16, 1969

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Bishop Rutt Says

Married Life

By Aim Jung'-hyo

In the first week of May it is that Bishop Richard Rutt will be married.

The bride is known to be ‘.‘the charming, intelligent, witty” Aliss Joan Mary Ford of Lon- don, according to the Right Rev. Rutt of the Anglican Church who is currently in charge of the Taejon Diocese as the second Anglican Episco- pal Bishop.

‘‘There are certain patterns in our life,” the clergyman with the Korean name Ro Dae-yong said, explaining how he has reached the decision to wed a learned British woman. ‘‘There are also patterns in the works of one’s life. It is with the hope that I marry that the .married life would help, in'f various ways, my works and execu- tion of my self-imposed mis- sions, religious and other- wise.”

He also said that by marry- ing a woman, he hoped he would be able to love more peo- ple, with more comfort and ease. (In the Anglican Church, the bishops, unlike monks, are allowed to have a married life.) Miss Joan Ford, who is to be the wife to one of the most intimate and friendly for- eigners for the Koreans, is a graduate of Cambridge Uni- versity and worked as a secre- tary for the Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sregius, an Ang- lican anc Fastem Orthodox As- sociation which h: -worlel-

wide membe^^Hfia;' She'-is^'nb’^' editing A-Tj^x0.g of God, a hdokjst&lymg’ medie- val mystical- ^diiibh irt the West.

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The wedding cerem.ony will be held in .Ttmg^ Kopg for t|vo obvious said. Fir: best place oO go through tlie le- gal procedures for the mar- riage, because the couple have British citizenship. Second, Rev. Rutt wants Miss Ford to be accustomed to the Oriental life in Hong Kong in some ex- tent before they would finally come to Korea for indefinite settlement.

They have known each other for about 15 years. Rev. Rutt said, and graduated from the same school, Cambridge Uni- versity. However, they did not meet each other at the school; he was serving in Her Majes-

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ty’s Naval Forces while she was attending the university and when he went to the school, she- had graduated.

Since he came to Korea in 1954, they kept corresponding ‘‘fairly regularly,” but it was only last year that they decid- ed to marry^ he said.

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often are when they marry but of the conviction that his mar- ried life would help him carry out his religious activities more actively and devotedly.

Miss Ford is described as a woman able to speak five or six languages, well educated but not audacious or “prim” as highly educated women often are.

‘‘It’s funny that I say things like this about the woman I am going to marry, but I think she will match me beautiful- ly,” he said. ‘‘She is a charm- ing lady.”

Tasan Cultural Avt'ard

Author of Korean Works and Days, he is rather widely known among Koreans ; he won the Tasan Cultural Award in 1964, one of the most coveted honors in this country. Now he is translating a Korean clas- sic Kminmong (Dreams of Nine Clouds) into Engli.sh. The draft translation of this book is expected to be finished early in this summer.

Widely travelled and experi- enced, he is one of the few for- eigners who understands Ko- rean life and culture, it is said. He once taught at the graduate school of Seoul National Uni- versity, Hwimun High School and another college. He so far translated into English two short stories and more than 260 pieces of Korean sijo poems.

‘‘Although I am going to fnt^ry^^pyith a bigger hope for a ' greater ambition, I admit ttie.;siBl^e life also has its own

nMri&'A' he said with a smile.

was alone, I had lots of tirhe to meet Koreans and

learn ttje Korean language.

ru yircei. ± marry, I am afraid I

(He.visj|,e^.^j^home^r'/untAy,in Awill miss that opportunity be- 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1 68.) cause I will have to keep speak-

He said his marris je^^,i^.not ing English as I will spend of s^^h piople^. niujch;Qf^y time at home.”

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Book in Review

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The litany of st CHARLES by Rog^er Tennant.* Joseph)

J968. Price 25 Shillings.

Reviewed by Richard Rutt

It is absurd to review a, book by one of your friends, unless you intend to disrupt the friendship by denigrating the book, but at least I have a du- ty to tell Korea that a friend mine has written a novel with a Korean theme — they would never have guessed it from the title.

Farther Tennant came to Ko- rea in 1954 and worked here, in toe Anghcan church imtil 1962 He now works in the English Midlands with his Korean wife and two children. He has be- come well known in England for his pungent writing on many subjects connected with the contemporary anxieties and complacencies of the church.

The story of this novel is not very complicated on the sur- face of it. It tells of an Eng- hsh Anglican priest who comes to Korea in 1954 and eventual- ly works among lepers on an island off the south coast, but for strong spiritual reasons does not remain in this coun- try for more than a few years. Obviously it is a roman a and the author is the key. Fr. Tennant did not work on ^rokto, although he visited the place often and was much mvolved in service to lepers But the priest in the book is not simply the author under another name. His religious proWems in facing disinherit- ed Koreans with a particular form of English ecclesiastical gospel reflect less of the au- thor s own dilemma than of what the author sees as the missionary dilemma of the church. It is interesting that in spite of differences of spiritu- al vocabulary he sees the same dilemma that many young Koreans see in the same sit- uation.

To the very small group of people who knew the Angli- can missionaries in Seoul 14 years ago reading this story is a like a bath of debilitating nostalgia. Er. Tennant felt then, and still feels, that there was a great deal wrong with the set-up at the Chong-dong Cathedral, but his obvious af- fection for the place and the people and his respect for their ideals combine with a simple remembrance of time past to produce a picture of a sym- pathetic ambiance.

Some of the other charac- ters have real bases: The ec- centric painter, the Vicar- General who is almost exact- Bishop Chadwell, the bishop who is the saintly Bishop Coop- er with a difference (the ever- tuned radio and the cigarettes are right, the mission policies

are different), and Nick differs

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of course a novel is not wiitten for a small circle of general

pubhc. I think the writer is justified and has produced characters who have a life of their own within the novel. They are all necessary to the framing of the tale: There is no dragging in of friend or en- emy for the sake of dealing them personally.

The same goes for the Ko- rean characters. All are ind> viduals of types that existed at the time: The scheming or- phanage matron, the school- boy- son of the local official, the girl who has not quite swallowed the jSyngman Rhee and the graceful boy in the CIC who is more interest- ed in football than in military disciplme.

Most of these people would be harder to find in Korea to- day. Indeed the Korea of the Litany of St. Charles is very firmly and securely tied to the date ascribed to it. The author says in a prefatory note that everythmg has changed since then. But what he writes is perfectly true for the date of which he writes.

There is plenty of Korean detail, in the dialogue and in the setting. The descriptions of the countryside are written in a high baroque style that gives a fervid and excited view of a countryside teeming with life, quite unlike the usual cli-

ches about Korean peaceful- ness and calm.

the book is really about religious matters. It IS also a book about Korea a souvenir of a love affair with a country and a people but Tnri ‘Cloying sentiments.

attractions that the author found in this countrv were not sentimental in the weaker sense, and they were not sweet. He was drawn to j the lepers rather than to the ' palace gardens, though he sees the lepers against a back- w "loantains and mists rather than in packing case hovels and squalor.

•The religion is not so ele- mental as it is in Richard Kims The Martyred, and therefore it may be that this book will not appeal so much to non-Christians. The author questions everything, but nev- er deserts faith — indeed it is burning faith that raises his questions. The non-Christian reader who is prepared to tac- kle It will meet an interesting personality, which he is more likely to find attractive than otherwise. .

