The readers of the "Daily News" who are interested in Reform in China will no doubt be glad to learn that Dr. Hayes, President of the College in Tengehou, has accepted the invitation of the Governor of Shantung to come up and consult with him in regard to the starting of his new college in the capital, about which I wrote you some time since. Dr. Hayes is expected to arrive to-day. We had the pleasure of 1 call the other day from Mr. Chu, formerly Prefect at Chingchoufu, who is the Chinese head of the proposed new institution, and who was just on his way out to look at some land cast of the city with a view to purchasing a site for the college. It is to be hoped that groat wisdom may be shown in the selection of the location of such an important educational plant ad this is likely to be, as it would be very easy to make the same mistake in locating it as was made in the acting of the Arsenal on the banks of the Yellow River, twelve li from the city,.om low-lying land which is utterly unfit to stand the strain of heavy machinery, and unhealthy during the wet season. ° The country to the north of Chinanfu is all low and marshy, but toward the south where the hills begin, only a few li from the town, there is plenty of high ground which would afford an excellent site for the col lege, and which would be most desirable as compared with the country to the north, north-east, or north-west. The one objection to locating the institution to the south of the city is the superabundance of graves, an obstacle which was pointed out by the Governor himself in a recent interview. This however should not be an insurmountable objection to locating the college where the students and professors would hare the best chance for a healthy life. who was credited in the "News" lately as coming to Chinan to take charge of the Foreign Office, arrived in the city a week or ten days ago. Your correspon dent has not yet learned just what position he is to occupy, nor do those in
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