# The Lutheran Pioneer_St. Louis_1931_S43
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THE LUTHERAN PIONEER

fore has women’s classes at Hankow. Rev. Riedel
has baptized two persons at Hankow. He has a con-
firmation and an inquirers’ class at the Hsi Tsu Kai
‘Chapel. At the same chapel he has a school and
‘a women’s class. Also at Hanyang he is in charge
of a chapel with school and instructs a women’s
class. At Shasi Rev. Zimmermann is conducting
the regular services. At Ichang Rev. Thode is in
charge of the services. At Shihnan Rev. Gebhardt
does all the preaching. During the past month he

‘administered one emergency baptism and one pri-

_ Miss Oelschlaeger and Miss Simon.

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vate communion. The baptism was that of an old
man of the orphanage.

Educational work has thus far not been hindered
by the government. At Hankow Rev. Klein is in
charge of six schools, with an enrolment of 250
pupils. Rev. Riedel has a school at Hsi Tsu Kai
and at Hanyang. At Shasi Rev. Zimmermann has
charge of the school. At Ichang Rev. Thode reports
an enrolment of 24 pupils. At Shihnan we have
six schools, with about 100 pupils attending during
September.

The Concordia Seminary at Hankow opened on
the 15th of September, with 29 students in the
school. There are 14 in the Preparatory Depart-
ment and 15 in the Theological Department. Rev.
Zschiegner, Rev. Riedel, Rev. Theiss, and Rev.
Mclaughlin constitute the faculty. Also the girls’
school at Hankow has again been opened with
26 pupils. Miss Gruen is in charge of the girls. At
Shihnan the native teachers of our schools are
studying religion, English, music, and other sub-
jects. At Ichang Rev. Seltz is daily studying the
language. At Shihnan Rev. and Mrs. Mueller are
doing the same under the supervision of Rev.
Gebhardt.

Our medical work is done by the two nurses,
Miss Simon
took care of patients at the dispensary at Shasi.
Miss Oelschlaeger, on her way to Shihnan, took
care of several patients at Hankow. At the Shihnan
dispensary a native boy and girl worked two hours
a day during, the summer.

The orphanage at Shihnan is nearing the
50 mark; it houses 48 orphans. The young baby
taken in last spring was found well after the sum-

mer trip.
ONY Tue Pusriciry CoMMITTEE OF THE

Cuina CONFERENCE.

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Dornc nothing for others is robbing yourself of

_ what you have.

Some Facts about the Work
Among the Deaf.

We take the facts given below from a new publi-
cation, the Deaf Child’s Advocate, published in the
interest of deaf Lutheran children, by the Evan-
gelical Lutheran Deaf-mute Institute, Detroit,
Mich. This little quarterly will be sent without
subscription charges to any and all who are friends
of the institution and who prove their friendship
by helping in the maintenance of the school at
Detroit. The editor is Rev. Wm. Gielow, 6861 KE.
Nevada Ave., Detroit, Mich. The publisher is
Arthur J. Keller, Berne, Ind.

“The first school for the deaf in this country
was founded in 1817, at Hartford, Conn., by the
Rev. Thomas Gallaudet, an Episcopalian. This
school started as a silent-method school, using spell-
ing and the sign-language.

“The first oral school for the deaf was founded
in the year 1867, in the State of Massachusetts. The
oral method teaches the children to speak, to read
lips, and teaches by the use of the spoken language.
However, not all the deaf can be successfully taught
by the oral method.

“The oral method, after it once demonstrated its
possibilities and value, spread rapidly throughout
the country, until to-day there are many exclusively
oral schools and almost every school in the country
has an oral department.

“Our Lutheran Deaf-mute Institute was the
second oral school in this country and remained an
oral school till about 1896. In that year, Synod
officially entered upon the mission among the adult
deaf, and the silent method of teaching the deaf
was introduced and used in connection with the oral
method. Later on the oral method again became
the predominating method in the classroom.

“The Lutheran Church has but one school in the
country. The Catholic Church has at least eight.”
F.J.L.

Items of Missionary Interest.
(By the Eprror.)

What a Sunday-School has Done. — Listen!
The Grace Lutheran Sunday-school, Jersey City,
N.J., Rev. Carl Roeper, pastor, has contributed
$1,500 for a chapel in Alabama! When we first
heard this, the thought at once came to us that this
must be a very, very large Sunday-school; but we
found that the enrolment is no more than 300. We