It is reported from Ch'angsha, Hunan, that Governor Yii Lien-san of that province has selected about one hundred of the unsuccessful candidates who lately competed in Ch'angsha for the M.A. degree, for the purpose of sending them to Peking to be examined for entrance into the Peking University.
An Interesting Reunion of members, residing in Shanghai, of the Chinese Educational Mission of 1873/76 to the United States (returned American students) was held on Wednesday at the residence of one of the members, Mr. Tong Kidson, on Markham Road. The reunion was held in honour of the Mission's most distinguished member, Sir Chéngtung Liang Cheng, K.C.M.G., Minister-elect to the United States, Spain, and Peru, and was strictly confined to members of the "C.E.M." Those present were first photographed in a group on Mr. Tong Kidson's lawn, after which a short "turn" at tennis was played by some of them. In the evening there was an excellent dinner accompanied by toasts, speeches recalling school-day reminiscences and the singing of old college songs. The following are the names of those who were present in this unique gathering:—Sir Chéntung Liang, Messrs. Chu Pao-fay, Wong K., Tong Kidson, Y.C. Tong, W.P. Chou, Sun Kwang-ming, Tsoy Wun-chung, Ting Lhsien, Fung Chu-tung, T.
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