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J ohannesburg24th. January,1 9 3 0

Dear Sir,

The annual Meeting of members of the Bantu Men’ s Social

Centfe will be held at the building, Eloff Street Extension, on

F r i d a y evening, January 31st, at 8 15, to elect 6 Native and 3

European members of the Executive. The following have been

duly nominated: Messrs. D.M. Denalane, E. Mot seme, I ,H .

Rathebe, R .V .S . Theme, S»S. Tema, D .S . G-oetham, Mark S . Radebe,

H. Kutnalo, A .S . Vil-Nkomo, H .I .E . Dhlomo, A . Moatse, B, Gumede,

R.V. Msimang, J .R . Rathe bsj And Europeans are Messrs Messrs.

Walter Webber, Howard Pim, J . D. Rheinallt Jones, and Revs.

Ray E. Phillips, Canon W. Parker, Dr. J . Dexter Taylor.

1 . 3 . Members who have not yet renewed their membership will

be well advised to do so before the date of the Annual Metting.

Yours faithfully,

Allen C. Davis Se cretary.

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL

303 EAST CHICAGO AVENUE

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

D e p a r t m e n t o f O t o - L a r y n g o l o g y

January, 1930

TO THE ALUMNI OF THE NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

MEDICAL SCHOOL

The Otological Department of the Northwestern University-

Medical School for a number of years has been engaged in the

investigation of non-suppurative progressive deafness,

sometimes called dry catarrhal deafness. We know little of

the underlying causes of this slowly increasing loss of

hearing, usually bilateral. It commonly becomes noticeable

in early middle l i fe . It is little amenable to treatment

though at times it seems possible to control it and occa­

sionally improve it . But a return to normal rarely if ever

happens.

In this investigation the Department is sadly handi­

capped by lack of suitable pathological material. The

Otologist rarely has the opportunity of a post-mortem exam­

ination of cases he sees in practice. The general practitioner,

the internist and surgeon not infrequently have such oppor­

tunities. The Department is therefore sending out this

appeal for pathological specimens to the Alumni of the

School. Needless to say we will be willing to report on

any material sent in.

We will appreciate a note regarding the age, sex,

degree of hardness of hearing, and if possible, type of

deafness.

Professor of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University.

Autopsy Directions for Temporal Bones

The specimens should be removed at the earliest possible moment after

death; a few hours' delay makes a great difference in the preservation of the

membranous labyrinth. Therefore every effort should be made to obtain autopsies

promptly.

The entire middle ear and labyrinth are to be removed intact, and the

cuts described below are planned so as to accomplish this. It is extremely

important to avoid tearing, and to handle as little as possible, the dura or

the postero-medial aspect of the petrous portion of the bone, since this is

almost certain to damage the endolymphatic sac and the cranial end of the

cochlear aqueduct. As much of the VIII nerve as possible should be left.

The incisions are made as illustrated in the appended diagrams.

When the bone is loosened, by means of a suitable chisel or elevator, the

specimen can be lifted sufficiently to permit it to be cut away from the soft

tissues attached to the lower surface. It will frequently be found necessary to use

a few strokes of a chisel to join up the deep parts of the corners between the

several cuts.

A small piece from the region of an epiphyseal joint would be welcomed for

purposes of comparison.

For fixation, the following method may be used:— the bones should be put in 10

percent solution of stock formalin for 24 hours, then changed to 5 percent

formalin. (When available Zenker-Formol is to be preferred.)

The specimens should be suspended in the solution by means of strings. (Pint

fruit jars with the clamp type of lid are very convenient for the purpose.)

The fluid is to be changed daily for one week before shipping.

After the specimens have been in the mixing fluid for a week, they are to be

sent by Parcel Post or Prepaid Express to the Otological Laboratory, Northwestern

University Medical School, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, where

the further work of preparation for microscopic study will be carried out. They

are to be shipped in freshly mixed fixing fluid in a glass container which

should be tightly sealed. It is well to place a piece of adhesive tape around the

lid. Sufficient gauze should be placed in the container to keep the bones from

causing breakage of the container during transit, and the glass container

must of course be properly protected by packing in a suitable container of wood

or metal or strong cardboard.

