Produced by Joshua Hutchinson 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: AUGUST, 1887. VOL. XLI. NO. 8. The American Missionary] * * * * * [Illustration: CONTENTS] EDITORIAL. ANNUAL MEETING—FINANCIAL, 215 PARAGRAPHS, 216 A GRADUATE AND A PORTER, 217 THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED—NO. 3, 220 DEATH OF REV. SIDNEY H. DALE, 221 THE SOUTH. NOTES IN THE SADDLE, 222 HOWARD UNIVERSITY—FISK UNIVERSITY, 224 TALLADEGA COLLEGE, 226 TOUGALOO UNIVERSITY, 227 GREGORY INSTITUTE, 230 THE INDIANS. CLOSING EXERCISES AT SANTEE NORMAL TRAINING SCHOOL, 231 THE CHINESE. IMPERIUM IN IMPERIO, 234 BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS, 235 RECEIPTS, 237 * * * * * 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. 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. Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, Mo. _Corresponding Secretary._ Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ _Associate Corresponding Secretaries._ Rev. JAMES POWELL, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ _Treasurer._ H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ _Auditors._ PETER MCCARTEE. CHAS. P. PEIRCE. _Executive Committee._ JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman. A. P. FOSTER, Secretary. _For Three Years._ S. B. HALLIDAY. SAMUEL HOLMES. SAMUEL S. MARPLES. CHARLES L. MEAD. ELBERT B. MONROE. _For Two Years._ J. E. RANKIN. WM. H. WARD. J. W. COOPER. JOHN H. WASHBURN. EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN. _For One Year._ LYMAN ABBOTT. A. S. BARNES. J. R. DANFORTH. CLINTON B. FISK. A. P. FOSTER. _District Secretaries._