is reported to be good. Bro. Tan Kie Siong reports that during 1937 7 adults and 7 children were baptized; about 4,200 Gospel portions and tracts and 48 copies of the "Southern ,Bell" were distributed; the Chinese Epworth League has a membership of 30; and the Ladies Aid Society raised $16.,0. Bro. Asirvatham resides in Raub but holds Services or Meetings in Kuantan, K. Lipis, Metakab, Triang, Bentong. and on several Estates. On some of these Estates there are large groups of Tamil and Telugu Christians. Bro. Asirvatham reports that Sunday Schools are conducted at Raub, Cheroh Estate, Metakab and Bentong; a Bible class for grown-up children and a Ladies' Aid Society have been organized in Bentong; about 6,500 tracts were distributed; 4 adults and 7 children were baptized; 12 adults are receiving instruction for baptism and ; children for full membership. Pahang is a large state and all over the area are scattered hundreds of Christians and old boys and girls of our schools who need Christian minis­ tration of some kind or other. With the exception of our church in Bentong there is not a single Protestant church in the whole area. Therefore our two missionaries are rendering an invaluable servic-e to those Christians in isolated parts of the state and are performing the same functions that the circuit-riders did in the days of early Methodism. The work in Pahang is growing and ,,'ith the rapid dev-elopment of the state our work is bound to grow. In fact Rev. Abel Eklund. the District Superintendent, has asked for an additional worker to be station-ed in Bentong and there is scope for another in Kuantan. With the proposed opening of Girls' schools by the Mission in Raub, Kuantan, and Kuala Lipis. new Mission centres will be opened up thus providing further opportunities for work. SAKAI WORK. The work in Cameron Highlands among the Sakais or "orang darat" is of a pioneering type. Our two Batak missionaries, Bros. S. M. Siantoeri and Al-exander Simandjoentak, are stationed at the 9th mile and 15th mile on Cameron Highlands Road. Bro. S. M. Siantoeri underwent training for medical work in _T eluk An~on Hospital during the first six months of the year and in July returned to his station. Both of our workers had bereavements in their families: Bro. A. Siman­ djoentak the death of his wife, and Bro. S. ;,\1. Siantoeri the death of his baby girl in addition to the prolonged illness of his wife!. There is no doubt th3t these mishaps are the unfortunate consequences of living in the jungle amidst primitive conditions. On account of illness and death in their families. both of our workers made two trips to Sumatra. their homeland. but Bro. S. M. Siantoeri attended the I nstitute for Batak workers there. Although Bro. Alexander Simandjoentak intended to attend the Institute h~ could not do so owing to illness. Bro. S. M. Siantoeri returned from Sumatra with his wife on 27th September and is continuing his work at the 9th mile. Bro. Alexander Simandjoentak who has married again has also resumed work at the 15th mile. . Regular Sunday services are held at the 9th mile and these are attended by. the Sakai Chief and his brother but similar work at the I ;th mile is not possible because of unfavourable circumstances. Bro. S. M. Siantoeri is making good use of his medical training. In the short time he has been at his station he has treated several cases with the stock of simple medicines in his possession and has taken Sakais to the Tapah Hospital on three occasions for treatment for yaws, or "puru" as the Malays call it. Bro. Alexander Simandjoentak carried on work at the 15th mile and at the -9th mile during the first half of the year while Bro. S. M. Siantoeri was in Teluk Anson; visited with Bah Prah all the large towns in northern and central Malaya as far south as Malacca speaking on behalf of the Society; visited the REPORTS OF COMMITTEES 59

Sakais of the Telom Valley with Revs. B. Baughman and D. P Coole and on two occasions went with Dr. P. B. Means on exploratory trips up the Jelai River. Bro. Simandjoentak's achievement which is also the greatest achieve­ ment of the Society since its inception, is the education of Bah Prah who is the son of a Telom Valley Chief. Bah Prah is now able to read the Bible and make fluent speeches in Malay and is held in great respect by all the Sakais of Sakai­ land no matter how far away they live. In fact the Sakais of Telom Valley want him to be sent to work in their midst. We earnestly believe, that with a little more training, Bah Prah, like Paul of Tarsus, who became the "Apostle to the Gentiles" will become in the near future an "Apostle to the Sakais" of Sakailand, not only in Pahang. but of Kelantan as well. As a result of the Society's work, the Sakais of Telom Valley observe the Sabbath as a day of rest. The Sakais are willing to go to hospitals for treatment and they have been lifted to higher levels of life-The leven is working slowly but surely. Organization. The new constitution as amended by the last Malaya Annual Conference. 1937, made provision for an executive committee of eight members. The committee met four times and the larger conference committee met t\\ice making in a1l six meetings for the year. The members of the two committees have given of their time and money to attend the meetings and visit Cameron Highlands and a good deal of organization and clearing up of hangovers from previous years have been accomplished. The executive committee idea has worked satisfactorily and should be continued. Finance. The Society began the current year with a debt of $416.35 with the Mission Treasurer. The Chinese Mission Conference in January 1937 paid ~232 in cash and the Malaya Annual Conference gave $749.00. During the year we conducted a campaign for funds and I am glad to report that we have paid the debt, paid all salaries regularly besides travelling and medical bills, and paid our pledge of $15 per month to the Malay Hostels in Malacca. On November 30 we had a credit talance of $r62.03. ELECTIONS. The following have been elected members of the executive committee for 1938 subject to the approval of the respective Conference: V D. Kuppusamy, President Yong ~gim Djin, Vice-President R. A. Kesselring, Secretary. Wong Hean Kim, Treasurer M. T Fang Mrs. L. B. Jenkins ~1 iss M. Dirksen. BUDGET: Subsidy for the Chinese preacher at Bentong $4So.00 Subsidy for the Tamil preacher at Raub 4So.00 Salary for 1 Batak worker at 15th Mile from Tapah 420.00 Salary for 2 Batak workers in Jelai @ $35 & $40 goo.OO Allowance for Bah Prah 120.00 Books. etc .. for workers and bovs 60.00 Subsidy for Malay hostels at Malacca ISo.OO 2 Houses in Jelai 100.00 Travelling and sundries :z6o.00

$3,000.00

Our biggest project for this year is t,he opening of work in the Jelai River Valley where there are several thousand Sakais along the rh'er banks. We feel that two Batak workers and Bah Prah should be appointed to this area. and that two· inexpensive houses each costing about $50.00 should be built here. RECOMMENDATION. In view of the very encouraging support the Day Schools have given the Society we recommend to the Annual Conference that columns be provided in the Conference Statistical Blanks for the purpose of 60 MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938

reporting the amounts contributed by the day schools for the work of the Society. In conclusion I want to expres.s our gratitude to (a) all our contributors and supporters who have generously supported the work; (b) to all our workers who have laboured faithfully under difficult conditions; (c) Rev. Abel Eklund, the District Superintendent supervising the Home Mission work. whose untiring efforts and hearty co-operation with the executive committee ·have helped to ease out the many problems we have had to face; (d) Dr. P. B. Means who has taken the trouble to attend our committee meetings and explore the Jelai region; (e) Bishop Edwin F Lee for the considerable interest and trouble he has taken .and for his help and guidance during the year; and ef} the members of the executive committe~ for their unselfish service and very loyal co-operation throughout the year. . V. D. KUPPUSAMY, President.

HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY Summarized Statement of Income and Expenditure 1st December, 1936 to 30th November, 1937

INCOME EXPENDITURE Malaya ConferencE! Benevolences, 1/12/36 Dr. Balance $416.35 1937 $749.01) Salaries $1585.00 lIalaysia Chinese Mission Conference Malay Hostels 165.00 1937 232.00 Contributions from Churches 515.73 Board for Sakai Boys 64.50 Contributions from Epworth Leagues 182.85 Travelling Expenses 215.10 MISCELLANEOUS: Contributions from .Junior Leagues 6~.25 59.00 ConVributions from Sunday Schools 70.23 Medical Expenses 17.60 Contributions from Day Schools 887.45 Medical Books Contributions from Miscellaneous Rent 36.00 iOUrCelj 140.92 Postage, stationery, etc. 13.67 Incidentals 19.18 Advance 90.00 Cr. Balance 162.03

Total $2.843.43 Total $2.843.43

YONG NonI DJIN, H on. Trea8urer. V. D. KUPPUSAMY, President.

Report of the CONFERENCE STEWARDS THE FOLLOWING SCHEME of the appropriation of the pension fund which was unanimously recommended by the Conference Stewards, J. 1. Kovilpillai, w. A. Schurr, Lee Hock Hiang, V. D. Kuppusamy,. Kingham Joseph and S. M. Thevathasan in consultation with the Stewards of the Chinese Mission Con­ ference was tentatively accepted by the Conference for 1938. In view of the changes proposed which required very careful consideration the report will be presented to the Conference in 1939 providing for a mimeographed copy of the report to each member. .. REPORTS OF CoMMITTEES 61

We recommend: (I) That a retiring minister's years of service outside Malaya be reckoned at 1/3 of their value for the purposes of the caculation of pensions. (2) That we re-allocate the pension fund according to the latest requirements of the Discipline, namely, that widows receive ¥.i rate for the number of years they were married to the ministers while in service, and that each child, maximum of four, of 18 years and under receive ~ rate. (3) That we allocate $1.00 per mensem for every year of service which may be increased up to $2.00 if funds will permit, and in the case of those who have received a higher rate, gradually -reduce the amount. (4) That we draw from the Necessitous Fund just enough to pay the rate just agreed upon. (5) That retired local preachers (ordained men) receive 60% of retired ministers pension, and catechists 400/0. (6) That the Necessitous Fund be replenished immediately.

RETIRED MINISTERS Amount of Name Years of I Out-: In Years I Service. I side iMalaya (Total) I Pension Due Ng Huat Bi 19 12-1929 I 8 8 = 10 2/3 $ 10.66 Li Koh Ding 1896-1930 I 2; 9= 17 1/3 17·33 Kong I au Siang 1909-1928 21 = 21 21.00 Ng Khoan Jui 19 12-1930 I 19 = 19 19·00 Tai Poh Ting 1911-1933 ! 24 = 24 24·00- Ang Geok Swee 1926-1933 I 9= 9 9·00 Y. J. Jesudason 19 11 - 1934 I 25 = 25 2;.CO Ed. Isaac 1909-1934 I 22 = 23 2/3 23·66 S. M. Rajamoney 1927-1934 I 9= 9 9·00 Lim Hong Hun 1903-1933 I 3'1 1= 6* 6.00 Lim Hong Ban 1904-1937 I 12 22 = 26 26.00 *Special rate. Total $190.65

WIDOWS Husbands' I Number Amount of Name Years of I Years Rate Pension Due Service I Married Mrs. Ding Pi ng Ding 1908-1923 16 12 12 2 Children 8 20.00 Mrs. V. Samuel 191;-1931 16 12 12 I Child 4 16.00

Mrs. Doraisamy 1919-1933 13 9~ 9·75 4 Children 13·00 22·7; Mrs. Devasagayam 19 16-1936 22 160 16.;0 I Child 5·50 22.00

Mrs. J. A. Supramaniam 1916-1937 7 4~ 10.00* 2 Children 11.00 21.00

*Spec·ial Rate I Total 101.75 62 MALAYA CoNFERENCE, 1938

LOCAL PREACHER RETIRED IN 1938. D. JOHN-years of service outside Malaya 22 years of service in Malaya 6 years of service allowed 13 Rate allowed, 12;% of 60 cents per yea~ = $9.7; or Rs. 15.

CATEcmSTS RETIRED IN 1930.

D EV ADASAN-Years of service (broken) (allowed) years of service last period 7 years of service allowed 12 Rate 125% of 40 cents per year = $6.00 or Rs. 9.

ISAAC MANICKAM-Years of service allowed 8 + 2 = 10 Rate 125% of 40 cents per year = ';.00 or Rs. 7-8· JOSHUA-Years of service allowed Rate 125% of 40 cents per year = $2.50 or Rs. 4.

TAN KEE SIONG-Years of service allowed 12 Instead of a pension of $6, a gratuity of three months salary (or '150) is recommended.

PENSION LIST OF 1938. Ng Huat Bi $ 12 Li Koh Ding .. 18 Kong lau Siong 24 Ng Khoan Jui 20 Tai Poh Teng 2; Ed. Isaac ., 29 Y. J. Jesudasan 28 Ang Giok Swee 9 S. M. Rajamoney 9 Lim Hong Hun 6 Lim Hong Ban .. 26 Mrs. Ding Ping Ding 21 Mrs. V. Samuel .. 18 Mrs. M. A. Doraisamy 22 Mrs. V. Devasagayam 27 Mrs. j. A. Supramaniam 10 Children II Total

Total required 31; x 12 = $3780.00. Amount available: Malaya Conference fund (Conl. Claimants) $1,438.95 Chinese Conference 679.00 Interest with Mission Treasurer Boo.oo

2,917·95 To be drawn from the Necessitous fund 862.05 3,780.00 REPORTS OF CoMMITTEES 63

LOCAL PREACHERS' PENSION LIST 1938. Mrs. Cheng Ming (reckoned at $5) , 4 Mrs. Lian Chom Chi an (reckoned at $10) 7 Mrs. G. G. Kovilpillai (reckoned at $10) 7 D. John $9.75 or Rs. 15 Devadasan $6.00 or Rs. 9 J. P Joshua '2.50 or Rs. 4 Isaac Manickam $;.00 or Rs. 7-8

SPECIAL VOTES FOB 1938. Mr. Asirvatham , 50 M r. Tan Kee Siong $ 70 To be drawn from the Pastor's Leave Fund. Rev. Ed. Isaac $ 20 (to pay medical bill) To be drawn from the necessitous Fund.

