The missionaries, numbering about 150 Protestants and Catholics, comprise an important community: Whatever may be. said of them in present day when their class is being exposed to. strong. criticism, thes severe cites must content "ey go about their work assiduous There has been no Tack of industry in Chengtu even. though mis ries attribute their acquisition tangible things to the -work of God.
of the achievements is West China Union University.—With Tands, buildings and equipment that havea total. estimated value of $2,000,001 a faculty com= prising 120 instructors, foreign and Chinese, of various ranks, and with fan annual salary budget, of $248,000, this institution' inevitably. plays. prominent part in educational life Of the west, 'Modern Chengtu, itself " beautiful city, owes much of its charm to the university campus, just south of the city wall. Here, onan ares of 150, English' acres," the Protes-tart missionaries have put together in' 23" years a. tangible institution, They have profited by cheapness of labour. The administration building, considered by many as the most Beautiful result of an attempt to erect. a structure including the best in western and Chinese architegtare, was but Zor $60,000, oxy from the original plans. When present university is a far
Professor B. Bur lent of Chicago University, Chengiu more than 20 years ago aad was asked by the missionaries "Senate" to look over, their plans for the university, he laughed and the tremendous possibilities of such said, "You apparently do not realise an institation. "Before you go ahead with such modest plans you, should pend' $50,000 in. experimentation.
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