Organization Almost Complete: Important Work Accomplished at Nanking The Organization Committee of the Southeastern University has almost finished its work. The meetings of last week were mainly occupied by the final reading of the drafted constitution of the University, which will soon be presented to the Ministry of Education in Peking for its ratification. Some special features of the new system are noteworthy 1. At the head of the University stands its President, who is to be nominated by the Ministry of Education and appointed by the President of China. 5 2. A Board of Trustees will act as an advisory body to the President. It needs only be added that both the plan and the personnel as submitted by the Committee were heartily approved by the Mini. of -Education. Dead, "Yuen Mr. Fan Yuen-lien's suggestion that the two names which the Committee had reserved for future consideration should be decided upon as soon as possible, shows his personal interest in this new proposition. The Committee accordingly elected Mr. Y. M. Chien, of the Bank of Communications, and Mr. Yung Chung-ching, of the Flour Association, both of Shanghai, to complete the list of 15. Both of these men are prominent leaders in the modern commercial and industrial world, and undoubtedly their inter: rity of character and maturity experience will help in putting the University on a firm basis.
Dirrerenr DEPARTMENTS.
Immediately under the President there are three great bodies the Instruction, the Deliberation, and the Administration.
With re i ference to instruction, it has boob decided to treat the departments, and not the so-called colleges, a real units, for the colleges are only organized groups of correlated departments, A department has decidedly a closer contact with individual students than does a col-Jege, and at the same time a department may serve in severa: colleges. When the Universi: opens this autumn, the following 22 departments will be ready t receive students: Chinese, English. philosophy, history, geography. political science and economics mathematics, physics, chemistry biology, psychology, education physical training, farm imple ments, horticulture, stock-raising entomology, agricultural chemistry mechanical engineering, account ing, banking, and business ad ministration.
4. The administrative body of the University is again divide into 11 departments each with it: head and assistants engaged by the President in the name of the Uni versity. The deliberative body i: composed of the heads and representatives of the instructive and
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