And what has St. Charles ■ (yes. It IS St. Charles Borro- i nieo) to do with Korea? He is ‘ ^ religious area ' of the novel, and an interest- ingly chosen one. But then of ° course Charles is the author’s ^ second Christian name. ^

choice of sym- bol Korea and religion always make an absorbing combina-

Enlightenment Period

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r-AGE 4

f\&vv nj'itv THE KOREA TIMES,!

Timely Nuggets

Bishop of Tao;on

By Patty Barker

An important event in the continuing history of Christian Churches In Korea occurred re- cently In Taejon. In a touching- ly simple and yet extremely Impressive ceremony. Bishop Bichard Rutt was enthroned as the second Anglican-Episcopal Bishop of the Taejon Diocese. He replaces the well-loved Bi- shop John Daly who upon re- tirement from his work In Ko- rea Is returning to England to take up the post of Assistant Bishop of Coventry.

The Right Reverend Richard Kutt follows in the footsteps of other famous Anglican bishops here in Korea. Beginning in 1889 Charles John Corfe, a naval chaplain, was sent out from England to be the first Anglican Bishop. For 16 years this man, despite lack of money and staff, laid solid foundations for the church.

He was followed by Bishop Arthur Turner who expanded the church in the following five years. After Bishop Turner came the famous scholar, Mark Trollope, whose fitting memorial is the beautiful Ca- thedral of St. Mary and St. Nicholas which stands beside the Toksu Palace and next to the Brltlsn T&3bassyj'.

I After Bishop Trollope’s dea;h, Cecil Cooper took over the diocese. Ten years later he was forced to leave the coun- try because of World War II. When he returned he had to re- build the church from the ra- vages of war. Then in 1950 he was captured by the invading Communists, and for three years it was not , known if he lived or had been 'killed. After his release he managed to work on for two more years but age and ruined health for- ced him to resign In 195S.

During the Korean War, As- sistant Bishop Arthur Chad- well directed the church from Pusan. After his retirement he chose to live out the remaind- er of his life in his beloved Ko-

A, He died this past winter in the home of his adopted Ko- rean daughter and son-in-law. In 1955 Bishop John Daly was transferred from West Africa.

Four yeara ago the prosper- Irtg and energetic Seoul area church was made a single dio- cese under the leadership ol Bishop Paul Lee. Bishop Daly began the task of establishing another diocese in Taejon that would, for the time being at least, take in all tbe rest o! Korea. It is this staggering un- dertaking that Bishop Rutt now assumes.

As a relative newcomer to the Korean scene I can only marvel at these remarkable people— the Anglican bishops and. Indeed, most of the Chri- stian missionaries who have allied them-elves passionately with the cause of Korea. Through all the vicissitudes of war and postwar hardships they have tirelessly worked for this country. They have studi- ed Its history and culture, and wrote books and articles to bring the attention of the world to Korea’s plight and. more re- cently, to its triumphs.

Bishop Rutt

This devotion has not gone unnoticed and with every na- tional award* ceremony some missionary has received reco- gnition from a grateful nation. Today these brilliant, scholar- ly, and dedicated people are working toward a belter Ko- rea. They teach in the schools, study and write about Korean culture, establish and work In hospitals and clinics. They are true humanitarians.

Many of these people are well-known to The Korea Times readers: Dr. Paul

Crane, Father K E. Klllcren, Mrs. Agnes Davis Kim, and Dr. Samuel Moffett to mention only a few.

Now one of these exception- al people, the Right Reverend Richai^ Rutt, has been elevat- ed to the position of Anglican Bishop of Taejon. This bishop- ric will include many rural pa- rishes like the one where, as parish priest, he started his ministry In Korea over 12 years ago.

Because he has no cathedral In Taejon City, Indeed no church building at all, his en- thronement was held in Saint Mary's Catholic School. Rom- an Catholic Bishop Hwang and Anglican Bishop Lee officiated in the service. Perhaps a fourth of the assemblage were members of the Roman Ca- tholic Church including Sisters of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Maryknoll Nuns, and Franciscan Fathers. Ca- tholic Girl Scouts acted as ushers and guides.

It seemed as if all the pro- testant faiths were represent- ed. Of course, the Anglican- Episcopal Cliurch members from all over the country, both Korean and foreign, were there for the happy occasion, and Methodists. Presbyteri- ans. Baptists, Holiness Church,

and the Salvation Army and other missionaries were repre- sented. All of these people, close friends of Bishop Rutt, jclaed together in ecumenical affection on that day. The bi- shop was noticeably touched by this great expression of warmth and encouragement by fellow Christians.

The service, held In the bright modern chapel hall of St. Mary’s School, began with a processional. At first the souhd of chanting voices echo- ed through the corridors, as though from far away (In dis- tance and in time). Nearer and nearer came the rich young voices of the Korean clergy, e moving experience for those who waited within the hall.

To the pleasure of the con- gregation (and photographers, especially) a wide shaft of sun- light slanting down from the high clerestory windows cre- ated a truly symbolic spotlight on the three bishops attired In their magnificent Korean bro- caded vestments.

Bishop Lee acting as com- missary for the Archbishop of Canterbury read the Act of In- vestiture which the new bishop answered with a prayer and with the promise to guide his clergy and their parishioners in faith and love. The bishop was then enthroned In the ca- thedra, the bishop’s chair, made here In Korea and don- ated by the Anglican Church Ladles Guild of Seoul.

Following the enthronement the clergy of the diocese re- peated the oath of obedience. Then Bishop Rutt gave his add- ress in Korean in what has been described by admiring Koreans as his magnificent yangban Korean. In his speech Bishop Rutt thanked Bishop Lee who had conducted the en- thronement service and Bishop Hwang and Sister Aonunclata for their kind help and for pro- viding the school hall. He spoke with enthusiasm of the work ahead for himself and the members and friends of the diocese.

Several times Bishop Rutt mentioned gratefully the love and support he had received from Christians of all groups. He expressed the belief that Korea would be a stronghold of Ciulstlan union and mutual help in the future. As a con- stant reminder of this spirit of Christian unity he proposed that the patron saint for the diocese be desl87tated St. Be- nedict. It was this saint, he said, who started so many mis- sionary groups. St. Benedict wilt remind us of the time be- fore the Christian church was divided aod gives us hope that it will one day be reunited.

By The Way:

Legend says that 8t. Patrick was asked by Irish converts to explain to them why be spoke both of three gods and yet ol only One. He bent down and plucked a shamrock leaf. Hold- ing it up. he said: “Here you see three leaves united on one stalk, do you not? Why then do you doubt three persons united as one God? ”

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

MASTERFUL M1X| hearty entree combinf onions and sour dairy f

Cooking Corner

Pasta F| Econoi

By Susan Dcllgh^

Pasta foods — a from the old world — c major ingredient in I dishes which reflect thi tries of their derlvatlo* aside from their exoi most of these have thf advantage of being cal.

’Two such dishes arl garlao noodles and peal Americanized version ol from Hungary which all for cottage cheese, j seeds, onions and daia cream — and Italian I — a meat-stretching i

Future Lool Bleak for UJ Lady Astronj

By Ruth Winter I

WASHINGTON (WnI less you are built like F you can forget about bd an astronaut for quite ^

Dr. Harry Hess, profi geology at Princeton Ul ty and chairman of thf Science Board of the 1 Academy of Science. < tills bit of Informstlool at a While House lunchf cently.

Dr. Hess said the outf American women who t become astronauts is bl| a number of reasons.

-First of all," he

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U.S. Area Also

looked as If H was J of stone and would nd break into pieces on

Officials Meet to Study Trade Boost With Japan

By Kim Sam-o The government is currently

occasions on which he sponsoring another export pro- conference tomorrow.

Headed by Prime Minister shipping services to Korea Chung Il-kwon, the three-day ports:

meeting will end up with the — To Increase quotes In U.S. third Chong Wa Dae export imports of Korean silk textiles;

Lage to smile. In addi- I had one glass eye.

What our foreign services have recommened the home bartender turned hls addition of some 30 Korean of- government to promote ex- lonly hls glass eye was flcials Just summoned from ports and what new mission ■ - ‘ the United Slates and Japan. the government will give them

They are key and working- will not be made public pend- level officials of the Korean ing tomorrow’s Chong Wa Dae embassies and consular offi- meeting.

ces, branch offices of the Ko- Some key issues expected to rea Trade Promotion Corp. - • ...

(KOTRA) and the Korea Ex- change Bank in the two coun- tries.

ftg Jerry and replied ■ certainly hadn't wrlt- L on the wall and he Iresponsible for what Vise put up on the wall, kked to see the owner Fbartender replied that 1 Impossible because i Jw who the owner wa ken demanded to know we the bartender hls pay I answer was the barten-

be taken up by the current meeting are:

— How will U.S. President Johnson's new proposals to de-

The meeting proposed by ?e“rihe President Park Chung-hee at

— The problem of reducing the Korea-Japan trade imba- lance of one to 3.5 in favor of Japan to at leaset one to two: — Inducement of Japanese joint ventures in Korea and promotion of bonded trade be- tween the two countries;

— Growth of demand for tungsten and agar-agar In Ja- panese markets.

Major export items Korea has been selling to these coun- tries include fresh fish, leaf tobacco, silk, dried laver. tungsten, plywood, textile

mSv ChOhB wr Das '"I' more clothing, agar-agar,

ked for nothing as a SO- trade promotion conference in losfAon*of'a 5

January, illustrates, the ex- r^por^su/ch^rge^^n

ties Imported to the United States and a horde of Import restriction bills pending before the U.S. Congress, including the Dent and Holllngs bills?

The two bills call for impos- quotas on textile Imports */xports**to other commodities com-

ing from low-wage-paying

|vlce to students, aat I heard ot Pat Jerry Importance Korea has

was down at the State “I'se two areas In tts

lose trying to file a libel export pol^y.

Inst The Pumpltln and , ‘de ^ong Wa Dae meet- ing. President Park said “Let's have our fellow officials In the two regions back home and together shoot troubles, if any, which Impede

line.

dominating fixture of the Room of The Pumpkin 1 hulking 300-pound

■ith ihlck-rlmmed glass- areas ' lro--‘uding lower Up and ll back brace. It was her Ually serve some 50 cou- ll who seemed to order

'It might be necessary, then, for ^em to have a chance to get acquainted with more re-

countrles.

—The necessity of urging early implementation of the

The government's export program this yctr gives top priority to manufactured goods accounting for 76. S percent of the total export target, follow- ed by 12.3 percent for fisheries products and the remaining 11.2 percent for agricultural and mineral products.

Organizing two committees for the Japanese and U.S. areas, the current meeting is attended by officials of the

cent domestic developments, preferential tariff system ag- Economic Planning Board, the

-cent bottles of bee^t if they are to pursue their ex- reed upon at

Kenndey Commerce-Industry Ministry, the Agriculture and Forestry —The problem of establish- Ministry, the Foreign Affairs Ing Korean consular offices in Ministry and the Finance Mln- Chlcago and Houston: Istry.

—The effort to abolish or re- The government will hold duce the discriminative marl- similar meetings in Bangkok,

time service rate system un- Thailand. In April and in

der which U.S. shipping com- Rome. Italy, in May rallying

for the United States and $150 panics charge an extra fare of Korean diplomats In the ad-

mlUlon for Japan. seven to 11 dollars per ton for Jacent areas.

port promotion business in round of talks; their posts effectively," he opined.

The government has allocat- ed more than 80 percent of its exports to the two areas un- der the 1500 million export pro- gram this year — $270 million

the same time. The name was Mabel,

Re the one-eyed barten- Ithe front, the only time Vr seemed to smile was It got close to quitting

(l had one memorable characteristic. She to despise all college We xised to ask her ., why are you working

place anyhow?” -To Whofs the ReOSOn?

J money," she would

|nd waddle on to another Blnce the college crowd pt noted for heavy tip- nost people suspected continued employ- } related to the secret . she took in uuprylng I entangled in the soda- 3 booths along the wall,

I passion carried events

Birth Rates Up And Down

By Philip M. Hauser

CHICAGO (NANA) — Ameri- cans have with others through- '-tage of whispering out the world become increas- |nothlngs — as it often Ingly aware in recent years of “population explosion" and of its relation to birth ra- tes. It is generally recognized that world population is in- creaislng at an alarming rate and that the explosive growth Is the result of decreasing

the more important explana- tion is to be found in the at- titudes and values of human beings which provide the in- centive and motivation for re- stricting family size.

in duration of marriage. Vari- ous phenomena which influen- ce these factors also affect the birth rate. For example, Ire- land and Ceylon have relsHv^ ly low national birth rates not

■here would appear Ma- Ith a loud cough and an ■uder “Allrlght you kids, leak it up."

1 only one brief encoun- |th Mabel. One spring >on I was sitting in

A clue to the changes in at- because of restriction of fa-

A Clue W t* ... mllty slv* mitkin k.i-

tiiudes and values leading to the restriction of family size is given by consideration of

mily size within marriage but because of low nuptiality. Similarly, national birth

hlxtorlc.l /educUonx in (frll- ™tex In -iany coiwlrlex In Eu-

llty. Among the llrsl countrlex

to reduce birth rales were hirih rales within marrlnge he- Prance, a Catholic nation, and '•<“«, »nly »";al> pronortlons the United Sutes. a Protest-

ant nation. The birth rate of .I?!

Prance began to decline In the Instance, the national bli^ .... . .. .... .. tala was relatively low In the

180, centu^ and Uiat of the because only eld-

United Smtes since U>® est sons Inherlled land and

Ime Pumpkin. 'jNcrmal- iigh? And why-.'^r’uiey' tow- °«2s' " the reminder ‘meVuJlS

I said, I would be de- er aod fluctuallna in the eco- nkrih^m and western Eu-

i-oom when the editor of death rates while birth rates

load locks hanging over ca and Africa.

the

and fluctuating In the eco- of northern and western Eu- tmt Z am unfortunately nomically advanced areas in ' V** Europe, Northern America,

Oceania and Japan?

^ ... a a answer to the first ques- of southern and eastern Eu-

.d be sufficlrat to pay jion ^3 relatively simple. Birth rope did not begin to decline pleastue. Aftej all. I rates are hlg»‘ In Asia. Latin \inlU lh« *

‘ America and Africa primarily century,

because, given sexual maturi- ty and cultural patterns for ih beer was 35 cents aC mating, the birth rate will be mpkin. Jack Daniel's high. That is. a high birth rate Label was a dollar a requires little explanation be-

^t. bow she runs the year? I her affair. And to The I we went.

rope declined during the third

and fourth ”i''^"mem‘!JS''lS?w?en 'Trt

century, ^*J^^*^* latlve and a servant. With the

increase in agricultural land

thi flrst**^arter of this reason Of the construetton unlU the first quarter of this

zer which increased agricul- tural productivity, larger pro-

Developing Nations The birth rnte of Japan de-

portlons of the population were able to gel married and the national birth rate therefore

punilc.supported yond that given by the blolo- rapidly during the se- tocreaaed even Ihotlgh there

r . * •*r viviy- A,# *kl« /V*n»i8ny- u/a* llt»la nr nn nkaaan. la. <kn

pee the lady and I coa- 1 30 shots and a dish of Its In four hours, which

glcal outcome of mating, al- though to be sure high birth rates are generally reinforced

cond quarter of this century; And the birth rates of Taiwan. Korea, Singapore and Hong

was little or no change In the number of children bom with- in marriages.

~ ' e has accumulated

MARCH 17, 1968 1U ^4^^it/u-Tvwy ^

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Independence Fighter

Dr. Martin’s Devotion Immortalized in Korea

loodles And peas Is a I cheese, poppy seeds, Ictable blendUie of fla-

^rovide

loticism

Italian Bow Ties

^und lean ground beef pdlum onion, chopped kp chopped green pep*

(8 ounces each) to* ^ sauce with cheese lip water Lve garlic, minced ■aspooo oregano ■aspooD basil vhage (8 ounces) egg pe bows

shredded Cheddar or American cheese ■lllet lightly brown beef, ■nd green pepper; pour

■ Stir In tomato sauce ■heese, water, garlic. "> and basil; simmer 15

1. Meantime, cook l^ws; as label directs; ■*our sauce over noodle

■ sprinkle with cheese. T servlrigs.

psarian Noodles And Peas

1 fine r oodles, uncook-

I dairy sour cream I small curd creamy _e cheese

Kspoon poppy seed ^poon salt |pcpper

|S-oa. can sweet peas.

J onion In butter until ICook noodles accord* I package directions; Blend sour cream, cot- Vese. poppy seed, salt Iper; add to sauteed gStir in noodles and >eas: heat through.

0 serving dish. If de- >rink}e with 3 uble- ^ated Parmesan r Yield; 6 servings.

By Kim So-yoog

It’s difficult for a man to live for his own country. It's more difficult for him to live for a foreign country. It's rare end much more difficult for a fa- mily to live for a foreign coun- try for two generations.

But the family of the late Canadian Presbyterian minis- ter Stanley H. Martin has done it for Korea and thus was cited recently by the Korean government.

“It's marvellous that deeds of my father could be recog- nised and rewarded by the government many years after his death," said Mrs. James H. Moore, a daughter of the

I late Dr. Martin.

I Mrs. Moore received the Or- of Merit for National Foundation and National Me- dal on behalf of her father from the Korean government at the celebration of the 49th March 1 Independence Move- ment Day.

Dr. Martin was posthumous- ly cited for “his Invaluable as- sistance in the restoration of our national Independence.”

“I was grateful when I heard that the government would cite my father. I cannot des- cribe how I felt when Presi- dent Park Chung-hee asked me to come up on the stage and took my hands and said ‘Thank you.' ” Mrs. Moore said. “My friends seemed wholeheartedly to share our delight With us. I felt how dear the Independence Movement is for us.”

Dr. Martin had hidden a number of Korean independent fighters and even carried se- cret documents in his shoes when he was running a hospl« tal in Lungchlngtsun in Man- churia from 1915 through 1927.

Dr. Martin had already been cited by the Korean provision- al government in Shanghai In 1919 for his aid to Korean in- dependence. Mrs. Moore said, showing a gold medal with an inscription “the Korean Na- tional Association In Manchu- ria.”

Dr. Martin’s devotion was immortalised in a novel “Puk- kando” (Lungchlngtsun), writ- ten by novelist Ahn Su-gil. The drama was performed recent- ly in Seoul by the National Theatrical Group.

“My father was always fighting for Koreans. He was fighting injustice and cruelty." Mrs. Moore said. "I don’t want tP fan anti-Japanese feel- ing now. But it’s true that 1 saw how cruel the Japanese police were towards Koreans.

I have deep symphathy for Ko- reans.”

In 1927. Dr. Martin was tran- sferred to Seoul and taught at - the Severance Union Medical College and worked with the hospital until his departure in November, 1940 at the evacu- ation order of his government.

A TB specialist, her father worked "a great deal” espe- cially for TB patients in Seo- ul. He wrote booklets on how to control TB, gave speeches and performed operations, Mrs. Moore said.

Everyday she was told by || Koreans. ‘T received love from your father” or “Because of your father, I am alive.”

In the year Dr. Martin left Korea, he died of a heart at- Uck in the U.S. The selfless service to Korea of the fami- ly. however, was taken over by his children.

Upon Korea’s Liberation, an- other Methodist Reverend James H. Moore. Dr. Martin’s son-in-law, came to Korea.

As the founder of audlo-vl-

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Dt. Martin

sual education in Korea, the Rev. Moore's contribution is also immesurable not only to Korean education but also to religious education. Rev. Moo- re died here last year.

Gerald Martin, the only son of Dr. Martin’s six children, also gave his life for Korea. While working as a U.S, doc- tor at the concentration cantp of prisoners of war in the Koje Island during the Korean War, the Junior Martin died in an air crash over the Korean-Ja- panese Strait.

“Prisoners of war were sur- prized at Gerald's fluent Ko- rean," Mrs. Moore recalls, adding, “he was brought up here in Korea, playing with Korean children.”

Gerald showed his love for Korea when he secretly sneak- ed into the enemy's land, Won- san, north Korea, in a rubber boat "to disprove the germ warfare theory” during the war. That act earned him the U.S. Legion of Merit.

A graduate of the Union Se- minary in New York, majoring

In religious drama. Mrs. Moo- re. herself, currently works for Korean drama as an ac- tive member of the Kagyo Theatrical Group in Seoul. She Is specially Interested In the rehabilitation of Juvenile de- linquents.

Mrs. Edna Kilbourne. a younger sister of Mrs. Moore. Is another member of Dr. Mar- tin's family residing in Seoul. The wife of the president of the Seoul Seminary, Mrs. Kil- bourne works at the Severan- ce Hospital. Another elder sis- ter of hers, now In the U.S., served as a nurse with the hos- pital before the Korean War.

Mrs. Moore’s second son. Bill, on his evangelistic travel in Prance with a singing group, is a would-be minister. At least one of her five sons is expected to return to Ko- rea and serve here. “I hope so and always I'm encouraging my children,”

"When we were refuges in the Philippines during the Ko- rean War, I could rarely find a remaining child of first gen- eration missionaries in the country. But there are many children of missionaries in Ko- rea. They love Korea and thus come back here,” Mrs, Moore said.

