{"id":949,"date":"2026-04-16T03:12:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/?post_type=exhibit&p=949"},"modified":"2026-04-27T00:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:47:32","slug":"educational-work-and-training-schools","status":"publish","type":"exhibit","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/exhibits\/john-m-foster-1877\/educational-work-and-training-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Educational Work and Training Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dining room in a missionary boarding home for children. Homes like this provided stability and care for missionary families, allowing children to grow and learn while their parents served in distant mission fields.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ashmore Theological Seminary, Swatow (Shantou), China, 1900. This key institution trained generations of local Christian leaders. John M. Foster was a major leader here, exemplifying the mission\u2019s commitment to education and community development<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Girls\u2019 School building in Kakchieh (now G\u0101oqi\u01ceo), near Swatow. Missionary efforts led by John M. Foster and his family brought education, and new opportunities, to local girls, transforming community life in late 19th and early 20th century China.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Group of students in a mission school, representing the educational initiatives led by missionaries such as Foster to train local communities<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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John M. Foster\u2019s \u2018University Extension\u2019 report from Swatow, China. Foster led efforts to bring new educational programs and opportunities to the local Chinese community, blending Christian mission work with modern schooling and community improvement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Group of students in a mission school, representing the educational initiatives led by missionaries such as Foster to train local communities John M. Foster\u2019s \u2018University Extension\u2019 report from Swatow, China. Foster led efforts to bring new educational programs and opportunities to the local Chinese community, blending Christian mission work with modern schooling and community improvement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":346,"menu_order":5,"template":"","institution":[],"place":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibit"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2301,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/949\/revisions\/2301"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"institution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/institution?post=949"},{"taxonomy":"place","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place?post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}