Nanking, Nov, 3 Dr. Sun Fo, President of Legislative Yuan, Dr, Chang Po-ling, President of Nankai University, and Dr. Lo Chia-lun, will be the speakers at the functions in connection with the Twentieth Anniversary of the Founding of Ginling College, Nanking, which is being celebrated this week-end, 'The Formal Anniver sary Exercises took place yesterday. jatternoon in the presence of a number of official guests, and the Annual Founders' Day Service will be held this morning. This s an annual service of the college. In addition to the addresses, there will be music provided by the Ginling Glee Club. At the exercises-an anniversary song was sung for the first time. This song was composed by a. graduate of the college, Miss Hu Shih-tsang, who is now teaching music in St Mary's Hall, Shanghai, Twenty Years of Work These exercises mark the completion of twenty years of history at Ginling College. The college opened this September with the largest enrollment it has ever had. There, are 238 students in the college, and 81 in the Practice School which is maintained under the direction of the Education Department. The student body represents 80 preparatory schools and 17 provinces. There are now over 350 graduates in various parts of China, and abroad, sendering service to their country for preparing to do so. Sixty per cent. of the graduates are engaged in educational work, either teaching or in positions of administration. A large group are doing social and religious work, in the ¥.W.CA., in church organizations, oF in hospitals and other organizations fas social workers. A number are in medical work. A third of the: alumnae have further prepared for, their work by doing graduate work in China or abroad, and there are at the present time graduates studying in America and in England, 25 well as in China.
Ginling College was opened in 19l4 in an old official residence in Nanking. Mrs. Lawrence Thurston Was elected first president and served fu that capacity" until 1927, "Since then she has been adviser. In 1923, the college was moved to ite new campus. This campus has. over forty acres and the main group buildings consists of four dormitories, four academic buildings, and the central building which houses the gymnasium and social hall and whic [S"'the gift of Smith College America. The total value of the plant, campus, buildings, and equip ment" is nearly $1,500,000. ~The money for buildings was raised in the joint campaign for the seven colleges for women in the orient in} 1921-1923. All the buildings at Ginling with the exception of "he Practice School Dormitory have been built with this money which was a itt from the women of America the women of China for this purpose.
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