The West China Union University lis a live institution in this province. Considering the generally unsettled state of the country the attendance is very creditable at slightly under 300, including the Middle School. The new buildings have added tremendously to the general appear. ance."
The Board of Governors displayed uncommon foresight and statesmanlike wisdom in purchasing, at the beginning, such a large tract of land outside the city for the site. The participating denominations wil have plenty of room, and their buildings are placed so that no sense of crowding is felt. They have been liberal in the laying out of athletic fields, and each of the four colleges has ample playing space.
Now al! attention is being turned to the new Middle School in course of erection. The hustling President, Dr. J. Beech, is putting in full time here now, and losing no opportunity of interesting new friends in the great enterprise. A recent report that Liu Tze-rub, the manager of the Singer Sewing Machine Ca. for the Western Provinces, has been induced to subscribe $10,000 to the new widdle school proposition is very welcome news. This probably represents the largest single subscription from any Christian Chinese in the West, and seems to be the beginning of bigger things.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.