VOL. XXXV. NO. 7. THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * “To the Poor the Gospel is Preached.” * * * * * JULY, 1881. _CONTENTS_: EDITORIAL. OUR ANNIVERSARY REPORTS 193 A BRIEF VIEW OF THE SITUATION—INTEMPERANCE IN THE SOUTH 194 THE LAST MAN: Rev. C. P. Osborne 195 OUR BOSTON ANNIVERSARY 196 BENEFACTIONS 197 GENERAL NOTES—Africa, Indians, Chinese 198 ITEMS FROM THE FIELD 201 THE FREEDMEN. ANNIVERSARY REPORTS—D.C., Howard University 201 Va., Hampton Institute, Hampton 202 Tenn., Fisk University, Nashville 203 Miss., Tougaloo University, Tougaloo 205 La., Straight University, New Orleans 207 Tenn., Le Moyne Normal School, Memphis 208 Ala., Emerson Institute, Swayne School 209 Ga., Beach Institute, Byron 210 TALLADEGA COLLEGE—LAYING OF CORNER-STONE 210 NORTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE 211 AFRICA. ORDINATION AT GOOD HOPE 212 THE CHINESE. ANNIVERSARIES: Rev. W. C. Pond 214 WOMAN’S HOME MISS. ASSOC’N. MONTHLY REPORT 216 CHILDREN’S PAGE. STORY OF REBECCA 217 RECEIPTS 218 LIST OF OFFICERS 222 CONSTITUTION 223 AIM, STATISTICS, WANTS, ETC. 224 * * * * * NEW YORK: Published by the American Missionary Association, ROOMS, 56 READE STREET. * * * * * Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. Entered at the Post Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class matter. [Illustration: STONE HALL, STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS.—See Page 208] THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. * * * * * VOL. XXXV. JULY, 1881. NO. 7. * * * * * _American Missionary Association._ * * * * * OUR ANNIVERSARY REPORTS.