Life and light for woman . o Mrs. H. W. Hicks, full of enthusiasmover the work she saw in her recent trip. Miss Elizabeth C. Clarke, of Sofia, Bul-garia, sailed for her field on August ist. MissMary I. Ward, of Marsovan, accompanyingher. Joyful letters come from Miss Meserve,recently arrived in Chihuahua, Mexico, saying that Miss Long is back ather post, reinforced also by Mrs. Blachly. Miss Susan R. Norton, fornearly five years in cliai-ge of our kindergarten at Van, Eastern Turkey, wasmarried in July to Rev. Mr. Sterrett, a Presbyterian missionary in Urumia,Persia. We hope to welcome them in
Life and light for woman . o Mrs. H. W. Hicks, full of enthusiasmover the work she saw in her recent trip. Miss Elizabeth C. Clarke, of Sofia, Bul-garia, sailed for her field on August ist. MissMary I. Ward, of Marsovan, accompanyingher. Joyful letters come from Miss Meserve,recently arrived in Chihuahua, Mexico, saying that Miss Long is back ather post, reinforced also by Mrs. Blachly. Miss Susan R. Norton, fornearly five years in cliai-ge of our kindergarten at Van, Eastern Turkey, wasmarried in July to Rev. Mr. Sterrett, a Presbyterian missionary in Urumia,Persia. We hope to welcome them in this country soon. Married, at Mentor, Ohio, on Wednesday, July 15th, Dr. Jesse K. Mar-den, of Marsovan, director of Anatolia College Hospital, and Miss Lucy , formerly of Adana. The ceremony was performed by Dr. T. , of Tarsus. Dr. and Mrs. Marden sailed August 8th. Miss Annie Gordon, of Marash, Central Turkey, arrived at Boston August9th, and proceeds to Canada to spend her furlough among home miss ELIZABETH WARD 386 Life and Light [^September Whether or not the promised reform in Turkey is fully carried out, animmediate effect of the recent proclamation of the Sultan will be a great in-A New crease in the number of pupils in our missionary schools in Opportunity, that empire. Already they are overcrowded. How will theteachers meet the new conditions.^ What do we wish them to do.* It restslargely with us to say whether they may seize this new opening, or whetherby our apathy they must feel themselves bound and helpless. The fifth session of the summer school for womens foreign missionarysocieties, held at Northfield, July 21-28, was in all ways a great Northfield The enrolled attendance was four hundred and twenty-SuMMER School. one, more than at any previous school; and the sight offive hundred women of eleven denominations, giving from four to six hoursdaily to the study of missionary problems and methods, would give cheer to?every C
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