Likewise, many members of Dr. Marlin's family, have liv- ed for Koreans in Korea as ministers, as medical doctors or as nurses for the last 50 years. In earlier days, they helped for Korean political In- dependence and later for the physical, social and spiritual health of Koreans. Youngsters of the family now are prepar- ing themselves to serve fur- ther here.

“If there is any trouble, don’t avoid It. Roll up your sleeves and make the world better with the strength of Je- sus Christ.” This was Dr. Mar- tin’s philosophy.

“My father .showed us the philosophy by his life,” her fa- ther’s philosophy, shown in his deeds to his children, wilt be fruitful through his children in the future. Mrs. Moore em- phasized. • •

. Korea Times Photo

Mrs. James Moore, daughter of (he late Canadian minis- ter Stanley Martin, shows two gold medals. She received the meritorious medals from the Korean Government on behalf of her father for his work In the couse of Korean Indepen- dence.

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Korea: A historical & cultural dictionary

‘Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary* is a concise man* ual that comprises several thousand entries about Korean his- torical, political, and cultural phenomena. It covers practically all past royals and politicians, as well as important writers, re- ligious texts, symbols, painters, and foreign emissaries.

Too often I was Iclr with the feeling that the authors had not spent much dme in Korea rcccndy. Much to my surprise, for example, I nonced that neither the important phenomena of ‘cultural properties’, human or na- tional, nor the feeling of Imn, which is generally regarded as qumtessential- ly Korean, or samul non and noroebor^g (singing room], both already interna- tional phenomena, ate mennoned anywhere in the diccionaty. Nor do the now intemacionally acclaimed writers ‘Yi MunyCl' and 'Pak Wansd’, the award-winning director Im Kwdnt’ack, or such singer-icons as Pak Ch’unjae, Im Pangul, and Yi Ch'angbae feature. They surely quali- fy to ‘typify its (Korea’s] civilizanon, and the complexity of its experiences dunng the twentieth century’ (p.iv), so I hope they will be included in a second edition. The inadequacy and somewhat outdatedness of quite a number ofentnes also demand a sec- ond revision.

Besides the fact that it covers only one-and-a-half pages mcnaoning only one other dish, kimch’t, and pro-

hc entries vary in length; some may consntuic no more M I thanadeflnidonofafew H|| I lines, while others may extend over two pages elucidating, for example, the change of a specific concept with time The entries are mostly textual, though sometimes a picture or a chart is used to clarify a specific concept in more detail. In addicon to this, the mtro- ducuon provides two maps, a chrono- logical chart of East Asia’s dynastic periods, and an elaborate five-page explanation of the McCune-Reis- chaucr romamzacion system used.

The dicnonary is well organized. Most entries provide the Sino-Korean or Chmese characters next to the entry word(s], plus a translation. In the text, words chat have then own separate entry are printed in bold. Some entries abo provide one oc two teferences to ocher sources in English at the end, but these often constitute the source rather than oSering an

find a term, one an btowsc alphabet- lally or check one of the indexes m the back There are two; an index of personal names, and one of literary and musical titles. The entnes arc given m the language in which they arc commonly referred to abroad, so 1 found them generally - chough not always - easy to find. Someone who is un&miliar with the English for a spe- afic Korean concept may have some trouble finding its entry, bur I believe the poiendally confusing subjectivity of this system is far outweighed by the fiicc that it allows one to find com- plicated Korean concepts through ci- ther their English equivalent or a generic term. Because the entries arc cross-referenced, the reader is able to quickly check other possibilities once a relevant entry has been located. The problem is that, because there arc coo few references to other English-lan- guage materials, the adequacy and choice of the entries become an issue. There is not much the authors could have done to avoid this. One of the reasons why there has not been any culiural-histoncal handbook like this before may be that, apart from the difficulty of defining specific terms or concepts, the entries should, ideally, provide more than one reference to a more deuilcd source. There ate srill too few foreign-language sources on Korea to date.

The enormous number of entries nocwiihscanding, 1 could not help feeling that the reason the authors included such a large number of missionary activities on the

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post-war cultural phenomena on the other, was more than arcumstannal.

food (pp. 1)2-133), fi’i' example, says that dog's meat is only eaten by men at midsummer. In fact, the meat is nowadays eaten throughout the year, but particularly in the summertime, and because - like most dishes based on ‘cxocic’ animals (i.c. imported rare species and pets and insects) - it is ex- pensive and believed to enhance the male libido, it is only rarely eaten by women. The entry on 'folk song' (pp. 131-132] suggests the original Ko- rean term is bur u fiiils to spec- ify that this is only the scholarly de- nomination ofthc genre ofsongs that are commonly referred to as sori, t’a^ir^g, or norae. It abo claims chat the Japanese eventually dbcouraged folksongs because they expressed na- tionalist sentiment Because there arc so nuny types of folksongs, a scacc- mcnc like this b bound co lead to con- fusion. Some folksongs were simply banned and others allowed since, in most cases, only Koreans were aware ofthc true meaning of the words they sang- The more dearly political songs that the Japanese sought to ban alto- gether appeared around the tunc of the March First Movement They be- long to a musically and lyrically sepa- rate genre known as charj^a, which IS briefly defined under a separate entry on p.71, but curiously left out of the second index.

Another entry that shows the dic- tionary’s emphasis on liistorial rather than contemporary associa- Qons IS that for ’swastika’. Although It conectly shows the many uses of the symbol, it &iU to mention that it has become inaeasmgly popular be- cause ofics assoeianon with Nazi Ger- many. Its present use on clothing, on

the Gennan military helmets of tens of thousands of food-delivery boys, and as 'cool' decoranon in bars cer- tainly warrants a mention. One other curious omission is North Korea's post-war subdivision of parts of North P’ydngan provmce and South Hamgy5ng province into Chagang province and Yanggang province on Map 2[p.xix].Thc new official system for romanizing Korean (p.ix) is abo lacking, but perhaps because u was unforcuiuccly adopted around the time of publicacioa In any case, 1 be- lieve the 'old’ system will continue to be used for quite some time and lu ac- curate use in this volume very much adds co the book’s value.

Editing has been practically flaw- less throughout, except for a few minor errors such as small spelling mistakes (see for example 'role' on p. vi, the pleonastic use of abo’ and 'as weir on p.ix, and the misspelling of mudon^ on p.310] and inconsbtencies (see the rather outdated explanation of liaruik as a dme when 'no fire b lit in houses' on p. 164, the two dates for the Kabo reforms on pp.212 and 479, the omission ofa link between Anrar^g and Na Un’^u, and the omission of the charaaers ni and pok on pp.389- 399]. The odd errors are, however, nor enough to imcacc oc lead to much confusion. The choice and ouedated-

has somewhat letdown what isother- wise a perfect addition co the Englbh- language sources on Korea currently available. Considering the high pnee of ebb volume, I would not recom- mend it blmdly co non-academics or chose students uiubte to read Korean because of its lack of entries on more contemporary cultural phenomena and limited references. Yet it may be exactly thb emphasis on hbcorical phenomena chat prompts them to buy It, considering ir is relatively easy CO find infbmiadon on post-war phe- nomena in Englbh ebewherc. Most academics will probably find the in- formanon provided coo general but, in all fairness, they ought not to be looking up complicated Korean con- cepts in an Englbh-languagc diedo- rury. Thb dicnonary b intended for those m need of a quick and adequate definidon, explanation, or summary of facts. They now have an excellent tool at their dbposal.B

Kefcrences

- Research ItutmueofCommumst Bloc, PukhanySn'^am; 45-’i$S (Yearbook of North Korea; 1945-19AJ- Seoul: KwangmySng uisoe kongsa (1968).

