moe Oe! Nyse ; Che University of Wooster Information Concerning Missionary Bowes Wooster, Ohin ra PAT pa . ' ees: Missionary Homes established for the use of Missionaries and their families while on furlough, held in trust by The University of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio HELPFUL MEMORIALS For many years it has been the policy of the Presby- terian Foreign Board of Missions to grant to its mission- aries a year’s furlough every five to six years. This much- needed rest is largely spent by the missionary where he can be in touch with his children during their educational period. It is frequently with the greatest difficulty that the missionary finds an available furnished house, the rent of which is not prohibitive. THE JULIA GLEASON HOME Before her death, Mrs. Samuel Mather, of Cleveland, hearing of the need of such homes, directed the President to purchase a suitable house, at her expense, for the exclusive use of our foreign missionaries on furlough. This was done and the Home was named “The Julia Gleason Home,” in loving memory of Mrs. Mather’s mother, Mrs. Julia Gleason Stone, who was always deeply interested in foreign missionary work, and a member of the Old Stone Church in Cleveland. This Home was occupied during the year 1907-1908 by Rev. H. M. McCandliss and family from Hoichow, Hainan, China; by Rev. A. A. Fulton, D. D., and family, during the year 1908-1909, from Canton, China; by Dr. M. B. Carleton and family, during the year 1909-1910, from Sabathu, India; by Rev. A. B. Dunlap and family, during the year 1910-1911, from Bangkok, Siam; by Rev. W. S. Lehman and family, during the year 1911- 1912, from Lolodorf, West Africa; by Rev. W. J. Clark and family, during the year 1912-1913, from Lahore, India; and by Mrs. W. E. Vanderbilt and family, during the year 1913-1914, from Zilacuaro, Mexico. KITCHEN 134 x13 DINING ROOM 3", 20’ CHAMBER 103 «13'2 LAUNDRY 13'2 2173 CHAMBER ipicex tics LIVING ROOM 8'10x9'4 WT x 2210" CHAMBER WGI" ~ CHAMBER 6 x14 PARLOR 13x CHAMBER 13°2 x19+0" ‘THE JULIA GLEASON-HOME: - FoR-MISSIONARIES-ON-FURLOUGH BEALL AVE.\WOOSTER OHIO THE: JULIA’ GLE ASON: Home FIRST- FLOOR PLAN FOR MISSIONARIES:ON FURLOUGH- ‘ BcALL AVE. WOoosTER OHIO ‘SECOND-FLOOR: PLAN: THE JULIANA LONG HOME Mr. L. H. Severance, who, four years before his death, spent sixteen months visiting and studying the Missions of the Presbyterian Board in the far East, learned of the anxiety of the missionaries who were about to leave for America on their furlough, concerning an abiding place for the year’s rest. This suggested to him the purchasing of two additional homes, at Wooster, Ohio, to be occupied solely by our foreign missionaries who may be spending their furlough at Wooster. These two homes were selected in the heart of the city, within easy access to The Univer- sity of Wooster, and were completely renovated and fur- nished by Mr. Severance and dedicated to the memory of two noble women. 4 One is called “The Juliana Long Home.” Juliana Long was the wife of David Long, of Cleveland, Ohio. She was born on September 19th, 1794, at Aurora, N. Y., and came to Cleveland in 1806. She was married to Dr. David Long in 1811, and died in Cleveland, July 2d, 1866, at the age of 72 years. Her husband, Dr. David Long, was the earliest physician and surgeon of Cleveland. He was born in Hebron, N. Y., September 29th, 1787, and died September 21st, 1851. Dr. and Mrs. Long were the grandparents of Mr. L. H. Severance. They were both members of | the Old Stone Church in Cleveland, and very active in all Christian and benevolent work, especially foreign missions. Therefore, in blessed memory of his grandmother, Mr. Severance has named one of the homes, “The Juliana Long Home.” This home was occupied during the year 1908- 1909 by Dr. O. R. Avison and family from Seoul, Korea; by Dr. D. G. Collins and family, during the year 1909-1910, from Chiengmai, Laos, Siam; by Rev. F. P. Gilman and family, during the year 1910-1911, from Kachek, Hainan, China; by Rev. T. H. Candor and family, during the year 1911-1912, from Bogota, South America; by Rev. W. E. Browning and family, during the year 1912-1913, from Santiago, Chili; and by D. Willard Lyon and family, during the year 1913-1914, from Shanghai, China. COAL & WOOD | LAUNDRY 1S'@x 15’ NY cies Ir Sw) i | & KITCKEN IS' xl [ | ! BACK PARLOR DINING ROOM ]7'e* = 18" 1T*x 18! md 4 FRONT PARLOR $ LIVING ROOM fy 11°6"s 18 17'6"518' PORCH G ce) iS) LJ THE JULIANNA LONG HOME For MISSIONARIES: ON FURLOUGH 4114 E BowMAN ST., WOOSTER OHIO. PLAN OF FIRST FLOOR CHAMBER 10'b «14° | CHAMBE 10'bx14 10'y 14 CHAMBER IO%2T. CHAMBER IT'6 ¥ 18" HI Tidy sae dat CHAMBER Nox IB CHAMBER 17'6x 16’ CHAMBER 10'x1\" THE ‘JULIANNA: LONG: HOME: FOR MISSIONARIES ON FURLOUGH *114 E Bowman ST, WOOSTER OHIO -PLAN: OF: Second FLOOR; THE SARAH