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1st. Thursday. Cloudy and chilly.
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2nd. Friday. Cloudy and chilly.
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Visited 尹愼榮's bee garden with 鄭義基 4:30 p.m.
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3rd. Saturday. Pale sun―chilly.
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At 1 p.m. went to 貴族館 at the invitation of Mr. 石塜 to attend a called meeting of the 大正俱樂部 to consider the advisability of disbanding the same. The club was organized in 1905 as the 大東俱樂部. Then Korean Emperor gave about ¥20,000.00 to finance it. I forgot all about it until today. I was told that the 大正俱樂部 is the continuation of the 大東 under a different name. It has now about ¥5,000.00 left. The question now is how to dispose of that money. It was decided to contribute the money to charitable institutions. All Korean undertakings seem to do one way. Starts and end for the good of the Japanese.
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4th. Sunday. Pale sun.
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Stayed at home on acc't of cold.
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5th. Monday. Pale sun, very cold.
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6th. Tuesday. Beautiful morning.
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Very windy―dust storms in the afternoon.
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7th. Wednesday. Pale sun―mild.
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Received a letter from Mr. Fisher of Tokyo asking how we would like to have a secretaries' conference in Dec. He also sent a carbon of his letter to Mr. 宇佐美 asking him to let me go to America to attend the meeting of the student volunteers―at the request of Dr. Mott. Of course this is a news to me. Wrote Fisher that I can't go.
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8th. Thursday. Cloudy.
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Mr. 宇佐美 asked to see me at his office about 10 a.m. He showed me Mr. Fisher's letter and asked me to accept the invitation of Dr. Mott. I told him that my mother being old doesn't want me to go abroad.
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Met Rev. 河合, the Japanese pastor at Los Angeles. He said that 安昌鎬 keeps up anti-Japanese sentiment among the Koreans in California and is proved quite troublesome.
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9th. Friday. Beautiful.
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Sent a letter to Allen.
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6 p.m. went to the Family Hotel at the invitation of Mr. 阿部. The 山縣 brothers and my cousin beside myself were guests.
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Mr. 山縣五十雄 tried to persuade me to visit America, if invited by Dr. Mott. Told him I didn't want to go―one of the reasons being it is at such a short notice.
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10th. Saturday. Snow and rain―cold.
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Received a letter from Helen.
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11th. Sunday. Beautiful.
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Morning worship at 宗橋禮拜堂 as usual.
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Today the birthday of my mother and of our 恩姬.
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Pleasant family gatherings.
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12th. Monday. Beautiful.
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7:30 p.m. 月例會 about 80 persons out. The first pleasant monthly meeting I have seen since I came here.
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13th. Tuesday. Beautiful.
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14th. Wednesday. Beautiful.
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The Board of Directors of the Chosen Christian College or 延禧專門學校 met at Dr. Avison's home at 9:30 a.m. The amendment of the constitution of the College was up for discussion. Was decided to authorize Dr. Avison to take the 法人 or charter to America and there to draft a constitution agreeable to the co-operating Boards of Missions.
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15th. Thursday. Beautiful.
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The Board of Directors for the Chosen Christian College met at Dr. Avison's to discuss the constitution yesterday morning, also had a lengthy discussion about the kind of architecture the College is to have―all Korean or Foreign―decided to have the College portion purely foreign.
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16th. Friday. Beautiful.
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17th. Saturday. Cloudy―mild―snow.
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18th. Sunday. Beautiful―warm.
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Worshipped at 宗橋禮拜堂 in the morning.
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19th. Monday. Sunny a.m. Rain p.m.
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Unusually mild weather. Rain in the afternoon.
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Candler left for 牙山 this morning.
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20th. Tuesday. Beautiful―mild.
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At 5:30 p.m. Dr. 魚丕信's farewell supper at 明月館 given by his friends of Y.M.C.A. of the C.C.C. and of Severance Hospital.
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Concert for the benefit of the Free Night Schools of Y.M.C.A. and of 中央禮拜堂. 朴春載's Korean song with the "Long drums" offended the Korean audience but seemed to please some of the foreigners.
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兪星濬 asked me to accept the position of the provincial councilor. ―道參事―
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21st. Wednesday. Beautiful―warm.
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To make the Y.M.C.A. a passably useful institution these 9 things ought to be done.
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1. At least two reception rooms―one in Foreign and another―Korean style of the best type.
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2. Put the industrial works on a thoroughly business-like basis―in the matter of purchasing materials like paper and coal and; of estimates of orders sent in; of manning and supervising the workers.
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3. Put a real good physical director at work.
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4. A vigorous and working religious secretary.
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5. One American―a lady or man―run the English classes.
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6. Cut down expenses in every possible way avoid.
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7. Increase the endowment fund to ¥100,000.00 in two yrs. having organized a single outdoor game team so far it is proven thoroughly useless. Talk―talk―talk―no work―
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9. A good cafe and dining room.
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Useless to attempt the others until the 7th is done.
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22nd. Thursday. Beautiful―warm.
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23rd. Friday. Beautiful.
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Board of Directors' meeting at 4 p.m.
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24th. Saturday. Beautiful.
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25th. Sunday. Beautiful―cold.
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Worshipped at the 宗橋 Church in the morning.
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26th. Monday. Beautiful.
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27th. Tuesday. Very cold―sun.
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Dr. Avison and wife left Seoul for America this morning. Dr. 中村安子, the Japanese dentist fixed my tooth this morning. The gold crown cost me ¥10.00 Cheap enough but the tooth aches all the same. Am sorry I didn't go to a man dentist.
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28th. Wednesday. Frosty―cold―pale.
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Went to Severance to have my tooth treated. Had a wretch night last night―the "crown" which the Japanese dentist fixed for me made the tooth that were very uneasy.
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Received a letter from Allen.
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29th. Thursday. Pale sun―mild.
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9 a.m. went to Severance to get my tooth treated.
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Little snow early morning.
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30th. Friday. Beautiful.
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Took walking exercise in the morning. Called on Mr. 山縣五十雄.
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