KODIAK. AI.ASKA,
KKHIM'AHY, 1016.
Vol. XVI. No. II
Superintendent Learn’s Tr:p
It See II led Vt*r\ fcJO«*d to j££t hafk t«»
Wo,,tl Island after an ahuenee
. f our months.
My trip took me as f ir east ms Ros
♦on; stop.dnj; *• 11r«»■»t** ,r Chieagn,
l; t!’;t o, S\ ::i, us. , Nor li A'1miii> and
It: r\ , M is- K •turn in I a! tended a
I*.* 1,1 inoetiu at He «t!(|iia'tors ill
' ii‘‘a^ >. ''pent I' i list mas in Lincoln,
No . Ulh, r slot s were at Olathe,
K «ii Sf Iamis, Mo. Col ini !" Springs
at <1 Denver, I.os Ali^e es, I'nsadena,
. n Dieijo, So ilia, Fresno, Fowler
S . k on, Oakland, A’amed a, Sail
! s . Calif. Kuvrene, Alh *ny, S ilein,
(> < ^on City and Cortland, Ore.
T .out -, Sea tie ami Kvere’t, Wash.
I spoke fifty five tin os, ami if
w r-Uof apprtvi iti.'u expressed by
tii.- people in these various places
m»* »ii anything, am satisfied that
i h genuine interest has been ar
• -'1 and many friends won for the
< )rphanage.
Ir would take much time and spare
h- • 1 of my trip in detail, so will
sitti| ly mention briefly a few of the
r. ..11y interesting incidents.
M in v of our readers will be glad to
1 • r of Mr. and Mrs. Coe, atid Grand
m Campbell, who spent so many
y lira of service here at the Orphan
I spent a Sunday with them
it is needless to say that we talk
e f little else than the Orphanage
»n . the people of Wood Island
T tr hearts are sincerely with us in
the work.
I also spent a delightful evening
in tlie home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Hill, of Tacoma, who were at one
time associated with Mr. Coe in the
"«»rk in-re Tin y are keenly inter
ested in tin* children and had just
Wen assisting in packing a barrel
nice clothing to be sent here.
1 he ni in object of my trip east of
Chicago was to visit our daughter
Margaret, who has been in care of
Ib*v. oid Mrs. Coidwell for nearly
four years Mr. and Mrs. Coidwell
were also formerly woi kers in the
Orphanage, and like the others have
not ceased to be interested in the
children. They now live in Drury,
Mass, up in the Berkshire Hills
where Mr. Coidwell is pastor. I had
a h.tppv tinn-there. The days passed
all too quickly.
My stop in Boston was very short.
Visit•«! the Office of the \«w Kng
l:iii*l Branch of the 8 »ciety. Saw Mrs.
McVVhinnie aiui Mrs. Bonney, who
\ isit«M 1 here some years ago. Called
on Mrs. Fuller, a friend of the Or
phanage from its beginning A hur
ried trip into Conn, gave me the op
portunity of a brief visit with Miss
Webber, of Ivory ton, who has done
much for our work; and a call on
Miss Howard in Hartford, one of the
Board members. Was greatly dis
appointed in not being able to visit
Southington.
Be turning I spoke to a large
audience in Manlius, N. Y. where I
used for the first time the stereopti