ADAMS HOME The second home Mr. L. H. Severance honored by naming it “The Sarah Adams Home.” His grandmother was especially interested in Miss Sarah C. Van Tine, who was the first lady school teacher in Cleveland. Miss Sarah C. Van Tine was married to Rev. Samuel Adams in 18384. The ladies of the Old Stone Church, prominent among whom were the mother and grandmother of Mr. Severance, fitted out Mrs. Adams for her missionary journey to Natal, South Africa. Mrs. Sarah C. Adams was the first lady missionary sent out to foreign lands by the Presbyterian church in Cleveland. She was in South Africa twenty years. Her husband died and was buried there. Mrs. Adams re- mained there a few years afterward and then returned to America. She greatly desired to go back to her work at Natal, but the Board declined to send her again, believing that her years and delicate health made it unwise for her to return. She made her home, the last years of her life, part of the time with the grandmother and mother of Mr. Severance and part of the time at his own home in Pennsylvania. She died at his mother’s home in Cleveland on the first day of November, 1870, after a brief illness. Her work in the mission field was eminently successful, and the memory of herself and husband is a hallowed one to this day in Natal, South Africa. This home was occupied during the year 1909-1910 by Rev. Isaac Boyce, D. D., and family, from Jalapa, Mexico; by Rev. W. O. Elterich and family, during the year 1910-1911, from Chefoo, China; by Rev. F. W. March and family, during the year 1911-1912, from Beirut, Syria; by Mrs. W. O. Elterich and family, during the year 1913, from Chefoo, China; and by Rev. A. G. McGaw and family from Etah, India, during the year 1913-1914. CHAMBER 12S x 13'2" I3'2 x 14*4 || KITCHEN | DINING Room 10° x13 '2 13x 13'8 Mi CRAMBER HALL LIVING RM ae 12x14 [5 x 15'S THE: SARAH ADAMS: HOME: | FOR MISSIONARIES ONFURLOUGH THE:-SARAH:ADAMS: HOME: #175 BEALL AVE WOOSTER, OHIO. FOR MISSIONARIES ON FURLOUGH -SECONDFLOOR-PLAN ° *175 BEALL AVE. WOOSTER, OHIO. -FIRST FLOOR-PLAN ° THE Lucy CROUCH LEAMAN HOME Two years later, Mr. L. H. Severance purchased another home for the use of missionaries on furlough and named it “The Lucy Crouch Leaman Home,” in memory of one of Wooster’s most distinguished missionaries who died at her post at Kuling, China, October 9th, 1910. She was catalogued with the class of ’75. At the close of that year, our Brainerd Missionary Society held a little fare- well service for her as she went from us to be Wooster’s first missionary. She was sent to China. There she labored thirty-seven years. After a few years on the field she married the Rev. Charles Leaman. She was known, all through China, as a devoted teacher who witnessed in all her walk in life the power of Christ in touch with a human soul. At Nanking, where most of her life was spent, the memorial service was given a touching beauty as the school girls with white bands of mourning filed in a tearful line into the church, the little orphans among them carrying garlands. Who can measure the significance of this one life freely planted as seed for thirty-seven years among China’s millions? We rejoice that her name is ever to be remembered at Wooster by a missionary home for missionaries on fulough. This home was occupied by Rev. W. P. Chalfant and family, during the year 1911-1912, from Wei Heisen, China; by Rev. W. M. Hayes and family, during the year 1912-1913, from Ching-cho-fu, China. SITTING R29 KITCHEN WVe@xI5° 104 x12'3 DINING ROOM 19, 20' PARLOR 12x 15'S ‘FIRST: FLOOR-PLAN - Lucy CROUCH LEAMAN HOME 169 BEALL AVE., WOOSTER, OHIO BEDROOM | BED ROOM 11GyI3 BED Room BED ROOM (2° 15'S - SECOND: FLOOR-PLAN : Lucy CROUCH LEAMAN HOME 169 BEALL AVE., WOOSTER, OHIO THE MARY REYNOLDS SCHAUFFLER HOME Mrs. A. F. Schauffler, of New York, having visited Wooster, presented the University with $10,000 for the purchase and equipment of an annex to Westminster Home for the daughters of foreign missionaries. The University was given the privilege of using this Home for missionaries on furlough until such time as it was needed for the purpose for which it was originally given. Mrs. Schauffler named this home “The Mary Reynolds Schauffler Home,” in loving memory of her husband’s mother, Mrs. Mary Reynolds Schauffiler, who gave her life as a missionary to Turkey. The first missionaries to occupy this home were Rev. J. A. Eakin, D. D., and family from Petchaburi, Siam, and Rev. C. Borup and family from Saharanpur, India, for the year 1911-1912, the home being large enough to accommodate two families. During the year 1912-1918 Mrs. W. P. Chalfant and children from Wei Heisen, China, and Rev. A. I. Good and mother, of South Africa, occupied the home. Mrs. A. W. Cooper and daughter from Rajaburi, Siam, and Mrs. Robert M. Donaldson