The Archive · 1938

Central Bank to House S.M.C. Schools

The Central Bank, formerly the hor used for a variety of purposes since when it will be utilized as temporary premises of the Ellis Kadoorie ana the Nieh Chih Kuei public schools for Chinese, "students will occupy the rooms where China's finance leaders once sat, Superintendent for Leprosarium Shanghai, Sept. 4, Dr. H. P. Chu, Acting President of the "National Medical College of Shanghai, was appointed by the Tos. pital Committee of the Chinese Mis. sion to Lepers at its meeting held on August 26, as the Honorary Super. intendent of the National Leprosar. jum of Shanghai effective as from September 1, In the presence of a good-size audience consisting of the stof? men. bers and patients of the Leprosariim and guests including Dr. 7, Chou, the internationally famous chemist and Director of the Institute of Materia Medica, Peiping, who Is the manufacturer of the Iodized Ethyl Esters now being widely used in the leprosaria throughout the country the standard curative agent of leprosy, Dr. Chu was formally in. ducted into "amice with a simple but appropriate ceremony.

After Introduction by the Rev. re, Wu, who represented the Board' of Directors of the Chinese Mission Lepers, under whose auspices the Leprosarium is being operated, Dr Chu addressed the audience, express. ing his gratifeation at the honour and new opportunity which rad been given him' to serve the Chinese Mission to 'Lepers in a' more practical and effective way, and his hope to try his best to make the National Leprosarium of Shanghai an institu: tion comparable with the best of ity kind in any part of the world, Dr. Chou was then called upon to speak, which he did most humorous. ly, und very much to the point. Femarked at the outset that ho did hot come to the Leprosarium to sell rugs, as his profession was lable to make' people think that way, nor was he prepared to make any speech, for who had heard of a druggist "who could make any significant speech! He gave very sound advice to the patients that there are two ways of curing leprosy and one ts just us important as the other. 'The first is by means of medical treatment for which he has devoted much of his energy in the past in, trying to' produce Rood remedy. The second way is by Means of spiritual therapy including mental quiescence and complaisance which the patients of this Lepros ium have every reason to possess in view of the splendid way they are being taken care of, Police "Kiddies" Shine In Outdoor Play Shanghai, Sept, 2

After arduous preparations, under the direction of Miss Joyce Yorke, children of members of the Shanghi Municipal Police and Jail staffs last night presented "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" at the Police Recreation Club matshed on the Race Course, earning spirited ap-Plause from a gathering of about 20 spectators. Mrs. B. B, Boddy assisted young Miss Yorke inthe production of the play, which was rendered in, full costume matching Mr. Walt Disnay's screen-play, The cast of the production follows:

Srpw, wie Thelma Bouvier Queen Bos Grumpy Happy Dopey me of the Russo-Asiatic Bank, and is being put to a new use. today Close on 1,000

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