Great interest has been shown by the local Russian colony in the description of the solemnities accompanying the. opening, on March of the Russian House in Tsingtao. This institution must, according to its organizers, serve as the centre of the social life of Russian emigrants, Chairman of the Anti-Com munistic League in' Tientsin, Mr.
thin arrived in Tsingtao to be present at this occasion, speeches were given by Mr, N. Pikulevich, Chairman of the Emigrants' Bureau, Major Tayi, representative of the Japanese Army in North China (who, incidentally, has an excellent knowledge of Russian), and Colonel Kono, head of the Japanese Military Mission in Tsingtao, Teachers' Union A special teachers'*union has been formed in Shanghai by the instructors of Russian literature and history, who have set as their problem the evolving of new methods of teaching the above subjects. The union aims at helping the students' national and religious upbringing by acquainting them with their coun-literature and history, and will ug of scholastic productions, lectures, ete, Prof, N. P. Pokrovsky has been elected Chairman of this union, Mrs. N, A, Tomin and Prof, V, V. Lamansky members of the Board, and Mrs, V. Menkova and Mrs, N. Jakusheva the Secretaries,
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