CHRISTIAN SERVICE IN 
 LATIN AMERICA 
 
 SPECIAL PREPARATION 
 
 AVAILABLE AT THE 
 
 COLLEGE OF MISSIONS 
 
 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 
 
MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN DEPUTATION WHO MET FOR FINAE CONFERENCE AT THE COLEEGF: OF MISSIONS. JUNE 14-16, 191-6 
 
 Rev. S. G. Inman, President C. T. Paul, Secretary C. J. Ewald, Dr. A. W. Halsey, Dr. C. C. Morrison, Dr. H. C. Tucker 
 
 Dr. Irene T. Myers, Miss Carrie Carnahan, Mrs. C. J. Ewald 
 
CHRISTIAN SERVICE IN 
 LATIN AMERICA 
 
 The Panama Congress and Missionary Expansion 
 
 The recent Panama Congress and the subsequent Regional Confer¬ 
 ences held in Porto Rico, Cuba, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, and 
 Brazil, have resulted in nothing less than the religious discovery of 
 Latin America. 
 
 Never did the Latin American republics, with their social and 
 religious needs and their opportunities for constructive Christian work, 
 stand out so closely in the consciousness of evangelical Christendom as 
 now. 
 
 The Panama reports with their frank and comprehensive survey of 
 actual conditions not only reveal to North America how much of value 
 she may yet learn and receive from her southern neighbors; they also 
 emphasize the special obligation resting upon the evangelical churches 
 of North America to mediate to Latin America their highest and best 
 Christian thought, life, and service. 
 
 Large Field for Missionary Endeavor 
 
 In a word, Latin America looms large as a legitimate field of mis¬ 
 sionary endeavor, challenging the largest cooperation and the ablest lead¬ 
 ership which the United States and Canada can give. 
 
 All signs point to a closer coordination and a farther extension of 
 activities on the part of the evangelical forces now at work in the Latin 
 islands of the Caribbean, and in all the Latin countries from Mexico to 
 Patagonia. 
 
 The South American Deputation which conducted the Regional Con¬ 
 ferences at Lima, Santiago, Buenos Aires, and Rio de Janeiro, met at the 
 College of Missions June 14-16, 1916, to draw up its findings. The report 
 of the Deputation will undoubtedly result in a great forward movement 
 of the boards already represented in South America and the entrance of 
 other boards into the unoccupied regions of that continent. 
 
 It is certain that the number of foreign missionaries in Mexico and 
 in Insular, Central, and South America will be much increased during 
 the next ten years. Already the call for reinforcements is definitely 
 resounding. 
 
A Call for Candidates 
 
 One Missionary Society, the Christian Woman’s Board of Missions 
 of the Disciples, has issued a call for forty candidates who, after special 
 preparation, are to be sent during the next five years to Mexico and 
 Argentina. Doubtless the demand for additional workers will run into 
 the hundreds, when the plans of other boards are matured with respect 
 to all the countries under consideration. 
 
 Preparation Required 
 
 The Board of Missionary Preparation in its Fourth Report outlines 
 the special preparation needed for missionaries appointed to Latin 
 America. The recommendations of this report are endorsed by the find¬ 
 ings of the South American Deputation, which further urges that “in 
 addition to a thorough technical equipment” missionaries to these lands 
 should be “men and women of broad culture,” who know how to appreci¬ 
 ate “the genius of the Latin American people.” 
 
 CANDIDATES FOR I, AT IN AMERICA AND INSTRUCTORS 
 COEEEGE OK MISSIONS, 1915-1916 
 
COLLEGE OF MISSIONS 
 
 LATIN AMERICAN DEPARTMENT 
 
 The College of Missions announces the following courses, designed 
 specially to prepare candidates for service in Latin American countries. 
 
 LANGUAGES 
 
 1. Introductory Linguistics— 
 
 A course in general phonetics with particular application to the 
 practical mastery of Spanish and Portuguese as spoken in the Spanish 
 American republics and in Brazil. Lectures on Romance philology with 
 special treatment of the development of the Iberian dialects. Demon¬ 
 stration of the most effective methods of language acquisition. The aim 
 of the course is to lay solid foundations for all the candidate’s future 
 language study. 
 
 2. Spanish— 
 
 Courses extending over one year and two years are devoted to the 
 living, spoken language. Abundant practice in conversation, in composi¬ 
 tion, in oral recitation of memorized passages, and in prepared and ex¬ 
 temporaneous address, lead to the fluent use of the current idiom. The 
 phonetic and direct methods employed will save the candidate much 
 unnecessary drudgery, and give him the immense advantage of a work¬ 
 ing knowledge of the language before he reaches his field. 
 
 3. Spanish Club— 
 
 The classroom exercises are supplemented by the sessions of the 
 Spanish Club, open to all students of the second year and beyond. All 
 the proceedings of the club, including programs dealing with missionary 
 subjects and current topics relating to Latin America, are conducted 
 entirely in Spanish. 
 
 4. Portuguese— 
 
 The instruction in Portuguese is similar in scope, aim, and method 
 to that in Spanish. Courses covering one and two years are announced 
 for 1917-1918, but may begin with the opening of the session of 1916- 
 1917 if there is sufficient demand. 
 
