Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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BOOK ONE VIEWS

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i l 1 VATES left his home in western Wake County in the year 1838 for the private ocademy of Mr G. W. Thompson which was located about three miles from Wake Forest College, After studying there for one year, he taught for a session. It was upon his return to the academy the following year that he surrendered himself for whatever service God might hove for him, and at this time Mr Thompson and Dr Wait prevailed upon him to go to Wake Forest College He prepared himself for a missionary to the Chinese According in the fall of 1840 we find Yates riding up to the Wake Forest campus on horseback to enroll as a student The first year he remained with the preparatory group, and then entered into the regular college work. Four years later he graduated, and soon was accepted by the Baptist Foreign Mission Board at Richmond, Virginia as a missionary to China It was not, however, until September 12, 1847 that he sailed into Shanghai to begin his Herculean task. lidf 1 1 ■-11,1 |.ii as:j2iM «• j «•;•} «» '

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