Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Erika Q. Stokes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net The American Missionary June, 1890. VOL. XLIV. NO. 6. CONTENTS EDITORIAL. Removal Dr. Storrs on the Negro Problem Missionaries to Alaska In a Nutshell Higher Education of the Colored People Spring Conferences Mississippi Immigrants Notes from New England Music's Mission Items THE SOUTH. Our School Work Our Church Work Revival at Wilmington, N.C. Ballard School, Macon, Ga. Dreary Picture of Place and People Report from Mountain Schools The King's Daughters Society THE INDIANS. Our S'kokomish Mission THE CHINESE. Jottings BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. Paragraphs--State Missionary Unions OUR YOUNG FOLKS. Letter from a Teacher Woman's State Organizations RECEIPTS. NEW YORK: Published By The American Missionary Association Bible House, Ninth St. and Fourth Ave., New York. 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., _Bible House, N.Y._ Rev. A.F. Beard, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ Rev. F.P. Woodbury, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ _Recording Secretary._ Rev. M.E. Strieby, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ _Treasurer._ H.W. Hubbard, Esq., _Bible House, N.Y._ _Auditors._ Peter McCartee. Chas. P. Peirce. _Executive Committee._ John H. Washburn, Chairman. Addison 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, Chas. A. Hull, Clinton B. Fisk, Addison P. Foster, Albert J. Lyman. _District Secretaries._ Rev. C.J. Ryder, _21 Cong'l House, Boston, Mass._ Rev. J.E. Roy, D.D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill._ Rev. C.W. Hiatt, _64 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio._ _Financial Secretary for Indian Missions._ Rev. Chas. W. Shelton. _Secretary of Woman's Bureau._ Miss D.E. Emerson, _Bible House, N.Y._ COMMUNICATIONS Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretaries; letters for "THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY," to the Editor, at the New York Office; letters relating to the finances, to the Treasurer. DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS