With an impressive all day cere-many on November 2, Central China College combined its annual: matrleuation day with the 30th anniversary of Yale-in-China educational work. Chief interest centred in the academic: recession of the faculty In the after-oon, followed by addresses, includ college. preslind from the department heads, Doctors Paul Kuei, 'Huang Pu and Hu Yi, representing the science, education and arts schools. Dr. Frank Hutchins of Yali Middle' School in Changsha, the offeial representative, of Yale-In-China, was presented with a large silk banner, Central China College is a union of five smaller colleges which were formerly situated in Hupeh and Hunan. In 1924, three schools organized by the American Church Bfssion, the London Mission and the Methodist Mission (Boone, Grifith and Wesley) joined and were enlarged after the revolution by Yale College In Changsha and Huping College of the London Mission. To-day the college is registered with the government and }has no compulsory. religion,: though every, fort ts made to maintain religious, atmosphere In the student dormitories.
Compared with Wu-Han University, Central China College is small, poorly financed and little known. Its enrolment is 240, with a faculty of 43, including sixteen foreigners. Because the college fee roughly is $250 year, most students prefer to attend a government university and pay less than half. In teaching languages the smaller college is for superior to-a government school, making possible Instruction in most Mberal arts sub: acts in English, 'Yale-In-China, in addition to its science school' at Wuchang, also operates the Siangya Hospital, siang~ ya Medical School and Yalt Middle School, all, in Changsha, The Yale work in Central Chine College includes undergraduate physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics. The work Is financed directly by Yale-in-China Association Inc., an Ameri can organization composed of graduates of Yale University. The Femarkable aspect of Yale work is their insistance upon Chinese leadership. Of the thirleen'seience in-Structors at Central China College, only-one is a foreigner, the rest being foreign-trained Chinese scholars.
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