We have received from the Rev.
L, Hawks Pott, p.p,, President of Si. "John's University, the latest (1924-25) annual catalogue of that. institution, Apart from the library, medical and gymnasium staffs there are five departments, ie, the schools of arts und science, theology, medicine and engineering' and the graduate school, the school of arts and science being' divided into nine groups (modern Tang mathematical science, social English, philosophy and education, religion, Chinese language and literature, and physical education).
The faculty numbers about 70 members and there is a student body of about 750, most of the faculty having degrees from i stitutions of higher learning Europe and. America. There is accommodation for 500 college and '300 n¥ddle school students, and the property owned, which " includes some 46 acres of land and 30 buildings (which include 16 residences 14 university buildings), are speaker to a defini order that we may the better serv engine Socwrnad movement Ini ier, ata "Miangteve on, Saterday evement in Shanghai by the China Merchants' valued at about G-$1,000,000, The institution will soon be eelepeople of China and relate both our message and methods more closely to their life." Daring the morning a definite message of greeting from the assembled Council was the subject of keen discussion, It evoked the expression of a great 'y_of opinion, but the discussion was marked by an evident desire on the part of all that the Church should rise above differences and spank at this critical time as with one voice.
Emphasis was laid upon the necessity for blameless life on the part of Christians everywhéte; for the earnest proclamation of the Gospel, and the "cultivation of fellowship. it was made clear that a. greatly increased output of literature essential in order that the Church may interpret Christianity to China joining from Pootoo Islands. On rating its 50th anniversary, the 40th "doing, celebrated in October, 1919, Foreign Affairs building, at the southern end of Route Ghisi.
On Monday afternoon, at the Chi ese General Chamber of Commerce, the Living Buddha attended a reception given in his honour by Gen.) Li Ching-wu, High Commissioner Shanghai for the Ist Fengtien Ammy; Mr. Wang Ken-ting, Taoyin of the Huhai Districts (including Shanghai); Mr. Li Tsu-kuei, Shang-
The entrance examinations are not easy, the rules are very strict, and the degrees are difficult to obtain, in fact they are only to be obtained after real, hard work, The degrees includes the B. A., the B.
Economics. the B. A. in Se. Engineering, the' B. Political Science, the B. Se., the B.
(Episcopal), the M. D., the C. B., the M. A., and the M. Se, St. John's graduates have hai District Magistrate; Mr. 8. K. worked their high up in official Chen, Commissioner of
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