LIST OF ORPHANS. Age in 1938. Da vid Devasahayam 15 Selma Samuel 16 Ding Chin Hay 16 Ding Chin Meng 13 Sucielen Doraisamy 15 Edurn Doraisamy 14 Cyril Doraisamy II Elgin Doraisamy 5 James Supramaniam 16 John Supramaniam 14 SUMMARY OF MALAYA ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND MALAYSIA CHINESE MISSION CONFERENCE STATISTICS YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1937 MALAYA CHINESE TOTAL

1936 1937 I. (a) Number of *Church Buildings 77 79 100 104 (b) Number of Congregations , (Quarterly Conferences) 104 104 132 132 2. Number of FULL and PREPARA- TORY members 10,613 12,768 14,001 16,788 3. Net increase for the year 2,203 I 2,155 3,211 2,78' 4. Value of Churches and Parsonages $ 548.470 \$593,770 $882,820 $903,770 5. Number of Sunday Schools 104 110 153 160 6. Enrolment of (a) Sunday Schools 6.665\ 8,187 I 10,338 12,382 (b) Epworth Leagues 3,330 I 3,480 \ 3,807 3,870 7. Total Conference Benevolences raised locally by churches $3,782 $6,797 $7,056 $11,015 8. Total raised locally by churches for all purposes $76,85:; $94,114 $103,951 $139,512 9. Number of day schools 121 121 10. Number of teachers in day schools 720 728 I II. Number of pupils in day schools ---I 16,710 \ 17,517 12. Value of school buildings --I $1,525,050 I $1,723,,186 N.B.-Currency above is the Malaya (Straits Settlements) Dollar which is approximately 2/6 English currency or sixty cents U.S.A. currency. * Many Church buildings are used by 2 or 3 congregations using different languages or dialects. Report 1. .stati.tica~ tteport 01 the Mataya Annual Conference lor the Year Ending 31st December, 1937. .._'"

MINISTERIAL SUPPORT CHURCH MBMBBBSHIP EpWORTH NAME SWNDAY SOHOOLS __LBAGUES IJRF.:PARATORl OF MF.:MmmSnIP FULL MIMBBRSHIP CHARGE ~ ~~--~------~-- ~~-~.-

~ -----..------•. ~------.------Penang-Ipoh District, 1 2 2a 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 22a 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Xedah. Kulim, Chinese Church 780 480 300 10 10 2 1 1113 3 20 7 29 5 I 2 32 25 B .. Sungei Patani & Bedong Chinese Church .. 5 5 .. ;) Ii 18 5 .• 41 2 .. 9 1 1 3 40 30 .. Sungei Patani & Alor Star Tamil Church .. 384 144 •• 240 3 3 8 21 76 42 2 2 50 40 Penang. Penang, Tamil Churc1} 6 3~ 8 87 5 1 10 22 2 11 145 135 20 .. 821 96 f' i25 70 25 25 .. .. 75C 11 11 !J 1 2 •• 41 1 1 200 184 181 RO 181 Wesley Church {l00 900 100 100 .. 10 4 1014 2 1 3 50 1 6 129 18 Province Wellesley. 1 1 B. Mertajam, Tamil Church 359 120 .. 23{l 5 1 .. 245 1 23 28 5 6 57 2 .. 21 s 60 45 60 " Perak. 38 50 30 .. Ipoh, Chinese Church & Circuit 680 680 80 15 15 .. 3 2 700 14 21 23 92 10 2 130 17 •• 12 2 1 60 Tamil Church & Circuit 50 50 " 4 25 40 5 252 18 2 5 .. 30 2 1 4 154 104 40 .. 5560 2280 2280 540 3Z33i 43 20 20 " 229 102 120 73 Wesley Church .. 38 100 .. 7 6 6 7 46 6 85 21 1 2 .• 14 7 1 25 336 161 9130 .. 960 .. 1073 9 14 98 63 73 176 Kampar, Chinese Church •. 1255 600 655 120 40 40 .. 7 5 707 2 4 2 34 6 1 86 8 .. 27 1 1 7 124 60 Parit Buntar-Ncbong Tcbal Tamil Cburcb 592 252 •• 340 " 24 24 .. 4 3 371 4 4 18 48 4 53 49 1 6 44 32 79 28 40 PUsing, Chinese Cburch .. 208 72 .. 1116 100 2 .. 138 10 7 7 51 12 2 50 2 3 .. 25 1 1 1 28 16 11 .. Sitiawan. Tamil Church .. 660 162 .• 498 180 10 10 .. 2 1 511 2 3 4 56 5 .. 60 1" 3 35 1 1 8 6 .. Sungei Siput, Chinese Church 5 5 .. 1 1 7 2 il 4 5 2 1 10 4.. 4 4 I 5 80 40 15 .. Taiping, Tamil Church .. 1020 240 840 840 30 30 .. 870 11 17 26 41 20 .. 130 87 120 3 4 212 100 12 .. Wesley Church .. 1194 .. .. 294 20 20 .. 12 .. 326 14 3 1 10 2 9 33 2 5 .. 50 17 1 6 126 76 37 38 55 Tg. Rambutan, Chinese Church 10 10 1 1 12 5 15 1 .. 1 4 65 40 10 .. Ta'pah and Sungkai Tamil Church .. 460 300 .. 160 Ii 5 .. 105 10 5 j2 51 11 5 59 14 3 3 23 2 1 1 16 8 " Telok Anson, Chinese Church 19 19 .. 1 1 21 2 1 24 2 .. 42 12 1 .. Tamil Church 1047 268 •• 779 180 50 50 5 3 83i 16 15 20 50 10 .. 135 72 3 1 12 60 38 40 40 40 Tronoh, Chinese Church " 12i 100 .. 18 .. 2 2 .. 20 1 1 1 1 16 2 .. i

Central Malaya District.

Klang Wesley .. 180 180 22 40 .. 60 10 290 1 8 7 33 3 42 3i 5 1 16 252 182 166 60 120 222 Kuala Lumpur Wesley 060 960 60 60 .. .. 10 1030 6 !) 10 53 If; 4 124 21 40' 4 1 300 216 185 " 300 25 Pahang Chmese .. 720 360 .. 360 120 5 5 " 365 7 7 13 13 6 .. 49 30 1 1 1 25 20 5 30 65 Pahang Tamil .. 10 10 .. 2 .. 237 7 4 10 67 2 8 93 753 528 .. I' 225 42! 1 4 7 99 71 20 25 20 Seremban Wesley .. 360 .. .. 360 15 15 .. 24 .. 399 6 6 21 6 2 44 10 1 1 18 120 85 93 60 60 55

Total for 1937 2073 888 120 112 1301" 2321 187 30 17 352 125 8 58 480 387

Sibu (Sarawak) District. I

A. Nang Ohong .. 180 60 120 120 17 1 150 .., 21 .. 40 A. Po .. .. 420 60 100 260 36 .. 396 21 4 23 40' 3 18 122 3 10.. 15 30 1 3 115 76 3 27 3 A Sing Ba .. 360 60 300 ~. I •• 300 5 1 20 10 .. •• .. ! 20 A Sang Geng .. 480 60 420 420 2 .. .. I .. 16 o .. 22 Au Po Geng •. 600 60 300 240 36 576 331 15 25 75 8 .. R!l 8 2 •• 16 123 1 6 160 ilio .20 . 30 20 Bangau .. .• 426 90 336 336 23, !l 5 20 :~ fi 25 1 1 20 11;.. 10 Bintulu .. .. 660 300 180 180 360 7i 25 10 25 5 .. 62 4 20 16 1 2 40 25 5 .. Bukit Asek .. 120 30 90 24 .. 114 .. 61 .. 31 •. io 2 .. 55 HI .. Dasan .. .• 40 30 5 .. 7 16 40 20 15 Dieng Siang Dio .. 600 60 540 540 4 2 30 1 5 4 1 6 31 25 .. 35 Engkilo.. .. 384 60 324 12 .. 336 19 1 50 1 2 25 20 .. 100 30 Ensurai .. .. 348 60 194 94 12 .. 30C 41 5 4 .. 107 9 1 30 20 22 Hinghua Ba .. 600 60 220 320 18 :-:-- 558 25 12 20 60 22 .. 113 2 30 50 1 4 200 200 5 53 12 Huak Ho Geng .. 555 210 345 345 35 20 15 13 3 .. 20 1 1 37 36 2 .. Kreto .. .. 29' .. Kuong Hua .. 36 .. 456 38 18 15 45 8 .. 276 76 .. 1 10 204 1 15 180 150 10 60 70 Midut .. •• 24 .. 4~() 14 2 5 8 62 36 .. 12 42 1 2 75 61 2 71 42 Pulau Keladi .. 90 6 8 7 7 Saling Geng .. 6 .. 30" 13 " 21 2 37 2 !J .. 42 1 3 30 20 2 17 20 Sibu .. .. 240 •• I~G5 43 2k 23 109 325 4.. 2 15 30 3 13 235 180 71 120 60 Sing Nang Chong .. 12 .. 372 21 Hi 22 3 42 68 .. 10 66 1 3 80 60 2 .. Pa Ll'. Sut .. .. 42 41 Sing Chio Ang •. 24 .. 324 11 12 216 4 1 6 90 60 5 30 20

Total for 1937 1930 149 47 12 180 I 16 67 13181048 1281605

Sarikei (Sarawak) District.

1 Baik Dek Lee 360 90 .. 270 j ...... I .. Baik Sieng Po 60 60 .. 7 21 Binatang .. 144 60 84 7 4 39 ~ "4 "21 :: 39 1 2 80 2 .. Bukit Lan 420 60 .. 360 28 53 71 40 Dung Nang Po 180 45 .. 135 5 20 :: .~3 .. I! :: Durai .. 210 120 90 10 2 12 1 US 5.. .. I .. 1 3 40 35 2 25 16 Hok Hing Po 60 60 .. 13 6 6 14 1 4 20 18 1 3 50 45 2 •• Kui Nga Geng 570 60 150 360 .. .. 5 10 5 5 8 2 65 42 1. 3 30 20 2 20 Krupok .. 15 396 60! .. 836 .. I .. 25 20 20 20 13 5 103 3 95 70 2 13 12 7 Labaan .. 60 6 1 8 42 45 .:: ,! :./ .. 46 2 35 2 .. Bankong .. 360 300 31 63 6 .. 22 ~I 40 ::90 26 5 Mator .. 210 Jgl 6 20 2 5i 3 .• /i5 50 3 28 18 Nassit .. 60 7 17 35 2 4 50 "~I": . 62 32 9 64 24 23 Tung Dak Po 420 199 1 .. R 3 n7 9 41) 2 4 70 50 4 .. ~eJie Akak 120 601 • '60 7 4 2 74 1 5 180 120 1 .. .. ~ Guong 360 6Ui .. 1 13 22 7 25 60 1 ] 65 55 2· .• Sarikei .. 330, 120 210 30 60 57 1 3 40 35 5 20 10 Slidap .. 90 90 " 1 8 16 27 2 .• 1 .. 4 1 - 2 20 15 1 .• Sungai Ban 192 41' 42 105 4 24 1 1 20 15 .. Nik Long .. "- --..- .. 360 60 .. 300 1 1 20 16 2 20 10 10 Siang "_,, 90 90 .. 896 60 36 300 ~g·K~~~t 96 60 36 1 2 80 65 1 ..

Southern Tamil District.

lohore Bahru .. 44 34 18 25 .. Kluang .. .. 6 .. Malacca .. .. 172 155 65 Pasir Panjang .. SagiJ .. .. 15 14 .. Segamat .. .. Seletar (Naval Base) Seletar (R.A.F Stn.) Singapore .. .. 1 12 ]30 87 260 50 45 55 Tampin .. .. 2 4 60 55 ..

Total for )937 340\--~0-111-;~--~~l~·4·~1~4~--~5i ~ ·-~~--7~' . ,.

! Central Tamil Distric,t.