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UNIOj OF SOUTH AFRICA.

Department of Public Health,Union Buildings,

PRUTCHIA*

12th February, 1930.

C ircular No. 4 of 1 950

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To the T O W CLERK or SECRETARYof each LOCAL AUTHORITY, and to

each SSA.GI8TRATS acting asLocal Authority in the Union.

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PROVISION OF iai)';iVE3.

I transmit herewith for information and

favour of any comments or suggestion, draft series of

regulations which the Minister proposes to make under

section 13 of the Public Health (Amendment) Act Ho. 15

of 1928 to be in force throughout the Union.

As it is desired to promulgate the regulations

as soon as possible, an e a r l y reply w ill be appreciated.

J . ALEXANDER KITCHSLL.

SECRETARY EOR PUBLIC HEALTH.

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Serial number of cases ....................................................................................

Pat i e n t fs name ......................................................................................................

Address .....................................................................................................................

Race ................................................ Age ......................................................

lumber of previous labours (or miscarriages as the case nay be)

Date of confinement (or abortion) ............................................................

pulltime, premature or abortion ............. *...................................................

If premature or abortion, state approximate number of months

Presentation ..........................................................................................................

Duration of labour ........... .................................................................................

Sex of infant ........................................................................................................

Born alive or dead .............................................................................................

Complications, if any, during or after labour ...................................

Medical attendant, if any . .

Date of m idwife 's last visit

Condition of mother then . . .

Condition of child then

Draft Regulations under Section 18(b) of the Public Health (Amendment) Act F o .15 of 1928 regarding per- ____________________ sons greetising midwifery. _______

1 . Every local authority shall make and keep a list of allpersons (other than registered medical practitioners) practising midwifery within its district and shall exercise supervision over such persons in the interests of the public health .

2. No person, other than a medical practitioner and whetherregistered with the south African Medical Council as a midwife or not, shall practise midwifery or attend any lying-in woman unless her name is at the time on the list

kept by the local authority under these regulations.

3 . Every person desiring to practise midwifery within thedistrict of a local authority shall first personally apply to the medical officer of health furnishing her name and address and such other information as that officer may require. No person suffering from any in fec ­tious or contagious disease or who has any discharging ulcer or sore or any septic discharge from any part of the "body shall while so suffering he placed on such l ist or attend any lying-in woman.

4 . The local authority may refuse to enter on or mny removefrom such l i s t the name of any person whose practising as a midwife the local authority considers would be pre­ju d ic ia l or dangerous to the public health : Provided that where a local authority has refused to enter on or has removed from such l is t the name of any person it shall forthwith report such refusal or removal and the

grounds therefor for confirmation

(a) to the Minister of public Health, i f the person is not a certificated midwife; or

(h) to the South African Medical Council i f the person is a certificated midwife registered with that Council;

and the decision of the Minister or Council, as the case

may be, shall be f inal and binding on the local authority.

5 . Every person on such l is t shall promptly notify the medicalofficer of health of any change of her address and t hall

at a ll times observe scrupulous cleanliness as regards her person and clothing and when on duty shall wear a clean dress of washable material and over it a clean washable apron. I f the sleeves of the dress extend below the elbow they shall be so made that they can bo easily tucked up above the elbow.

6. No person on such l ist who has knowingly attended or been

in contact with any person suffering from puerperal fever,

scarlet fever, diphtheria, erysipelas or other illness be­lieved or suspected to be of an infectious or septic nature or 7/ho has otherwise knowingly been exposed to the infection

of a contagious or infectious disease shall visit or attend

any

any lying-in woman until her person, clothing end appliances h&.ve been disinfected to the satisfaction of the medical ofiicor of health and until she has obtained from him a certi­ficate to that e f fe c t . Disinfection of her clothing and

appliances shall be effected where practicable either in a fitown disinfector or by boiling .

