Christian Educational Association were continued on Thursday at the Union Church Hall, Dr. Fong F.} Sec presiding in the morning and the Rev. Dr. W. B. Nance in the afternoon.
The Rev. E. H. Cressy, reporting on the reorganization of the Association, said that the major portion of a budget of $6,000, voted upon last year, had already been pledged and it was hoped to secure the remaining portion before the end of the present sessions.
A significant factor of the morning session was the immediate adoption of the plan for a six-year middle school, which plan had been adopted by the Chinese Government. Prof, S. G. Brink. ley, of Soochow University, presented the report of the committee, and Prof. E. J. Anderson, of Shanghai College, outlined the objects of the six-year course in America. Prof. Chu Ching-lung, of Peking. Government University, representing the Kiangsw Educational lation, made a statement as to the government point of view and what is being done by the geyanment. ref. Chu's parti. cipation in the discussion following was probably a precedent. Mr. Loh Z. Ying, principal of the Shanghai College Middle School, discussed the question of education and the missions. The Rev. H. A. McNulty, of Soochow Academy, made a statement, on behalf of the Board, concerning the budget.
The afternoon's session included a report of the committee on. religious education, by Prof. W. F. Hummel, of the University of Nanking; an address on compulsory religious exercises and government recognition, by the Rev. E. H. Cressy, chairman of the national committee on government relationships; an address by Miss M. H. Bailey, of St. Mary's Hall, on con. tinuation work after pupils leave school; and discussion on. life work problems, "The Ministry" being led by Mr. M. Gardner Tewksbury, secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement, and "Medecine" by Dr. J.C. McCracken, dean of the St. John's University Medical School.
Miss Bailey reported on the work which she had been engaged in to keep in touch with graduates and former students of St. Mary's Hall, and in finding opportunities for them to render various forms of service. Clubs, said Miss Bailey, shave been organized, students visit the sick, and small libraries have been established to provide reading matter.
MeCracken told those present that students who wished to become doctors should make their decision by the time they leave middle school, otherwise it will be too late: it would be a waste of time if the course were to be changed half way.
Mr. Cressy pointed out that missionary schools should not only do their own work but they should find a place in the general scheme
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