. Life and light for woman. the need for greatly enlarged and improved equipment foreducational work. Nearly $1,000,000 have been given or pledged forenterprises for which the Presbyterian Board is solely this, a few people have provided a fund of no less than $750,000to be used for the erection of new buildings for Nanking Union Universityand Shantung Christian University. The former is probably the chiefrival of St. Johns University, Shanghai, and Boone University, Wuchang,for the educational leadership of Central China. It is a joint effort ofthree or four American commu
. Life and light for woman. the need for greatly enlarged and improved equipment foreducational work. Nearly $1,000,000 have been given or pledged forenterprises for which the Presbyterian Board is solely this, a few people have provided a fund of no less than $750,000to be used for the erection of new buildings for Nanking Union Universityand Shantung Christian University. The former is probably the chiefrival of St. Johns University, Shanghai, and Boone University, Wuchang,for the educational leadership of Central China. It is a joint effort ofthree or four American communions, including Presbyterians and Metho-dists. Shantung University is easily the leading Christian college ofNorth China. It is maintained by American Presbyterians, EnglishChurchmen affiliated with the S. P. G., and English Baptists. A Chicagoarchitect has gone to China to make a first-hand study of the architecturaland construction phases of this notable undertaking. igi4\ The Duties of a Branch Home Secretary i465 motk. AROUND THE COUNCIL TABLE WITH OUR PRESIDENT The Duties of a Branch Home Secretary The title secretary suggests at once pen and paper. Pen and paperput together by the secretarys fingers may make a needed report. Itmay be excellently well done. And yet somehow the reporting alone failsto satisfy the aspirations of the woman who comes into the official circleof the Branch earnest, eager, with a vision of larger activities for herMaster than she has previously known. She must do more than writereports or her eagerness will fall back upon itself, and lose vitality,having no outlet. As one newly come to her position exclaimed, plain-tively, How can I report if I dont do anything to report?Perhaps it is a fair question to ask of the Branch presidents;—What would you like your home secretaries to do?Let me try to sum up your replies. I note first that we must discrimi-nate among the Branches. Some are large, others are smaller, both as toterritory and numbers in
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