and children, family of Rev. Robert M. Donaldson, D. D., Home Missionary for the Rocky Mountain District, occupy this home for the year 1913- 1914. LAUNDRY 8G xI44 PORCH KITCHEN WANA DINING ROOM 13°6,1TG CHAMBER Q'10x15" PARLOR IS’ 17° CHAMBER 15‘ x17" THE MARY: REYNOLDS SCHAUFFLER FIOME First-FLoor-PLAN : 784 PREALL AVE, WoOosTER OHIO. 2 CHAMBER CHAMBER 15'6xI5' WtxI5 CHAM BER WB x14'2. KITCHEN 12x 1472 DINING ROOM 13'S x 15'6 BATH ROOM rs is bASS ieee ie LIVING ROOM : 15x I7 THE MARY: REYNOLDS SCHAUFFLER-FIomE Second FLoor-PLAN : 784 BDEALL AVE, WOOSTER OHIO. THE HUNTER CORBETT HOME Mr. John L. Severance, of New York, a member of the Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board, has recently pur- chased a modern bungalow just east of Holden Hall, facing University Street, and has named it “The Hunter Corbett Home,” in honor of our veteran missionary, who is still in active service on the foreign field, Rev. Hunter Corbett, D: D;, LL. D. : Dr. Corbett was born at Leatherwood, Pa., December 8th, 1835. He was graduated from Jefferson College, Pa., in 1860, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 18638. Immediately after graduating from the Seminary he sailed for China with Dr. Calvin Mateer, their voyage taking them 165 days. He will complete fifty-one years of active service in China during this year. On his most recent furlough, in 1906, Dr. Corbett was elected Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly. Mr. Severance has honored Wooster by establishing here a memorial to Dr. Corbett’s extraordinary service to the Church. It is hoped that he may have the privilege of living in his own home at Wooster during his next furlough. 4004 YSONN ~— yL,6 %GoLI WOOY G38 eclipse WOOu dag een WOOY HLVE ,G ,Ol x,Fl WOOH dg nL: x, Fl NS3HO_LIM 2 Il x2 WOOY IONIAN 6,11 x,t WOOY ONINIG THE CALVIN MATEER HOME Mrs. Dudley P. Allen, of New York, has recently purchased a modern home next to The Hunter Corbett Home on University Street, and has named it “The Calvin Mateer Home,” in honor of Dr. Calvin Mateer, who gave his life to China. Dr. Calvin Mateer was born on a farm near Harris- burg, Pa., January 9th, 1836. After graduating from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., in the year 1859, and from Western Theological Seminary in 1863, he offered himself to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions for service in China. His first and greatest work was the founding and building of what is today perhaps the foremost Christian college in China, and which was begun by adopting half a dozen boys into his own home immediately upon his arrival in China. In the development of this college it was neces- sary to prepare his own text-books. The work of text- book preparation naturally developed an accurate knowl- edge of the Chinese language, as a result of which in his later life he was able to prepare the “Mandarin Lessons,” which has become the most generally used text-book for all students of the spoken tongue. He had grasped the principles of the language and as a result he was made Chairman of the Committee to translate the Bible into Mandarin. The New Testament was completed in 1907, and the translation of the Old Testament was begun by the same Committee. Dr. Mateer was working upon the translation of the Psalms at the time of his death. Dr. Mateer was not only a pioneer among the educators in China, but he was always an evangelist as well. How- ever, the natural cast of his mind was scientific, and this, coupled with his superior mechanical and inventive gifts, enabled him to prepare a very extensive and complete equipment of scientific apparatus for his college and at the same time to educate his pupils along the same lines. In his educational work it was always his aim to prepare his pupils for service as leaders amongst their own people, and in consequence many of the foremost positions in the Government and educational work of the country are today occupied by Dr. Mateer’s pupils. Before his death, which occurred September 28th, 1908, Dr. Mateer said, “I expect to die in heathen China, but I expect to rise in Christian China.” We are especially grateful to Mrs. Allen for honoring Dr. Mateer’s memory at Wooster, where his sister, Mrs. Samuel J. Kirkwood, widow of Professor Kirkwood, and his brother, Dr. Horace N. Mateer, Professor of Biology, have spent a large part of their lives in the service of the college. CHAMBER BATH 12'2°%€'7" 8'7"* 84" KITCHEN DINING ROOM 10’* 10 13°8'x 10° CHAMBER CHAMBER LIVING ROOM Wo 9* OT H'9'«10'9" 162 °* 12’ THE NOYES HOME During Mr. L. H. Severance’s stay at Canton, China, he became very deeply interested in the work of Rev. Henry Varnum Noyes, D. D., and that of his family, and after returning to America he purchased a _ residence opposite the college campus, on