History of a Famous Institution: Jubilee this Week Fifty years ago, in 1879, a Jew, two institutions ard the curtains named Bishop Schereschevsky, was which were hung in chapel to pro-Impressed witn she need of stimulate tect the girls fro the gaze of the ing modern education in China. boys, eternal vigilance-had to be He combined two boarding schools kept in order to keep up the of the American Choreh Mission berviers. On the whole the student fand started his college. This week of St. John's yed having St. has been devoted to.a celebration.
Mary's in such close proximity. the filioth anniversary. of this The Pro-Cathedral event, Tt was during this decade that happened, after the combina-ro new buildings were erected. tion of the two boarding schools, The Pro-Cathedral, which the that a piece of land named Jess-oldest building on the campus, was field was for sale, There was on made possible by a gift from the the grounds a house which could Clarkson family of Potsdam, bbe used for the bishop's residence, jin pious remembrance of Mi: s the land had been improved, roads Lavinia Clarkson and Bfrs. Elizabet th made, and trees planted. The pro- Clarkson."
It is built in grey is built in grey. and and was relieved when the Taotai sent a! detachment of fifty men.to protect the property. This, however, did not do much in the way of promoting quiet nights. According to the "Echo," the student, publication at that time, the soldiers fired off guns and beat their drums the whole! night. Official proclamations were issued, however, by the authority which forbade riots and the situation soon cleared up.
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