The Archive · 1936

NEW "GYM" FOR WUSIH

nom Oun Own Connesronoexe Wasi, Ku, May 4.

The recently hatched silkworms are! suffering from the prolonged cold wet weather; but owing to the steady rise the silky market, farmers are raising silkworms to'an extent unheard of for the past few years.

During the spring a number foreigners drove up from Shanghai and found the trip delightful, though f tittle tong, since the detour by Changstu is' still used, The direct oad between Wusih and Soochow is said to be completed, but it has not yet been opened.

The younger generation of Wusih fave showing more interest in athletics than before. "A gymnasium soon to be built in Wusih will fill the need Jong felt by local athletes. "A committee composed of local high oMleials and wealthy merchants has been formed for the purpose of raising. {$20,000 needed for the construction and it is expected that the building will soon be commenced. The owner of the big pond at Tungtalchity is going to turn the pond into " swimming pool, which, when completed, willie much enjoyed by summer. visitors.

The Joint Association of Education alists: and Moving Picture Producers} is holding its nfth annual meeting in Wusih, devising means of ineteasing the use of moving pictures for edueas tional purposes,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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