- Yi YusSn. Han'^ukyorigak p'alsfiiiiinyiruo (Eighty Years' History ofWcstem Music in Korea). Seoul: Chungang cachakkyo cb'uip'ansa (i9<8).

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ONE of the disappointments about Korean cul- ture is the lack of a gardening tradition. There are gardens in Seoul that are well worth visiting, but Korea does not have a national tradi- tion of gardening and garden planning that will really compare with the old garden arts of China ind Japan. It would be interesting to investigate the reasons why this is so. Undoubtedly the most important factors have lain in the political and social organization of the country under the Yi dynasty. The same lack of a middle class that successfully prevented the rise of a flourishing novel literature, that stifled the drama and all the other bourgeois arts which mean so much to our own modern western culture, also helped to prevent the rise of a noble gardening tradition.

The class of people who might have had and appreciated gardens would have been the wealthy and the nobility. But the sophisticated nobility were carefully prevented by the court from es- tablishing themselves too firmly in the provinces where they might have developed their gardens. The kind of nobility which produced the great gardens of England and France simply did not exist in Korea, whereas something more like it did exist in Japan, and in China the very size of the country affected the situation by lending sta- bility of a kind to provincial life, though the of- ficials there also were constantly being moved.

Even the royal palaces of Seoul did not have gardens kept in the manner in which we think of gardens. It is significant that what we usually call “The Secret Garden’’ in English is called in Korpan (or Chinese) by a name that really means an enclosed or private park, and would normally be expected to contain animals and birds at large.

However, this does not mean that the Korean people are insensitive to the beauties and virtues of plant life. A surprisingly large number of Ko- reans have some knowledge of and affection for their native flora, especially for trees.

This concern about trees is striking, and it is

tempting to wonder whether it does not go back to the days of primitive dendrolatry, when tree worship was (at least it seems that it may well have been) a principal feature of Korean religion. It is not by any means impossible that the devil post and the monolithic Miruk buddha, which are such typical features of the Korean traditional scene, have a connection with tree worship in remote antiquity. Certainly there are still many trees that receive the worship of the simpler folk — and even occasionally of the not-so-simple folk. But above all there is the affection for trees which produces an annual burst of tree-planting in the spring proportionately far greater than is the case in, for instance, my own native England. During the end of March and early April, Seoul is as thick with trees as Macduff’s army marching on Macbeth’s castle.

To say that trees have a symbolic value for Koreans would be at once true and misleading. Oaks have a symbolic value for the English, and so does holly. But that value is expressed not so much by some legend or arbitrary symbolic use of the tree as by the emotional response of the people tow'ards the idea of the tree. An Eng- lishman seeing an oak does not immediately remember the story of King Charles II being saved by hiding in an oak, nor does his chest automatically swell with pride over the victo- ry of Trafalgar when Nelson’s ships were “hearts of oak." Yet these stories and others have combined to provide the normal Eng- lishman with a regard for the oak which he has never been able to give to the much com- moner elm. Elm wood is used for cheap cof- fins. and the tree is not native. It has been in Britain less than two thousand years, when the Romans were supposed to have imported it.

So the Korean feeling about trees must not be taken too literally. It is true that the pine is a symbol of longevity and fidelity, chiefly be- cause It IS evergreen, but Koreans do not auto-.

— by ^licha^d ‘Rnli

matically think of these things when seeing a pine-covered mountainside. There are many kinds of pine here, from the nutbearing pine (the real Korean Pine of the botanists) with its very thick dark foliage bearing a slight silvery sheen in the sunlight to the red pine often called the Japanese or umbrella pine, whose fantastic shapes give the Korean landscape its special cachet. There are also the black pine and the'sea pine, and of late the fast-growing American Pine. Most highly esteemed of all, because very rare, is the lace-bark pine, which Koreans call the white pine. (It is quite different from the American white pine. The American white pine has also been introduced here.)

The feelings about the bamboo are similar to those about the pine. It represents loyalty as, well as longevity. Hence sprigs of both are often used in old style wedding ceremonies. There are sever- al kinds of bamboo (which is really a kind of grass), including the black bamboo and the speckled bamboo. It is rare to find them growing as far ' north as Seoul, but some kinds can be coaxed in favorable spots. The symbolism of the bamboo derives from the fact that it is often green in the snow, and some species actually grow during the cold seasons.

But the bamboo is also connected with death and some people do not care for it near the house. This is probably a modern superstition, deriving from such stories as the tradition that a bamboo sprang through the floor boards of the house in Seoul where the great patriot Min Yong-hwan committed suicide in 1910.

Another tree which has connections with the cold weather is the flowering plum, sometimes called “the eldest brother of the thousand flowers” because it blossoms so early in the spring, before the snow melts. It is a rugged tree and does not seem to have in the oriental imagination the feminine qualities which it is more likely to sug- gest to the western mind.

A tree of sadness is the paulownia. It is a magnificent affair, with pale mauve panicles of richly fragrant flowers in the early summer. But in Korean poetry it is more famous for its very broad leaves, which sound so mournful in the rain; and perhaps even better known as a harbinger of winter because its leaves fall late and their huge size makes them especially noticeable.

Another tree, often confused with the pau- lownia, is the phoenix tree. It is a graceful one with a light green bark that remains green throughout the tree’s life. Especially in South Ko- rea it can be seen to advantage in the mixed woods. A very old legend says that the phoenix will roost and nest only in this tree. An old poem tells of how someone planted such a tree as a sign of waiting for a departed lover (the phoenix often being used as a symbol of faithful love and marriage) and two years ago a successful lady novelist published a newspaper serial story on this theme. It was later filmed, and now many Koreans have an idea that setting a phoenix tree is an expression of an ardent wish. The tree is worth planting for itself alone.

One could go on. This country is rich in trees. There is the national flower, hibiscus or mugung- hwa whose name of “everlasting flower” is due to a corruption of the language (the Chinese call it “the day flower,” because the blooms fall in a day). There are the pomegranate; the many kinds of persimmon; and the fascinating ginkgo, or maidenhair fern tree, which is a living fossil tradi- tionally connected with temples, but never found away from the haunts of men, and so they say, needing to be planted so that the male tree can see the female tree if they are to bear fruit. Also there are the great zelkova which grows as huge and is as ancient as the maidenhair fern; the ra- vishingly beautiful magnolias; and the junipers that might be used, perhaps, to make gin. All have contributed to the many-faceted attractions in the development of Korean culture.