Nothing in this regulation shall prevent any such person who has been attending or in contact with any such case from concurrently attending another case of a similar

nature provided that she has first informed the medical of­ficer of health and the pa tien t ’ s medical attendant (if any) of the circumstances and obtained their concurrence.

7. No such person shall lay out any dead body for burial un­

less it be that of a lying-in woman whom she was attending at the time of death, or a still-born child or an infant dying within 10 days of b irth . Under no circumstances shall she lay out a dead body on which an autopsy or poet mortem examination has been held.

8. Every such person shall -

(a) when calling on or attending any lying-in woman,

take or have with her in a bag or basket fitted with clean detachable and washable lining , a clin ical thermometer, pair of scissors, nail brush, glass-stoppered bottle or other suitable receptacle containing sterile ligatures for tying the cord, anti-septic gauze for dressing the cord, sterile cotton wool, a solution, or materials for preparing a solution, for washing in fa n ts ’ eyes, and suitable

disinfectant for d isinfecting the hands and any articles for which disinfection by boiling is un­suitable;

(b) keep all instruments and a r t ic le s used or intendedfor use in connection with her calling, at all times in a thoroughly clcan condition;

(c) scrub her hands with a nail brush and e-ap and hotwater and thereafter immerse them in a suitable disinfectant solution before touching the patient ’ s genital organs or their neighbourhood, and also

carefully cleanse and disinfect the parts touch­ed, txaiug e.terile gause or cotton wool or other material such as clean linen or towelling which

has been boiled before use; the use of sponges or ordinary flannels for any such purposes shall be an offence;

(d) after the commencement of the second stage of labour

remain with the patient- until after the expulsion of the after-birth and as long thereafter as may be necessary. '.There a doctor has been s ent for on account of the labour being abnormal or there being threatened danger, she must await his arrival and fa ith fu lly carry out his instructions;

(e) when tying and dressing the umbilical cord, use asterile ligature , antiseptic gauae and sterile cotton wool; the use of any other article for this purpose shall be an offence;

( f ) ...........

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(f ) immediately after the birth of the infant, cure-

£~y warn u s eyes with boracic solution or

v-^nro ! U’X eye" wash« , or vrltli clean and pre-8-'; C0-k-tGa anc cooled v a t e r , using a clean

glass or cup and sterile cotton wool;

(g) rsmovo all soiled linen and other articles, blooddischarges_ and. the placenta and membranes from xne lying-in room as soon as possible after the labour and in every case before she leaves the" potlent s nouse.

®* SUOh pCi “ n a tto n il«S any lying-in •,-roman suffering

o m i H ? h i m f0rt? altJ* n o U f ^ ^ the m e d i a lin ^+ + A h e . _l Ja , unless a medic .1 practitioner is also xn attenar.n°e, and shall similarly report any case of

rperal fev er , scarlet fever, diphtheria, er^sioela** or otner illn ess believed or suspected to be of an In ! iectiou j or septic nature occurring in any house in which sne is attending.

i 0 ’ Ei m ^ + i S . CaS0S 0f . urSency or necessity no such person shell .m ^rt^ce or continue the management of any ceee of abortion or miscarriage or any case of labour Tdiieh is in ony way

or complicated. in any such oe.se it stall be her f i"J+ +? explain to the husband or other responsible person That the case is one in which the attendance of a medical

f r i f neceSEfiry- I f for any reason it is im-tns services of a medical practitioner

xf the case be one of emergency, remain with and^tt^nj. patient until the doctor arrives or the emergency is over.

1 1 ‘ Una°f "? c^r cumstances shall any such person not being a certificated midwife registered with the South African

i^eaieal Council make any internal examination of or intro­duce any instrument." or article of any kind whatsoever m«.o vhe genitals of any lying-in woman or administer to c.ny patient any drugs other t h a n simple purgatives.

