A magnificent new building, worthy in every respect of the second larg est privately-organized. university. In China, was opened by the Aurora University in Avenue Dubail on September 12, Over 2,000 invita Vlons to Leading educationalists, ofldals, and prominent local residents have been issued by the Rev. Germain, Rector, and the professors of the university for.the opening ceremony and for the exhibition of ancient and modern books, engrayings, and artistic bindings' recently brought to China from France, which 8 being held here under the patronage of the French Ambassador.
The new building is the finest and most modern of a group standing in revennieen acres of ground, A dozen els of designs were prepared by the wrehiteets, Messrs, Minutti & Ca, before the final selection of the >resent Impressive building, standing our-square and of modern. design, was made, Dominating an' aren jen acres itself, the building is four storeys high, above a basement and strikingly' colourful in. its facing of red tiles and grey stone trimmings. A wide central entrance, looking northwards, and innumerable large windows give ample indication ry, well-lighted "Interiors, The Juilding looks across the wide athletic rounds to the Bglise St, Pierre, the wurch completed two" years "ago, while adjoining it is the present \uditorium, now eight years old, as well asf number of temporary julldinys which include an anatomial \xboratory and a students' dormie ory and: restaurant, Although the new building erected a cost of over $400000, fs at the rioment complete in itself, it is actually but a detail in a programme which was drawn up many years ago. t will ultimately form the eastern ving of a central structure, which is o have a western wing similar in all details to the present. building. his connection, it should be explained hat the University was founded In 908 by French. missionaries, jot religious institution, however, or although it remains under the rection of French Jesuits there is 10 theological department, and no ourses of an ecclesiastical nature offered, No chapel or church tenaanee is required of the students, he majority of whom are, in actual aet,. non-Christian, rooms are located on the third floor, at the western end of the corridor, extending across the width of the building, is a large, specially-designed, specially-lighted chamber equipped for the work of student draughtsman' The class-rooms on this floor will be devoted to higher mathematics and engineering sciences, and are therefore fitted with elaborate special equipment.
The main feature of this floor, however, is the assembly hall on the eastern side of the building, Approximately sixty fect square, it has no pillars to obstruct the vision, and has a ceiling height of about twenty feet; it is expected to accommodate faudionces of four hundred. Connected with it are two lesser classrooms in the rear, The building is designed and equipped throughout to achieve the reatest possible conveniences for both professors "and students: the activities of students and professors in euch of the various departments cannot conflict or become confused at any point. Bach of the main floors has a wide central corridor running Gulaing Potley The guiding policy, from its incepion, has always been "to give to ung, men who. have Anished. their secondary studies that higher ede jon. needed in. order to. complete heir Intellectual formation!" pecially aims at, offering the Chie ese student, here in his own country, the advantages of the education has to seek abroad. The Univer-y's. entrance examinations ars con-erned with neither race nor religious oiled, The present student. body, numbering 600, represents thirteen The overall length of the new building Is 1008 feet, and its depth 2.32 fect, Its facilities, including a reas, library, willie placed ut. the disposal, of "the university's "three ain" departments—aedieine, Lay, ud Engineering Seiences—while one f the main chambers onthe. first oer, connected to the library, will 9 open to the general publ.
Visitors. tothe university's now building will be arrested by the sight t a huge window set inthe. couth al commanding the main entrance, the contract corridor. Fashioned striking manner in tosselated anslucent. glass is. the traditional jmiol of Aurora. "In sharp. outline, figure of a cock, with wings out: retched and crowing loudly at the rear, shining orb of the rising. sun, "pictured, A unique work of art, the product of Chinese crafts: en in the glass works at Tousewel, arking on the original design tted Jeoult artist, The basement, which is commodious well-lighted, will contain four esmodical course laboratories, with modern, steam-heating plant. in.
northwestern comer. The ministrative offices and reesption jins occupy the eastern end of the ain floor, while on the western side two. class-rooms, The bacteriogical laboratory is situated in the out. of the. building, but, for the ne being the physics and chemistry boratories will remain in the bulldgs located on the eastern side of venue Dubail.
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