Another Western Artist Seeking An interesting last week on her way to Canton was Dr. Gertrude R. Brigham who will teach English Canton Christian College next year. Besides her work in this department Miss Brigham expects to study Chinese art and to instruct native students in Western art. She is herself an artist and art mastery of the language has given him ready access to the inner houeht of the Chinese, Through mention and several years service as educator and religi Loader in the United States, he also in close touch with American; thought.
He thus feels the pulse! should be the best possible founda of both nations, and as President of critic, writing for the Washington Herald and Washington Post. Her pupils in Washington are extremely interested in her visit to China and sent her $100 as the beginning of a Chinese art collection. Dr.
Brigham has conducted a number of tours through Europe and nothern Africa, Her latest trip visited England, Holland, Belgium and France, with especial attention to the Empire Exhibition at Wembley.
Dr. Brigham brought news of Dr. James McClure Henry, the new President of Canton Christian College, an appropriate choice inasmuch as his father, Dr. B. C. Henry served as second president of Canton and Dr. Henry himself has acted as President for some five years while Dr. Edmunds was detained in America.
Now that health and family reasons. necessitate Dr. Edmunds resigning from office he gladly welcomes Dr. Henry, saying: "Mr. Henry knows China from within. To him China is not a foreign country, nor Canton foreign city, as he was born and spent his boyhood there. His, the College will interpret each to the other."
The new associate President, Wing Kwong Chung, has been a3- ced with him in the work for the college and their midship should be the best possible founda-, jon for the college to build upon Mr. Chung is a Scholar of the First and Second Chinese Degrees. He became head of the Chinese Depart Commissioner of Education. for Kwangtung Province, He has been Chinese Vice-President since 1917. Ar. Chui has several times traveled extensively in America,
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