Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Donald Perry and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY. AUGUST, 1889. VOL. XLIII. NO. 8. CONTENTS EDITORIAL. ANNUAL MEETING FIGURES STILL IMPROVING PARAGRAPH EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS CIVIL RIGHTS IN COURT TIMHAKA TA IVANGELI THE SOUTH. WHAT I FOUND IN THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS, ILLUSTRATED WITH CUTS OF MOUNTAIN CABINS, A NATIVE MOUNTAIN CHURCH AND THE ACADEMY AT WILLIAMSBURG, KY. ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES: FISK UNIVERSITY, NASHVILLE, TENN. TALLADEGA COLLEGE, TALLADEGA, ALA. STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA. LE MOYNE NORMAL SCHOOL, MEMPHIS, TENN. AVERY INSTITUTE, CHARLESTON, S.C. NEW CHURCH AND SCHOOL AT ALCO, ALA. CHILDREN'S DAY AT CHATTANOOGA, TENN. THE INDIANS. LETTER FROM MISS COLLINS THE RAMONA INDIAN SCHOOL THE CHINESE. OROVILLE, MARYSVILLE, PETALUMA BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS THE LOCAL SOCIETY--ITS MEMBERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT RECEIPTS * * * * * 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, Rev. WM. M. TAYLOR, D.D., LL.D., N.Y. _Vice-Presidents._ Rev. A.J.F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y. Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D.D., Mass. Rev. F.A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. Rev. D.O. MEARS, D.D., Mass. Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo. _Corresponding Secretaries._ Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ Rev. A.F. BEARD, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ _Recording Secretary._ Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, 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. ADDISON P. FOSTER, Secretary. _For Three Years._ J.E. RANKIN, WM. H. WARD, J.W. COOPER, JOHN H. WASHBURN, EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN. _For Two Years._ LYMAN ABBOTT, CHAS. A. HULL, CLINTON E. FISK, ADDISON P. FOSTER, ALBERT J. LYMAN. _For One Year._ S.B. HALLIDAY, SAMUEL HOLMES, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, ELBERT B. MONROE. _District Secretaries._ Rev. C.J. RYDER, _21 Cong'l House, Boston._ Rev. J.E. ROY, D.D., _151 Washington Sheet, Chicago._ Rev. C.W. HIATT, _64 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio._ _Financial Secretary for Indian Missions._ Rev. CHAS. W. SHELTON. _Field Superintendents._ Rev. FRANK E. JENKINS. Prof. EDWARD S. HALL. _Secretary of Woman's Bureau._ Miss D.E. EMERSON, _56 Reade St., N.Y._ COMMUNICATIONS