Beall Avenue, and named it “The Noyes Home.” It is now used as the residence of the pastor of the college church. Dr. Noyes was born at Seville, Ohio, April 24, 1836, and educated at Western Reserve University, graduating in 1861. He entered Western Theological Seminary the following year and graduated in 1865. He received his appointment to the foreign field in his senior year, November 7, 1864. Upon his arrival in China he became profoundly interested in educational work and realized that the church could never be firmly established in China until it had an educated ministry. He was therefore fore- most in developing upon the Island of Fati in Canton a group of institutions, which included an elementary school, a high school, an academy, a normal school, a Bible training school, and a theological seminary. For many years he was the president of these institutions, but after they became a development which called for separate adminis- tration he became president of the theological seminary, which post he held at the time of his death, January Ab aloe, Dr. Noyes’ two sons, Richard V. Noyes and William D. Noyes, graduated at Wooster and returned to the mis- sionary field to assist their father. Richard died shortly after beginning his missionary career. which gave promise of large usefulness. The other, Rev. William D. Noyes, is now a member of the Mission and the Principal of the Boys’ Academy with which his father was so long connected. Miss Harriet Noyes, sister of Dr. Noyes, began her life work in China in 1867. Another sister, Martha Noyes, who became Mrs. Kerr, began her work in China in 18738. Dr. Noyes was a kindly man, a devout man, a conse- crated man, a preacher, an educator, an author, a scholar; a man whose whole life was devoted to making the new China Christian China. LIBRARY 12x IF SITTING ROOM IS x18 FARLOR. 14 xl -First-FLoor:- PLAN: CHAMBER 12 x14 EIN CHAMBER IS x 17 | CLOS CHAM BER. 4h x IS —_ CHAMBER- 14x15 A | =VERANDA i SECOND-FLoor:-PLAN- MAO. BEALL AVE. ‘WOOSTER : OHIO: MApO“ DALLA AVE. - WOOSTER ; OHIO. It is a beautiful thing to have these noble lives remem- bered in our church by these most helpful memorials. It is hoped that these Homes shall be the resting places of many of our faithful representatives on the Foreign Field. The church is most grateful to Mrs. Samuel Mather, Mr. L. H. Severance, Mrs. A. F. Schauffler, Mr. John L. Severance, and Mrs. Dudley P. Allen for such memorials. All these Homes are furnished with all necessary articles of furniture except silverware, table linen, bed linen and towels. These Homes are rented furnished at the small sum of $200 per year, exclusive of water rent, light and fuel. The rent is paid monthly to the Treasurer of the University and is credited as a trust fund for the maintenance of the Home. These Homes are rented but for one year, from September to September. Any correspondence concerning the Homes should be directed to Mr. Jesse McClellan, Treasurer, Wooster, Ohio. HOMES ARE NEEDED FOR RETIRED MISSIONARIES Those who have closely identified themselves with Missionary work have regretted to see how inadequately our church has been able to care for the veterans of her warfare. It is to be hoped that their needs will arouse greater benevolence in their behalf. We are glad to report that a woman deeply interested in missions visited Wooster recently and purchased a piece of ground 200 x 400 feet just east of Holden Hall, and placed the same in trust with The University of Wooster for the purpose of providing suitable sites for four missionary homes. This Christian woman knows that our Missionary Boards are doing all they can with the money the church sends them. She knows, too, that the Boards have nothing left to provide for those who fall in the fight, or those who are impaired by long and faithful service. It has been her hope and prayer that certain individuals might build homes on the land which her savings have bought, and that missionaries who have finished their work in the field might keep house economically in these homes and be under small expense for rent. This noble woman has laid aside little by little until she has been able to meet the expense of this property which amounts to $2,500. She has made a wise selection. It is the most beautiful site on college hill and within three minutes of the college chapel. It is our hope that now four other individuals may each volun- teer to build upon one of these lots a modest home of six or eight rooms with such conveniences as will make life comfortable for these noble veterans of the cross. It should not be necessary for missionaries when they have finished their active service to pray for death. We all owe them a debt, for they have carried our cross and fought under our flag. 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