1917

This folder is a complete record.

Recipients include: CJC, Anna Cadbury, Family, Joel Cadbury, Ben Cadbury, Aunt Rebecca, Dr. Edmunds, S. Morris Jones, Jane C. B. Jones, Dr. Woods, MMFPWD, Emma Cadbury, Henry and Lydia Cadbury, Leonard Rogers, Vincent Gilpin, Friends

To CJC. Canton, CN, [1917?]. [Misses her and looks forward to their life together]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 1/14. [Very busy as he is responsible for 200 vaccinations. Mr. Paison from Boston’s St. Paul’s Cathedral comes to visit the college, has good talk with WWC; is great admirer of Rufus Jones. Letters from family mean a lot to him]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 1/21-30. [Mr. McCracken comes down to stay with WWC. Medical conference previous week, interesting papers discussed. Believes this conference will help solve some of the college’s problems. Because of the conference, there are many full days of meetings, meaning very little time to relax. Receives money from Cousin George Cadbury. He is engaged to CJC, planning to announce the decision officially in just a few days]

To father and mother. Canton, CN, 1917 1/27. [Had meet CJC for months ago, and will now be engaged to her. Catharine is very interested in WWC’s college and missionary work. Ned Wood is trying to raise money for their wedding. His house will soon be ready to move into, but it will not be complete until CJC is living with him]

To S. Morris Jones and Jane C. B. Jones [Catharine’s parents]. Canton, CN, 1917 1/28. [Loves Catharine and plans to become engaged, but will not ask her until he gets their approval. Stresses that they are both Quakers]

To MMFPWD. Canton, CN, 1917 2/4. [Announces their wedding, notes that unfortunately, there is not friends meeting in Canton]

To Ben Cadbury. Canton, CN, 1917 2/4. [Hopes to be married in a Quaker fashion. Would like the announcement to be read at meeting. Will likely be married in a private home. Does not have a definite date yet, discusses the possibilities]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 2/11. [Mr. Ambrose and Prof. Brashear come to stay with them. Prof. Brasher is a great astronomer, and both are devout Christians. Sorry to hear about the death of Amy Swain from Honolulu. Invited to a party for the various missionary couples who have just become engaged]

To Ben Cadbury. Canton, CN, 1917 2/13. [Will probably wait until Catharine’s school finishes before having the wedding; Ben is performing the function of best man]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 2/18. [Describes athletic events at the college. Marriage to Catharine should make the families’ mutual friends closer. Concerned over the German-American relations, there have been debates about whether or not to go to war. Has had a very happy last six months, wishes that Mother could share in his happiness]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 2/25. [Has just added Margaret Riggs to the staff, people enjoy her. Prof. and Mrs. Willoughby are with them for a few days; Prof. Willoughby is an official advisor to the President of China. Goes to a baseball themed dinner party with Miss. Patton; the function was a reunion of the Lienehow party. Cousin Joel’s death is unexpected, hopes that Aunt Rebecca will be better. Very happy for Bertha’s engagement, which too was a surprise. Delighted that William Comfort is the new president of Haverford College. The Bromells are living in the house with Catharine and WWC]

To Ben and Anna Cadbury. Canton, CN, 1917 3/4. [Spending time with Miss Riggs. Mr. and Mrs. Kimbell throw a party for Catharine and WWC, WWC had been Mr. Kimbell’s best man. The current date for the wedding is June 29, which seems a long way away for WWC]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 3/11. [Students are getting into stamp collecting. The Governor is willing to raise the graves on campus, allowing the university to use the land. Spending time with Dr. Edmunds and his family, and get a chance to meet the Graybills’ daughter]

To Aunt Rebecca. Canton, CN, 1917 3/11. [The college’s ability to expand is based on the removal of scattered graves. Many have been removed, but some families refuse to]

