The Archive · 1933

Huge Expansion

Proceeding from their original plan of haviog four buildings, one at the end of each of two intersecting axes, the missionaries have now placed en the campus 20 college buildings and dormitories. On the fous sites now stand. 38, residences for'aculty meters ad thet fami Bachelor degrees in arts and acionce are conferred through the Regents of the University of the New "York. Degrees of ED? and "DDS, sealed by" the Provincial bureau of education are Eranted to graduates in medicine Bidvdenity. Diploeas ary gran "onganitation of the university is four year' graduates in, ligion

simple. It was founded in 1910 by concerted action of four missionary eroape, each of which was respon: ible" for erecting a buildings" the American Baptists, English Qual ern, Canadian Methotiets, "and American Methodists; "Sines. then fave, been, admitted to participation the Church missionary? Society 1918 the women's foreign mstionfist Churah, the Methodist Bpiscepel seine of the American Bap Church, andthe United Choreh of (Canada, which established the Wor men's 'College. in. addition there ave five mission colleges established By' the°churen bodies the fusations oF which are residential rather than Each department has its own enthusiasms" The Dental College Claimed to be the best in China and work of two of ite members, Dr. and Mrs, Agnew, has brought it to the fore. "The agricultural department now busied with attempts to make the Chinese cow a naleproducer by frosting it) with. western breeds, The museum is rapidly atuassing vast collection of art and historical specimens dealing: with "Tibet and tweet China. "On the one. hand its ask. kas been. made easy' by" the rapid evacuation of temples; op: pressed by the "oalitary;" on the other it" continually faces" antic foreign fosiing and" defends itself against charges of "tombrifing. Extensive research is being carried on, tu the fed of Chinese medicines, the. student body "last autumn totalled '900; "Tuition requtvements Act to allow only entrance for the youth of so-called better families, Nreverthetens there have been sta: ident movencents, inspired by. Conse Munist propaganda, Not, east of the universttrs troubles has beer the habit in the past of Communist fttators from the city foeing. to the campus for refuge.

Within the city. Protestant enter-centred in the Canadian Here, the, the, French Catholics Ihave's! lange enthedral the centre ets, biahopeies Their hospital, charitable institution, 1s outside the north gate, Precis ead nuns engage strictly religious or' sine: Jdical purposes number about 50. The diocese administers to the: spiritual wants of 38,000 Chinese Gathoties "through. the emees "of about 1,200 Chinese priests.

Charity here, as elsewhere, has been the contribution of the Catho-An orphanage has picked from the' siums and ing 600 iris Last year's expanse accotint for free food was $12,000. "Many of the poor with incurable disease or starvation come tothe hospital to die there as Christians, that they This item cost, $8,000 last year.

Despite anti-foreign feeling," an anecdote shows, there ig much faith placed in the missionaries. General Teng Chi-hia, whose 26th Army was last year allegedly guilty of pi ing Gatholic properties fighting Gen. Liu's forces, issited the cathedral this spring, a week before his army [Chengiu neighbourhood in anticipat tion of war. He left his wit leubioes, and children in the She pets as wells lis ensures evidently. with fiches he "demanded to see! Bishop Boushouse personally—he wished, to place it himself ie the prelate's hands

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