The East China Educational Association opened its annual conference at the Martyrs' Memorial Hall 00 on Tuesday, under the Presidency of Dr. A. P. Parker. The Association covers three provinces, Anhui, Chekiang, and Kiangsu, and delegates were present from the principal Protestant schools and colleges in Shanghai, Nanking, Soochow, Hangchow, Kashing, Ningpo, and other ci After devotional exercises, Dr. Parker opened the conference with a brief address on the relation of the Association with the East China Educational Union, and although pointing to the danger of too much organization, of organizing missionary work to death," as some one had said, he came to the conclusion that there was ample scope for the Association and the Union.
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