1* ' Sv®XL SU° h L SXS° n sha11 koe'P a register of cases attended 'v i i X 1v~. “ / ° rm s et out in the schedule hereto and

snail submit it to the medical officer of health once a quarter, namely, during the f ir s t week of January, April,

a2J-0ctooer in er;ch y ° LX> or whenever so required bv

! £ $ ! ‘ £ l e w ; SHoh « V at any time require any '^ V Person t0 prouuoe any instrument, appliance or article “ “ ,ln connectlon with her calling ; failure to promptly comply with such requirements shall be an offence.

13. In these Regulations "lying-in” in relation to a woman refers u0 ^co nfin em ent , abortion or miscarriage cr any similar c o n d i t i o n a l sing in connection with pregnancy; "medical

x i i ^ r ox health means the medical officer of heelth of

lot local authority of the district duly authorised by that

sed to acTas sioh! 3 » r“ ctiti«ner similarly author!-

14. Any person contravening or fa ilin g to carry out or comply

with any provision of those regulations shall to liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five pounds.

15. Nothing in these regulations shall he construed as a ffect ­ing their application to any person of the provisions of section 38(1) of the- Uedical, Dental and pharmacy 4ict Ho. 15 of 1928 which prohibit under penalty :ny person not registered with the South African Medical Council as a nurse or midwife from Making any internal exe.iiii nation of the genitals of any lying-in woman, or of section 85 of the same ^ct which reads as follows :-

"Any person attending a lying-in woman foi gain

"who through unnleanlincss or neglect or failure "to take proper precautions for preventing or "guarding against injury or infection causes “injury or ill-health or disease to such woman "or to any infant shall he guilty of an offence".

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DR. A. B. XUMA.

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I have followed vary carefully the speeches of the leibers of the Government aud the Bills now before Barliaient s th great apprehens on. fear not for ay raoe only but for the whole country. The Government, aided by >eo le who lay have thear am axes to grind or propelled by tbe< ?/ine of poser, ate, to ay personal observation, running a*aok. I trouble to th nk 01 the results ot th ivhol . mss. h 1q the Govern^nt are openly forging lawBjcreate ena, ty

between white and Slack in this country, they are at the saie t ae rebuking others froa doing so - a veritable case of 3atan rebuking 3 a,

My thoughts have been bew Idered and duab founded by the uea o a h ghly evolved culture sinking and condesoenaing to 3 nk deep dosm to the level of despots ji whose Kingdou the rule is sartl&l law, repress.an and v ndictivenese. The tragedy of it all is that the going under of this civilisation ;a®ans for us all - the nhab^Ja&ts of tlus own eoi on country - usery, degradation and class or hatred.

It see;is to se that t jls our duty to save th s country from th s mdness. I there ore appoal to all Bantu leaders n

the Transvaal to sink the.r petty d fferences and coiae together once i>ri. . 1 ^xecut ve Coaa ttee of the Transvaal Afr can Congress has been su iaoned to aeet at Soph ato-yn on day of pr.,1 1930. May I ask you to attend^a/id^ielp to re-organ se on^^asr ion so that the Transva£tA rjsay prose a un ted front aga -st tyranny, i 1-tar is a and degradation.

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Dr A. B. Xuma, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA.

Dear Dr Xuma,

I have great pleasure in commending to your kind interest Dr George E. Haynes, Secretary of the Commission on the Church and Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches in America, who is on his way to South A frica , where he w ill be glad to have your assistance in enabling him to learn of the various relig io us , educational, social and economic agencies among the Bantu people.

I have long known Dr Haynes’ name as an able research worker on Negro questions in the U . S . A . , and during my recent v is it to America I found him to be active in many d irections , and greatly respected. I am sure you w ill be glad to know hifli and to help him. I attach a short statement of his career.

Yours sincerely,

GEORGE E . HAYNES, P H .D .

