"Learning and Labor. The students at work on the farm." Several students outside with gardening tools to work the land. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"Bridge over Fen Ho, Near Taiyuan, July 1924." A wooden foot bridge for crossing the river. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Our tour now takes us to the Women's Department. The athletic court in foreground, entrance to Dormitory court (center) and class-room building (rt.). A large open courtyard framed by an archway at one end. A building sits on the right.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The Women's Club at Shih Ta. Rows of women and girls posed for a portrait. Club most likely organized by extension program of Harwood Bible Training School.
"The Women students also do their share." Women sitting on the ground outdoors to plant crops. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"The majority of our students are married women, but the last two years we have received a few girls in their teens." A group of women and some teen girls standing outside a building. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"Process #10: The weaving on locally-made looms." Women weaving on a large loom outdoors. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"Waves caused by sand boils in Fen Ho, July 1924." Mounds of sand poking up in the river trigger waves. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"Process #7: These skeins are carefully washed, again in cold water (there is little or no oil in our shansi wool)." Women standing outside in warm clothing. Three of them hold long skeins of yarn over baskets presumably filled with cold water for washing. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"On the narrow, winding pathway high up on the mountainside at Mien Shan." A group of people walking along a path in the mountains. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"Athletics are increasingly important in 'The New China' of today." Young men wearing long pants and playing volleyball. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"These are loaned for two weeks. After which they may be renewed or exchanged. This past year a total of -- books have been so loaned. And none have been lost." Both young people and adults enjoy the books. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"The Library contains 300 small pamphlet books written in simple language, and including many subjects." A group of people read through the books the students have brought. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"Planting Trees -- a Village improvement project." People working in a courtyard type area to plant trees. Some women and a child stand by trees already in the area. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
A group of village people viewing the prizes to be given for local exhibits. A group of people gathered outside a shop. Two men stand before the crowd. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"The Daily Vacation Bible School."Each year, a month or so before school closes for the Summer vacation, the students are given an opportunity to volunteer for service in our D.V.B.S project. Then follows a course of training in the use of suitable material. When school closes for the vacation these students go out to the country churches to open the six-weeks classes for boys and girls." A group, predominantly made up of children, standing outdoors and holding hands in a circle. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"The Daily Vacation Bible School."Each year, a month or so before school closes for the Summer vacation, the students are given an opportunity to volunteer for service in our D.V.B.S project. Then follows a course of training in the use of suitable material. When school closes for the vacation these students go out to the country churches to open the six-weeks classes for boys and girls." A group of boys and girls gathered for a photo outdoors. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The trained nurse buttoning bibs before dinner. A woman ties bibs on to two small children.
"A Class in 'Pig-raising' with Mr. K.S. Wang, teacher (R.T.)" A group of people outside with the mother pig and her litter. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"A Co-operative Enterprise in which each teacher has a share. A teacher's meeting in the Office." A group of teachers, male and female, gathered around a long table. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., The New Life Movement was set up by Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong May-ling to promote traditional Confucian social ethics, while rejecting individualism and Western capitalistic values., and The New Life Movement. Young men are sweeping in the athletic area outdoors.
"Sunken monuments near Chieh [?], Shansi, July 1924." Monuments low to the ground that look like small homes or temples. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"A Religious Education Project -- Sunday School : Every Sunday, thirty Bible school students go to ten different places (5 in the country) and teach a total of 450-500 students." A large group of children posed in rows. In the back row are adults, presumably the teachers and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"A Religious Education Project -- Sunday School : Every Sunday, thirty Bible school students go to ten different places (5 in the country) and teach a total of 450-500 students." A large group of children standing for a portrait. One of the teachers stands behind them. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"A Religious Education Project -- Sunday School : Every Sunday, thirty Bible school students go to ten different places (5 in the country) and teach a total of 450-500 students." A group of young students standing in a square formation, with adults nearby. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"A third group takes a two-day trip to Yu Tao Ho." A group of students sit on a cart being drawn by horses going through a rural area. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"Students repairing the road to Shih Ta, a 'social service' project." A group of people work with various tools to repair a rural road. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Resting from their labors -- lunch by the roadside. The students who have been fixing the road sit to the side and eat lunch.
"Students in our Popular Education school at Shih Ta." A row of boys and girls outside with their teacher. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"On the one-hundred and twenty steps leading to the main temple at Mien Shan." A group of travelers seated on steps outdoors and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"A group of students, with rented bicycles, about to start on a sight-seeing trip to Taiku." A line of male standings standing by their bicycles, ready for a trip. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"Process #5: Spinning on locally-made spinning-wheels." A line of women working on spindles to turn the raw wool into yarn. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"A tour through the Woolwork Department" "Process #2: The wool is then carefully sorted." A group of men sit on low chairs outside and sort through several piles of wool. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"After which it is put in shallow wire baskets (to avoid matting thru handling) and washed in cold water (Process #3)." A group of men and women in the process of sorting and washing raw wool. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"The Wen Yu Ho prepared[?] and reservoir site looking down stream toward dam site." An area of land prepared to become a reservoir. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"A Sunday Social-Service Project. The Traveling Library (larger sized books) and Public Health Clinic Boxes." A group of adults carrying boxes on their back filled with supplies. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"One phase of our Extension Work. The students go out to a nearby Village to instruct the farmers in planting the improved cotton seed." Students kneeling in a field to plant cotton seeds for local farmers. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"A Fen Ho crossing, July 1924." A rope is held up by logs to cross the river. On the closer side of the river a small boat is docked, and several people are working on both sides of the water. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"Mr. Y.K. Chao (Rel. Ed.)." A man in a Chinese style robe, holding a book in his hand. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"The fine department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry at Ming Hsien (Oberlin-in-Shansi) Middle School at Taiku co-operates with us in loaning us a pure blooded Ramboullet Ram for use in our Extension Work." A ram in front of a wall outdoors. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
A group of village people viewing the prizes to be given for local exhibits. A group of adults and children on a raised walkway. Some of the children hold large bowls. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Paul and Charlotte Reynolds were missionaries serving under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Fenchow, Shansi Province., and Principal C.W. Wang, Graduate of Cheeloo Theological Seminary and an able and inspiring leader. A Chinese man in a suit posed for a photo outdoors. Principal of the Catherine S. Harwood Bible Training School.
"Process #9: Preparing the warp thread for the loom." Three women loading yarn on to a machine, possibly to make the threads finer. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"A tour through the Woolwork Department" "Our hope that poor students could earn here, outside of class hours, what they needed toward their school expenses, has for the past five years, been fully realized." "Process #1: The heaviest dirt is removed from the wool in a very simple, locally-made machine." A group of women in dresses and aprons stand outside by an old fashioned wash bin. Three of the women are holding baskets of wool. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Process #11: Carefully cutting any loose ends after cloth has been taken from loom. Women sit at a long table and trim loose thread from freshly woven cloth.