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energy aiid 'm deep but unseiftlncntr:u.^rDr horea aiid Us peopxe, nau aU oowbUei to icako his nliilstry '.n.iquoly satisfying Oivsi'-ouiUruUy both to oast uiiu west. As he IpU. veeten^ers wondered hai tiic^' eoai UiVoei-etniici ,.orea '.aonout hi,;., ai; l.oi-eai'.s vonderod if he eoad really live outside horea,

Hichard Autt was boi’n in iix Lai-.gford, Bumiorashiro

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doUege, a monastic aeuiinaiy, were Uterrupec. by the war which called him Uto the fJoyai havy m.d treUiOd him as a trciuilator of Japanese but never took hira to Ji^^an. Out of the Navy at age 21, he finished Kelham. was ordaix^od by the Bishop of EOy In 1951. and i/Oixt u? to Cambridge.

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Hi» ecclt^iiiastisAl superiors had suggest ad he do Russian at CKT/oridge for the purpose of contributing to rapproohanent with Sastem Orthodoxy iii the ncomanical nioverr.ant, but he found Russian •tireso:;ie and very iDoriiig”, and since he had already learned Italian because he vantei to read Dante, he decided to do his degree in Italian, Portuguese ;?u-id Mediaeval Latin, He finished iri 19 5h,

A year earlor, however, ha had been surprised out of his happy iirLnersj.on ij\ E’Dsiur.ca langua^-©s by tha arrival of a personal letter froi-i Hisliop Oooper. just rdoasod from a PO'-I camp in North Korea, ’’V.-on*! you come- to Korea," it said, "You are needed here,"

"It was such a veiy' clear osl^ that 1 oo\ild not* say no," be recalls.

But he first telephonad to ask his parent* s permission, his mother once told me vitli coue piide.

In iTorea Rutt*s first assignment after language sohool was as paiish priest for throe years in the country towii of Anjung, south of Seoul i'toar Pyongtaek, an experience he describes so well in Korean ’ 'orks said (l?o4>, ■vdiich ^’or. him the ort^tigeoug Tasan Literary

Award, From Atijun'i;, in 1959, he canse to Seoul for five years as di- reotcr of 3t, DecU* s Hougo, the Anglican atudeait oanter next to Seoul National TTniv entity, Trom cuiet parisfi to student revolution! This was follo;jed by a call to become r'^otor of St, Michael* s Saminary, betvrecn Seoul ao.d inchoii (196'ui5), "the two happiest years of lay life," he 8rye^-"exo^t for Joan," in i960 he was ooiisecrated assistant bishop of Taejon, aiiu in i960 v;as enthroned as the diooesan Bishop of Taejon.

Palk

mpik and Horace Underwood to revive the Royal Aaiatio Society, Korea o

Branch, and last year was elected its president, A^ng the many honors

oonrerrsd iipoii lu^ ara cm honoraiy ciootort:te u\& UorijTuoiai Univaraltiyt

Son.jlcyunkwari, tho Order of the Peorc^ fit?'.-: the llepublls; of iioroa, and the Order of th j :jx*ibi£Jh E..ipire (OBii) fron Quooxi Blizau/etli ix*

Perhaps the greatest contribution of his tvo deo«uies of iaissionary 'mrk in Korea was the coaibination of cLurclnna*isl*ip ar*d scholarship with nhich ha go o.f biv eV brcucht fcith a;id tCoroou culture into

fruitful con.frontr.tlcn, ”X hevo always hoped,” he Gaia ii; a recent with

James V,’R.do, ”thst Ghristianity co^lLd provide the new, i:'iai;;iiiative socio- loijical Ttnd philosophical core for a adflod /vrcem'^ vi.y.; of life#.* It is too late for '>?nf>aoia:iia2 to provido it, ai^d ruddiilGi-i uxii only do it for a part of ai^y nation* Ilowr/er .;hristl4unity, bocauso of the sacra* raantal asp set of Ohri-^tian theolo(;y, does stand a chiir.co of piovlUlny; a world view twitch 5.-:; rv''i.piour>7.y ratiefyliip in u bcchi*clo«lval a^e*-'

It 'r.ac tJTi t'lat r,Uu\i oep-an to Icn^j. ii/w \aj tvx'xue aod

translate in the classical Gt^le, both dhin^oi; aiic.

His trari nl ation G are pco-”; of ‘'.oy^VA !h.!e

Brn.boo drp-pr- (icpp. the .aii .Goon- to~V :s- publish ci collection

of three classical tales, Virtuous (fne line dicivJ. Ireau, Queun

Inhyor, f>i>d Ohunhyen.f:^. the finely finlciicd results oi;e

much to his tef/irork with irr. lutt, a poet and modiac/alist in her own ri^ht.

Not loii:!: 'ceforo he loft i as'kf>d hV'i what vv'TZ scoe of tiis thin^?:e that riacle birr', happiest as he looked bao'< r?.t hi? years In Korea.

He mentioned a nur.ber* ’‘I’m t^ied 1 prodtioed a booh c ? srsc^'s in Koroar: (ity Pyr.;:; \~!X hau huh), and te.'.'.’nt in a Koi*oan h±^h school (Hwiaoon),

A hiiih school teaclior is not honored hox-e Qxoept-.*.and this is

liapffrtant—by a saall group of his studerits* I*m glad tliat X found a homo in 0h*iU3goh»origdc, sharing in the looal,jaxtadB regional pride, and

RuU • ^ -

hcTing a part in the real life of the country* X am glad I happened to meet an oltUfashioned ]sauetf poet there, the cnranjellat at Anjung,

1 am happy about wy association with the Korean Bible roclety, and ny small role in the axciting first sta^jes of the translation of the Bible into raodera Korean* ^ i aa proud of boiiig the first bldiop consecrated by a Korean in Koroaii. And X am glad t/i sea every job I have don© taken over fcy a Korean, though I vjould not claim that I prepared them for it* ”

Korearis have every right to Mor^&r If he can live outside their country. He has wondered hinsalf* **At one time,” he said in the interview quoted above, "X wasn’t sure 1 could live happily outside Korea, X luiow that 1 can* I put It as a reiigioas man abapi^',

"wiio do I love more, Korea or God?” Hie aiiswer has to be *God’, and fotuiiateiy it wrks out that way, so I can face going avray from a place I love veiy raucii,” w© must add, a place that loves him very much*

— Samuel Hugh Moffett

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Arts, etc

Outgoing Anglican Bishop

Rutt Reviews Past 2 Decades

By Mona Kim

Speaking to a capacity audi- ence at the Yongsan Library music room, Anglican Bishop Richard Rutt of Taejon scanned the 20 years he has lived in Korea. Be^nning with his 1954 recollections of the dusty, austerity of Korea just after the war, the Anglican bishop related some of the most noticeable changes that have come to this country over the years.

As d^cribed in his book “Korean Works and Days; the Diary of a Country Priest,” experiences with the Chinese language are among Rutt’s richest memories of Korea. Before coming to Korea he had received an M.A. in' lan- guages (Italian, Portuguese and Medieval Latin) from Cambridge University. So it was with a predisposition for language study that he took up his duties in Korea. Al- though he began his study of Korean with a Methodist mis- sionary in Seoul, his intensive introduction to Chinese was from elderly gentlemen in the countryside. From them he learned not only Chinese characters but also a great deal about Korean literary habits.

