Programme for the Opening Session: Smaller Attendance Than Usual The president of the Assoc Dr. Harold Balme, was Great Britain and' the Vice-Chairman, Dean Francis C. M. Wei, of Central China University, was, in the chair. Much of the time of the conference was devoted to There opened yesterday morning thai College, an unusually} ig educational gathering, ial conference of the China Christian Higher Association _was organized two years ago at Nai king at a conference which was attended by 250 Ciristian teachers and administrators. It met to discuss the common problems of college teachers and recommend to the colleges policies for their considera tion and adoption. sectional conferences in which teach. ers of each of the major subjects met to discuss their common problems. There in addition, two, general daily at which the business of the conference were discussed and important addresses were delivered. "Yesterday's programme was as follows:
9.30—Higher Education and Culture Contacts, President, Mr. W. B. Nanc2, Soochow Uni The New Eu Owing to the difficulty of com municating with the north the attendance this year was somewhat! ess than that of two years ago, but already there was a registration of about 200 when the conference opened. Representatives came from every part of the country, including Peking University, Christian Universit Gama, Dean T. T. Lew, Yenching! University.
Synthesis of Cultures of East and West, Dean Francis C.' M. Wei, Central China University.
S—Report of Statistical Study—Mr. E. H. Cressy, East China Christian Educational Association.
"The Need of Making, Christian Colleges more Chinese," by Mr.
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