M. I. Ting M. D.
Peiyang Women's Hospital
Tientsin.My dear Miss Turner;
This is just to share with you my happy news that University of Michigan has awarded me a fellowship for year 1929-30. Our hospital board has given me grant to leave here a year earlier. I have thought over this matter quite carefully and I feel that I should not let this chance slip. The stipend of this fellowship is two thousand dollars. This hospital will pay my travelling expenditure or pay my year's salary. Either of the two will suit me. I can plan to come home by way of Europe and at least do some observation work in different countries.
Altho. I was away for three months this past summer but I had so little rest. After that trip back from Honolulu I lost ten pounds. I have just gained my normal weight. Then the strain of these past years is hard on us. There are many good signs and chnages [sic] under this present government. However certain phases of modern civilization are of slow patient processes. Educationally China has made a wonderful progress. Schools are being opened for children as well as for adults everywhere.
Tientsin has just started a Board of Health. Physicians are required to take examinations. Regulations for promotion of health are printed on walls as to enlighten the general public. There was a cleaning day last week and the mayor of the city came out with dust pan and broom. This was just to arouse public opinion.
Women have been organized to protect their rights. I am not in this woman's movement for I believe that I must give my time and energy to my work. Often I am asked to do medical part for these unfortunate women for which I am happy to do my share.
Since returning from Honolulu I have been busy in public speaking. People of this city have given me a warm welcome. I have talked very frankly to our people of our needs as I see them. Here I am enclosing my report to the China Preparation Committee in which you would read my frank expressions of the past Pan-Pacific Women's Conference and China's needs. Miss Wooley [sic] was invited to be the chairman of the next Pan Pacific Women's Conference and indirectly I heard that she could not accept this invitation.
I have had a letter from Madeleine Wayne and her married name is Mrs. Diehl. I was so surprised to hear from her. Do you remember Ruth Conklin? She writes to me occasionally.
With much love.
Yours lovingly,
M. I. Ting.December 21st, 1928.
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Summary of our work; 1927-1928
Major Operations- 58. Clinic patients. 17891
Obstatrical cases- 224 Examination of students. 1200
Hospital patients. 515
Income- $31089.05
Expenditure. 30952.15Our year is from July to end of June.
There are the following departments at our hospital;
Surgical, Medical, Gynecological, Obstetrical, Dental,
Psychiatric Departments. The above departments are well
established.
Since July this year we have added ear-nose -throat
clinic twice a week.[separate sheet of paper]
Yearly Report of Peiyang Women's Hospital. (1928-1929)
Fall Winter Spring Summer Total Obstetrical Cases 75 58 62 77 262 Impatients [sic] 156 172 190 210 728 Medical Cases 1767 1049 1008 1462 5287 Surgical Cases 1709 1282 1261 1865 6117 Operations 27 33 29 36 125 Eye 120 70 87 62 339 Dental (2) 40 62 77 128 307 Oto (1) 196 94 93 88 472 Special 485 888 745 1024 3142
Total-17468[separate sheet of paper]
Report of the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference, August 9-19, 1928. To the China Preparation Committee:
It would belittle the significance of the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference should your delegation simply say that they have enjoyed the gathering. We know that certain experiences will remain as constant stimuli for years to come. As proceedings of this conference will be published in book form by the Pan-Pacific Union for future reference, nothing more need be said of them. Your delegation went to this conference with open minds for inspiration, information, and knowledge from women of larger organizations. We brought home vivid recollections of the hospitality of Honolulu hostesses, the ambition of Japanese sisters, the thoroughness of British representatives from Australia and New Zealand, the broadmindedness of our American friends, the innocense of the Samoans, the womanliness of the Philippine delegation, and the humbleness of the Koreans. We also brought home new ideas should be analyzed before final adoption.
Although the Board of the Pan-Pacific Association of Shanghai extended an invitation thru Miss Viola Smith to the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference to hold the next session at Shanghai and the date voted upon was 1930, your delegation took the stand that such an invitation should be considered only in further consultation with Chinese women. Undoubtedly the Pan-Pacific Association of Shanghai would want the cooperation of all Chinese women since this is a conference for women. It is true that in spite of the fact that some of our women have attended a number of conferences of an international character, Chinese women on the whole are shy at venturing on such an undertaking. For the sake of pride as well as for dignity your delegation would say that Chinese women are not willing to shift every responsibility upon the Pan-Pacific Association of Shanghai. We were told that the recent conference took four years preparation plus the efforts of a set machinery of the Pan-Pacific Union and a sum of 40,000 U. S. C. Your delegation is not anxious to have this next conference come to China for the very simple reason that we Chinese women are not ready for such an undertaking. We also doubt the wisdom of such an invitation at this period of China's reconstruction.
Confronted with numerous and perplexing home problems we women are convinced that we should aid our government in certain phases of the reconstruction work. We are clear as to the sufferings of our people, who are ignorant, poverty-stricken and physically handicapped by poor health. To alleviate these conditions would take a life time and to eradicate them would take centuries. Whether at this opportune moment we women should devote our energy and effort to entirely home problems or to divert a part of our attention toward an extra program which is not of immediate importance to our national life is a consideration that needs the careful thought of our women leaders. The next conference probably will be at Honoluu again in 1930 as it was decided by the Executive Committee of the conference. Should we deisre [sic] to enter the next conference we ought to plan early for it. Your delegation would suggest that for economic and other reasons the next group emphasize the quality of representation rather than the number of women sent. We suggest that to the next conference we should send delegates whose education, achievement, and personality command national respect. Above all, our delegates should be fluent in the use of the English language. Age, experience, and leadership must be included among qualifications of future delegates.
Your delegation felt most fortunate to be China's first representatives to this- the first Pan-Pacific Women's Conference. During the days spent at various sessions we endeavored to follow our great sage who said, "See clearly, hear distinctly, carry your continence peacefully, speak sincerely, execute carefully, question if in doubt, be slow to anger, and win your point righteously." We are much wiser after such a conference for we know that added knowledge inspiring contact with active, capable leaders serve as powerful stimulants for better work at home. We were honest in our purpose before we went but now we are made doubly firm in our determination.
Respectfully Submitted.
M. I. Ting.
Chairman of the Chinese Delegation.