Ranking among the leaders of thought and action to-day is the name of George E. Haynes, the Secretary of the Commission on the Church and Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches. Dr Haynes is a native of Arkansas; he received his A .B . from Fisk University, 1903;A .M . from Yale , 1904, and P h .D . from Columbia University in 1912. His career includes service as Secretary of the Colored Men*s Department of the Y .M .C .A . 1905-08; he was one of the two founders of the National Urban League, and during the first eight formative years of that organization was its chief executive. During the same period he was professor of Economics and Sociology at Fisk University ,During the World War and the f irst years of reconstruction 1918-1921, as Director of Negro Economics he was special assistant to the Secretary of Labor of the Federal Govern­ment, and was responsible for the policies and plans of dealing with Negro labor during that period, especially the placement of Negro soldiers in c iv il ia n occupations.

The Negro Workers Advisory Committees developed in thirteen states under his guidance were important factors of adjusting amicably the problems between white and colored workers and employers. There were several such committees in the State of Pennsylvania during the War.

While professor at Fisk University Dr Haynes was one of the originators of the first interracial organization of Southern white and colored leaders. At that time he and Dr W ill A. Alexander began work together and have been associated since then in working for the development of the interracial movement..

Dr Haynes is a writer and lecturer of national repute. His book, The Trend of the Races , published by the Missionary Education Movement, had a circulation of over 7 0 ,0 0 0 . He is alse the author of The Negro Kewoomer in Detroit Michigan , and of many articles in leading magazines.

As Secretary of the Commission on the Church and

Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches he stands as an advocate of the principle of applied brotherhood in the

relations of the raBes. He ranks among the recognized authori­

ties and Christian leaders of the present day.

Dear Co-worker:

Rural Life Sunday will be observed May 25th by the-churches of all creeds. A pamphlet containing sugg6 3tion«‘-f1uf -program of the day may

be secured from the Rev. H. W« Foremen, 105 E„ 22nd Stt, New York City (50).

Twenty Farmers1 Institutes were held under Christian auspices in Korea last year.' In addition, instructors were sent out to give' practical help to farmers. Less than ^150 a year is said to be the Income of a Korean farmer. Too much of life 's energy goes to hopsle33 struggling for mere exis­

tence. The average family in Asia has only two and one-half acres or. which to support itself. Two-thirds of the world's population is rural ard tho church is awakening to its responsibility in these directions nonetoo soon.

I,sr3ona3/0 Bishop Kogoro Uzaki, eleven years bishop of the Methodist Church of Japan, has recently gone to his reward. I was impressed by his strength, dignity and gentleness at the Jerusalem Council. He was a member also of the Washington Disarmament Conference in 1920. Under his administration, the Japan Methodist Church has doubled its membership and its self-supporting

churches.

Mrs. Welthy Konsinger Fisher has a new book entitled Freedom (Woman’ s

Press). She was one of several guests in our home the other day and told us great tales of recer.t visits shs and the Bishop had had in remote parts of Burma, where they h< Id conferences with the Buddhist hierarchy, one of whom said at the conclusion of the Bishop’ s defense of Christianity, "I am'ready now to admit that a good Christian may be better than a good Buddhist."

The Rev. C. F* Andrews, beloved of India,'has returned to his adopted

land after several months in the United States. He has been writing a book, What Christ Means to Me. An article in the February Review of Review from his pei:, gives his estimate of G'nandi’ s relation to the Indian situation.He has also written a book on this theme (MacMillan, Mew York). Mr. Andrews is an Englishman and has been a missionary in India for twenty-five years.

