Foreign Mission School Exhibition Survey

Foreign Mission School Exhibition

During the summer of 2010, the Cornwall Historical Society will offer an exhibition on the Foreign Mission School, which operated in Cornwall from 1817 to 1826. Will you help us by answering the following questions? Whether you have never heard of the Foreign Mission School or are familiar with the story, we need your input to help us create a meaningful show. Thank you for your time!

1. Students at the Foreign Mission School in Cornwall belonged to which of the following groups. Check all that apply

Students at the Foreign Mission School in Cornwall belonged to which of the following groups. Check all that apply Cherokee

French

Hawaiian

Chinese

Greek

Japanese

2. Local Cornwall residents regularly interacted with the students at the Foreign Mission School.

Local Cornwall residents regularly interacted with the students at the Foreign Mission School. False

True

3. How many local Cornwall girls married students attending the Foreign Mission School?

How many local Cornwall girls married students attending the Foreign Mission School? 0

4. What reaction did these marriages receive from the residents of Cornwall?

What reaction did these marriages receive from the residents of Cornwall? Open public disapproval

Ministers refused to perform the ceremony

Approved of as an extension of the residents missionary work

Hanging of the couple in effigy

5. What happened to the various students from the school? Check all that apply.

What happened to the various students from the school? Check all that apply. Were thrown out of the school

Died of illness in Cornwall

Went back to native lands to Christianize others

Left the school disappointed

6. Students at the school went on to be of importance in US History and are mentioned in US History textbooks today.

Students at the school went on to be of importance in US History and are mentioned in US History textbooks today. True

False

7. What was the mission of the Foreign Mission School?

What was the mission of the Foreign Mission School? To provide American missionaries with training dealing with heathen populations before they went overseas.

To gather foreigners in one place so that they would not affect the morals of Americans

To Christianize “heathens” and send them back to their homes as missionaries to spread the word of God.

To educate “heathens” so that they could live a better life.

8. The students had the same expectations from the school as the founders.

The students had the same expectations from the school as the founders. True

False

9. The Foreign Mission School fulfilled the mission envisioned by its founders and was considered a great success.

The Foreign Mission School fulfilled the mission envisioned by its founders and was considered a great success. True

False

10. Is there anything in particular you would like to learn about the Foreign Mission School or see included in our upcoming exhibition? In particular, if you cannot make it to Cornwall, what you like to see in a web exhibition?

Is there anything in particular you would like to learn about the Foreign Mission School or see included in our upcoming exhibition? In particular, if you cannot make it to Cornwall, what you like to see in a web exhibition?

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1. Students at the Foreign Mission School in Cornwall belonged to which of the following groups. Check all that apply

2. Local Cornwall residents regularly interacted with the students at the Foreign Mission School.

3. How many local Cornwall girls married students attending the Foreign Mission School?

4. What reaction did these marriages receive from the residents of Cornwall?

5. What happened to the various students from the school? Check all that apply.

6. Students at the school went on to be of importance in US History and are mentioned in US History textbooks today.

7. What was the mission of the Foreign Mission School?

8. The students had the same expectations from the school as the founders.

9. The Foreign Mission School fulfilled the mission envisioned by its founders and was considered a great success.

10. Is there anything in particular you would like to learn about the Foreign Mission School or see included in our upcoming exhibition? In particular, if you cannot make it to Cornwall, what you like to see in a web exhibition?