University of Nanking - Linguist Yearbook (Nanking, China)

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WHNT ARI-1 'l'Hli WILD WAVES SA YINC 'IOS WHAT ARE THIS XNILD YVAVES SAYING. l . - i 4 l i Play rommillvr' and PItlj'K?I'.Y of my Lmyyimgp S,-11001, The Language School Play has become an annual event -looked forward to by the Community. This year the plot was quite original and unique and the performance was of high order, and well praised. The Play Committee was composed ol: Besse Milner. Chairman Dorothy Basconl Etna ifi,lLlU.C1' Emeline Bowne Mrs. Ruth Brcde Myrtle Stone Bertha Smith Dr. WflClKlb1'lClg'C lfiilfl Otto C. S. lic-en XVHAT ARE THE XVILD NVAVES SAYING? An original play written and produced hy the students ofthe Language School for the pleasure of the patrons of the Nanlcing' Association. on the evening of April 27th, at the Young Mcn's Christian Association, .. X X-. ,A 4 1

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102 'ri-ta L!NtlUlS'l ' THE VVEDDING One of the most noteworthy events of our year has been the marriage of MissrElizabeth Gottwalt to Mr. john.Alston. Imagine- a moonlight night, the brilliant not-a-cloud-in-the-sky variety, with. balmy spring air, even though the date is the last of February. Then picture a roadway bordered with a hedge and trees, gay with Chinese lanterns of all colorsg anda canopy, also festooned with lanterns, leading to the door of Sage Chapel. The interior is lovely, with bamboo screening off the seats and aisles at eachside and forming a fitting background for the ceremony that is to follow. Branches of' it cover the front of the platform, while above are potted plants and ferns. Mrs. Anderson is the soloist, and thenlo the familiar strains' of Lohengrin, the bridal party moves down the aisle. Margaret Keen and Ruth Hamilton are the flower girls, Miss Bertha F. Park, Miss- Rachel Franklin, Miss Besse Milner, Miss Rose Waldron, the brides- maids and Miss Erna Flatter the Maid of Honor. The ushers are Mr. E. C. Robinson, Mr, NV. Smith, Mr. A. -I. Hope, and Mr. E. P. Mills. Mr. E. A. Fowler is the best man. Mr. Keen gives- away the bride, who is beautiful in her wedding gown, filmy veil, and shower bouquet. Dr. Price of Nanking performs the ceremony, and as the Mendelsohn Wedding March is played, the bride and ,groom and their attendants leave the church. Later Mrs. Molland is hostess at a reception given in their honor at her home on The Hill. After a honey moon to Manila the bride and groom are making their home in Puchen, Ku, China. Two new missionaries were sharing the same cabin on the boat coming over. One fellow was a big healthy man who had never known a sick day in his life. The iirst morning out, a terrible storm was raging. The big fellow got up, had his cold bath as usual and then ate a big breakfast. He came back to his cabin and ridiculed the cabin mate who was with great difficulty trying to shave. The' boat rolled and pitched and screwed. After a moment the boasting young man looked at his room mate with a helpless, hopeless expres- sion, and putting his hands in the form of a cup before his mouth, he said Quick, when-e'll I put this Needless to say he put it with- out being told. ?. ..-... ,Afew yearsuago. a man was trying' to smuggle opium into Chengtu. I-le was also a butcher. He drove his cows in'through the city gate every evening and butchered them at night. At iirst he had no trouble. Finally suspicion rested upon him and the soldiers took the cows and slaughtered them. In the cows' stomachs were found little round tins of opium which the cows had been forced to swallow. At that time, when-the Dowager prohibited, it was final. The man lost his head the next day. fWe do not advocate quite nch drastic measures but we wish there was some power in China to see that the laws are enforced.

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l04 'l'HI'I LINGUIST' D-R-A-M-A-T-I-S P-E-R-S-O-N-A-AE Mission Board Secretaries all of New 'York City ti Suburb of Philaj ' Jeremiah G. Spearmint .... jesse B. Yaukey Ignatius M. South . . . Stanley liirn tialusha D. Flintheart . Oswald Goulter Lettitia B. Feathertuss . Irene Gehrling Adeniram j. Skinnem . . Albert Steward Amy 'lil'E2:ltCll1WCll Qwidowj Helen Skilling lchahod Youngtnan . . ,lustin Follette lidith 'l'ravers .... liertha Smith 'Cornelius johnson . . . L. E. Blackman Mr. Gia tl-lead Chinese Tcacherj Wang Yao-ting Dean . . Baron Toppe Language School Students .luha 'Hawkins .Iunc Stevens Sarah Buckley ,tack Dalton Bertha Park Lydie Shields Dorothy Bascom XVilliam Cutchins . George Stevens .... . William Ankeney Other Students, Supernumeraries, etc. etc. S-Y-N-O-P-S-l-S Matrimony having become so prominent, a part of Language School life, the Board Secretaries are forced to ,adopt measures to save young, unmarried women to the work. Protests on the part of the Secretaries have proved of no avail, and even the dean, upon his return from furlough, has been unable to stem the matrimonial tide. The mischief still goes on. In desperation the Secretaries call a conference in New 'York to discuss ways and means of coping with the situation. VVith seriousness .and dignity the wltole situation is canvassed. Varying and divergent opinions are expressed and not a little warmth generated, but no way out of the difficulty appears until the last speaker, a young bachelor, one-time student in the Language School, now on sick leave and serving his Board as Candidate Secretary, suggests that the good of the Language School can be conserved and the young women saved fto t-he work if the language were taught hy radio broadcasting. The idea is received with enthusiasm, and adopted. The experiment is tried out under the direction of its originator, 'but with results differing greatly from those anticipated. The students are quick to see in radio possibilities quite beyond the limits of mere Language study, and thru its use out of hours many engagements are consummated. Taking advantage oi differing wave-lengths, George Stevens of Chinkiang succeeds in diverting to his cousin julia, june Stevens in Nanking, his roommate's Cjack Daltonj proposal of mar- riage intended for his cousin's roommate, julia Hawkins. George then 'radios ,Iack's identical message to Julia Hawkins, who mistaking its St?l1ClC1'fO1'JZ1Cl'f, accepts, contirming her acceptance by letter. june Stevens, following instructions by mail, also sends confirmatory letter.