in Ceremony Commencement week is. being observed at Chino-Tung University, the premier Chinese government Institution for. sclentife and engineering studies, situated at 1954 Avenue Haig.
On June 25, there was a faculty meeting in the morning, and a coun cil meeting, in the afternoon. Meantime at 3 pam. a tennis tournament was played. between representatives of the faculty and of the graduating class. In the evening a moving picture was screened for the enter= tainment of the departing students, 'On June 26, witnessed three important "functions. At 10am, was' the laying of the corner stone of the Industrial Chemical Laboratory by President Ly. Prof, Ming-Tsai Hsu, Head of the' Chemistry' Department reported that the laboratory would cost $10,000 for the house, and another $10,000 for fxtures. "When completed, about a year hence, it will be a double-storeyed building, occupying. a ground space of about 5,000 sq. fi. The ground floor con nected with the old laboratory, will be furnished with a double-effect evaporator and a column still, "Out. side this, the floor will be divided {info two sections, the east section for a tanning laboratory and the west section for a fuel research laboratory, The first floor contains two spacious research rooms for students and several emees for teachers, 'The special speaker for the occasion was Mr. Yin-cho Wu, organizer and manager of five chemical In+ dustrial enterprises in town, found: er of the Educational Endowment for Poor Students, and vice-president of the Industrial' Chemistry Society of China. He stressed the need and importance of industrial chemistry in China's reconstruction, and hoped that Chiao-Tung would' help meet the demand by erecting" sucha laboratory.
The second function took place ut hoon. It was the unveiling of a bronze tablet to Di. Yung Wing, by his gon, Mr. Baritelt G.° Yung, a relict bronze image of the far Sighted reformer having been unveiled last spring when the univer: sity celebrated its fortieth anniversary.
After an absence of more than nine months, the s. Conte Rosso. Will in make het appearance on the 1a Const in September when. she will resume her interrupted service on the Italy-Far-Bastern run, When she docs, the Lloyd Triestino Line will have three ships running between Trieste and Shanghai fast time of 23 days, and will be able call at this port every three weeks instead of once a month os is the present case.
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