Banting .. 900 .. 1,,,I J·· .. J .. ,1\ ...... 1 10(1 5.. 11 20 .... 25...... 12 21 1 2 30: 15 10 .. 5]0 Bukit Rotan .. 224, .. ,322120'11 - ~24 ]0, 41146 14 2 102 .... 19 19 6 1 1 13 9 .. Klang .. .. 2890 .. 12230 ii4(1 •• 21i 251.. 10 10 58:' 3i ", 31 20 .. 13 123....!! 201 88 1 1 fiQ! 30 .. Kuala Lumpur, Circuit 1710 .. I .. '1660 240 2::; 25 1 " 110" 1795 101 8, 14 :IH .. 2 1831 2 1 2301 160 6 4 17 252: 132 118 63 162 Kuala Kubu, Circuit 81(; 600! 72...... 72.. ..'.. !I .. .. I 12: :1~1 '1'0 .... .1.6 ' 141" 1, 2 94 17 3 18 Port Swettenham .. 2(;0 .. : .. ! 155" Hi 15...... 170 1.. i .. i I~ 2 ~I 22 _ 1 17 .. 1 4 35i 25 20 .. Sentul .. . . 1380 10 .. '1020: 360 120 1 10" .." 370 Ii 2 4 ~(I 3.~~,> .. '11 63" 10 2 lRi 22 .. 1 3 40' 15 Seremban, Circuit .. 1i65 140 .. 42;' 240 20, 20.. .. ., 445 R (i. ,;1:; :~. 57... . 1.. . .141 .. 1 21 5 90 ~~ ~~ .:0 Tanjong MaJim, Circuit 360 1 RO.. 180.. 51 5.. 2" I 187 2..: G 17 70 .. .. 2 17i 21 .. 5R 1 45 "

Total f~;--;9;~---~51-;;-014G10\3~;41·;~O\--1~02~'\--1-02-'-1~·~·T-12~~ 510~l-~~·-~21 421-"2-171--~~1~~1----;'571 121 2~1-9ra221 350/ 141 H) 431 ~9413;~12211~~7

Singapore District. ~~" .. " ;:i: :-7-~!i:-"5'-: -~-~-~t--.-lfit, --:-~:-r: --3g', r-?,-~"I---~~~)--J'i----~-~:,-.-.1-5-:--3i-. -. 1+-.-~';'I)I~-2-~""--f;--;"'I-~-~~! ---i-~~~-i3-3~+~-i,-~~-.~-3~1--50~-2~-~ Geylang, El1glisb Cburcb .. !!579 1980 463 GeyJang, Straits Cbinese .. 180 770 Paya Lebar, Cburcb .. 240 000 .. 27\.. ~~I ~j 1182 ;~I 141 r, 25, !J .. 71 .. :: 3 25 20.. 1 14 1551 ~05 140 5°1:: 91 Straits, Cbinese Church .. 3UOI/ 360° 36G 110 110.. 10 10' 3700 3:1 02 78 Mj 2,; Hi 420 14!i 8 11 80 140 21 1 30 1150 ,,26 925 124 .. 240 Wesley, Cburch . . . . 3[17 3117 1 1200 .. 75.. 10 101 3212 Ii !I :. 101 !I H 1nO 25 3.... 23.. 1 22 220 143 4~,i 52 .. 142 lOuR 240 MaJacca, Chinese .. .. 1500 432 35.. 10 51.1 118 21 III Ii -in i HI Ii 170 30 3 3 12 li8.. I 4 150 90 20 .. Weslry .. ., 40 120 386 lJemban , , .. 20 . ~():: .~I! '~Ol Igg .. 101 .," ,,8 ;,~) •• 2 :: ~g ,,28 .. R .. 1:: 3~ .. 2 .. :I.~: .. 351) ~~Ol ~~O ::7 !asin .. .. fl12 192 420 120 Merlimall .. 4l'ir, 240 210 72 3 SUllgai !Jabru . , 216 21G 72 2~ :: i~': i~~ ~ ~ ~ H ~ :: H 1 ~ I ~: 4 <.. ! i~: :1 ~;I ~~ ~~ H: : Sunl(ai Rambai .. 2.1 25 3 .. 2,. 30 ...... 4 . . . . 9 5 15. . . . :I. • 11 1 15 12 10 : : Tanipill , . .. 420 84 r; •. 2 I 02 Ii.. 3 10 .. .. 2R 10 4.. 10 5. . I 1 2;' 20 •. I'm/lillalan K empas 4 ...... llekok .. .. 30 4 2 "1· 36 2 3 3 4 . . . . 13 Bukit Asahan . . . . 40 •• •• . • •• 40 •• •• •• 10 . . 1 2(1 6 " Bukit Gambir . . . . OR 48 4.. .. ,. 102 ...... II .. 3 IR' 12 3 .. 2 420 72 36 20 .. Serom , . . . 627 207 17 5 1 4 Ii 1 90 50 20 TauRkah " . , 324 324 5 13 2 Sagil .. .. ,: .~::: .. !!1 ::: ~: __"_~'-'_'_:~-;-_'_;_~;--_'_'. _:;-' _.; .. ~ ___ .. _;ri 65 50 11

______.. ______45_3 I ______T_o_ta_I~_IO_37 I~I_3;_,3_;,~14_~_;~O\~~_~11_13_5~~\~~~_3_20~ 1_96~,1_4_3~5_·_·~1_1_0~;,\~r,7~I_l_~Ql_9_5~_14_5~\ 1_9~61 1_91~1 44_R~ 1_2~D~ 4_~1~- I_"_70-'1~_~3_2-_6:1~~O_9:\:1~2-4:1~1~5~71~ L 3_0L-I_l!~II_l_"J91 2_:I_ilJ'"1~1_i'_1I~1~_OO_1~1_4_3J~r 1_}J1~12~2_4 l \ Statistical Report of the Malaya Annual Conference for the Year £nding 3tllt December, 1937.

CUURCH PROrSRTY MI80SLLAlfBOUI OTIIF.R NAME A~NUAL COSFl!RRNCE BENRVOLIlNCY.S CASU ITEJo[8 OJ!' CHARGI~

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58

Kulim. Cbinese Chureb 1 5000 3000 Sungei Patani & Bedong 1 5000 5000 I .. 2:' 4 1 •. 6 .. 15 " Hi 5336 Chinese Cbureb .. Sungei Patani & Alor Star 105 105 12 " 2!? 2 .. 3 " 5 .. 115 Tamil Chureb .. 5400 2000 152 2152 .. 2 .. 2 .. 2 2402 Penang. :: I:: Penang, Tamil Cburcb 1 12000 4200 3500 150 11i00 33:: 39R3 5 150 " 7 •. " I [) •. ·1 35 .. 35 4788 Wesley C IJllreh 1 JOOOO :l00 400 ]0 1i0 15 600 10( .. 10 5 .. 5 115 1:; 135 .. 135 2111 Province Wellesley. I B. Mertajam, Tamil Cbllrcl) 76 76 .. 2 12 2 •• .. I.. II " o 390 Perak. lpoh, Cbinese Cbureb & Cirouit 1 I Tamil Chureb & CirCllit ,. 1 185 18!j 40 2 .. 5 13 .. 25 .. 25 940 5000 4800 51 .. Wesley Cbureh " 2 3 40 75 485 600 50 .. J'j .. 10 3 15 .. 43 •. 43 3020 J 9000 1 400u 273 273 10 10 .. fi fJ 10 1:17 Iii HHl ] 3 )3 209 1908 Kampar, Chillese ChI/reb .. 8000 20lJU Parit Buntar-Nebong Tebal 1 1 1114 164 30 3 5 3 " 20 2 47 22 22 69 10e3 Tamil Cburcb 60 40 100 2 .• 23 6 ]2 .• ]9 .. 19 OO!) PUsing, Cbillese Cbureb .. 1 3500 ' Sitiawan. Tamil Cbureb .. fi4 54 .. 7 1 .. 2 •. 3 .. 3 206 1 2000 1 2000 7(;6 204 20~ 1 3 15 5 •. 7 .• 12 " 12 717 Sungei Siput, Cbinese Cbl/reb 26 I .. Taiping, Tamil Chureb " 26 .. J 2 3 .. Ii •. 6 54 206 ~06 3 6 " 02 •. 5 [j " 5 11> •• 15 1103 Wesley Cbureb .. 11000 .. 90 140 230 ., 2 .. 25 •. 3 .. 47 .. 50 .. Tg. Rambutan, Chinese Cburcb 50 698 2000 .. 2 .. Ii .. 8 .. 8 30 Tapah and Sungkai Tamil Church .• 103 103 I 50 5 ,. 5 l;j 15 283 Telok Anson, Chinese Church :l5 I .. 10 4 .. 20 .. 24 •• 24 70 Tamil Church 8000 1500 400 172 li72 4 .. 100 150 .. 5 " 2 2!l .. 40 .. 40 11129 Tronoh, Chinese Church .. 110 11C .• 1 .. 2 .. 3 3 133

Total for 1937 ~3i ~~~00r~\-~5~~ ~1200T 225---~~~~ -;;~;r1~;6f~2~~~r 2501 1351 ~67 .. r~-~\-~- -~----;;--:l-81-3-2 II 5~~--~r,I-;~i1 35 .. I 35 27505 ------~~-+-+--~~--~--~~--~~~~~--~~~_+_+_+_+_+~~l-- Central Malaya District.

Klang Wesley .. 1 20000 136 136 1 -.I " 5 5 5 r; 5 5 IJ 10 176 50 50 236 1050 Kuala Lumpur Wesley I 30000 1 15000 33!! 672 1010 1 10 .. 100 9. 240 5 245 340 2590 .. 1 "1 • 1 Pahang Chinese .. 1 3200 ] 300 11 72 83 .. 48 16 3 1~ 1~"1' I~I ~ 1~ 25 25 40 564 Pahang Tamil .. 50 50 4 7 .• 1 1 1 1 I 1 Ii ~. 13 " 13 340 Seremban Wesley .. ] 10000 210 :no 3 15 •• 3 5 5 2.. 2 2 04: M 118 152 273 1030 i - --- Total for 1937 2 33200 4 45300 I .. I 1140\ 1489 !ll 013151 271 42014.67 5574

(Sbiu Sarawak) District. I I A. Nang- Chong . . . . 1 20001 1 150 3 •• 6 126 A. Po .. .• " 11 700' 1 400 200 3 •• 26 5 407 A Sing Ba .. .. 11 600 I 200 4 300 A Sang Geng . . . . 1 500 11 3ilO 108 2 422 Au Po Geng . . . . 1 1500 II 300 1 •• ]6 :: i :: 20 616 Bangau ...... 1 700 J 300 1 .• 13 6 342 Bintulu ...... 1 1100 •. 1 .. 365 Bukit Asek . . . . I' 900 1 300 Q 5 119 Dasan . . .. .• 1 300 1 200 11 :: 15 Dieng Siang Dio •. .. 1 1200 .. 2 •• ..:1 ~ ~ 540 Engkilo ...... 1 600 1 400 1 •. 4' •• 6 342 Ensurai • • . . . . 1 1200 .. 2 •. 3 10 333 Hinghua Ba . . .. 111 1000 1 200 3 •. 6 t· H 578 Huak Ho Geng . . . . 500 1 100 ] .. 347 Kreto ...... 1 500 .. Kuong Hua . . . . 1 2000 1 600 ...... 1.. 6...... • ...... 15 486 Midut . • . . . . I 800 I 200 . . . . I • • • • • • 1. . 8...... , . . . 10 436 Pulau Keladi . . . . 1 700. • . . 600. . I • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • , • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 90 Saling Geng . . .. 1 700 1 200 . . . . I • • •• • • 1. . 4...... I ...... 1 314 Nang Choeng :: ::. i . . :: I :: :: :: 011.:.: I . :: :: :::::::: '.:. I .:.'.:.' :: :: :: :: :: :::: I :::: :: 7g ~~:Pa La Sut ...... 1 30~gg800. '1'1115g~~ . . 1000.~OO . . , . . . . ~10 ...... 1i~~42 Sing Chio Ang .. .• 1: 1100 200...... 3 .. ! 15 " ...... I .. 20 349 ~-=~T~o~ta~l-f-o-r~I~93-7-~r-22~1~50~1~O~0-167-1-D--15~07--2~40-8~\-.-.-\·--.--.~I~-..~I-.-.~-3~8-,~.~1-5-0'-.~.~\-- .•~~ ..~- .•-'-.-.T-.-.~.-,-'\-.-.TI-·-·~\~·-·~I~·-.7--.~.~I~ .. ~I~.~.~I~.~'~1~2~0~1~1----~84~I~g--

: Sarikei (Sarawak) District.

Baik Dek Lei 1 .. 1 3 Baik Sieng Po !l 2 Binatang .. 12 2 Bukit Lan 3 5 Dung Nang Po 2 Durai .. 1 Hoh Hing Po Kui Nga Peng 2 3 Krupok .. 6 3 1 :: \ :: 11 Labaan •. .. 2 Bankong •. J •• Mador .. 1 .. 2 Nassit .. 3 ., )\ Tun¥ Oak Po I :: I 5 •• 3 .. .. 5 Ne Se Akak 1 .. ., .• I 13 :: I:: 2 Sang Guong i :: 2 .• 35 :: I :: 40 Serekei l' .. 5 ••_l 3 Slidap .. i :: 1 2 Sungai Ban I 6 2 Nik Long .. ! :: I .. 10 2 Siang .. i .. 1 .• 7 2 Repok .. 2 .. 5 Tianjong Kunyit .I :: :'. ....:: :: ::::::::::::::..:: I :: :: I ....

Total for 1937 I·· I .. \ .. I .. [ .. I .. I .. \. . 1-·. ~~-.·r1221 .. I .. I.. .. I.. 1 .. I .. ,.. I·· I.. ..n •• ----•• --I .. \ .. \ 90 I ------+-~_4--~~--_r--~--~--~~~~~~--T_--~Jr_~~~~~~~~_+--~-~--~_+---+_----- Southern Tamil District. I I I 1 lohore Bahru .. R~·I 324 I 18 25 . • , . 2 2. • :J I -1 1 3 II 2 26 28 1230 Kluang .. .. ] ()~ 102 J 4 1i0 ...... I...... 449 Malacca .. .. 1 3000 II 220 341', !jj(\ 3 10 50 .. 220 2 10 •• 2· 3 I 2 ~;; 10 53 10 10 65 2287 Pasir Panjang .. ]5(j 150 1.. 50 6 .• 3 459 Sagil .. .. 43 43.... !!5 1 .. 1 1 3 1 6 7 104 Segamat .. ,. 139 139 I • H~ 2 5 •. 2 5 2 17 19 853 Seletar (Naval Base) 3 :1 1.. 40 13 Seletar (R.A. F Stn.) I!) l!l 1 .. 50 3 .• 3 45 Singapore .. .. 30000 \: 40 522 2971) 1118 1680 4 20 175 5 5 .• 3 5 35 (j 7-\ 5 84 4286 Tampin.. .. 11 17 17 1 201

Total for 1937 - I ~- -3~~~ol- 11 ~30~1 ~-5~1~~ -;!);!)1 ~2~~\ 30~~-;~1-601;7l .. \ 2201 121 22 2\-~\~~G~I--~~r--;, In 9f127 ------~~~'~I~~-+--~~~~+-~~~~I- Central Tamil District.

