Dr. Frank A, Keller, Superintendent of the Hu Institute, who is a Yale grad land one of the first mi Changsha, gave an faceount of the beginnings of the College work in that city. He expressed his pleasure at the wonderful development of the institution, and congratulated the company. assembled on being able to witness such a great occasion as the in-Caction of a President, The Chairman then called upon Mr. Tsao Yun-hsiang, President of China Hua College, Peking, to perform the ceremony. Mr. Tsao made an excellent speech, referring firs: to the varied and separate cultures of the East and the West, and then showing the advantages of such a ce-mingling of cultural elements as would result in greater benefit to both.
He of the spirit of Yale and the spirit of America, which hho considered would find their best expression in such an institution as Yale in China, Mr. Tsao then read, first in Chinese, then in English a formal document appointing Dr. Edward Hicks Hume First Presiden! of Yale in China, and investing him the necessary authority, with participation in' all the rights and privileges pertaining to the office.
Dr. Hume then made a suitable reply accepting the office and expressing his intention of serving to the best of his ability.
At the conclusion of this cere-many the Community Chorus rendered a musical item with considerable correctness and taste, the really good.
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