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Show Tientsin GENERAL REPORT 17 ultrutimt Elation. General Report PKRSONNEt, : Rev. Charles E. Ewiug, General Work ; Mrs. Ewing, (absent;: Rev. and Mrs. Robert E. Chandler, Language Study and General Work; Miss Kdith Davis, Language study and woman's work; Mrs. R. T. Evans, (not under appointment ). In contrast with last year the one just gone has been quiet and uneventful in its outward setting. It has been a year of growth, and one which holds within it promise for the future. PPRSONAI ^'s anticipated in the report of last year, Miss MacGown was married on Jul}- 31 to Prof. R. T. Evans of Peivang University. Her new home is only a mile from the Mission premises; and we still have the privilege of her cooperation and counsel. Miss Wyckoff continued iu charge of the woman's work until the end of June. After the summer vacation Miss Davis entered on the duties of management. This has left her with responsibilities so heavy as to interfere seriously with the time that she could devote to the study of the language. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler spent the summer of 1912 in Japan, and since their return have made it their first business to go on with language stud}-. It has been necessary for them, however, gradually to take up various lines of work. Mr. Chandler has had charge of the schools and since Jan. 1, he has also, on account of the frequent absences and expected furlough of Mr. Ewing, taken over most of the responsibility for the administration of the work. Mr. Ewing has given about two months, at differeut times, to the Paotingfti field and nearly as much time to the Tientsin country field. •.» A r>vm ire- A T T I D U C The heavy rains and high water MARKED FEATURES - , , f, .„• ot last summer flooded the Mission compound, making necessary considerable repairs, especially in connection with the woman's work and the girls school. Over most of our country field the water stood for a longer time, many of the crops were entirely ruined, and the people hive |