Banting ...... I 40 40 ! .• 5 ". 1 I 1 10 ]0 220 Bl!kit Rotan . . ". . i GOO .. 1 180 180 2 .. 1 .. G09 I

58!l5 __T_o_ta_l_f_or_19_3_7 __.;.1--"31,:-1_7_5_0_0l;l_4~\_1_27_0_0~_3_2.:.r_·_·-"I __.•__ I"-_!l_7_0J...._10_0_2;.1_18-"I:--l_9~1_·_· -+,_._. ~ __6~0~·_·+1_35-;-_1;-_36...\1:--1_0T-1....,.j6, 12 11(;\ 271 ~ii21 551 .. \ 135 as' I Singapore District.

Geylang, English Cllllreb .. ~5 .. 50 4 ,. n ]0 5 18 10 53 2~7 57 983 Gcylang. Straits Cbinese .. 31a .. G •• Ii .• fJ 5 i ~O, 7 -II ona R (i!l!i HG 2096 Paya Lebar, Cbureb .1fiH 10 .. ·10(1 li .. 5 5 n 2:3: 10 .) S 10!) 10!) 162 1634 7(1: Straits, Cbillese Clmre/) '11'1 n,1000 "J ~;J~IOII ~OD5 ~Gn;j 15 .. ].tali 30 10 7U 30 71) 50 W:i·J 10 lfi24 !l01!! 9675 Wesley, Cbureb .. !!GOIIO I :;01100 nriH:: 1557 11120 17 .. 7UO 10 40 7 10' 10 10 liol G-i :1% 38n n2~ 15521 Malacca, Cbil1cse .. I' ]:;UO(l J ~OOOI 1:iO ~O() 3"0 .. [, 10 .i G 10 (i°l 15 1UO Ii II u GG liO 1658 Wesley .. ] 700 700 84 .. 320 HI 10 10 10 15\ Hi !)[il 17G III 1 III 111 2% 1,)\17 Bell/bQl! .. 10 10 .. " I 30 5 5 pi ",,! "[il '3'"1 "-, (il 1081 Jasin .. I HOO I 2'000: 101) 550 11 '>, 3 :.1., 7~ Merlimall 1 !JOOO I 1000 'W ·1 () •• • • • • 2i •• 11 Iii 297 1 .[ 1)1 2 318 Su IIgai /Jalml 1 2500 1 .. , GU (iO 1 •• :~ ~'2 :: ~o :::0 Slmgai Rumbai I 4000 30 30 .. .. 70 1 ]2 Tall/pin .. 1 iiliO(\ .• !2U ~6 .. 8 .. 130 I 'II IIg/W/1I 11 f( empas ., /Jckoh . . . . : : I 2i .. 4 ·1 40 Bukit Asahan 1 !OOO •• 30 30 .. ,. .. 30 ]31 Bukit Gamhir 1 400 11 200 4 .. 4 ·1 Scroll! ] 2UOO ]1 1000 13 13 31!l Tal1p,hah .. 40 3 3 48 475 Sagil ~_: '~I ~~OO ::j :: __ :_J~~:: .. Total for 1937 11311a~!IOO\ 81 80200110163/ . . \ /I Statistics for Educational Institutions for the Year Ending 3lat December, 1937.

INCOME EXPENDITURE Indebtednca ------_._----,..---....,-----,-,.,---,e NAME AND I,OCATION .. ] r..'" OF SCnOOl,. § ,.J

o~ ~------Penang-Ipoh District. Kedah. Alor Star, A. C. School . • 1 ·iO (; 38 .. M .. 2 .. 25 7 .. 705 .. 355 1060 .. Bedong, A. C. School •. 1 45 !lU' .. 3 .. 11 47 .. 58 .. 1402 1402 342 7 .. •. 300 .. 1291 .. 49 13~O 170 Pcnang, A. C. School . . 3 41 M 7 47 .. 165 821 .. 164 .• 1150 .. 150 1020 1340 HiO a 20iOOO 264000 28000 6500 426~8 10;;203 1i0241 2(jRO!I~ i 1022 A. C. C. School .. ] 41 M .. 12 .. 49 102 84 40 .. 275 .. 30 3300 181800 256128 29817 A. C. Girls' School ] 1 10027 .. 321 112JS .. 11523 9523 41 F 4 17 .. 49 175 245 89 .. 558 .. 180 1 G3QOO 30000 6000 18033 33G18 52HiI A. C. G. C. School ] 41 F.. 4 .. 15 3i 18 .. 70 .. 52156 52156 10 22·12 ~242 Winchell Home . . 1 5~ 1'-' 1 2 •. 60 52 1888 1888 3 15000 35000 20(10 8[10 2860 4200 101172 14637 10ROO 60 B. Mertajam, A. C. G. Schoof 1 4~ 1-' 1 .. 29 63 22 .. 114 .. 7031 18701 .. III .. 7GO .. 3i30 650 6480 95 1030" 318 Nibong Tebal, A. C. School ] ·il ~1 F .. 7 .. 15 90 77 .• 182 .. 11987 10305 17 1 7500 2000 1700 .. 6';'41 14240 (l00 2HiHI 200 Bruas, A. C. School . . 1 3,Q ~IF •• 1 .. •. " .. 25 .• 25 .. 21381 21581 8 00 60 560 4R 608 •• 7 Ipoh, A. C. School .. 1 41 ~1F 3 21 100 159 265 154 .. 698 .. IIiO 601 008 4 ]53000 130000 10000 2500 ~7444 38340 4053ii 106919 14000 2836 64711 A. C. C. School .. 1 Ie 21 .. 89 86 139 49 .• 384.. 30 81547 1 4000 .. 1000 .. 17441 1001 18442 10,15 16491 17536 A. C. Girls' School .. 1 16 ~'2 Hi .. 33 145 189 75 .• 442 .. 111 . . 11)7000 A. C. Girls' 12000 0500 •• 147!l8 3000 11860 35Q 27008 20 3G6 25745 26131 Boarding Scbool .. 1 40 ]i 1 .. .. 8 6 1 750 200 1075 1075 237 A. C. G. C. Scbool .. 1 40 ME 1 1 .. 16 25 .• 41 .. ii 820 10li3 1;,29 H;~(l 1437 Ha7 Horley Hall .. . . 1 42 M .. 00 44 23 1 1[,'000 2100 8544 325 ~H6H Kampar, A. School .. 1 38 MF .. 10 .. 29 81 137 77 •• 1100 8148 9248 C. 324 •. 45 3 40000 5000 122~7 150 14963 251 2iii!)] 43G A. C. 1 38 MF 3 .. .. 45 22 .. 850 20378 27064 C. Sc1Jool .. 67.. 10 2~0!i !!-iBn .• 15{) Parit Buntar. A. C. School 1 HS Mj!' 1 9 •. 20 67 122 39 .. 248.. 45 1814 1964 2 23000 1500 1000 0702 225 ~~lfj7 900 3275H .. 200 Sitiawan, A. C. Scbool .. 1 38 M1" 1 6 .. 17 62 76 27 .. 182 .. 100 32559 32759 4 27000 5000 3000 6681 10240 11319 3000 210CO 12825 467 17948 31240 3000 M. G. Hostel 1 38 F 1 ' •...... 22 14 1 4[,00 !l5() 1300 i20 1300 308 38 MY 1 49 .. 1712 2020 M. G. School .. 1 a .. 22 71 •• 61 1 11iOO 350 163fi 720 465 2821 .• Sungai Siput, A. C. School 1 40 MF.. 4 .. 6 58 16 .. 171 2050 2821 80 .. 10 250 ~~7n 3276 A. 1 2 .. 14 .. 2330 2330 65 90 Sungkai. C. Scbool 40 MF .. 22 36 .. 3 783 7j S58 Taiping, A. C. Scbool 1 40 M 4 •. 20 21 50 .. 100 .. 25 858 858 .. 300 2400 ~400 2193 2193 L. T. G. SchonZ 1 4r F 2 10 .• 34 98 116 63 .. 311 .. 39 2 12000 . . 6-60 !)914 1640 1~897 118G 25907 070 24845 25515 fl!:. R~mbutan. A .C.Scbool 1 ]6 20 .. 36 .. I 40 MIi.. 2 • • 1O() 962 962 995 995 feluk Anson. A. C. Scbool 1 40 MF 1 13.."I' .. 44 04 160 84 .. 388 •. 1 io 30000 10000 3000 1244i 23124 1125 :1fHHHi 230 35989 3646(;

-----,!--- Total for 1937--- 3~-1 077509 407\321907

Central District. Klang. 1 40 M 1 12 •. 70 123 159 80.. .. 432.. 00 Anglo-Cbinese Scbool 3 45000 3000 17402 3323 4l!Jili 250 244 Klang. A. C. C. Scbool .. 1 40 M" 4.. .• 4 7 20 7 11 .. 58. . Hi .. I .. 41101 415951 .. 5 2054 86 2140 1940 1940 Klang. M. Girls' School . . 1 40 F 1 .... 3 33 70 38.. •• 144.. 55 •• 1 1 I 000 5000 1500 .. 443-1 5120 IG!)(l 11250 1466 100 K. 1 42 M .. 13...... 94 109 .... 337.. 37...... 200 .. 0694 11150 L.. Metb. Afternoon Scbool 13~ 1130G 143 Ii Ii 143G6 143(16 Metb. Boys'Scbool 1 41 M 4 2] .. .. 121 212 320 15R .. •• 811 .• 150 .• 1 100000 (10000 20nOl! 3(01)0 28!)1I(; M etb. Girls' Boarding 153n 42880 1350 717(;2 !l00 HO 73722 i4762 School.. .. 1 41 F 1 ...... 55 4~...... 3000.... 5008 2000 500 2200 7708, .. 2200 7208 (1408 600 Meth. Girls' School 1 41 F' 16 .. 47 139 297 129 51l.. 6iO .. 200.. 5 100000 .. OuOO .. 20:1 10.. 428!J 1::011 1238 :!-liilili ~ZO 1108 33177 34565 Mentakab. A. C. Scbool '" 1 40 MF - 4...... 31 33.... 64.. 4 ...... 200.. 17!l0.. .. 00 395 ~ 155.. 00 2142 ll142 ~! Port Swettenham. A. C. S. .. 1 40 M F ,,~. • • . . . 13 62 70.. .. 145. . 25 ~OO 2 °,)0 100 'JflC)O Q50 "711 2961 Sentul.M.Bovs'Scbool .. 1 41'M:: '2 •• ! ...... 59 .... 511 .. 20:: :: :: :: 300:: 2275 :: :: 13000 .. r;~75" ~ 5275\5275 •. I:::: Sepang. E11g1isiJ Scbool . . 1 38 MF . . 2. . . . • . • . 16 16.. .• 32. . 20 . • • . • . . . liO. . 700 . . . • . . . . iOO' • I" 670 670 .. ;:.Se::.:rc..:e=m:.:bc.::a=n,~A.:...:.....-'C=...:.... -,S:.:c:.:b",0;:.o=-I-,.:..:.+-=1:-,-..::3.:;.8:..:M.:..:.:.F~2 -,1:..:1~.:..:.---,!-..:. .:. . .,!-..::3.::,2'--8:::1;o.....:l:.:1::2;!..-"'6-';'7_.:..:.f- • ..:...:..,.--_2-'9:..:2:,'--: .. ..:. 75.. 1 35000 .. 2000 00 108i2 ....__ .. __ ... 19590 3830 34292 ::: '300 32495 32795 •• Total for 1937 1121 1 12 195 •. j.. 2771 702\1230\ 766169 1.. \3044\55] ';~;I-~~- -~~ -3~;00~ 1--~~~~1~13i25~1300_·_~_-011._10_6_0_50_-r-\_5_0_08-+ __78_2~5l.-10_5_3_58-r-_1.'1.2_1_8rr_2;_2_1_79-f1_28_3_6-t1_44_0~21:_2-'2:4:4:91:1~2~3:1:6_2:':9::::6~00~:~_.:":'. -S-i-bU--(-S-a-ra-W-ak--)--D-i-str--ic-t.-T~--~~~~~~--4~ I 1-

