The finishing examinations of the current season in the Theological School were held recently. Prof. N. P. Pokrovsky and Mr. Prigorovsky were members of the examination board, which was headed by Bishop John. Three examinations were held altogether.
Captain B. N. Sysoev, local World War veteran, died in the Russian Hospital recently. After graduating from the Moscow Cadet Corps he entered the High Military School in 1912, and during the World War was in the army of Gen. Samsonov, which suffered a defeat at Tannenberg, where it was moved in August 1914, to prevent the capture of Paris by the whirlwind German advance. Captain Sysoev was taken prisoner. During the Civil War he was in the army of Admiral Kolchak, serving in the air force. He evacuated from Vladivostok to Shanghai, and has lived here for 18 years.
'A paper on Chinese characters was read by Mr. Skurlatov at the latest meeting of the Russian Orientalist Society. The speaker gave a detailed review of the latest advances in the study of Chinese writing and: phone-ties, and advanced the view that the characters form a spiritual bond among many peoples of Asía. The next talk will be on the theme, fucianism Skurlatov the Society for the coming year, while Mr. L. V. Arnoldoy was elected the vice president and Miss Levushkina the secretary.
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