Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections.) [Illustration: The American Missionary VOL. XXXIX. NO. 8. August, 1885.] CONTENTS * * * * * PAGE. EDITORIAL. THE FIGURES--FINANCIAL 213 FAREWELL AND GREETING 215 HIGHER EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO 217 OPINIONS 219 PARAGRAPHS 221 THE SOUTH. BEREA COLLEGE, KY. 221 ANNIVERSARY AT TALLADEGA 222 TOUGALOO COMMENCEMENT 223 TILLOTSON INSTITUTE 224 AVERY INSTITUTE--BREWER NORMAL SCHOOL 226 STUDENT'S LETTER 227 THE INDIANS. THE APACHE RAID 229 INDIAN SUMMER TENT (cut) 230 THE CHINESE. TOUR AMONG THE MISSIONS 231 BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. RESOLUTIONS AT SARATOGA 233 PAPER MISSION--INDUSTRIAL LETTER FROM LE MOYNE 234 CHILDREN'S PAGE. PLAYING 'POSSUM 234 RECEIPTS 235 * * * * * 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. * * * * * AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. * * * * * PRESIDENT, Hon. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL. D., Mass. _Vice-Presidents._ Rev. C. L. GOODELL, D. D., Mo. Rev. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D. D., N. Y. Rev. D. O. MEARS, D. D., Mass. Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ill. Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D. D., Mass. _Corresponding Secretary._ Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ _Assistant Corresponding Secretary._ Rev. JAMES POWELL, D. D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ _Treasurer._ H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ _Auditors._ W. H. ROGERS, PETER McCARTEE. _Executive Committee._ JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman. A. P. FOSTER, Secretary. _For Three Years._ LYMAN ABBOTT. A. S. BARNES. J. R. DANFORTH. CLINTON B. FISK. A. P. FOSTER. _For Two Years._ S. B. HALLIDAY. SAMUEL HOLMES. SAMUEL S. MARPLES. CHARLES L. MEAD. ELBERT B. MONROE. _For One Year._