The American Missionary, NOVEMBER, 1885. VOL. XXXIX NO. 11. * * * * * CONTENTS * * * * * EDITORIAL. PAGE. THE FIGURES--FINANCIAL 297 WHAT OUR FRIENDS THINK AND SAY 298 DEATH OF PRESIDENT WARE 300 IYAKAPTAPI 301 INDIANS IN THE DAKOTA ASSOCIATION 303 THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. GENERAL SURVEY--CHURCH WORK SOUTH 304 EDUCATIONAL WORK SOUTH 306 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING 309 MOUNTAIN WORK 310 WORK AMONG THE INDIANS 311 WORK AMONG THE CHINESE 313 THE WOMAN'S BUREAU--FINANCES 315 CONCLUSION 316 RECEIPTS 317 * * * * * 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. F. A. NOBLE, D. D., Ill. Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D. D., Mass. Rev. D. O. MEARS, 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._ J. E. RANKIN. WM. H. WARD. J. L. WITHROW. JOHN H. WASHBURN. EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN. _District Secretaries._ Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, D. D., _21 Cong'l House, Boston_. Rev. J. E. ROY, D. D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago_. Rev. CHARLES W. SHELTON, _Financial Secretary for Indian Missions_. Rev. C. J. RYDER, _Field Superintendent_.