Earlham College - Sargasso Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

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THE SARGASSO | THE STUDENT VOLUNTEER BAND of the niLiulicrs of the band oiiurvis iKxt Near leading to missionary aclixity. ' I ' lic lir t l{arlham missionary was Kli anah liearcl, who altimkil the I ' .uarihng School in 1852. He went to India in ISi. ' i. under the auspices of the Friends of England. Mica- jah Llinford was the first college student to go to the field. He attended the preparatory school in 1868, and the college in 1869. In 1873, he was sent to Matamoros, Mexico, the h ' rieniK ' first iifission station, which had just been opened. In IS ' H. for the first time, the Y. ;M. C. A. was repre- sented at Lake Geneva by two delegates. In the spring of 1892, both the Y. M. C. A. and Y. V. C. A. were repre- sented at Lake Geneva by large delegations. Missionary in- terest, which had previously been at a very Inw ebb, received an impetus that has been on a steail increase since. The first Volunteer Band was ..r ianized in 1892, con- sisting of five members, three of whom went to the field. Five members of the class of 18 ' )3 took uii missionarv work. the fields represented being Japan, China and Mexico, and later Cuba. One of the graduates of this class was a Jap- anese, Chusu Kaifu, who was among the first students to accept the teachings of Christianity in a Friends ' school at Tokio. lie abandon. tend Earlltani and f. president of the Tokii Mr. and Mrs. W, ico in 1893, have the graduates to go to the miss went out prior to 1900. Soi a good government position to at- almost a quarter of a century was school. rving Kelsey, ' 93, who went to Mex- istinction of being the first Earlham . Twelve missionaries lem have been pioneers in their respective fields. The majority of Earlham missi. .naries ha under the auspices of various h ' riends ' board have gone out under boards of other deiioiiii some under tile auspices of the International C the ■. M. C. A. an.l •. W. C. A. Alxnit sixt missionaries have gone out fn over half of llieni alumni. More tlian thirty an field. The conntries to whicli tlie liave gone Japan, India, Russia, . frica, Palestine. Haw; Guatemala, Cuba, Mexico and .Maska. II nil II llllllll III! II nil nil II II II II II II IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJ:. ::: II II II II II nil II II II II II II II II nil II IHil jjjli II 11 II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II iiii II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II in , EARLHAM COLLE GE 1 Q 1 6 ,„ I II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II nil iiiiii II II II II II II II II II II III! II II II II II nil II II II II II II III! II nil nil II II II nil II II II II ii ii ii n ii n n ii n l II

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THE SARGASSO I rtcsnnm ou— Mary Lovel Row— Clydf Lil Cliampc. Carroll Etlwanls. Carl Ke ;dna Wildnian, Toliii Haraniy, Eluai II II II nil II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II nil nil II II HJ!.;::: II II II II II II mill II II II II II II II II II II II 1 1 II II I II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II IN luiimi II I II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II EARLHAM COLLEGE 1916 S ' I II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II PI II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II

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THE SARGASSOj II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II I II II III! II II II II II II II II II IIJ:.; : II II II II II II II II II II II mill II II II HlUil I II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II MEJlll II II II II II II 11 II II II 11 II II II II II II II II II II II EARLHAM COLLEGE 1916 |§K H„iiiiiiniii,iiiiiii,iiiii I II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II 11 II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II nil II II II II II II II II II II II