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...first Protestant missionaries in Korea was an Underwood-Presbyterian Horace Grant Underwood, of the typewriter family. He went out to the Orient in 1885, married a medical missionary who became royal physician to Korea's Queen Min. In his buttoned-up black coat and white tie, doughty Dr. Underwood strode coolly through cholera epidemics and equally formidable Korean political squabbles. He raised his son, Horace Horton Underwood, to labor in the same vineyard...
...Education. Tilled by the Underwoods and their colleagues, Korea became one of the fastest-growing missionary fields in the Orient. Today 600,000 Koreans are Christians, and still more are educated. When the missionaries came, Korea was almost completely illiterate; today the literacy rate is about 60%. Patriarch Underwood founded Chosen Christian College in Seoul. Later it was headed by son Horace, who worked in Korea for 32 years before he found time to be ordained in the Presbyterian ministry. Ordained with him (TIME, March 13, 1944) were his twin sons, John (now in Korea) and James...
...Stable. After the choir filed in, 28 strong, their director, the Rev. Clifford A. Underwood, said a prayer: "We thank thee, O God, for so many blessings. We thank thee for the fruits of our gardens. But we thank thee most for the gift of Bethlehem, the gift of thine only begotten Son." In thg brief silence which followed, the sound of a distant airplane came faintly to the church. Then the men, women and girls of the choir opened their books and began to sing...
When the music ended, after less than an hour, a woman stood in the congregation and said: "Thank you for bringing over your choir to us, Reverend Underwood. It was a real Christmas treat...
...share, is now selling at $84-only a bit more than five times earnings. Many another stock, with years of steady dividends behind it, is paying anywhere from 7% to 11% a year in dividends (most bonds are paying only 3 to 4%). Samples: Westinghouse Air Brake, Standard Brands, Underwood Corp., American Safety Razor Corp., Cluett, Peabody...