To Mother, Canton, CN, 1917 3/25 [fears that the United States is about to go to war, WWC and Catharine appear to be against military action. Has been treating a lot of people with leprosy] To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 3/18. [Description of how he will decorate the house with furniture. The Brownell's plan to be married in the William Penn lodge, and WWC plans they will marry there as well]

To Dr. Woods. Canton, CN, 1917 3/26. [Reports on the hospital patients. Clinic for people with leprosy is doing very well. One person with leprosy has moved to the Honglok cemetery to be closer to the hospital. WWC hopes that they will be able to build a sanitarium for the tuberculosis patients and possibly for people with leprosy too. Concerned over the plans for Honglok Hospital, as they do not have the resources to maintain it]

To Dr. Edmunds [writing as College Physician]. Canton, CN, 1917 3/27. [Lists sanitary issues that need attention. These include the kitchen, Swasey Hall, the dormitories 1,2,4; as well as several other areas]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 4/1. [Aunt Rebecca is very sick. The city magistrate is coming to inspect the process of the grave raisings]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 4/8. [Fragment] [Catharine has gone to Hong Kong to do some shopping. The clearing of the graves will provide about five acres, but will be required to plant trees to honor the ancestors]

To Catharine’s parents. Canton, CN, 1917 4/14. [Having Margaret Riggs and Helen Tow will make the planning of the Quaker wedding easier]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 4/25. [Fragment] [Dr. and Mrs. Edmunds have left, meaning they have fewer friends in their community. Urge the students to share stories in service. One child told a story of how he had waited to tell his father about Christianity for fifteen years, and before he could tell his father, his father died. Aunt Rebecca has died]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 5/6. [Receives interesting letter from Bob Yarnall. A new and permanent board of directors is appointed at Lingnan, interesting how this will change the attitude of the college]

To Dr. Woods. Canton, CN, 1917 5/6. [Goes over different patients concerns, reports how well the students have been doing. Concerned over Howard leaving. Hospital received a great deal of money from an Australian donor. Dr. Thompson is very ill, and may have tuberculosis]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 5/13. [Received wedding check for ten pounds from Cousin George Cadbury. It looks like the wedding will be given by Brownells]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 5/20. [Planning their honeymoon, thinking they will go to Macau for a few days. They are planning the bridesmaids, and ushers. They plan to have 40-50 people attend their wedding]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 5/27. [Hopes that the Friends Service Committee would appoint them as their representatives in China. The hospital has been very busy, lots of bubonic plague patients. Catharine and WWC attend the Union service with Mr. Hawkins. Because of their three servants, who they quite appreciate, they have had much more time to plan the wedding]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 6/3. [Preparing for the wedding, goes over the itinerary for the wedding. The number has now increased to 60 invites. Making plans for Loh Fau Camp, but worry that a revolution will disturb it. Current revolution has demanded the removal of the president. Situation in WWI seems to be getting continually worse. Worries that Russia desiring a separate peace will prolong the war indefinitely]

[To MMFPWD?]. Canton, CN, 1917 6/9. [Thinks about how he spends his time, notes he has been very busy. Spends his time between two things, the Canton Christian College where he supervises the care of the ill. In his other time he is in charge of all medical cases at Canton Hospital, which is in the city as oppose to the college. He goes to the hospital three times a week, one of those days he goes to the ward for people with leprosy. Goes over the various diseases he has encountered]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 6/10. [Received the 100 dollar gift from father, greatly appreciates it. Founders’ day was the other day, which appears to be like graduation. In the morning they had address followed by an entertaining play, which was in the style of an old Chinese funeral, meant to represent the passing of the graduating class. Things have been more rushed at the hospital]

To Emma. Canton, CN, 1917 6/17. [Receives furniture from friends at the college. Now expect 80-90 people to be in attendance. Have heard back from people in Macau, and plan to go June 30]

