The Archive · 1935

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Nanking, June 7.

A meeting of the American University Club of Nanking was held on. [Tuesday afternoon and evening, June 4. on the campus of Ginling, College. [There are over 600 graduates of JAmerican universities "in Nanking land the club was well represented at the gathering which included a lumber of government officials, leaders in the political, intellectual land social life of Nanking, and several distinguished visitors from abroad.

Dr. Shu Mo, Vice-Minister of Forjcign Affairs, president. of the club, presided, Addresses were made by iMr. Nelson 7. Johnson, American fAtinister to China; Mr. Francis Har-Jmon, the General Secretary of the international Committee of the YMCA. and by Mr, W. R, Stewart, ned in Kaifeng, Honan, who first came to Nanking in 1907, fand told of his early experience In this city. There were singing of Jcottege songs and cheers.

Through the courtesy of Admiral JChen Hsao-kwan, Minister of the Navy, who attended the meeting of the club, the navy band supplied. music during the afternoon and added much to the pleasure of the occasion, OMcers for the coming year were elected as follows: President, "Dr, C. Yen of the Ministry of Railway; frst vice-president, Mrs. M. Thurston, Ginling College; second vice-president, Mr. ZT. Ing, Ministry lof Foreign Affairs; secretary, Dr, Jefferson D. H. Lamb, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; treasurer, Mr.

Zee, Manager of the Hsin Hwa Trust and Savings Bank; manager, Feter S. 7. Shih, Secretary of the Nanking ¥.3I.C.A.; associate man Mr. W. R. Wheeler, University. of Nanking,

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