Songdo, Korea*
Bee*
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Jhis evening I want to telI||rou of some of the Interesting!
evente of our school during this term. We have our commencement in
March you remember end begin the new year in April so we are now in
the midst of the second term of the school* After the Summer vacation
iff beglth on the second of Sept* and save various holidays wefhave
continued until nowt
H   After the school work was well begun the next thing on the school
calendar was the educational trips that are now quite an established
occurrence in our.school* These trips take the girls by classes with
several teachers inrf&eh class group totthe different places of interest in Korea and even into China* I always breathe a sigh of
relief when they have|all gone and returned safely. The plan is of
course a good one since lit affords many girls an opportunity to see
the beauty%,of their own country, which they would perhaps other wise
n&v&r  do* And as these trips are as nearly compulsory as they can be
mads, practically all of the girls are able to take advantage oflthem*
Both chronologically and personally to me the next event of
special interest was the celebration of my birthday. You ray remember
that Oct* 19th came on Sunday so of course the actual day could not be
celebrated* My family gave a tea i%my honor on Saturday afternoon
to which my missionary friends were invited. On Monday afternoon the
students gave a lovely reception for me| Their program consisting of
songs most of which were written especially for the occasion, and
Music was very enjoyable. A group of precious first year children
sang ^Happy Birthday"|in Bnglish and one of the third year girls read
a very well written article of good wishesland congratulationsland
then they presented me with a most beautiful black silk crepe turu-
makie (Korean coat)* It is lined with green silk and padded with
cotton and is light and very warm. I had been wanting one for a long
time so I was very greatly pleased* I appreciated!;the gift very much
indeed hut of course the thing I appreciated the most was the ex-
presson of lovet ft|i   | >^- •
On theffirst oflJtov, at seven o'clock in the evening a very lov#~
Igr wedding eeremonyfwas held in our Ohapel. The bride was one of our
teachersf a young woman who has come up through our Primary and High
Schools, She then went to Ewha, our Womans1 College where she graduated two years ago from the Music Department, She is a dear and
yery pretty* Her mother has for many years been a faithful Bible
Woman* The young man she married was present at her graduation
fecltal and it seems that he has been wanting her ever since* He too
is a Christian of longstanding and they are very happy*
; A little whilefago we had a Chrysanthemum show in our Chapel *a
We asked the students to bring flowers from their homes. They brought
eome exquisite ones| iThere were a large number of varieties and also
if colors* The Koreans love flowers and exhibit great skill in rait*
ing them. We certainly enjoyed having these beautiful blossoms to
look at every day.*! Next yearfwe mean to^give out Chrysanthemum slips
and have the children grow them*  I
I  th* addition offffiower Culture and Home Gardening will we trust