At the meeting of Union Theological Seminary (New York) alumni and ex-students held at the Union Club on Wednesday, a China Alumni Association was formally organized with the following officers: President, Dr. J. N. Hayes (Soochow); Vice-President, Dr. H. K. Wright (Shanghai); Secretary, Mr. E. M. Hayes, (Shanghai). Messrs. Timothy Jen, 8S. T. Wang and C. L. Boynton were elected to serve on the executive committee. In all 36 were present.
A notable feature of the meeting was the presence of members of the class of 1882, including, Dr. W. Mills and Dr. J. N. Hayes. The next class represented was that of 1902, 20 years later, with Brownell Gage (Yale, Changsha) and Dr. H. K. Wright present. A telegram of felicitation was sent to Dr. Arthur Smith, of _Tunghsien (Peking), the didest Union graduate in China. Dr. Smith was a member of the class: of 1870,
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