Also shown were ite preparation of the sundry classifications of gas: white gas for smoke screens, which was later demonstrated for a large f crowd on the athletic field; coloured gases for, signals; tear gas, sneezing as, skin irritants (chlorine, phosgene mustard gas), lethal' gas, - the apparatus for testing their "toxic properties and the respective masks used for safety and protection, On the fourth floor is housed the biological supply service, Many of its features seemed to repeat in pov! the displays of the biology department, Gut the groupings were different, and attention was devoted to the technique. of preparation and the needs "of different courses and paratus and simple glassware, complete sets of mounted skeletons such 'Bs are used In veriebrate anatomy. 'The specimens displayed were similar to those "sent to the "Cestury of Progress Exhibition in Chicago, 1053- 'M4, and to the World's Fair in Paris in' 1937.
Related was the separate exhibit! Ju the social ' room of Allen Hall, devoted exclusively to the new Freshwater, Biological Station Soochow University. Suspended overhead was a complete set of models of all styles of fAshing nets 30 Used locally—a part of the 176 authenticated methods "of fshing employed in China waters, In addltion on the tables were to be found specimens of elaborate series aquaria as well as wading and swimming birds. Studies of the sources of food for fish as well as the many purely scientific and economic aspects of fresh-water problems were presented. It is understood that the display from the Freshwater Biological Station of the Soochow University to be transferred to Civic Centre of Greater Shanghai where it will be on display.
In addition there was an opportunity to visit the very excellent displays of Chinese painting and) amateur photography.
Many Mystified People As one watched the steady stream of humanity, during the almost con-
COURT DELAYS INJURE LAND..OWNERS, Case Cited Where Landlord is:: Victimized: Tenants "May Live Free by Taking Libertiés with Laws (erect 30 Tu "Nec, eats Reference has been made from time time to the unsatisfactory position created by the delay in the. court procedure' and in the operation of the law in dealing with eases of non= payment of rent. A case has recently been before the courts and a record of ils salient features gives: an insight Into the complexities of the problem and shows how gravely the: value of {and as a security is affected by the inability of landlords to obtain legal protection of their rights. The details ow given are generally accurate, but {for obvious reasons the figures and dates involved have been varied.
The tenant in question took over some two-year-old premises at an agreed rental of, say, $200 a month:
a little: over' year's time the landlords of those premises offered a rent reduction of approximately 15 per cent, which. was duly accepted by all the tenants in the property concerned except that one to which this cate refers. Incidentally, he had riot pald his rent for a considerable period "ste months, to be exact—and with in two months of the rent reduction being. offered, and declined by him, he was sued for the back rent and fu order for his eviction was applied for.
The Passage Tortuous In. response to this sult the' tenant fled" counter-action for "the. re-@uction of -his rent by more than twice as much aa the Inndlords had offered and he had declined. In less than @ week after: the counter-action had been filed, the original court gave judgment in the landlords' favour for he full amount of their claim f6r backerent, but it dismissed the petition for eviction as well as the tenant's counter-claim for rent reduction. Against that judgment the tenant spealed. The appeal was heard seven the court again gave! judgment in the landlords' favour, but reduced their claim by the amount} of rent reduction they had voluntarily offered but the other side had Geclined. "Against the judgment of this court the tenant appealed to the Supreme' Court at Nanking. This appeal, which was made nearly a year ago, has not yet been heard and the landlords have petitioned the Supreme Court to expedite hearing of the appeal.
In the meantime the tenant stil falled to pay his rent. and as the landlords "have not been able to obtain eviction, he went on occupying the house without meeting his Yabilities. So the landlords had to start a second ease against him for 10 months' back rent, and eight months later a third case'was begun for st months' back rent, os, of course, time passed, the accumulation of back rent increased. So the Inndlords, with the judgment of -two courts In' their. favour, have not been able to collect the rent for nearly two years. They have incurred legal expenses which may amount to more than $1,000, the lowest estimation, "and under nual rain of these three days, it was evident that many carried away only vague and mystified impression from a blur of strange sights, enveloped in an atmosphere of radio musie, ranging from "San Francisco" fo "Where Is My Wandering Boy, To-night?", a sort of rank and exotic perfume in a garden of only partly familiar flowers. But there "were many others who will have felt an intellectual stimulus and" thrill they contemplated the place of science in present-day life, and its development in modern China, It is well "also that "such instruction is made available to students through Christian institutions so. that a. dis-exclusion of other and higher human vers iven a pioneer emphasis Durmalls and, value. Soochow Uni-science instruction, extending over '35 years, and now utilising a slart of persons, (five of whom have doctor's degrees from abroad), and a building and equipment valued at more than N.C-$350,000.
On Saturday were held a. special basketball game between the" university and a local all-star team; the formal opening of the new dormitory for college women, at which time the ribbons were clipped by Miss KY. Kiang, principal of the Laura Hay: good Normal School, and first ce-ed: in Soochow University (1920); and the dedication of the new gymnasium with addresses by Gen. Chang Chih-Kiang of Nanking, and Prof. Win. Z, Sung, of St. John's University, The final event was a monster entertainment and social with Peking and modern dramatics and special stunts by student performers; 'During' the three days dignitaries, alumni," friends and the general public visited the University to the extent of about 25,000 persons, Chinese law these togal- expenses cannot be recovered from the tenant,
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