The Career of the New President, Dr. Herman Liu The new president of Shanghai College, Dr. Herman Chan-En Liv, PH.D, was born in Hanyang. Hupeh, in 1896, A child of Christian parents, a constant visitor in missionary "homes, educated Christian schools in'China, and fully triined in two big American universities, he has imbibed a healthy Christian and broad-minded spirit that makes him an ardent lover of} his own country and a warm friend of foreign friends of China.
He has been chosen as the first Chinese president of Shanghai College in a critical period of its history. This institution was found: fed in 1906, almost wholly under foreign initiative, with an American' president and mostly American teachers, Practically all the money, more than a million dollars, that has converted the low' lying reed' marsh on the bank of the Whai poo river, into a beautiful park of 60 acres with stately buildings and handsome trees and lawns, has been contributed by generous friends in America, In the meantime, the policy of the founders to make the college truly Chinese, has been carried out gradually. More and more. professorships and other important offices in the college have been filled by Chinese.
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