The Archive · 1927

Baptist College in Trouble

Labourers' Reinforced by Rett Students: Water Cut Off and Gates Closed 1

Meétings took place on Monday and Tuesday at the Missions Building, 23 Yuen Ming Yuen Road, of the Board of Governors of the Shanghai Baptist College in Yangtszepoo for the purpose of meeting the situation which has recently arisen there as a part of the activities of the Labour Union, Advice to Leave The foreign faculty of the college were advised some time ago by the American Consul-General to Jeave the institution, which is situate ed in Chinese territory, and to come to Shanghai, permission having: been retained, however, for male members of the faculty to continue with their classes during the day, only returning to Shanghai at night. With the exception of a slight disruption necessitated by the new arrangement the school curriculum has therefore been maintained. Women members of the staff have remained in Shang hai and in many instances" their places have been taken by mixsion= aries belonging to this organization who have "arrived here from the interior. While it was stated on Monday by a local representative of the college that the matter of carrying on with the daily instruction by men professors was purely one of personal opinion in which the majority concurred, there still remained a few Professors who preferred not 40 to and fro daily to the college in view of recent happenings,

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