Rutt pointed out that the Korean preference for short literary pieces can be attribut- ‘

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ed at least in part to the phy- sical arrangement of tradition- al houses. Living on the floor, he feels, was not conducive to protracted reading and so Korean literature abounds in collections of relatively short pieces.

Another comment the En- glish clergyman made on his language study in Korea paid tribute to a lady who was once his cook. Paying close atten- tion to that woman’s manner of speaking, Rutt came to the conclusion that women have a different approach to langu- age than do men. They use a wider range of adjectives And attention to fine descrip- tive distinctions that men ‘can’t be bothered with,” he

noted.

Besides language. local community culture ha.s been of special interest to the En- glishman during his years in Korea. In remote villages and urban centers he has explored the local residents’ sense of community and has peeled a- way local legends in pursuit of accurate historical roots of various settlements.

He has taken great pleasure in “learnin® that there are things to look for and then setting out to find them.” In search of Koreana panging from stone carvings, to tem- ples, to descendants of famous poets, Rutt has roamed the count^side when he could find time amid his busy sche- dule of clerical service.

Exploration, geographically, intellectually and spiritually, has marked Rutt’s career in Korea. His discoveries, in all three genres, he concludes, have made him a better fellow human being for those with whom he will live and work in the future.

Early in May, Rutt will leave Korea to take up his post as bishop suffragan of St. Germains, Truro, Cornwall. But in his remarks Saturday he expressed his nostalgic an- ticipation of viewing the Buddha’s birthday festivitie one more time before his parture.

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IE "HOREA TIMES, SUNEAY, SEPTI

"look Review

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Recalls

^ THE QUALITY OF MEB- CY X' ' by Juliana Steens- I ma. 143 pa§:es. John Knox «. Press, Richmond, Virginia, :;^1969. ?3^5.

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V. Reviewed by Richard Rutt

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\ , Here Is the straightforward /telling of the story of the /Steensma family’s life and ^<.work in Taejon andi, Seoul fi/from 1958 to 1966, They were working for amputees, and ;J^,they had a philosophy of the ^feWay in which Christian mis- ifsionaries should help Kore- |ans (or anybody else, for that matter).

# Their first contact with Ko- yxea was discouraging, for •.. Taejon in 1958 was not a very V beautiful city. Nevertheless, Xthe Steensmas soon found a way,, of life that was satisfy-

whole 'cliaracter of it was changed and the staff they had trained was dispersed. Even in the cases of the in- dividuals they helped ' Mrs. Steensma cannot always round off her accounts with stories of ^'Conversion, success, and satisfaction.

Yet she is not downheart- ed, and far from feeling that the time in Korea was wast- ed, she proves (without say- ing so) that her family was enriched, and that they be- lieve they did a decent job here. They had many Kore- an friends and she tells of their friendship with evident pleasure in the reminiscences, though her pictures of Kore- ans together, whether they !“ are of the editorial room of The Korea Times agog with a newsbreak, a piece of teen-

Jng and rewarding. They ne- age ’'highway robbery, or a ••er pretended to go Korean, boy-meets-girl love story, are Dutch ' honesty compelled' much more vivid, them to remember that thew^"^^^ ^ page she

jvere Americans and they writes, of the' enchanting phy- must either succeed as Ameri- sical beauty of Korea, but cans or- fail altogether. , .theilandi'means. nothing, to her

They were in what is loose- . compared ’with its people, ly- and disparagingly, . . Those people are' seen as peo-

^i.calleid. the ,V‘dp;-goodlng;’ ssec- %ple/:hdt as nationals, and jthe ^t^.:ij.of.«Ghi!.istian(^’.w6rkV*.^ was how the

i’lthey!.?could have abrogafed;;^^^ should re-

j^th.eraselye ■ f asmQhabiy4^^^^ ^.people and work had pla

^-Rnp:Apf:iihrA>,..T»am j-The the - first

T ly^ ' Insisted on being known ' forays in the . neighborhood, publicatlc •vby th^ much.', less widely ap- making friends and falling in- Wings) I Improved namer of ... ‘‘mis^bn- '' to r cesspits;-^ and young Dirk called th

. . tries his hand at daylaboring -„Jn Korea

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Noveli: architect professio Sang 0 with a r kyong.

But as others, h transmitt 'ing flame ary socie Though world le and did only fo: in the Lee Sar porary He a’ come ■ ture P' dersta during ^emlzav ■■ Proi said ) and • lessness

f .ary.”

Mr;S. Steensma is ’incapable^. ;^or gets irritated by a Korean The ^''Of'^ sentimental piety, but she lad who mistreats Dirk’s pos- ‘‘Nalgae’ Is Equally incapable of con- sessions. the e;

'5/cealing the fact that her fam- ■ • The cat is good .for a laugh category (/iily fimctionS. entirely 'onH thef jrorStwo, but more important fore Leg ('basis of its " Christian fa,ith.|.' because of what ■; it shows of .crystalizs 5;The solid theological thlnking.^v people in their re'ationships

^ of the Dutch Reformed f churches can produce closed ' minds, but it can also produ-. i ce clear thinkers and’ honest 1;’ thinkers.

Readers of Mrs. Steensmas writings in The Korea Times ?: four or five years ago will recall the astringency with which she was prepared to make her points in print. She i and her husband were ready to work out their principles in practice, and it sometimes took courage. Stories of sui- cides and frenzied patients who were given love that was ' .sturdy rather than indulgent, and a view of Korea and Ko- reans that is affectionate but frank and gutsy give this book a flavor that will not be ex- , pected by a reader seated on V the simplistic success stories ; and sweet unctuousness of so much missionary writing.

to it. John Steensma, who lost both arms in an accident at the age of 17, spends his whole life building new rela- tionships to people — from the social workers and the patients to the girl in the barber’s shop.

For the Steensmas, helping people is not something to be done from a position of su- periority. The superior feeling of the people who have had the advantages of an Ameri- can upbringing keeps showing through the stories, but it is disowned. One must not con- descend to another human be- ing, and also one must never let him insist on being con- descended to.

It is a hard way to live the good life, but in the end it is the only way. It recalls that definition of the mission- ary’s work which is for me I catch here the echoes of i; the only one that will fit:

will to re ed social In this plot. Tht is also ( When ' lished in of the “Chokwa in 1936, event to who only

the..., voice qf, the Lord whose commands wer^ paradoxical, and was for ever inculcating "ideals that no <me has evex been able to live up to. It is truer and a finer CJhristi- anity than one hears from many pulpits,, and an infinite- ly more disturbing one.

The real core of the book

"One “"beggar telling another where the bread of life may be found.”

~This-book-does-not describe the Korea that I know, al- though I too have lived in Seoul and Taejon. It does not tell of kimchi pots or folk dances, or the customs of the farmers life, 'nor of the con-

is the problem Of how tothelp volutions of politics. I would people, without hurting either... ;i<never recommend it to any-

them or yourself .j.in the pro- cess. ’The effect Of the book is > abrasive,. -.)'Ilie>5f Steensmas -..did not always succeed. In V terms of organization they ^ failed, because soon after they left their work in the 'hands of the Korean-'staff the

one for learning about this country, unless they happen- ed ?to want to know something specific about social work here. It pays Korea a greater compliment than presenting her quiddity. It presents her humanity.

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