Professor Willis J . King writes me a jubilant letter concerning the realization of his dream to visit Palestine. His studies in Oxford, made possible by the Rosenwald Fellowship, were most profitable, and he feels that his color did not bar him from social and scholastic advantages in England. Dr. King, who was left an orphan in childhood, is a fine example of what courage, determination ard Christian idealism can do with a handicapped youth

His address, The Christian Church and'interracial Goodwill, which wO pub­

lished, is meeting with general favor.

j^ss Appenzellar was here the other day in the interests of theWoman's Christian College of Korea. How charming she is, and what a fascinating story she tells1. Her father was one of the two first missionaries sent to

Korea in 1885. She was the first white child born there, and her life has synchronized with that of the Christian Church in Korea. She was converted,

by the way, while a student in Wellesley, and there was born her purpose to dedicate her life to Korean womanhood. We discovered, through her, that one of the three'first graduates of Ewha, lives with her husband'in this

city. Of course, we shall try to tie them up to our church life . Apropos of this, fourteen fine Chinese stood at the'altar of Central Church'on Palm Sunday, and were welcomed to its membership. It was a moving sight.

Holen Tupper,'lovely Indian girl whom you saw at Columbus, is completing her worlc for her M. A. at Colunbia. Theodora Chitanbar also receives her II,A. in June 4 Her sister, Sat y a vat i , is in graduate work in nusic and will return with Hiss Tupper soon to work in Isabella Thoburn,

Miss S» I . Vincent, of Isabella Thoburn, will be glad to send to anyone who desires it, a copy of the All India Woman's Conference report for 1930, (eight annas and postage),

CHINA« The hew Chinese bishop, Dr. Wang Chi-ping, gives Chengtu Szechuan as

his address. The New York Advocate and Zion's Herald have been engaged in a

debate regarding the ecclesiastical status of bishops elected by Central Con­

ference, This is one of the questions which will be discussed at theefning meeting of the General Conference Commission on Central Conferences, Another, I hope, will be the £*ffesentation of women in the Central Conferences and

the direction of women's work within the Central ConferencesAreas. It relates itself closely to the objectives of our new International Department,

Biblo discussions and studies are having a revival'of interest among Chineso professional and government students, I am told.

The annual income of an avorage working man in China is seventy-five dollars gold. In the United States it is thirteen hundred dollars. Three hundred and fifty thousand persons in the United States last year earned more than ten thousand dollars. Maxwell Steward writes from China "Have they no moral responsibility for the millions who are starving?"

The thirteenth report of the Yenping Woman's Conference is titled, "Looking Toward Pentecost". y inspiring. This

.However, the Christian community seems to have been strengthened and united.

Twenty-eight Bible women faced real danger in order to be present at the Con­ference. One hundred and fifty persons took part in the Love Feast "with testimonies which had in them the ring of real victory". They literally "broke

bread" together in primitive fashion. Communion cups and trays like those the Conference had sent to Columbus, linked hearts and purposes. Miss Lok, who had charge of each afternoon's devotions asked the pertinent question: "Who is called to be a missionary?" and answered, "It is every believer's call

and privilege to be a missionary". The Next Step was discussed by three Chinese women. They based their remarks on passages from the New Testament. A plea for life service in which Miss Lok asked for volunteers, was followed by a "holy hush" and while the Stewardship candles burned at the altar, the audience of one hundred and fifty practically all cane forward.

Miss Bankhardt, who had been present at the Sixtieth Anniversary in Colunbus, was heard intently as she reported that meeting. She told of Mario Cappelli's rendition of the "Old Rugged Cross" and sang it herself. Institutes have been held for Bible women, at one of which Miss Trimble presided. Two Bible women have entered the Training school. Some progress has been made in indigenous support for Bible women. Three circuits have put a small amount in their regular church budget for this purpose. A Chineso woman has given to the J.F»M.S. a field "which yields $30.00 worth of rice annually, the income to be used for a Bible woman's support".

section has been infested political conditions

The Five Year Movement, which calls for the doubling of the Christian membership in China (the present membership was built up by more than a century of effortl), received the sympathetic attention of the Conference} and it was recommended that

church members be urged to do personal work, and that a systematic effort be made

to bring tho Gospel message to every village and homo, within overy circuit.

