"Kanara 1900 / Letters and Reports from India: Southern Karnataka 1900"

This volume consists of the following sections: District Executive Committee (58 documents); Mangalore (72); Mulki (15); Udipi (33); Karkal (13); Basrur (9); Kasergod (13); Puttur (13); Mercara/Madikeri (4); Anandapoor (11). The section for Puttur is an innovation in this volume. Select list of interesting documents (based on the captions given in the section indexes: Tulu language work (District Executive Committee documents 1, 14, 15; Mangalore 153) Ordination of Joshua Soens and Gabriel Bangera (District Executive Committee 16-19, Mangalore 152) Refresher course for teachers (District Executive Committee 30) and for catechists (Mangalore 109-110, including programme). Minutes of the District Conference and Synod 18-19. Sep (District Executive Committee documents 34-58). These meetings were partly concerned with reviving the Kannada periodical "Satyadipike". A report by the Catechist W. Micha in English is concerned with this issue (document 45). The appendices include a report from each full mission station about (a) travelling evangelism (documents 35-42) and (b) about the congregations in the station area (documents 47-55). Preaching on the square in front of the temple in Udipi (Mangalore 68-72; Udipi 173). Kannada Bible Revision Committee meeting in Bangalore (Mangalore 81). The Mangalore catechists petition for financial compensation in view of rising prices (Mangalore 91-96). Financial aspects of building the new mission house in Puttur (Mangalore 97-9, 130-5); dedication (Puttur 228); equipment (Puttur 229); Immanuel Pfleiderer on a religious periodical for India ("The Epiphany") (Mangalore 112); on his teething troubles as head of the Basel Mission High School (Mangalore 114) and an evening chairing a meeting of a literary society in the Government High School with an Indian speaker on "The modern system of education" (Mangalore 118).. General reports on travelling evangelism (Mangalore 113 & 121; Mulki 140, 143 & 147; Basrur 208 & 210; Kasergod 227; Puttur 239) Reports by local pastors on their work, some in English original, some only German translation, at (Mangalore 115-7, 129-131; Basrur 208 & 213; Kasergod 223; Puttur 240); Three reports by ladies: Emilie Kaundinya on the School for Brahmin Girls, Miss Krauss on the Balmatta girls' school, and a seminary for women teachers, and Mrs Hermelink on the Bible Women (Mangalore 126-128). Visits to Hindu temples and their festivals (Mulki 138 & 139) Should the tile-works in Malapu be given up? (Udipi 166) A teacher petitions for a loan (Udipi 167-8). Building a girls' school "in" the Bazaar in Karkal (Karkala 194-200, 203) 1900 is evidently a drought year (Udipi 178; Karkala 202; Basrur 206; Anandapur 251 & 253) The school in Hosadurga (Kasergod 121) Printed 16 p. report on BGM schools in Udipi. (printed at the Hindu Press) not bound and not indexed, but laid at the beginning of the Udipi section.

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