A. N~ng Chong.. .. 1 40 MF .. 11 •• .• .• I •• •• •• I.. •• 26240 ~5.1 10:; 4 7500 200 900 700 1850 1750 8i5 500 4f!75 .. .• 5200 5200 16~ A. Po ...... 1 40 MF.. 4...... 60 3 3000 200 300 3000 000 HiO 32i 2614 3Ml 1480 100 1920 3500 48 A. Sang Geng • • . . 1 40 M F . , 3. . . • • • • • • • ...... 4;; 6 2 000 300 150 .. 210 60 204 a06 720 108 . . 146 254 319 A. Sing Ba .. .. 1 40 MF 3.... 00 ...... 62 .. 55 1 000 300 200 .. 700 123 .. 823.. 20 744 704 119 Au Po Geng .. .. 1 40 M F" 3 ...... 63 .• 50 1 1200 150 250 900 420 243 408 1071 . . 60 110(1 1160 28 Bangau .. 00 .. 1 40 M F : : 2...... 00.. 29 .. 29 I 200 250 150 800 270 87 li7 534 . . 32 607 639 20 Bintulu 00 .. .. 1 ~O MF.. 1...... 15 1 8 150 .. 120 ., 180 300 10 50 240 300 Bukit Asek •• • . • . 1 40 M F . . 3. . . • . • . . • • . . . . 61l .. 20 II 1200 200 .. 550 160 198 1100 184f! 1000 .. 808 1808 Bukit Lima 00 .. 1 40 MF 3...... 01 .. 42 2' 2000 200 200 .. 580 100 239 1465 2284 1I'i05 9 908 2482 137 100 Dasan ...... 1 40 MF" 4...... 00 .... 60 .. I 20 I GOO !:!OO .. 1132 100 108.. 1240 30 l1i 1500 1545 245 Dieng Siang Dio.. .. 1 40 MF :: 9...... 134 32' 30 4 5000 MiO 1000 .. 875 1400 200 ~;;, 5i78 8310 2200 1200 5110 8510 Engkilo.. 00 .. 1 40 M F.. 3...... 68 .. j 45 2 4000 250 :!50 liDO 820 50 26H 440 1528 500 30' 1096 1626 37 Ensurai ...... 1 40 MF.. 4...... 62"1 40 1 2500 200 200 300 890 · . 43!.? 140 1162 50 ;;,,1 1424 1529 7 Geng Muong .. .. 1 40 MF 00 2 ...... 00 ...... 66 '25 1 1i00 300 120 500 90 . . 4ii 545 50 201 960 1030 226 Guong Hua .. .. 1 40 MF.. 10...... i 204 .15i 160 6 12200 200 1200 3000 38~8 200 · . 1168 1200 6540 50 251 6659 6734 112 Hinghua Ba .. .. 1 40 MF.. 4...... I...... 81 .. 1 77 2 1500 150 .. 450 · . 280 452 1182 . . lilOI 1052 1182 100 Huat Ho Geng .. ..] 40 MF 00 2...... • .... 38 3' 15 1 1000 100 100 .. 510 .. 132 30 70~ 120 10' 853 983 71 P. Keladi 00.. 1 40 j\IF 00 1...... • .. .. . • 19 1: (i I' .. 100 .. .. 180 180.. SO 200 280 10 Midut 00 00 .. 1 40 MF.. 3...... 61 .. , 25 1 2700 200 250 1000 650 300 175 2300 3125 2700 52: 1072 3824 38 605 Saling Geng .. .. 1 40 MF.. 2 00 ...... 33 2j 25 .. 100.. 290 60 !l7 120 497 122 • Rij 403 700 143 Sibu .. .. ., 1 40 MF 1'110...... 229 721 205 2 14500 15000 2000 1938 2337 .• 1377 .83 6435 54 380 6446 6886 1 2700 200 400 1000 821 Sing Chio Ang . . . . 1 40 MF . . 5. • . . • • ':': I' ....: ...... 112 l' 110 •• ~2G 247 1494 39 2" 1490 1500 65 Sing Nang Chong . . .. 1 40 MF . . 3 ., • . • . • • • . • . 58. . 48 2 1200 ]00 250 120() Mi3 .. ] i5! 155 783 . . 2;;' 1013 1 1038 253 ~S~io~n~g~S~a~li~n~g ____~ . .:.. ____~.~.~1~4~0~M~F~.~.~1+-,'~'~_':":'-'7~'=-'f-'-'--',=-~c..:'~'~" ~. .:..~ __;:.241-_"~'_'~ __'_' __ __ 1:;'--_-"-2--'-00~---1..:..:00 75.. ~OO 120 .. i 30 430 10 ~O 530 560 10 .. 451 649(10 118700 ---8~~5-12500118947 \ Total for 1937 124 .. ! .. 11 1 96 I I I 1 11877192!\1170 5777-~r -71~1 \ 18650\ 505fi5110088 \:_2-~42_9-r1_4_15_7_7-1-_-_5~40~9~4:1~-2_1~5:2:1:~7:0_5

Sarikei (Sarawak) District

Baik Dek Le .. .. 1 40 MF.. 1...... 00.. 36.. 26.. 1 800 1000 100.. !)n.. 90.. 600 690 3ilO 420 780 1 Baik Sieng Po .. .. 1 40 MF.. 2...... 00.. 33.. 16.. 1 1400 15°1. 150 00 ~40 00 90 00 655 895 350 J 120 550 1020 35 Binatang .. .. ., 1 40 MF •. 4.. .• •. '. '.1 .... 74.. 44.. 1 (i500 500 200.. 450.. .. 210 1180; ]846 200\ 1800 2000 154 Bukit Lan 00 .. .. 1 40 MF.. 3 00 :: :: .. .. :: 8(.. 00.. 1 6000 ~;)OOO' 300.. 725.. GO 291 .. 1016 1224 1224 148 Dulai •. .. .. 1 40 MF 2...... 47.. 18.. 11 300 101)1 150 00 G16.. 2(10 03 70! 77f! 130 15 808 953 114 Dung Nang Po .. 00 1 20 MF.. 1...... H.. 10.. ] I 800 200'! ]25.. 10'1.. 195.. 1194 1302 1048 89 164 1a01 55 Hoh Hing Po .. •. 1 40 MF. 3 00 ...... 48.. 40.. 211 1200 200 150.. 384.. 40 88 657 1129 22!J 50 900 1170 Krupok...... 1 40 MF.. 2...... 46 11 35 .. 500 :il10 200.. ~OO.. 60 87 200 687 70 150 702 922 175 Kui Nga Geng .. .. 1 40 MF.. 2 ...... 00.. 34.. 28 .. I 900 , 25(); 150.. 288.. 110 134 620 1042 420 13 570 1003 Lorna Ang .. .. 1 40 MF.. 3...... 00 .. .. 00 i .. ;,(;.. 50.. ~ 3000 1 4001 200.. (\50.. ~()O 262 1200 2112 2000 I 1 000 2900 27 700 Lu Bok Geng .. .. 1 40 MF.. 8...... 120 23 8".. 3000 : '0°' 350 .. 2020 45 11!00 678 2229 4981 250 400' 4392 5042 Mador .... 1 40 MF.. 2 .. .. 00 ...... 2E.. 20.. I, 500 I 400 100.. 300.. " 96 480 8iO 60 784 864 1 20 Mana Guong .. .. 1 40 MF.. 2 ...... 29.. 1!l.. ] i 500 100 200.. 344.. 60 87 381 712 2 1 724 726 47 N p 40 3 62 ~9 11 !lOO 100 200. • 706. • 60 87 68 921 07 62 940 1069 85 200 ass!t ...... 1 MF ...... 00.. ", "," 000 HOD 300.. i(i:1.. 250 292 490 1545 Ne Sek Se Gak .• .. 1 40 MF .. 4.. " .. •• .. .. " ..' 12 .• ~~.." •. 1~ 1480 1480 Nik Long •• .. .. 1 40 MF .. 2 ., •. •• •• •• •• •. .. I [,2 •• 52 .. 1300 200 250.. 3GO.. GO 87 (i50 J097 500 .. 660 1160 63 cO 30 400 300 200. . 439.. UO Si 759 1285 444 31 822 1297 50 21 1062 1133 :: :: Ii ~~~;k~won~. ~ !g~~:: ~:: :: :: :: :.:. ::! ::1:: ~~:~ ~g :': i 10g~g ~g~ igg:: ;~~:: 3~g .~30 gg~ l~gi 830 120 247 1197 125 Sek Lek Kongsi .. .. 1 20 MF 00 1.. 1 2 1 600 100 150'.. ~~;;.. !10.. 3,,0 585 Siang ...... 1 40 M F 2...... 00 .. ..,.. 34.. 5 .. I 70 61, 687 12 'd 1 40 MF 2 I I' 112 2J 2 50l' 300 125.. ~~H.. 90.. 3S0 G08 .. .. 680 680 SI! ap ...... • ...... • .. I...... " 0 "0 '(10'1 2000 GO 42-6 !Joe) 3'''0 "00 Tung Dak Po .. .. 1 40 MF 1C.. .. 00 •• ...... }60 25 128 __._. _ ..,---=:3~_4_"_O ___ -.'!..Q ___ ._~ ___ ._. ___ . ______. '--~-- __ ' ...i..:: - ]00, 4380 46,,-80::..~~13::.:0:..:0+_6:::.::0 Total for 1937 ~21·· I fl651 \- i 1 \ \ I l18~:\;'1 \ 884 \ 30 451001 32800\ 4500\ .. '11674 I 45\ 25601- 3341 \ Wf" \29315 ·6960-\ 1~93\ ~~8-;~r-3;;881 2215]1085

:::,' 1 41 MF. ,..: . 7"" .. ' 2;:\:: ': :: :: :: !:: leo: ::'" ::'" ::'<0 ':;: 8m .. .. J;:::h:~ 42 .'~,! ~~ 'r~; 71~! T~a~m~p::.:in:!!.'_T~;~:::::.:::...II,:=:.::.'::,:,:)o::::9:...13-7---"'-.:.''','-;-7 1-_-+\ M}l'il!: .'1 I 31 1~ \ - 7~r~l i i 401--1 I~r-I-;~ 1--·-. -,1.,_'_"-+-_-_._.~\ __··_--...;.I_-ii_Ui\-·-· -+_7_()"_~4'i1 __· _. _---+-.. _- 03 1- ~--I- O~{ -806_8.;.1_-_·-_·-_J... 1-_1_,];--\) 1_--_8~_;_1-+1_-~~8_--~_-:::.1_6~r~-'-·c..:·~:::·~· ~ --:."., T.mi1 Dl_ot. I I ' I ' I !J32 1052 ~~~~~,g'l'/'s~Z~~11 :: i !~~~~. ~:: :: :: "2 ~~ 1~:::: ~~:: i :: 'j "fiOO '.·~.OOI l~~:: ii~~ :: :: :: :: }~ig ~;g :: 8liO ](JOO 169!l Kuala Kubu, A. C. Scbool 1 421 MF a...... 20 23.... li2 00 (J .. 00.. 1.)0.. 17!IO .. 00 00 52 ~~t~ ~OO 49 1948 100 Tg. MaHm, A. C. Scbool .. 1 46 MF .. 4 ...... 5 GO 31.... 96 .. :!2...... ~OO.. 2fi~~ ...... 4Gl" 25 2565 2590

Tg. Malim Tamil Scboal .. I 48 MF 2...... 4.5 4ii 00 10 ...... 1 50 .. 1_ ," 00 330...... 461 461 1 i

-----T-o-ta-I-fo-r-lg-3-7- -'1~5-t-!- .. I H12" 1 1 71-1341 8{1451-~~; r-·':-:8, ~-. \-11--U5~~I-~01'~IIIII'\ .. I -GI~() ,-·--r-·-· -\-_-_3_:lG-+I_-~_5-2-_"'r:__i-1U-sTr~-4~IO+----·---;-4-1i-6_fiO_7.!.;o\ _70_G_1+-_1_06-r1_·'_

Singaponl District. I I I ! SingllPore. ! \ tlnglo-C bi1lese School .. 2 4J M 4 3!) .. 19" 3·1(i !i0f)'I 241 " •. 1~o.-~.. 2' :..\JO . . r." 1"0000., .. 2:!OllO, ~:!~il fi110~ ] O~i I 4~091 ~06!l 13R9(i5 J 42035 1 !:!!)(j 'j~, (i;,~ 303:1:1 A. C. Continuation 5cbool 1 42 M .. 21 .. 40 14:11 274 15$ .. 00 Glii.. H! .. 1...... 419 2!l.'Q7 2!lf!80 Eveland Semi1lary ., 1 40 F 2 I .. .. I .. i 00 .. 15.. 15 18 IH 00 1 200no 00 :ifOlI .. • . I 4!J:l0 !l0 1i784 (;8i4 11.~7'1; ~()-t<";; Fairfield Girls' Scbool 1 ·H) F 3 21 .. 00' !I(; 246 14~ 1-15.. (l31.. ~O.. :1, H!iOOO I (Jl)OO UO,II) 3UOo 367S[) 2Gn~S 7770; 1·1S'il 1 ~Ol; n;1;143 7942] I Geyla1lg Metb. Girls' School 4:! MF .. 14 .. "1 2!l, 1:17 88 .. 114 361l 00 ,·1.. 11 10000 lOOOO I:jlill, .. 1 ~OR.ll 1836 1:1470 1150 41 1~009 13199 4621 Metbodist Girls' School .. -II) F ;, 24 ., 12() 19"j ~!nll148 146 .. 000 .. 3·10 .. 3 7ROOO (;,,000 (ilion! 3500 2·H)!I!11 .. ·1~~!I 312~!) S*i~ 63];;0 l1001 :1-11 G71ll0 (18547 ;i;~ !l;; Nind Home .. ., ;;:! F I .. • • i fJT:2t1 1000 1943 ~1j(;3 ~7:!tl ·100 10G43: lain3 :: :: .. .. ,I :: :: I : : ~~ 4~ : : . ~ 2.{~OOO t~~oo 23~~ ~ :: .. ilisS iliSH 8478 8478 789 Oldbam Hall .. [,2 M ~ ., fiG~5 280 ;JH05 '200! 5600' 1 12 00 5800 Paya Lebar Metbodist Scbo~i 4fiMF .. 10 .. .. ": 67 ... 194.. 60 .. .. :1162.. .. I .. , Ma1IlcCIl. I 5:, 101 1401 09 " .. :Hi4 •• (l0 1 15000 11lO00 :)(11111' ., 1:!49i 5 Wi! :!5810 1300 300 3001 4Hi(i 44776 3800 Anglo-Cbinese Scbool 2 40 M.. ': ':\ 1:0:' ':': .. 11 30 .. 1 .. Metb. Boy's Boardillg Scbool .. .. ~r .... 001" Methodist Malay Ilostcis ...... 26 .. :11 1163 307 .. 81 H;S2 .• . • 15Ai 1587 j ~ !):~!l .. Suydam Girls' Scbool .. I 40 F 1 14 .. '20 '32 ii6 !)7 '(\f! 20, :: 3M 102 .. ,,974 11-157 3112 2:!·106 ~3!J1 :m4::lIl .. 38!! 3i030 37712 Sbellabear Hall ...... 900UO 10000 OliOO JlioO HG,; 1(l00 .. ·1834.. i •. 1 !!S46 9846 .. I .. Melimall Cbinese Scbool .. 1 4H MF .. 2 .. :: ::I'';~ 42 .. .. 480.. .. I, . . ill 550. . 'I ..! 550 550 Tampi1l Cbinese Scbool . . 1 .jH:\1 F .. I .. •• ..1 30 ao ~iO.. ..,.. 3:; 311.. oo! 311 311 ...... ;\5 .. 1 2000 300j Ill".. :;00...... ]50 ·150.. 450 450 Belwh Cbinese Scbool .. I ·I~ MF .. 2 .. :17 10 I .. Bukit Gambir Cbi/lese Scbool 1 ·jH M F .. 2 .. •. ., " .. .• " 52 52...... \ 4~O...... 30 4.~0.. .. ·150 ,150 Serom Cbinese School .. J 'IS MF .. 2 ., U30 rang/10k A. C. School .. I -1 H 111 F .. 3 .. :: :: :: '40\ '341:: .~6 i~" ~~ :: :i .';;000 i~oo 'l::~I:: 1~ii:: :: :: ..1:JO! 1~:;~1 :: \ "40 l~i~ 105i