A personal letter from Dr-. C» Y. Cheng, chairman of the National Christian Council, raid the prophet of this "Movement", asks that our Miss Ortha Lan^, who has had such signal succcss as an evangelistic worker, should be allocated to the Five Year Movement. Dr. Cheng remarks that the administrative committee "were all deeply impressed by her ability and experience". Y/ell I remember dear Ortha's

spirit as a school girl in Cornell I One of tho pictures I cherish of her shows a group of poorly dressed but serious-faced toilers, engaged in a sunrise prayer .leeting on a mountain slope, Ortha's shining face being the on}yrt6no‘ among then.She is a real evangelist and may be a chosen vessel for this new Movement.

Victoria Pon has been selected as president of the National Nurses' Assn. of China. Mrs. Doubleday, who mothered her, is rightly proud of her "daughter" and is praying that her "influence may always count for the Master".

Jubilees and Anniversaries, are to the right of us and to tho left of us thes^ days. The Salvation Army started its work in this country fifty years ago with one man and seven "lassies," one of whom is still in active service at the age of eighty-five. There arfe now 4,814 salaried officers and cadets, 24,881 local, un­paid. They report 109,296 converts in 1929, and 126,346 placed in employment.

Mr. D. C. Baldwin of Burma, was my guest the other day. Ke is trying to raise' money for the English church in Rangoon, as a part of the Burmese Jubilee objective. Fifty years ago,'Bishop Thoburn organized this church, which ministers to all

colors and races.

The Cox Centennial plans are getting under way. Melville Cox, who went to Africa in 1832, was the first missionary sent by our church to a foreign field.Ke died at the end of five months but his challenge, "let a'thousand fall before Africa be given up," still lives in tho heart of the Church.

The Jubilee of Mission Work in Portuguese West Africa occurs this month*Three men opened mission work there, one of 'whom still lives. After becoming es­tablished, the missionaries were driven out, their goods confiscated, their build­ings wrecked. The Governor-General helped them to re-establish themselves. The Jubilee finds the native church’firmly established with ordained native pastors and thousands of church members. The early missionaries linked song with preaching and the Gospel "sang its way into the hearts of the people".' For the Jubilee, a qhoir of five hundred voices will sing the Hallelujah Chorus. In 1921,’ the Portu­guese government issued a dfecree prohibiting the use of the vernacular. Not a book oould'be used or published, not a song be sung nor a passage read, except in Portu­guese. This seriously handicapped mission agencies. The decree was somewhat mod­ified later permitting oral explanations, in the vernacular. It is hoped that the government will revise its provisions and allow an educational system and religious training in the tongues suited to the African genius. Meantime, great credit is due the British and Foreign Bible Society, which at great expense, published the Hew Testament and Psalms in parallel version.

Dr. and Mrs. Draper have been in Japan fifty years. What changes they have aeenj Dr. Draper is connected with five circuits, is principal of a School for "he Blind, and has other heavy administrative tasks.

Books. Hunanisn, the popular nodern philosophy, and behavioristic psychology,

are doing nuch to broak down tho faith of our young people* You will want to read

a new book entitled Behaviorisa 5.n Battle Line* I+- is published by the Cokesbury Press of Nashville, Tenn. It constitutes the finest answer I have seen to the attacks of the materialist ar.d the insidious teachings 01 the new psychology*The different chapters are written by leading clergymen, philosophers and psychol­

ogists.

Rabbi Fran, in a recent address on the thene, "Religion under Fire", express­

es exactly ny own feeling about that widely read book (even in Asia), nanely, Lippnan's Preface to Morals, After discussing Mencken’ s attacks on religion he says: "Lippnan1s book is nuch more dangerous. In the nost disarming and charming

manner it eliminates belief in and worship of God, as a factor in the life of civilized nan." The Quest of the Ages, by Eustace Hayden, the Rabbi calls"an eloquent document for a religion without a God." Books of this type are being accepted abroad, as v/ell as at hone, by those who are building the world of tomor­row. It is well that Christian leaders are awake to the peril, and are providing

sound doctrine built on scientific bases, as pabulum and antidote.

