Saturday's sudden downpour necessitated holding the 43rd Annual Commencement of St. John's University in Alumni Hall instead of on the lawn, and tea was served in the Library, instead of out of doors, but all other parts of the ceremony were as arranged.
The Rev. F. L. Hawks Pott, p.v., in his address, referred to the erect tion of St. Mary's Hall in its new position, the building of four new residences for the faculty, the purchase of additional land, the receipt of various gifts, the inauguration of a course in journalism, and the publication of the university weekly, the "Dial."
Prizes for the school year were awarded and degrees conferred upon the 47 members of the class of 1922. Three honorary doctorates were conferred, the recipients being Dr. Hawkling Yen, Dr Wu Lien-teh and Dr. Wang Chung-hui, addresses being given by the first two. Dr. Wang was not able to be present.
MonarcuicaL rumours are once more gaining currency. Ona of the latest to be put into circulation is a dressed up version of a two-year old suggestion, namely that the ex-Emperor is joining Chang Tsolin at Mukden. A message from Peking states that this rumour is incorrect.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.