Total for 1937 1 2-0 '140110261J7!l~ :O;~1~-~~211 fiOOa ~'~+-l:;'1 .. I !.!fi\ '1f'~I:\(j\ 1.10D2~1 (jfi~3111~a501G50~il ~·1350 ~fi1H i Z090W: -I44371~~~4~OHOI 04[l{.13!1-1~Ol40(l07~ 794 \ 8421

RECAPITULATION Districts 1 III I 1 l' 301 4H!l-00 73060 '1000 "1110!l 13",SR n.l-,).c,1 351i101 11li!l4 5Gii31R (ij j GOO 407 32907 I'enang-I poh 00 !m:!I~ :!J ~,(·,0n..~)0 (l[\3(l!i2IHl[\S2~ 1~3G3 .. G'" 00 ;;1000 :17200 :il'UlI!I 1000;';!) -i,:!;; lO:;:l;;S :!H:W :!:~ 1!j~!) (i00 .• .. H~'I Hf) .' G2!11~8111!IR"1!.!~~ ~~;~1~~ \~!; 111 3 Of,~;OO I ,,()O~ 11~18 :!:\~17!l ·1I0~ :!~II!II Kuala Lumpur ,,4094 2152 705 .. ~I 00 Sibu .. l~ "I' 00 JIOO .. :: I :: .. 05 .. :~7i ~~T~:~O ~. ,: ~ 1~t~ g~:1 1~~ 1~~i; ~Z, ~~!i~~ ~~~~~ ~~,~g 1~.5.0l' ~~~i~ ;'i~~ ~1i~ ~~~~ :~~~~ ~~n~ l~il~tl i~~~: ~~~~~ \ 33288 ~215 1085 Sarikei ...... ~:! .• S~10 .... I HI .. :: ":I' Hi 7:1 !17 40, :llj 2511.. :!:l .. 0 00 93. 330 Southern Tamil .. .. 2 .. ..I.. 11~~" ~~~~ I !l~~ ~;~~~ 4.01 1;~ ~~~~ '{151 100 Central Tamil . . . . " ...... 1~ ., .. 00· 7' 134[ HI " ·1;; 2ni 4".. 2~11,1 '!l~540306 1".,.~.'I~(lJl O.~)·_)"•. 'I 1~'3',)O IG-a' 171_"-1'3'''~0 ";'1' J1 "08'116 H4.37 45f]010 !.! 014 1'1 64!l543!1l50 794 8421 .. 17(;; ., 20 H0 I02(i(!l2W7832G 321150U32831124.. u ~ _ "' - .,,' -~. ~"., - '______4060721 Singapore _'_' ___"_--.~_~J _._ . 1 .- ..... ',------'------142 1!l008!1IGlIR:;O ;-,;!6mO ;;H00S! 681233 i117ol0n 1:;0331 2,0\01 12994011IiiS:;!1 116 .. .. 57 1071 ., -~-I-.-.i:~.'-~~-~.···· '. :~~3 ·1;5~;\il"-"1~7---" 1~;;-;(l17fj!i120 48~(i8-1 20·!:1~7 6274 43118 Tolal for 11)37 1 16101 " -C03c01836321C1SiO 4921ifi5 'ISIII~ ·1:1(i:1;; 61420. s~GS:; ,1~lllii:lIOS!14(1 24HH 11!l5!150 133~377 5361 107760 Tolal for 1~.1)6 117 .. .. 1i2657 .. ..3100363 164354221082293 -1732425 ... • 1311 1130147~ /,).",5770 G457 ",18000 3405;, •'.J.")1i . 1~~~"'31 " G.li.n. 31i 12~6.4212:J.6.253 4.1..391 2.7.5i 103.9.90 14.5.482 913 10776 Increase 5 14 .. .. '1" .. i ...... " Decrease 1 ...... I" .. .. "I" .. 00...... 00 .. Statistician's Recapitulation. Malaya Annual Conference. Year Ending 31st December, 1937.

MINISTERIAL SUPPORT OIIUReR MEMDt:RSIIIP SUNDAY SCHOOLS EpWORTH LXAGUES CIlURCH PBOI'EllTY ~h,;n.LLAX.EO\JS ANSL'AL I COXFy.RExn: NAME BAPTISMS PREPARATORY FULL MEMBBBSRU' I BENEVOLf:N CES SUPPORT OF PASTOR I ------::- ~ 1: I-~'::':'f=E=loI=ll:::ER=S:::U:::lc-!'_i -----:---;-----,------:,------,----, --j----.s-:;:;-"'-8-l-i- -""-_-~-I--+-,,-. -:-I-::-_-;;:---~---:l:-----:-~---I--",-1-,,-2-1-1-,;:--. - ,--]--,_-;:;- "- OF :1----- I DISTRICT .. i" ... g . ~ =:;1 I;. '5, ) 0: 1 ' u: , ~ ~ :E'_=-c.. ~_~ ::: ~ ~ c';:l :;=2. ~I t I ''EQ...... ~ ~""~ ~ ~r::: Q...... ~ j -~z::::-=, I~ i ~ ::'" c.r. i~ R~ I .:::;,:,~;:; 11 .. I~:~~ ~~ s. :'0, it~<;I~1 1=~ § z :s ti:Jj i :s·£z.;> Cot ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ E t ~ t~.1! I~f¥ 51: .f.~ j~ ::~~:I .; c =~ :,., ~ II ,I '[ i '" '" .c == ".: c:? - _E -=__ Of ii', _2i .: ~ ~ ~ a .-_;..:'- _~ .. ~'§ ~ ~ ~ n .~ a :::_~ i ~ ~ i Hlum .2;:;1! j ==""" '" - §' ,,= _.-_~~ ~~ I;;i~ :;:;=1-:::::'-;';;1 - --I;"'" jj ·C ~=;j ~ ~; ~,=.;_;~I' ~ :!t~:ii:~Hi':nmh ~=: ~_:g == I Ci oS I' I':; e... c.::;.. c:: c= " ~ E-t~'E2 _e..:"= -_::.~ - ~ ~J::~ ~'I' = ~ ..c: :: I e il.~'Z~:; t ~, II ~ -= I~ II'~ ~ I'~ w - --- :; -":. 1.:0:' ~:;;:: ~ .~ ..;;.f' :, .,'" <" ...~ _...... 6 i <: 0.. 1 0.. ~.., -I...... , ~ U '" 10 ~. J.l ~ ;.<;!1 z - ~ - ~ i~ i "'" ------;.------'----- ____--' -----!t--~----L---'---~--_,_------______-----'--'__ -'-1______._____ . I------c:-----,----:----:---~'---___'.------'------".------~---

r 1 20 22a 23 ! 24 I 25 27 28 29 i 30 31 32 ,33 34 I 35 I 36 37 \ 38 47 54 1 56 57 60 61

19 1 I I i I Penang-Ipoh District 15 23 22 125 18tO 803 a7!l "49 53, 13 S7900 9 1 ~15UO 11290 2251 2256 3253 29 567 458 707 35 742 !!7505 - I ':::: I,::::: ':::: 6:::\ 8:: ::; '::: ':::i ':::11 I 1 1'1 18:: 1 79(j 1 ';::1' ':::1' 2 4G9 4S0 387 2; :B2UO -1; 4;)3001 349 ,. i 1140 420 !l08 5574 Kuala Lumpur District .. ~;i ~:: ~~~ ~ 12 9 116 11 311'1 4G7

i ! ) I i 1 Sibu (Sarawak) District .. 13]8 128 :mi 114 :::2 50100, Hi 191501 2408 .. I 38 201 8419

i . I' 42 907 40 1101 25 90 Sarikei (Sarawak) District :::: 2:::1 :: ~: ~8°1 ~: ~~7G :;~Ij '::i ::: :::i :: ;:1 ::::: '::1 ::. 40 .. .. I .. 1 ill I 1 1 Southern Tamil District .. 8468 6062 GOO 147 28] 8 6245 33, 9; 32, 404 Sri: 121 58::;! 45, 17 10 11 34 343 45' 7T 300(loi 1 30001 51 13 220 ]2 93 179 15 209 9927 I I I Iii I i I Central Tamil District 8575 3874 102 122 10 5106 221 421 217 2::;' 05;! 12; 22 14 14 43 594 17i ,-, 17500 4 l"700i 32 •• l !liD 60 11;j 55 387 5895 72(1 44 241 .. I - i 1 I i 16 ~90(j 36085 Singapore District 13530 11358 232G 435 105 57 12195 ! 145 190 un 4~B 12511 46 1470 a~6 6<1 241 30 19 ~OOl 438 170 1:::24 13 132900 S 80200' 10163 578-1: 029~ 79 517 4260 :! I" 1 65579 36566: 5030 1344 ~ 126 ~ 101il~~; ~9521 7fi1--a-O-9!--j-6-9-9 --6-5-9 --..<)7-4:--7-41-~ --1-)-01--5-1-S-:---8-1-S-"-::'-4-0-L1''j -]g-!)-[J--H-S-1-2u-'-5-G -.-5 -3-79-0-3-()-5-71-8-S-55-0j-2-74-9-1 --96-7 -1-13-9-9 -1-4-2-::l-;j -1-4-S-::l-S'G-9 Totals for '937 102 1407 ~557 ::lS04 6797 941H Totals for '936 62569 34613 5266 1332 452 110 36990 959 8a3 ,'1771 2307 909 300 72Jol 731 2471 82 •• 99 444 600il 3()O~ ]876 IJ;)4 3744 73 347~:20 56181500114-179 24S3 G735 1GG::;S 1501 3366 85 1322 2573 915 37S2 76855

l 85, 30]5 Increase 3010 1769.. 12 429 Hj 817[, 5sl.. .. 1 585:.. 3 459.. 271.. .. 11 741 1;l2~! 401 1:;3 27.. 2 31510 1 7050 111012 4GG4 503 17 2886 1725!l ]162 .. 1511i :;-H\:l 16 Decrease 1953 236 .. I 27 33!. . 458.. . . I 72 . .: s. • • , •. I .. I . . . . I •. 2 ··1! CONFERENCE TREASURER'S REPORT

DISTRICTS PI~NANG- I CENTRAL (:I~NTRAL SOUTHERN SINGAPORE CONFERENCE _!pol~_.~ }vl~LAY~_ I AMIL ~~~IL___ . _____ ~OTAL__ GRAND GRAND

CAUSES

I. Ministerial Support Conference Claimants .. District Superintendents HI.. 400 130 130 . . !lfJ [j 142 .. 416 •• 1304 135 14119 1327 Bishops .. If) .. liil 7 2 S·l I:.! 110 :-13 .. 93.. 213 201 414 450 ij • • 2fi (l 20 . . 10 . . 8 .. _~4 . . 127 6 IH3 110 ---'-;l'otal NO.---·l-~ .. -,----- __ ••• ______• ___ -"_0 __ - :-PI\i =-__ ~ }?.B __ ~13 ~!0~ --84 -Ti7' l1ii _~~_:l -=-= 563- . ~ Hi44· 342 1986 1887 II. Disciplinary Benevolences From Church .. 16 12 40 14 68 14 82 65 From Sunday School .. 10 From Epworth League 10 10 JO 10 10 10 10 III. Annual Conference Benevolences I J~e~n Hamilt~m Theol. School I 20 ;isl :l71 12 10 ~:~ [) 7 1i'i 84 184 97 288 E\cland Semmary .. I') .. 281 1'! to 1 10 ~ 6~ 15 35 Homes, Orphanages, etc. · . 92 127 65 . ! :\,1 !J! .. 11 2fJ 8 12 100 4iJ 1~8 ] 81 l!11 British & Foreign Bible Society r; I 1(l 7 10 9 1 Ii 54 101i 20 126 180 Pastors' Leave Fund .. . . I ~.Ii Hi Hi 13, 5 128 .. 14 . · . 179 HI3 193 Local Preachers' Provident Fund I . ~:.!i !I, .. 14: . 14 107 1()6 10 1 ~; 101 . · . . . 176 271 Home Missionarv Society . . I !lni fi 11 !In: 22!1 :{i\ 61 6;j RO 32G 83 G36 920 1227 Religio:Js Education .. . . 1 In 1556 .. .1 .W! 11 11 34 12 10 116 ;34 163 B6 349 258 °1 i i IV. Other Cash Items I Other Benevolences fj I 0.,1 (" .. ! 8 2760 2768 918 General Conference Exncnses .. .. ! ~! ~~':_.:~~I_._. _10 _ 2~ 24~~ 35 _._. 35 ~n

V. Total Benevolences ! : ! I ~.~_ (Cols. IT. III & IV) .. .. :l(J 10 65 :.' ];; i~4i ~ :l51 - I HO'I; 4H:r!!7; I_II 97720i6 1700 3952 5894 3708 i -. -1--- 1(;"1_!~ ------I i Grand Total (I. II. If I & IV) i RO 1{) I :W (lfi (in;~ S071 :\:~i fini 2:1-1: 280 3~-1 I 7115402G76 ~34·1 4533 78~0 5595

FRED DAVID, ConferClIce Treaswer. REPORTS OF CoMMITTEES 67 VII. Miscellaneous RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMIITEE ON CHRISTIAN LITERATURE HE FOLLOWING recommendations were made at the annual meeting of T Committee: I. That a request be made for a grant of $200 to print the Tamil Ritual and Responsive Readings. 2. That a request be made to the Committee on Publications and Church Extension for a grant to purchase a Literature Van which could be used for wide distribution of our English, Chinese, Tamil, and Malay literature. It was recommended that a Tamil assistant also be connected with this work. 3. That the Tamil Book Editors (S. M. Thevathason, S. S. Pakianathan, V A. Chelliah) be requested to translate the Discipline into Tamil and report next year and that this translation be made with the collaboration of Rev. Fred David, Examiner in Tamil Discipline. 4. That the pastors be urged to show more interest in the circulation of our church papers .and to help the editorial staff in collecting the bills. 5. That Good Literature Week be observed in all our churches for 1938 beginning from Sunday, September 25, and that special efforts be made to secure new subscribers to our church periodicals, and to display our books. PAL'L B. MEANS, Chairman.