Western Money and the Chinese Church, by Frank Rawlinson published by the Presbyterian Mission Press in Shanghai, is designed to answer questions raised by

the demands of our tine on the part of the Chinese Church, Dr* Rawlinson does not believe that western contributors should require that their noney should be administered solely by nissionaries. It is essential, he believes, that the Chinese

should direct policies if the church is to becone indigenous.

The Jerusalem Message and Reports are being studied with increasing interest and profit, around tho world. A group is meeting regularly in Cairo for this

purpose, as are others in India, and in Europe. The I,M,C» is keeping these groups in touch with each other. Lecture courses are being given in many cities of England, and through persons attending then., the influonce of the Jerusalem

Council is being carried into the churches.

Twice-Born Ministers, by S, M. Shoemaker, (Revell and Company) "points to the trouble within and shows the way out." It will lift your soul to read this book.I wish we could send a copy to every nission station. The author asks: "Are you on top of your job or under it? Are you giving men and women the joy of a real experience in Christ? Have you really ever had that experience yourself?"

INDIA. "Cut the Jungle, kill the nosquito"' is the slogan of an Anti-Malaria

Society in Bengal, inspired by nissionaries.

The Commission on Higher Education, sponsored by the I .M .C ., will deal with the questions of co-operation, concentration and relation to the Indian Church.

Dr. E . Stanley Jones is holding his Ashran or Students' Camp this nonth.* «

India is paying England $25,000,000 annually for salt.

Our Neighborhood Y/orld. Even the Vatican is coning out of its isolation and is planning to have its own radio station. A radio progran broadcast fron"Schenectady,

’tfew York, recently, was picked up and re-broadcast e.t Sidney, Australia. It was then received and broadcast again by another station in Schenectady after having traveled a distance equal to four-fifths of the world's surface.

. ,T le illatio n policy for nations as for individuals is no longer workable. Haiti, which has been prominent in the secular newspapers of late, is an outstand­ing example that "for good or ill we have been thrown together".

? J L ^ national Medical Missions Conference which I announced somo v/eeks ago, wad attended by about fifty doctors and nurses. Latest scientific data, inter­

national contacts, stimulating fellowship’marked the meeting. The recent medical survey oi India, and the study made by Dr. Lennox on the health of missionaries received special attention.

n, ^— - -’jdent Vplunteer Bulletin for January,'contains fine articles by our lxve Gould, Secretary Wilson, Kagawa and others. 1, 153 definite openings for

missionary service are listed.

A recent number of the Sandebudet contains a number of most interesting

°n .th® Wonan's Foreign Missionary Society. The pictures are fascinating. I am annoyed at my inability to interpret the Swedish. Here and there, I catch

the word Columbus, Johanson, Wade, Beulah Swan, Missionen. Luckily I do find

es among which are words of high appreciation of Mrs. Wade,has been welcomed by the Methodist women of Sweden as co-laborer.

“ ethodi^ p5 i8h abr0£>-d there are 671,255 members, and 217,843'children 9 inn i, nenbership, 416,000 boys and girls in 9*000 Sunday Schools,'-,10 0 preachers representing forty nationalities, and 3,476 local preachers.

+i, At a recent banquet tendered by the Lord'Mayor of London to Dr. John R. Mott, t. e Archbishop of Canterbury characterizes Dr. Mott as one who had done more to encourage the enlargment of the horizon of Christian missions than almost rny

other. Ambassador Dawes speaking on the same theme said, "If people had a truly Christian outlook it would never have anything but a ’word outlook*.

Rl J J anted t0 ^ y° U ab0Ut plGns for the A]-l“Asia Conference of Women; about B ddhist propaganda in Germany; reports from our colleges and Women's Conferences— buo ye can not hear them now” . Mother says my letters are too long. Can’t help ltl So’ s the subjecti

Sincerely yours,

Evelyn Riley Nicholson.

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