To Family. Macao, 1917 7/1. [Describes the wedding, mostly the flower and seating arrangements. Now in Macau, and has a beautiful view of the bay]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 7/8. [Living in their own home together. Had a wonderful honeymoon, spent time being shown around by WWC’s former student, Sei Yuk Man]

To Henry and Lydia Cadbury. 1917 7/15. [Congratulates them on their new child; has been reading about Henry’s connection to the peace movements at home. The other doctors and assistants have been very helpful at the hospital, making the experience much easier]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 7/15. [Sorry to hear of Henry Halls’ wife’s death, but is excited to hear about Bertha’s wedding. Planning to go to Loh Fau around August]

To Dr. Woods. Canton, CN, 1917 7/18. [Has questions on if and where the infirmary will be built. The problem with building an infirmary for the college is that it would be undermanned. Has greatly enjoyed working in the leprosy clinic, sees vast improvement in many cases. Canton hospital wants Dr. Woods to be the head of both neurology and dermatology.

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 7/22. [Thinks that appeal for $200,000 of the American Friends Service Committee will bring the Orthodox and Hicksite friends together]

To Leonard Rogers. Canton, CN, 1917 7/27. [Discusses methods of treating leprosy, worries that the government has too lax of regulations]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 7/29. [CJC has been working hard on raising money for a school. Liu Fung Kei, daughter of Miss. Liu has just been award the Bryn Mawr Alumnae Scholarship of $1000 to study at the Miss Baldwin’s School. Will leave for Loh Fau on August 3rd]

To Family. Loh Fau Mountains, CN, 1917 8/4. [Walks ten miles to spend the night in Wa Shau Toi Monastery, have chance to do some climbing and swimming]

To Mother. Loh Fau Camp, 1917 8/12. [Finds “perfect pool” that he and Mr. Kimble found in 1909]

To Family. Loh Fau Camp, 1917 8/19. [Joined by Dr. and Mrs. Todd. Goes back to So Lui Koon, the monastery he had gone to in 1909 and 1910. The monastery has become a lot like a country club]

To Mother. Loh Fau Camp, 1917 8/26. [The hermit who he had run into in 1910 is no longer living at the monastery. Feel refreshed and ready to head back to work on the 31st]

To Vincent Gilpin. Loh Fau Camp, 1917 8/29. [War has really taken its toll on organized life. CJC’s family lives near Vincent’s. One of WWC’s students has just received a scholarship to go to Bryn Mawr]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 9/2. [Arrived back home. One of CJC’s cousin’s has just moved to Canton, as her husband will teach at the university]

To MMFPWD. Canton, CN, 1917 9/4. [People who live in lands least affect by the War should help. Need to help show the existence of God, not through politics or armies, but sacrifice and helping individuals] From MMFPWD. Philadelphia, PA, 1917 10/31. [Pleased with WWC’s work in China, will encourage people to help as well]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 9/9. [CJC has begun teaching five hours a day, as well as doing language study; some of the doctors have become ill]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 9/16. [Stress on the hospital as a bunch of the doctors have been on vacation or sick. Dr. Hoffman and his wife are staying with them; WWC and CJC are quite fond of them. Very pleased with the faculty this year]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 9/23. [Has been doing physical examinations of students; first high school, soon middle school; giving lectures on the importance of a healthy body. CJC left for Hong Kong to attend services and came back for the Pomeroy’s reception for the entire faculty. Governor Chui has just been forced out of Canton, and has been replaced by an incompetent grafter. Believes that an efficient institution will be an inspiration to the sinking morals of people in Canton]

