I XTYQFI RST A N N UA L REPO RT ‘ O F T H E auan Mission 0 n s Stacie . W I T H T H E NA M ES A N D A D D R ESS ES O F AC T I V E M E M B E R S S I XTY - FI RST A N N UA L R EPO RT O F TH E ’ Hawauan Mission ren s Susie 1 9 1 3 W I T H T H E N A M ES A N D A D D R ESSES O F AC TI V E M E M B E R S \ H O N O LULU , T I L PA R A D I SE o r T H E PA C I F I C PR I N T 1 91 3 OFFI CER F - S OR 1 9 1 3 1 9 1 4 . J UDD Vi ce-Pr esiden t W ANDREWS - ecr etar M R . S RS. y L DI CK EY . A . R W . BOARD OF ANA ER M G S. A TLE B F DI LLI N H A O S M RS. G . M AM BERLAI N F LY AN S. CH . M M R T RI CH A D S. R S M R M AY WI L X S. CO N I L ' X . W G . CO UBLI ATI ON ND LI BRAR Y C M M I TTEE P C A O . Th Rec r der an d the Secr et r o the oci et x— i o e o a S e o ei . y f y, fi n t r on tin M r M . aci e C u e or n s . M y s f o e year A n e - Z n tin O Alexa d r . Co u es or two ear . f y s A o . oin t o G . Car t n . e r thr e r s R . pp d f e yea ’ The H awai i an M ission Children s Society AL M EETI NG TH E ANNU . ’ The Annual Meeting of the H awan an Mission Children s Society 1 9 1 91 3 was held in the Old Mission Home on April , , just ninety three years from the landing of the pioneer company of mis r i s si on a e . of Twelve frames , containing the pictures the Fathers and Mothers in the twelve companies of missionaries to the Sandwich e Islands , wer hung that morning on the walls of the Old Mission Home , and proved a great attraction . In the tent , another innovation greeted the eye . Not since the early days of the “ Veranda Brigade ” were there so many children ’ assembled at Cousins Meeting . The fourth generation were there in ff b e force , and some of the fifth , and looked as if the whole a air longed to them . Twelve very small boys , representing the twelve companies , stood with pennants bearing the name of the ship on which their ancestors came . Then five little girls read letters written by Sarah Ruggles , the eldest daughter of one of the pioneers , who at the age of six years left her parents and was on her way to Boston around Cape l haodrn . Herman Alexander read a remarkable letter from his g reat uncle , Sereno Bishop , aged ten and a half years , and Theodore Forbes read one from Samuel Whitney written when he was but nine years old . The calling of the roll by the names of ancestors revealed the fact that there were more Cookes presen t than descendents of any . other family The counting was quite lively for a time . Twenty t eight Cookes answered o the Cooke call . Last year the Alexanders led with eleven . Next year the Judds should win unless the Bald wins rally to the call . A S a great package of one hundred and fifty or more letter s . , i . wr tten to Mr and Mrs . Ruggles by their friends in the mission , 1 820 1 836 with dates ranging from to , had just been received from , Chicago some of these were read to the assembled Cousins . These letters were handled reverently, and if the Fathers and Mothers were looking down they must have been pleased with the interest shown in this , their message from the past . Extracts from letters from Mr . and Mrs . Bingham and from her - . great grandparents Mr and Mrs Whitney , were read by Mrs . Ran ney Scott . Other extracts from letters of Doctor and Mrs . Judd , Dr . Baldwin and from her grandmother Mrs . Green , were read by , s Mrs . May Green Wilcox . Mrs . May Atherton Richard read parts of letters from Mr . and Mrs . Forbes , Dr . Chapin , and from her en grandfather , Mr . Cooke . The story of sickness and health , r em en t cou ag and despondency in the work , with here and there a touch of romance such as the courts hip of Mr . Chamberlain and in Miss Patten and the marriage of Mr . and Mrs . Cooke , held the er s t t e of all . The last letter , written by Mr . Levi Chamberlain , telling of the formation of the first laws of the land , was read by Dr . N . B . Emer son , and though rather long was filled with items of historic interest . This in teresting meeting was conducted by President W . F . Dillingham . fi er d 0 o e . Rev . H . Gulick prayer ; Mrs May Richards led in sing “ ” ing Blest be the Tie that Binds ; the minutes of the last meeting were read ; the Board of Managers reported ; new officers were — F - elected . C . Atherton as president and A . F . Judd as vice presi dent ; a committee of five was appointed to collect data an d secure a historian to write up the history of the mission ; a collection amounting to was taken up ; and from th e missionary fund 7 5 1 0 0 $ was appropriated for Isabella Hulu , $ for the work of 50 Cousin Fannie Andrews Shepard in Aintab , Turkey, and $ for the Nauru Mission . The meeting adj ourned without the time honored song From ’ ’ s Greenland Icy Mountains . TH E SECRETA RY’ S REPORT I n t od ct n r u io . The manuscript of the Annual Report for 1 91 2 w as sent to the printer on May 1 and the b ooks were mailed or delivered on or 25 1 91 2 before July , . Since then the chief items of interest have been the Gulick Re ce ti on 8 p held on March ; the collecting , and framing , by A . L . C Jr h urrey . , of twelve groups of pictures of the Mission Fat ers and Mothers ; and the copying for the printer , the Thaddeus Journal . Some of the gifts received have been photographs and pamphlets - from Miss Julia Gulick and Mrs . Gulick ; three koa framed litho 1 857 graphs of Honolulu taken by G . H . Burgess in and donated by “ Mrs . H . P . Baldwin ; an old embroidered picture of Jesus at the ” un Well which belonged to A t Nellie Judd , given by Mrs . A . Frances Judd ; and a package of one hundred and fifty or more letters from C . G . Peck of Chicago , grandson of pioneer Ruggles , 5 2 - 1 83 6 s with dates from 1 8 0 . These letters contained the autograph of fifty or more of the missionaries . Next year we shall endeavor to secure more autographs , more letters and j ournals , and the remaining genealo gies . The Recorder earnestly desires a short character sketch of each missionary , in an article of eight hundred words , or less , preferably written by one of their children . We wish , also , pictures of the four Morning Stars and certificates of stock in the same . A collection of photo g raphs of the second generation is desired , . and 1 f each member will interest himself in the proj ect such a col i. lect on should be easily secured . I NARI E M I SS O S. 1 3 De a te . M r . l por in a letter to Dr Scudder , February , tells of the Nauru Christmas tree on Christmas Eve , after a day when the temperature registered Among the gifts was a fine parlor organ from Miss Kate Atherton which is the pride and life of the mission house . ’ On New Year s Day they celebrated Communion , and as Janu ary 2 7 was Emperor William ’ s birthday they held Thanksgiving service , when the largest crowd that ever assembled in the new building attended . Regul ar day sch ools are maintained at three different points on 229 s the island with a total attendance of scholar . The Bible is “ ” ; naturally the chief text book Nauru for Christ is the aim . During the last six months they e njoyed glorious weather as f far as rain was concerned . The trees are bearing fine and no ear 1 91 3 for a shortage of food for need be harbored . They can export , after every one is fed , one million pounds of dry cocoanuts annually . 1 1 2 c it - As the traders pay / . per pound will amount to or i an annual income per head of This s exceptional . W The ireless station is still in course of construction , and they fear no messages can be sent till June . They expect to be able to send direct to Australia , and as the distance is only three hundred miles shorter than to Honolulu they hope to wave occasionally to friends here .