the eastern end of the grounds of St. John's College are rising the walls of the new Science Hall, and here on Saturday afternoon in the presence of a I: gathering of foreign and Chinese friends the corner stone of the Hall was laid by the President, the Rev. F. L. Hawks Putt. A platform had been erected against the walls of the Hall next to the site of the corner stone. On this platform the Rev. F. L. Hawks Pott in his robes took his stand, with him being the native deray their' robes, and Mir. Rees and. Mr. Seaman, the orators of the day, and the Indy who presided at the organ. "In front of the platform the audience were sea''ed in many rows, flanked on each vide by the students, who marched on to thy ground in their neat winter u-forms, preceded by their drum and fife band.
The service began with the singing in Chinese, to the tune of '*God save the Queen!" of the hymn God save the Emperor" and it was sung very heartily, all'standing. "A service in Chinese followed, conducted. by Mr. Pott,: and on.its
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