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a n d fa sten e d them upon poles in fro n t of th e B ank of C hina w hich had been looted, as an exam ple to crim inals. The go v ernm en t is h elpless a g a in s t crim e con d itions th ro u g h o u t th e land. S tan ley H. B ailes, ’18, is now p a sto r of th e F ir s t .United P re sb y te ria n C hurch a t Indianapolis. Rev. J. C. Stillion, fo rm er su p e rin te n den t of m en a t th e In stitu te , is engaged in B ible C onference w ork; A le tte r from th e San A ntonio Bible In s titu te (T exas) te lls of th e g re a t b lessin g th a t cam e to m any people d u rin g Mr. S tillion’s re ce n t classes th ere . Mr. S tillion’s home ad d ress is M onrovia, Calif. S tan ley H. Thorpe, ’20, w as ordained to th e B a p tist m in istry F e b ru a ry 1L a t T or- ra n c e r Calif., w here he h a s been p a sto r fo r som e tim e, M arion H. R eynolds w as ordained to th e B a p tist m in istry by C alv ary Church, Los A ngeles, Feb. 8. In ad d itio n to his shop w o rk w ith th e In stitu te , he is p a sto r of th e U nion Church, San G abriel, Calif. à C. E. R oark, ’15, has been fo r th ree y e ars a t F o rt W o rth Sem inary. He is now a tte n d in g B aylor U n iv ersity a t Waco, T exas, an d h a s tw o c o u n try churches u n der his charge. • H is address is 1314 S. 8th St. P ercy L. Y ett w rite s from St. L ouis th a t he h a s been a t X enia T heological Sem in a ry th e p a st .y e a r w ith tw o o th er B. I. stu d en ts, Hom er A. K en t and H enry M itchell. Mr. M itchell re ce n tly le ft for hiS n a tiv e land, E g ypt, to e n te r e v an g e l istic work.- H e rb ert J. Scott, W h itesb u rg , Ky., r e p o rts th a t th e L ord h as been w onderfully blessing- th e ir w o rk of la te am ong th e m ountaineers. He a sk s th e p ra y e rs of all his I n s titu te frien d s fo r th is difficult w ork. Ja y D avis who is now in Je ru sa lem tells of re c e n t m eetin g s held th e re by Rev. P a u l R ader. Mr. D avis is stu d y in g H e brew a n d A rabic, fittin g him self fo r w ork am ong th e Jew s in .Jerusalem . C harles Sanders w as ordained t o . the m in istry J a n u a ry 13, a t San B ernardino, C alif. H e is p a sto r of th e U nion C hurch a t R ialto, Calif. Tw ènty-five m em bers of th e June, 1920,. class held a reu n io n a t th e hom e of E llen Hoffm an, 1068 L o ren a St., Los A ngeles, Ja n u a ry 8th. I t w as voted to have tw o such reu n io n s each year. Mr. a n d Mrs. D. P a rk e L an tz a re on th e ir \v ay to A rg en tin e to ta k e up w ork fo r th e M ennonite B oard of M issions, P e- huajo, F. C. O. T hey have had c h arg e of th e Good W ill M ission in Los A ngèles for some tim e an d have had a splendid w ork. T he fo llow ing In s titu te stu d e n ts are w ith th e Am erican Sunday School Union: A lb ert C. S tew art, Tucson, A riz.; A rth u r F. W itt, P la ce r ville, C alif.; U. S cott G rant, R eno, Nev. ; C. H. C harlton, B erkeley, C alif.; B. H. B lanchard, San Diego, C alif.; R ich ard H a rt, R ed Bluff, C alif.; J. C. P o tts; P re sc o tt, Ariz. Dr. R u sh E. C rissm an, su p e rin te n d en t of th is w o rk on th e low er w est coast d istric t, e n th u sia stic a lly w rite s
The follow ing1 en ro llm en t re p o rt for 1920 is in te re stin g : DAT CLASSES T o tal num ber stu d e n ts enrolled since b eg in n in g _____;#__................1857 T o tal n um ber stu d e n ts enrolled d u rin g 1920 by term s— W in te r T erm ............. .......... 346 S pring T erm .......:...........„.........<-...-338 F a ll T erm ...................... 461 T o tal ............. ................................. 1145 In d iv id u als enrolled d u rin g th e year..!. 635 T o tal num ber new stu d e n ts enrolled. d u rin g y e a r ................................ .............. 343 D enom inations re p re se n ted .......... 58 EVENING CLASSES S tu d en ts enrolled d u rin g 1926........v. 265 S tu d e n ts g ra d u a te d in 1920.....,..:............. 7 T he E v en in g School stu d e n ts cam e from 23 relig io u s denom inations, 54 professions and occupations, a n d 21 d ifferent n atio n alities. CORRESPONDENCE CLASSES S tu d en ts enrolled d u rin g 1920— —--...... 590 S tu d en ts g ra d u a te d in 1920.................... 18 T o tal e n ro llm en t since o rg an izatio n of C orrespondence School.......__ .1179 B orn F e b ru a ry 13, 1921, to Mr. and Mrs. W a lte r R u st, a son, R o b ert L incoln. They reside a t W olbach, Nebr. W. H. H all h a s Accepted th e call to th e B a p tist'C h u rc h a t A lta Loma, T exas. C hoate N. B alch, p a sto r a t D eerlodge, Mont., re p o rts a sp iritu a l aw ak e n in g in his ch u rch and th e accession of sev eral m em bers in th e five m o n th s he h a s been th ere. A lb ert E. Cook is a tte n d in g th e B a p tist S em inary a t F o rt W orth, T exas. B e tty C urryer, 3203 N. Madison, Spo kane, W ash., h a s been in ill h e a lth for som e tim e b u t is now im proving "and is- doing som e w o rk am ong h ig h school girls; Jen n ie I. B ra n d t is doing tra v e lle rs’ aid w ork in D etroit, Mich., a t th e M ichigan C en tral S tation. H er address is 1455 W ash in g to n Blvd. R u th E. F indley, 3018 H ooker St., D en ver, Colo., w rite s th a t h e r w o rk is am ong a very proud a n d h a u g h ty class of people, and th a t re su lts a re no t a p p a re n t a s yet. H ow ever, she sta te s th a t she is lea rn in g to p e n e tra te deeply in to th e rich es of God and to tr u s t to H is b are W ord w hich c a n n o t r e tu rn void. H a rry J. H ill w rite s from P yenyang, K orea: “W e have lived h ere one and one- q u a rte r years. I have itin e ra te d m y fo rty c o u n try churches th re e tim es. Most of th e p re ac h in g is done in th ese churches by u n tra in e d w o rk ers, and no t a ll K oreans a re w ell ta u g h t. W h at a priv ileg e to te a c h them th e W ord.” Mr. and Mrs. W. A. H ick, Ichang, H upeh, China, w hose e x citin g experiences Were re c e n tly recorded, .tell in a m ore re ce n t le tte r how th e P e k in g g o v ernm en t d ealt w ith th e soldiers who looted th e city. T he officials had to p u n ish som eone for crim e a g a in s t th e governm ent, so they to o k tw o poor coolies in no w ay con nected w ith the crim e, cu t off th e ir heads
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