The new Provincial College in Chinan was opened on the 13th inst. by Governor Yuan in person. One hundred students were selected by competitive examination out of two hundred and forty-nine applicants. The comparatively small number of applications to the entrance examinations was due to the fact that no notice was posted except in the city of Chinan.
the Governor probably thought it inadvis present accommodation being limited able to call in students from a distance, seeing that the greater part of them would necessarily be rejected.
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