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Show Page two, easily take up this entire report. All this brought a heavy burden at the very end of the year, but leaves us with a larger welcome in the hearts of the people of the surrounding villages and of the city than ever before. Medical Even before the battle was over, the Hospital was sending cut parties of stretcher bearers, volunteers from the faculty and students of Porter Middle School and others, to bring in the wounded. Of these about twenty were civilians from neighboring villages, with 150 soldiers of all armies, and even some bandits. The largest ward in the women's hospital was turned over to wounded men? young women in training as nurses, who had never been asked to attended men before, rose to the occasion wonderfully? there were several major operations every day? surgeons and nurses were pushed to the limit of endurance? still the morgue could not be kept empty and we had funerals of several soldiers of two armies buried together in a common grave in the public cemetery outside of the gate. In this emergency we were helped by the loan of a surgeon and several nurses from Lintsing, Quick passage between the two stations was made possible only because the auto-bus company operating between these two cities had saved its cars from confiscation and helped us by giving U3 the use of the cars during the time of disturbance. Nurses in We are fortunate in having some well trained graduate nurses Training and also the Training School with its young men and women who render aaistance and at the same time get experience that will show their fitness for their future work. All have been busy. During the year, some of the nurses and physicians have been able to visit hospitals in other parts of China, while as usual some have gone for short periods of graduate training elsewhere. Seven nurses received diplomas in May and are now at work in various places. Health When Dr. Parsons came, he brought a promise of funds for the Campaigns renewal oi branch dispensary work. This is now done more efficiently than before. To each of the outstations there has gone a hospital band of physicians and nurses, to spend at least ten days ministering to people who had been saving up their ailments with little hope for such an opportunity. With this dispensary service has been combined a series of lectures, including health topics and Bible talks illustrated with lantern slides. Both extensive and the intensive work of the Hospitals combine education and evangelism with the work of healing. Porter Middle For the education of older boys Porter Middle School School offers six years of junior and senior high school work, and it is the only school of this grade in thirty-two counties with a population of five million. The enrolment increases from year to year, having now risen to 186. Increased facilities are needed to permit further development. Also, with the limited funds available, it is impossible to make this to any extent a charity school, and the expenses that must be paid by the students are already prohibitive for those from the poorer families, yet must be increased with the rising cost of living. So a plan is on foot to secure a Student Loan Fund. The interruptions during the year inter- |
