THE PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN’S TRAINING INSTITUTE.

Otago Witness, Issue 3098, 30 July 1913, Page 81

THE PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN’S TRAINING INSTITUTE.

For a number of years the Presbyterian Church of New .Zealand Juts been training women for service as deaconesses in the home church and as missionaries in the foreign field. The course ot study covers two years of 40 weeks eaeii year, and there is a proposal to lengthen the course to throe years. The list of lecturers includes the names of the Revs. James Aitken, M.A., 11. Barton. M.A., W. Gray Dixon. M.A.. Professor Mewitson, J. S. Ponder. A. Whyte, M.A., 8.D., Miss Ross, AT. A , Miss Alexander, 8.A.. Drs Sicdeherg. (’oilier, and Churcli. At present there are nine students <>n the roll of the institute, one of them a Masti r of Science of the New Zealand University and a volunteer for service in India or China, and another, a former pupil of the Maori Girls’ School, who is Imping to work among her own people. Of former students, several are deaconesses in New Zealand, one a missionary to the Maoris, one the travelling secretary of the Women’s Missionary Union for the dominion, nine are missionaries in the Canton Villages, one in the New Hebrides, and two are in the service of Hie London Missionary Society—one in Samoa and one in China. Some years ago tin? Young Women's Bible Class in Knox Churcli made the first contribution to a fund to btiv premises for the institute. Last year the Women's Union added considerably to the fund, and the branches ef the union in the Dunedin Presbytery intend making'an effort next month to increase the fund further. The committee of the institute, of wiiieli Professor Howitson is the convener and .Mr \W 11. Adams the treasurer, felt justified in recently btiyitur a property in Cumberland street, overlooking the Museum Reserve, and the insi’tnte is now well and comfortably housed. The success of the quiet work that has been done for years is largely due to the untiring interest and wise prevision of the lady superintendent, Mrs Blackie.