 5. Latin American Literature— 
 
 The strictly language courses in Spanish and Portuguese are fol¬ 
 lowed by advanced study of Hispanic literature, with particular atten¬ 
 tion to that of Latin America. This literature will afford a basis for the 
 study of Latin American life and thought. It will be interpreted and 
 appraised in its bearing upon the presentation of the Christian message 
 to the cultured classes. Lectures will be based upon such works as 
 Manuel Ugarte’s La Joven Literatura Hispanoamericana , F. Garcia 
 Godoy’s La Literatura Americana de Nuestros Dias, Ventura Garcia 
 Calderon’s Del Romanticismo al Modernisnio, S. Romero and Joao 
 
Ribeiro’s Compendio de Historia da Literatura Brasileira. Abundant 
 reading will be required of works in prose and poetry published by the 
 Biblioteca Andres Bello, e.g., Los Mejores Autores de America , and select 
 volumes in the series, La Cultura Argentina. The inclusion of this course 
 on literature makes possible three years’ language preparation. 
 
 HISTORY 
 
 6. Latin American History— 
 
 A systematic survey of the development of Latin American civiliza¬ 
 tion. The course aims to assist the student to an intelligent and sympa¬ 
 thetic appreciation of the genius, heritage, institutions, and problems of 
 the Latin American peoples. The pre-Columbian, colonial, revolutionary, 
 and republican periods will be carefully studied in their bearings upon 
 national differentiation. Present social, political, and religious condi¬ 
 tions will be analyzed in the light of history. 
 
 7. Development of Latin Christianity— 
 
 A brief study of the rise of Latin Christianity, beginning with the 
 fourth century and devoting special attention to the expansion of the 
 Roman Church in mediaeval and early modern times. A background 
 course preparatory to more intensive study of Roman Catholicism. 
 
 8. The Protestant Revolution in Germany, 1517-1555— 
 
 A study of the causes and development of the German Reformation 
 in its economic and political, as well as its religious bearings. The course 
 will include readings in Luther’s principal writings. This intensive 
 study of Protestant principles is of especial value to prospective mis¬ 
 sionaries to Latin American countries. 
 
 RELIGION 
 
 9. Roman Catholicism— 
 
 Following a resume of the historical development of the Roman 
 Church, this course proceeds to a study of its doctrines, its present 
 ecclesiastical constitution and procedure, its status and tendencies in 
 various lands, its missionary propaganda, and the special problems it 
 presents to the evangelical missionary. Use will be made of both 
 Protestant and Catholic authorities, and special monographs relating 
 to the Roman Church in Latin American countries. The general outline 
 will be such as that presented in Flick’s The Rise of the Mediaeval 
 Church. Wright’s Primer of Roman Catholicism, Weir’s Romanism and 
 Protestantisyn, Speer’s South American Problems, and the reports of 
 the Panama Congress and of the Regional Conferences will suggest 
 themes for special study. 
 
 10. Aboriginal Cults— 
 
 In connection with the course on Primitive Religion, a seminar 
 course on the Aztec, Incan, and other indigenous and aboriginal cults 
 
DELEGATES TO THE BRAZILIAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE 
 RIO DE JANEIRO, APRIL 14-18, 1916 
 
 THE MONROE PEACE PALACE. RIO UK JANEIRO 
 
of Central and South America is offered. It is designed for candidates 
 preparing for work among the pagan or semi-pagan aborigines. 
 
 11. The Evangelical Message and Method— 
 
 The Christian message most needed in Latin America, the manner of 
 its presentation to different classes, as well as th-; types of practical 
 Christian work most helpful in the southern countries, will be set forth 
 in the general course on Missionary Apologetics. 
 
 The instruction in the Latin American department as above out¬ 
 lined is given by President Charles T. Paul and Senorita Delia Esparza 
 (Languages) ; Professor Albert R. Miles, and Professor Christopher B. 
 Coleman (History); Professor John G. McGavran (Religion). 
 
 Among the special visiting lecturers who will give brief supple¬ 
 mentary courses on Latin America in 1916-1917 are Mr. Charles J. 
 Ewald, continental secretary of the Y. M. C. A. for South America, 
 Montevideo; Dr. H. C. Tucker, director for Brazil of the American Bible 
 Society, Rio de Janeiro; and Rev. S. G. Inman, executive secretary of 
 the Committee on Cooperation in Latin America, New York City. 
 
 The College of Missions is a residential, coeducational, post-graduate 
 institution, devoting itself to the special education of missionaries for 
 the principal fields of the world. Fifty of its graduates have gone to 
 foreign lands since 1910. Students are received from all evangelical 
 communions. 
 
 In addition to the above described special preparation for Latin 
 America, courses are available in The Science of Missions, Anthropology, 
 Ethnology, History of Missionary Expansion, History of Specific Mis¬ 
 sion Fields, Biblical Literature and Interpretation, The History and 
 Comparison of Religions, Religious Education, Social Sciences and Home 
 Missions, Oriental Languages and Literatures, Medicine and Hygiene. 
 
 Full information may be obtained by consulting the College cata¬ 
 logue, which will be sent on request. The semesters of the next session 
 begin September 13, 1916, and January 31, 1917. 
 
 Address Correspondence to 
 
 President Charles T. Paul, or Dr. H. C. Hurd, Registrar 
 
 College of Missions 
 Indianapolis, Indiana