Sixteen medicos were conferred the doctoral degree and 29 nurses awarded the N.A.C. diplomas at an Impressive ceremony attended by over 600 people and taken place in the recently completed auditorium of the National Medical College of Shanghai, Feng Ling Chiao, on June 19.
The commencement exercises were presided over by. Dr. F.C. Yen, Director and Executive Secretary of the Shanghai Medical Center, who, following the usual Kuomintang rites; made an opening speech which the spirit of research and service was stressed. Mr. Ho Bing sung, representing Mr. Wang Shih-Chih, the Minister of Education, gave the commencement address in which he stressed upon the need of medical care in the veneral population of China, especially those in the rural districts and the tremendous future the pharmaceutical researches in Chinese drugs. Further encouragement and advice were given to the graduates by Dr. T. A. Li, Health Commissioner of the Municipality of Greater Shanghai. "Mrs. W. S. New, wife of the late Dr. W. S. New and Dr, Sung Kwel-Fong, director of the Medical Legal Institute at Tseng-Ju.
Several prizes were awarded. Dr. Hwu Yoong-fen, one of the two girls in. the class, was the winner of a medal for scholarship and Dr. Chem Joun-min wrote the best graduation thesis, entitled "The Incidence and Clinical Correlation of Types of, Corynebacterium Diphtheria in, Shanghai." Mr. Shiah Joun-Yi, the undergraduates, was awarded the medal for highest honour in the premedical and pre-clinical sciences. Miss Chu Shu Hsien held the highest scholastic standing in the nursing graduating class
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