General Report of GIRLS' SCHOOL>'-1938 AFTER FIFTY YEARS! How long that sounded when we were early at our task ~ How swiftly the years pass hy ~ How little we seem to accomplish in anyone year. Yet when the results are accumulated and the aggregate known we feel heartened, yes. extremely encouraged. Starting here and there with small groups of girls, our schools have grown beyond our fondest dreams. Today there are seven grant-in-aid \V.F.M.S. schools, three continuation schools, and three girls' schools under the Parent Board. These schools are all comfortably housed in property evaluated at ~58;,ooo with equipment totalling :319.000. Their enrolment totals 4.300. Penang, Ipoh and Taiping have adequate play-ground space. a very necessary part of a school's needs these days when girls 'are keen on all kind of sports. play good tennis, have inter-school contests in net-ball and badminton and are coming to demand hockey fields. One way girls are showing their freedom is their fondness for out-door games which 'are breaking down racial antipathies and fostering friendliness between schools that a decade ago were bitter rivals. It is a matter of regret that M.G.S .. Fairfield, Singapore. and :\l.G.S. Kuala Lumpur. are far too cramped for space to accommodate the numbers who \\ish to return for ~ames in the afternoon. Physical education is one meam of huilding up contacts between groups that wilt result in an atmosphere of wholesome rivalry as well as spread the spirit of co-operation and fair play. It has also made it .easier for girls to visit our hospitals and receh'e scientific treatment for alIments than when women were secluded behind brick walls. 68 MALA.YA CoNFERENCE, 1938

These schools have a teaching staff of I ;0. Of the total number of students about 300 are enrolled in the Cambridge classe;) which means that one girl in 16 takes Cambridge work. I t was a welcome message that recently came from the Difector of Educa­ ti~n st~ting that after 193Q the Junior Cambridge Examinations would be dlscontmued. Many of us have felt for a long time that girls were being f~rced to follow a curriculum that contributed Yery little to their future hfe problems. It would seem now that courses can be planned dealing with the art of home making, and already five of our schools have made a beginning of a Domestic Science department. In Ipoh the teachers are en­ couraged to attend a training class held at the Convent for this purpose. At present there is a great demand for English speaking companions to children living on estates. Our girls have responded so well to this need that this promises to be a fine outlet for many girls who can never hope to qualify for teachers or nurses as these professions are over-crowded and only exceptional students need apply. It is encouraging to note that about 90% of our present staff of 1;0 teachers are Christian. These young women who represent the cream of our graduates are a loyal band many of them carrying heavy responsibilities in Sunday Schools and other religious activities . .\lost schools report at least 60% of the staff helping in our religious programme. There .are three Junior Leagues, one Intermediate League, three Blue-Triangle Groups, one Girls' Life Brigade. two Wayfarer organizations and one Day School Sunday School conducted within the shadow of our school halls. The Malay girls are coming to us in ever increasing numbers. In \1.G.S. Kuala Lumpur one girl in seven is a Malay. These girls speak excellent English. They are refined and gifted in rhythmics, dramatics and handwork with a special flair for all sorts of games. Their foundation work in the Kampong arts in needlework, lace-making and basketry is a distinct contribution to our work in Home Arts. We may' not permit them to attend chapel exercise5 but by a careful planning for periods of their own groups, we have a wonderfful opportunity to instil into them high ideals. and a better standard of morals than they are accustomed to meet in their home environment. Such a situation presents to us a challenge that we as Christian women must meet in the spirit of prayer and patience. One Malay girl from our M.G.S.. Klang. is in Singapore attending the King Edward VII School of Medicine. Another one of our Kuala Lump~r girls is assistant supervisor of Malay girls for the State of Selangor. One gIrl is teacher of English in the court school at Alor Star. When we educate a Malay girl how little we realize how far reaching will be the influence of that life among her own people whose women to-day are hungering for the larger things that her more aggressive sisters enjoy. The transformation may be slow in coming but come it will and ·happy will be the ones who direct the growing generation toward better homes. a finer conception of life, better health and all the other blessings that follow in the train of an educated womanhood. The great weakness in our religious programme is our failure to attract our day school ,nrls to our church services. How this can be accomplished should be a problem for our careful attention. If we who are principals could arouse our teachers to see this great opportunity we might be able to increage interest in our church schools, and throu~h them, influence our girls towards Church membershio. Girls who go throu~h our Cambridge classes, still not won for Christ, rarely if ever return to the church. Today we aTe facing grave issues as in increasing numbers the cabarets are claiming the attention of our youth. It eats out our day school enrolment REPORTS OF CoMMITTEES 69

,and more than one girl has been led astray this year and found refuge in the Salvation Army Horne for girls. I t would seem that some definIte instruction should be planned aside from an occasional chapel talk, to warn our girls of the dangers and far reaching consequences of loose moral living. A religious census has been taken in some of our schools. In the M.G.S. Kuala Lumpur 30% of our girls. exclusive of our Mohammedan enrolment, signed themselves definitely as Christians. This does not include girls from Ghri-stian homes in Primary and Standard I who were not asked to fill in the form. The schools this year have made a special plea for Home Missions. In Taiping by a systematic giving of I cent a week from each girl and larger amounts from the teachers the sum of $100.00 was contributed. I n most of our schools special evangelistic services were held with a ready response from the older group. This i-s most encouraging. Our larger schools report special services planned on the occasion of distribution of the Cambridge diplomas. In M.G.S., Singapore, this took the form of an "At Home." In Kuala Lumpur 1:!he two schools combined and held the services in the church where the Chinese Consul gave out the dip­ lomas. After the ceremony he said, "I felt quite at home in this service as I myself was educated in a Methodist Boys' School in Peiping." The work of the Religious Education Conference is beginning to 'be felt lamong our teachers. A keener interest is being taken in the religious classes conducted by them in our schools. Training classes for teachers have been held in several centres reported elsewhere. In Kuala Lumpur Mr. Peach succeeded in drawing about 68 into such a circle, I I of whom were from the M.G.s. staff. T·hose who did not attend were either new or 'for some very good reason excused. Figures do not tell the whole story. The influence of our Girls schools reaches much farther than any of us dream. Sometimes amid the immediate attention of detailed office work our vision fades and we wonder if what we carne out tQ accomplish is being done. Then some incident will occur that reminds us that we are working in the name of a Power we cannot see but whose presence is real and He, through us, is bringing to pass His great will. So let us praise Him for our oppor­ tunities and lift up grateful hearts for the fruitage we can see; going forth into our second half century with fresh courage -and a resolution to make, through Him. a better womanhood for Malaya.

Report of the MALAYSIA COMMISSION ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION L THOLGH there have been no outstanding events or achievements in the A programme of Religious Education for the past year, we believe that there has been a steady advance in the work throughout the conference. TJ1ere is a much more general appreciation of the meaning of Religious Education to-day than ever before and a very cordial co-operation given by our day school principals and teachers. the pastors and church school superintendents to the programme of the Commission. Fortunately the work of Religious Education does not depend upon a central office but the process is one of de<:entraliz­ ation where the local churches and the local educational institutions are increas­ ingly bearing the responsibility of developin~ their own programme.. It has been the aim of the central office to proVIde supplementary matenal and additional stimulus to the Religious Education programme of the various centres 70 MALAYA CoNFERENCE, 1938 which, after all, primarily depends upon the local leadership. Four special days were observed throughout the conference and special material was provided for each of these days: Easter, Mother's Dav, Children's Day and Christmas. Miss Nelson, in co-operation with two of her students at Eveland Seminary, provided fifteen pages of excellent material for Children's Day programmes, material which was widely used and very much appreciated. 1 'he Conference Sunday School contributed $219 as their Children's Day offering to the budget of the Commission. For the Christmas material the Ipoh group with Miss Harvey as chairman selected two Christmas pageants 'The Perfect Gift" and "There' Were Shep­ herds" which together with additional material of poems and exercises were sent out to all the Sundav Schools. The Epworth Leagu~ and Young People's Work. under the leadership of the Secretary for Epworth League and Young People's Work, G. S. Arumugam, have had two very successful district institutes, one for the Penang-Perak District at lpoh during the Easter holiday, March 25-29 and the other for the Singapore-Malacca District at Malacca, April 2'+-2R. Tbere were over 400 delegates registered at these two conferences and the response was excellent. The classes were well attended and the faculty members were particularly pleased with the interest shown in the classes and the willingness to enter into discussion. Much credit is due to Mr. G. S. Arumugam who has won the loyalty and co-operation of both leagues and faculty. and to the two deans. Dr. M. Dodsworth and the Rev. W. A. Schurr. whose careful planning and interest in the work of young people was largely responsible for the smooth running programme. We believe that the pick of our young people were in attendance, distinctly a young group and of a type who needed such an institute and who undoubtedly profited from the fellowship and inspiration which the attendance at institute offered. At both institutes the central theme chosen was "The Church. First in the Minds of Malayan Methodist 'Youth." At the Malacca institute 2 I young people volunteered for full time Christian life service. Our Third Religious Education Conference which was held this year in Kuala Lumpur for three days, May 5-7, under the chairmanship of the Re\', P L. Peach. was attended by 107 delegates. almost entirely principals and teachers from our English schools. Several novel features were introduced at this conference, and our programme was a departure from the usual round of lectures and committee meetings. A series of demonstration classes under the direction of group leaders gave the teachers an opportunity to observe the actual teaching of a typical lesson in Religious Education to ten different classes of pupils. These demonstration lessons were followed by critical analysis and discussion, each group in charge of a chairman. Although the actual carrying out of the programme proved to be more difficult than we anticipated. especially because of the difficulty of arranging a natural atmosphere of pupils, teachers and critics, we believe that the experiment was very much worth while. I t is experimentation along this line that we believe holds out promise for the future. The finest feature of the Kuala Lumpur Religious Education Conference seems to me the opportunity which principals and teachers have found here for fellowship in a common task and for the exchange of ideas and methods for the improvement of the teaching of religion in our schools. That the teachers themselves have become aware of this need and have attended these conferences in such large numbers is in itself a significant fact. Miss Nelson was responsible for the organization of four very successful vacation church schools during the August holidays, namely at Serdang. lasin, Tangkak and Segamat. These vacation schools were reported in the November Malaysia Message which vividly described the procedure and the appreciative response which these schools evoked in the various centres. These four schools were directed by eight young women from Eveland Seminary who freely volunteered a part of their vacation to undertake this very interesting and worth~hile field work. REPORTS OF 'CoMMITTEES 71

Leadership Education Schools this year have been organized in three or four different centres. The school in Penang, which was reported in the December Malaysia Message, held under the auspices of the Penang District Sunday School Association, for five days from Friday, October 29 to Tuesday, November 2. The school which was attended by eighty teachers from the Methodist schools in Penang and Province Wellesley, was a great credit to Miss Moreton. the president of the Penang Sunday School Association and the principal promoter of this Leadership Education School. Another school lasting for ten weeks was held in Kuala Lumpur under the leadership of our vice-chairman the Rev. P. L. Peach. Here some 40 teachers were enrolled in a course THE MESSAGE OF JESUS, using the text book by Harvey Branscomb. With one class this school was able to make an intensive study of the teachings of Jesus and evidenced a very fine response. The Singapore Leadership Education School was held for five weeks at \Vesley Church, every Monday evening for two hours. from October 18 to November 15. There was a total enrolment of seventy young people, mostly teachers in our English schools who were divided into four different classes, under the direction of Miss M. Dryburgh of the Presbyterian Church and Messrs. Robbins. Reinoehl and Means. The attendance and response in these dasses was excellent. We were happy to have the co-operation of the Presby­ terian Mission in the school faculty and to welcome the enrolment of several Presbyterian young people. Altogether in the three Leadership Education Schools of Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore there were over 190 students enrolled. Miss Nelson is very anxious that every pastor and every local church board should appreciate the opportunities which the Leadership Education movement offers. We wish that every pastor would take the trouble to read such a pamphlet as "Your Church and its Programme" and use this as a basis for a discussion class of those young people and other church members who want to share in the responsibility of the work of the ch~rch. In our attempt to meet the need of trained leaders for the growing Methodist Church of Malaya, we do not know of a programme which offers more of creative possibilities than does the programme of the Leadership Education Schools. This work should be increasingly felt as the real responsibility and job of each individual church and of each district. EXPERIMENTS IN NEW METHODS OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. There have developed several interesting projects in Religious Education: Mr. Jenkins has completed two units or two years of a course for his school teachers entitled "Education for Creative Living," a five year con­ structive programme in education. His mimeographe~ outline explains the purpose and plan of the course and should offer helpful suggestions to our -school principals as they deal with the problem of training teachers in a philosophy and methodology of education which can be fully <:o-ordinated with the aims of Religious Education. The general objective or aim of the training course is built around the'theme of "The Building of a Wholesome Personality." \Ve trust that it will be possible for !\1r. Jenkins to continue this training course. with the object th.:n it may be extended and adapted to other !\1ethodist Mission schools. Anglo-Chinese Primary School, Penang. It was my privilege in December to visit the new school and particularly the art and hand work exhibition of the Middle and Primary Schools, Penang. I saw this exhibition three times, the last time under the guidance of !\1 iss Moreton who explained the work which she has been doing with her primary classes in handwork which has also been co-ordinated very closely with the programme in Religious Education. I have been greatly impressed by the work which she is doing and wish it were possible for many of our primary teachers to study these new developments in Religious Education. We hope that before Miss Moreton goes en leave it will be possible for her to write out a complete report of her work so that this may be circulated to all of the primary teachers in our schools. MALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938

