Meeting of Chinese and Americans The first_ of the four days' proceedings of the convention of the Association of Chinese and American Engineers took place on Tuesday at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. premises, Szechuen Road.
Sixty members and a few nonmembers were present and, in the absence of Dr. Yen T. Ching, the President, Mr. Liang, Peking. nrosided and read the President's address.
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During the day, an interesting and varied programme was taken part in by all. There was an inspec. tion of certain plaints at several industrial quarters. mainly—the Rivers power the Shanghai Municipal. also before tiffin, the Houzsang Cotton Mill was visited. In the afternoon the " General Lamp Factory, in Robison Road, was inspected, after which a visit was paid to Nanyang College vid St. John':
From 4.30 to 6 p.m._ addresses were delivered at the Y.M.C.A. A paper on "Mining Laws," arranged by Mr. A. C. Terrill and Dr. Vv. K. Ting was submitted and 8. ¥. Chen spoke on "Uni-ersity of Communications and the Educational Outlook," Mr. D. E. Douty's paper on "Material Standardization" was also submitted.
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