November 14th, 1947.Dear Miss Turner;
This is very early in morning. I have been up during the night for a case. It is too late to go to bed and yet it is too early to do anything else. So I would take this time to talk to you. The house is very quiet and the sun is just peeping out gradually. It is already very cold here in North China. Your good letter written during your vacation at Tip Top Inn, Shrewsbury Vt. came sometime ago. Many thigns have happened. I was invited to attend the World's Y. W. C. A. Conference at Hangchow from October 15th to 27th. Hangchow was at her best with warm sunshine and clear crispy air. The hotel was on hill looking over the beautiful West Lake. The latter reminds me of Lake Geneva. There were 130 delegates from 26 countries. I was one of the fifteen invited visitors from different parts of China. Before the war there were 22 city associations and during war only nine remained. Since peace we have now 13 with 2 in process of starting fuctioning again. I was asked to represent Tientsin. I am neither a secretary nor a board member of Y. W. C. A. but I was asked to attend this conference for certain qualifications. The person who attended this conference must know both Chinese and English equally well in order to translate from one to another in case of difficulty. English was the medium used. I was very surpried [sic] that women from Korea, India, Burma, Siam know English better than European and Mexican women. Oriental women all can express themselves in English while those from France, Holland, Denmark, Germany etc certainly express themselves with much difficulty. I guess all warring nations did not have the time to learn English these years. I accepted the invitation for a change which I needed badly at the time. The theme of the confernce [sic] was Faith in Action. Spiritually and mentally I gained much. Thru Mrs. Anderson of New York City I sent you a little calendar for 1948. I asked her also to give you two dollars American money to buy some flowers for Miss Woolley. Kindly do this for me in someway. May be you can ask Miss Marks to do this. Kindly remember me to Miss Marks. She may not remember me but I remember her well. Miss Woolley was a great woman in every respect of the word great. You know Dr. Wu has been called by peopel here as Miss Woolley of Chin[a.] Dr. Wu is very fine in her career as a president and also a representative to our government in political affairs. Being a doctor I was rather useful as a visitor among so many delegates coming from all corners of the earth - few were sick and I was able to be of use to few during confernce [sic] days.
November 16th, 1947.
Two days have passed since I started the letter. While I was at Nanking I stayed with my nephew and his wife for one day. I visited Ginling College and the college campus was beautiful with fall colors. Dr. Wu got the money and will write to you in person as she said. I do not know if the sum would be enough for two scholarships_ the other would be in honor of Miss Purington. I would let her write to Miss Purington. My nephew and his wife are so interested in their work. They give a tea to honor me and Dr. Stuart was one of the invited guests also. It was so kind of Dr. Stuart to spend his valuable time to see me few minutes. That day Mr. Judd your congressman was at Nanking. I know Dr. Judd also for he was a mesical [sic] missionary at Shensi. I was happy to see Ginling after years of war. It is getting to her normal situation gradually. The campus was full of bright looking girls. I spoke to the student body few minutes. I was very much interested in my nephew's work. He is so active in his intersts [sic] in his students. He is just thirty years old and ranks as an associate professor in his department. He needs to finish his thesis to get his Phd for which I am encouraging him to do so after three years teaching. His department head speaks well of his work which made me happy. Talent is God given but the will to do your best is man made.
I have noticed that in Quarterly Miss Griffith has resigned. She was a good teacher. The picture looked so good of her with white hair. I remember her with pleasure. There was also a picture of Dr. Morgan. One can reconnize [sic] her with that hat miles away. I enjoyed the Quarterly very much every time. I saw a number of Mount Holyoke people at Hangchow Conference.
There is a young doctor from Tientsin who is going to Texas University. I am asking him to bring you a small package of tea. He would mail to you after he gets to Texas. He is sailing about December 10th from Shanghai.
While at Shanghai I saw Yueh Ming's father and mother. They want their daughter to finish her internship before returning home. In fact they asked me to write to her for them which I did. Yuen Ming has a younger brother who is a premedical student at Shanghai College. He is doing very well in his premedical work. He is such a fine looking boy also. Our Ting family is very large and some members I have not seen before. My niece Vung Yuin is doing more in her medical work which makes me happy. She has much in her and she just cannot get out. I visited a number of colleges this time at Shanghai and Hangchow for I want to see for myself the present student body. Our students are very serious in their attitude toward their work. We have no Saturday dances or Sunday parties[.] Our students have to work very hard these post war years with no heat and scanty food. Every student is working hard to master the English language as the latter is not taught during eight years of Japanese occupasion. [sic]
This letter brings you much love. If our country is at peace we want to invite you to visit us.
Yours Lovingly Me-iung