To Father and Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 9/23. [Has been busier since Dr. Woods is absent and Dr. Thomson has just had a mental breakdown. Worries about the trials of the war]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 10/7. [Hospital is filled with typhoid fever patients. Chinese students in the Y. M. C. A. have raised $2400, which was far above expectations]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 10/14. [The Brownells have just had a baby, who is doing very well. Have dinner with David Lee, who John knows. They throw a party for Helen Tows, one of the bridesmaids, and Margaret Riggs is in attendance. Provisional government is working out quite well, and there is little disturbance in the city. Their servant, A Foo, is one of the best students at the Y. M. C. A. Planning to write a newsletter that will be ready for Christmas]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 10/21. [First meeting of the Arts and Science club, Mr. Graybill gave interesting taking on modern methods of advertising. Has had another short article accepted by the Journal of the American Medical Association]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 10/28. [Wishes Father Happy 79th Birthday; appreciates the check that was sent. Mr. Kaan, the secretary from Y. M. C. A. will stay in their guest room as he is sick]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 11/4. [Mr. Kaan is doing much better. College is opening two branches in Singapore. Miss F. H. Liu has just become engage to Mr. Wong. She had been the head of the girl’s school, and it might mean that it will close. The political situation is again complicated]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 11/11. [Invited to reunion of the Loh Fau campers by Mr. and Mrs. Neur. Dr. Edmunds humor help make a wonderful evening. Professor Howard and his wife Anne Townsend are due on the 15th]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 [11/13?]. [Attended a party thrown by Mr. Kaan’s father, with Dr. Edmunds and Mr. Graybill. Very excited to see Professor Howard again]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 11/25. [Margaret Riggs invited them out for a dinner with the Lou Fau campers. On the 23rd, there was a reception for Mr. and Mrs. Howard. Pleased that his old friends have been dropping by]

To Dr. Woods. Canton, CN, 1917 11/28. [Concerned over the possible employment of Dr. Rush. Mr. Howard has been a great addition to the parasitology and entomology departments. Mrs. Reynolds, wife of Dr. Reynolds appears to have a very malignant form of typhoid fever, and is being moved to Canton Hospital]

To Dr. Edmunds. Canton, CN, 1917 11/28. [Goes over reasons why the hospital would not be helped by the addition of ophthalmologist Dr. Rush, and how others disagree with him]

To Friends. Canton, CN, 1917 12/1. [Family newsletter, have built their house and filled the barren land that surrounds it with trees. Are living with Margaret Riggs, who is one of the teachers. Have done a great deal of building improvements on the boy’s school, adding a fourth dormitory for the secondary school and a fourth cottage for the elementary school. Has been very busy with his physical examinations of all 600 students. In addition, he has been spending time at the hospital, where the main disease he sees is typhoid fever, beriberi, and leprosy. Controlling the spread of leprosy has been difficult as WWC believes the city does not adequately segregate "lepers". Feels very strongly for the people who are helping out the Red Cross, who is helping devastated Europe]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 12/2. [Wishes Henry a happy 34th birthday. Mrs. Reynolds appears to be recovering and will soon be able to leave the hospital. Has Thanksgiving dinner with the Pomeroys and the Edmunds. WWC and CJC invited Mr. and Mrs. Weeks over for the weekend, who Father should know. Worried hearing that Hugh Gibbons is in prison]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 12/9. [Have not had company over recently, but planning to have Mr. and Mrs. Chung over, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Lau. The infirmary for the students is progressing. Emma had just attended the five year meeting; sad to hear of Margaret Haines’ death]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 12/16. [Go to the Hoffmans’ second wedding anniversary with the Weeks. Has been going over to Dr. Reynolds’ house to spend time with him and his wife, she is rapidly recovering. Mr. Liu Tiu Yen, a member of Brooklyn Friends’ church, came to WWC to ask for help with marrying one of the nurses at the hospital]

To Family. Canton, CN, 1917 12/23. [Howards have very interesting stories from their six years in Africa. Have given new requirements at the college for receiving an M. A. There have been special services for the servants and the poor villagers; seemed to quite enjoy them]

To Mother. Canton, CN, 1917 12/30. [Had Christmas dinner with the Howards and their three children. Have been trying to find a foreign nurse, but all of the ones from America are going to Europe. Instead, they will probably hire a Chinese graduate]