Supervision of teachers in Religious Education. During March and April Miss Nelson and I divided up the Methodist schools of Singapore, to spend as much time as possible in the visitation of class rooms during the Religious Education period. In this way we were able to observe every Methodist Singapore day school teacher for at least one class period in Religious Education. I was also able to visit about ten classes in the Methodist Boys" School, Kuala Lumpur, and about five classes in the Methodist Girls' Sahool,. Kuala Lumpur. Increasingly it is our conviction that it is in the actual process of teaching that our teachers need the most help. The best education can be done in the actual job. We would like to extend the programme of the observ­ ation of teachers during this coming year. Looking Ahead. One conviction which has increasingly come to me is the need for co-ordinating our Religious Education programme with the transitional nature of our modern society. One does not need to be a pessimist to say that we live in a very uncertain age and that no one knows how long the present character of our society will last. When we try to instil the virtues of Christian character, so often \ve forget that we are not educating for a static but for a changing dynamic order. We need to think of the "frontiers of living" and to educate not only for the society which now is but for the society which we hope will be. The evil character of our present acquisitive capitalist order has long been apparent. \Ve need to challenge the very found­ ations upon which our present order is built. If we are merely to turn out pupils from our schools to fit complacently in this order our work will have been in vain. Our religious education should include and co-ordinate two. objectives: The development of a wholesome Christian personality in thl! individual and the Christian re-construction of the social order. We need tn educate our pupils not only to adapt themselves to a changing society hut to be prepared for revolutionary change in the very nature of our social and economic order preparing them not only for change but to change the very basis upon which our order exists. 1\:0 one can foretell the future but with the steady, continuous and inevitable growth of militarism and Fascism w~ need to be prepared to face real times of testing for our Christian faith. Can we be worthy of the day when it arrives? Conclusion. The Secretary is increasingly convinced of the unique' Religious Educational opportunity which our Malayan Methodist day schools and church schools offer. Our needs and opportunities are so great that they demand the full time services of a fully trained and professionally qualified secretary of Religious Education. We hope that the Commission will seriously consider the great challenge and, if possible, formulate a plan whereby we may look forward within a year or two to the full-time services of at least one­ trained secretary of Religious Education. In closing I would like to apologize for the small part of the time which: I have been able to give to this work. We might repeat the prayer of con­ fession "we have left undone those things which we ought to have done and we have done those things which we ought not to have done ~ and thus hope for the forgiveness of our many faults. I am very grateful to the members of the Camm ission and to the secretaries who have been associated with me, and to the conference for the­ very cordial co-operation and loyal support in the programme of the Commission for the past year. I have been requested by the Commission to publicly express our appreciation of the services of our vice-chairman, Rev. P L. Peach. who has ably guided the work of the Commission from its inception eight yean ago to the present and who now goes on leave. We wish him a restful and profitable furlough and in due time his return to this field. PAUL B. MEANS, Secretary. ROLL OF THE DEAD. 73 VIII. Roll of the Dead

MEMBERS OF CONFERENCE

BIRTH­ I ADMITTED I JOINED I PLACE OF NAME i T MALAYA I D DATE OF DEATH IAGE PLACE i ON RIAL I CoNFERENCE: EATH

LAU SENG CHONG .. \ China 1899 1899 I China May 20, 1902\ I JOB GNANASIHAMONEY India 1gog I I 1910 I DENIS M. TOOMEY Cork, Ir'd I 1914 i Singapore Feb 17, 1916 j 43 i SAM UEL ABRAHAM Jaffna I 1900 1900 i Malacca 1918

BURR J. BAUGHMAN 1909 1909 : U.S.A. Oct. 1920 U.S.A. /1 i DENG PING DENG China 1908 1914 I China 42 I J. H. LEWIN England i 1885 : Hongkong April II, 1924 59 ! E. S. BAIRD 1920 I England W. E. HaRLEY England I Singapore April 2, 1931 60

A. SAMUEL India 19 13 1913 Penang June 22, 1931 47

G. F. PYKETf England England Sept. 9. 1932 i 67 ! B. F WEST U.S.A. U.S.A. July 2. 1933 I 81 M. R. DoRAISAMY .. ! India 1921 Singapore Sept. 2;, 1933 I 46 I J. M. HOOVER .; L.S.A. 1gOD 1900 Sarawak Feb. II, 1935 ' 63

V DEVASAHAYAM ...!1\:egapatam 19 16 Telok Mar. 21, 1936 !India. Anson 1 l A. SUPRAMANIAM daffna, 1916 Kuala July 1937; 57 I Ceylon Lumpur MALAYA CoNFERENCE, 1938 1Ju !armarium ~ BISHOP WILLIAM F- OLDHAM uAnd Enocb walked with God" HE LA. TE BISHOP \VILLIAM F. OLDHAM was born in T Bangalore, India, on December 15, 1854, and entered into the life eternal on l\larch 27, 1937, at the age of 82. Early in youth he was converted and soon felt a call to the l\1inistry. He decided to go to the United States to study and prepare for missionary work in India.

BISHOP WILLIAM FITZJAMES OLDHAM, D.D. :Born December 17, 1854-Died March 27, 1937 IN MEMORIAM 75

Upon his return to India in 1884 he was appointed to Singapore and thus he became the founder of Methodism in that city and Malaya. The field was later extended to the Netherlands Indies and the Philippines. After a few years' service in Singapore Bishop Oldham was obliged to seek a better clime on account of ill health, and he returned to the United States. There he preached and taught until in 1904 he was elected Missionary Bishop for Southeastern Asia, which brought him back again to his beloved 1\1alaya. In this capacity he served until 1912, when the Church called him to the office of Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions. In 1916 he was elected to the General Superintendency and appointed to South America. There he served till 1928, when he retired from active service. His retirement he spent partly in the United States and partly in India. He visited .Malaya again in 1927, and \vas also present as the guest of honour at the Jubilee in Singapore in January 1935. This was Bishop Oldham's triumphal retirement from his long and world-embracing itineracy. But his keen mind remained active to the very end, and his great soul lost none of its magnanimity and rapture. He spent his last days in the home of devoted friends in Glendale, Calif., held, now as through­ out his life, in the highest esteem and veneration by thousands all all over the world. Bishop Oldham began his life-work as a surveyor in the civil service of the Government of 1ndia. With vision undimmed he con­ tinued a surveyor until his death. A Surveyor: one who views the land, measures and makes estimates, opens the \\'ay for others to go in and posses it. With God he traversed the earth. His was the forward look, the long view, and his frontiers were ever expanding. Through the eyes of God he saw the vastness of human needs, discerned the deepest longings of the souls of men. Doors of limitless oppor­ tunities were constantly opening on every hand. As he journeyed along with God in unbroken fellowship, his own heart was filled \\'ith a divine compassion, and he \\'as borne down \"ith a sense of urgency which led him to a complete surrender to his great task and God's. There was a dignity to his call, a largeness to his vision, a richness in his message. And as he sun' eyed the boundaries nct only of the world and of man but of God himself he became increasingly conscious of the immeasurable greatness of ~the resources of God. This created in him a daring faith. In his success he remained humble, always bearing the marks of a man of God. Thus "Enoch walked with God": and no\\' he is no more among us-"God took him." ABEL EKLUND. ~ MRS. LIM KEONG ENG RS. LIM KEONG ENG was born in Hokien, Eng Choon, M February 19, 1888. On March 29, 1937. in Jasin, Malacca, she passed to her heavenly reward after a short illness. Rev. Lim Keong Eng and family had just recently moved from Tangkak to Jasin. They 76 l\1ALAYA CONFERENCE, 1938 were looking forward to a pleasant and profitable term of service in that town and community, but the home was soon broken up by her call to a higher service. ~1 rs. Lim filled well her position as a pastor's wife. She went gladly with her husband visiting in the homes of the community, looking after the needs of the women and children of their parish. I n homes visited by sickness or sorrow she was sure to be found giving help to those in pain and sharing the sorrow of those who were bereaved of loved ones. Her family friends and co-workers greatly miss her. \Ve wish to assure Brother Lim Keong. Eng and his children of our sympathy and prayers that the God of all comfort will sustain both him and them as they face the coming. years conscious of the loss of a faithful wife and mother. ~ JOHN CHUA. JAMES ARUMUGAM SUPRAMANIAM EV j. A. SUPRAMANIAM was born in Vaddukoddai, Jaffna, R Ceylon, September 17, 1880. He came to Malaya in 1892. He was educated at the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, where he grad­ uated from the Senior Cambridge class in 190 I. Later he became a member of the staff in the same school, where he proved himself a very successful teacher. He graduated from the Normal class with a first class diploma in 1910. In 1916 he was appointed headmaster of the Anglo-Tamil School, Penang, and was attached to the Tamil church as pastor. He became a member of the Malaya Annual Conference and was ordained an Elder in 1918. He took charge of the Kuala Lumpur Tamil Church in 1918, and for two years served the church in that capacity. In 1920 he was appointed a teacher in the Methodist Girls' School, Kuala Lumpur. Two years later he be­ came a supervisor at the Methodist Boys' School and at the same time was pastor of the Tamil Church. From 1928 to 1931 he worked both as pastor of the Tamil Church, Singapore, and as a member of the staff of his Alma Mater. In 1931 he was transferred to Seremban where he was pastor of the Tamil church and teacher in the Anglo­ Chinese School. For the year 193; he was principal of the Anglo­ Chinese School, Seremhan. At the end of 193; he retired from grant­ in-aid school work because of the age limit. The Annual Conference found in Rev. Supramaniam a very efficient worker and appointed him as the district superintendent of the Central Tamil District, and headmaster of the Methodist Boys' Continuation School, Kuala Lumpur, which appointment he held until his death, July 7, 1937. The followin~ is an extract taken from a tribute paid by one' of his colleagues: "Those who watched the career of Rev. Supramaniam have nothing but praise for his solidarity of character and unwavering faith amidst difficulties and trials. His straight forward dealings, his loyalty to the Mission and his spotless character are some of the distinguishing qualities that have won. him the respect and esteem of a1l his friends and co-workers. May the Lord raise more men of his: type to serve in His Vineyard." J. V. AYADURAY. IX. Historical

CONFERENCE SESSIONS

I YEARI DATE PLACE PRESIDING BISHOP SECRETARY I .~I __

1 I I 18931' April 1- 5 Singapore J. M. Thoburn B. F. West 2 1894 Feb. 2- 5 do. ! J. M. Thoburn W H. E. Urch 3 1895 I Feb. 14-20 do. J. M. Thoburn B. F. West 4 1896 ' Feb. 14-19 do. J. M. Thoburn W G. Shellabear 5 189i Feb. 10---15 Penang : S J. M. Thoburn I F H. Morgan I 1--.-----1 t C. D. Foss 6 I 18gB I Feb. 15-17 Singapore ; J. M. Thoburn F. H. Morgan 7 I 1899 I Feb. 9-17 Penang J. M. Thoburn I. F. H. Morgan 8 11900 i Feb. li-22 Singapore i J. M. Thoburn F. H. Morgan H. L. E. Luering 9 I 1901 Feb. 21-27 ,do. F. \\1 Warne I 10 I 1902 Feb. 21-27 ! do. F. W. Warne : J. R. Oenyes

II 1 1903 Feb~1I=I6--1 Singapore 1 F W Warne ! J. R. Oenyes 12 I 1904 Feb. 24-29 \ do. : J. M. Thoburn i W T Cherry 13 I 1905 Feb. 15-20 Kuala Lumpur W F Oldham V./ T Cherry q II 1906 .lan. 2~-Feb. 2 I Singapore W F. Oldham W G. Shcllabear 15 1907 Feb. 20 -24 I Penang f .1. j\;. Fitzgerald I ! I W. F. Oldham W. G. Shellabear W. G. Shel1abear !~ I--:~~ ~:b: I~=I~I Sin~~~or-e-- ,-~~r-g:~g::- G. C. Cobb

18 : 1910 Feb. 5-10 1 do. \V F Oldham G. C. Cobb 19 ' 191 I Feb. 11--18 I do. f \V F. McDowell I l W F. Oldham \V. E. Horley 20 1912 Feb.__ I2:=:

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