The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-28
Honolulu. T. H.. Dec. q, 1907.

to know what some of their fellow
/ brothers are doing in a city, which is
1900 miles from any seaport along the
coast of China. Secondly, l believe it
would help much in bringing about a
better feeling to the American people
of this city from the more conserya-
| tive. Chinese, and at the same time TO
show them, that Notwithstanding the
Exclusion laws, there are Americans
of noble and unselfish character, who
would give their time, energies and
lives for the upliftment and enlighten-
ment of our people.
have the honor to be, sir,
Respectfully yours,
Alloy SOONG,
Cor. Sec. of C. S. A. H.
THE YALE MISSION IN CHINA.
Our readers may have heard of an
Alumni Association of Yale University,
with both Chinese and American MEM
bers in China. with headquarters in
Shanghai. As an additional represen-
tative of Yale, there was introduced
last year Yale Mission in Changsha,
the provincial capital of Human. ''once
the seat of the most rabid antiforefgn
propa ganda in China
AS is natural. the professors of this
educational institution are graduates aof
Yale University, u. S. A. Brownell
Gage, B. A.. z. H. Hume, B. A., N. D.,
and w B. Seabury, B. D., NJ. A, were
the pioneers of the mission. 1t was
some time before work could be COM
menced, as the difficulty of securing
suitable site confronted these advance
agents. The difficulty has been partly
surmounted, as several spacious Chi
nese houses have been secured within
the city walls and the necessary re-
pairs and alterations were quickly
made. On the opposite side OF the road
another Chinese house has been leased
for a dIspensary. This building is on
ly temporary, as it is hoped at some
time to purchase a large plot of
ground elsewhere and construct for
eign buildings, following the model of
the mother university at Yale. It is
also desired to erect a commodious
hospital with dispensary at con-
venient distance from the college, if
possible, within the city, and this will
be under the superintendent of DIR.
Hume, who will be helped by another
duly qualified medical man from
America. It is hoped that the rum
ming expenses will be borne by the
college itself. Salaries for the foreign
staff will be supplied by subscription
from the alumni of the mother univer-
sity. For the present each student IS
charged only $40 per annum as tuition
fees, including cost of board and uni
FORMS but later on this is likely to be
increased.
1.-THE school will be independent, I'M
UNCONVENTIONAL, but a sound Christian
| institution of higher learning. Instruc-
tions will be given in both Chinese and
Occidental history and letters, in for
| eign languages. political science and
| law. Also thorough courses in the
Bible, ethics and psychology. in medf-
cine and surgery, and in the physical
| and natural sciences, with special en-
phasis on those technical studies need
ed by an undeveIoped country, rich in
natural resources, viz, mining. engf-
neering. forestry, etc. Physical Gull
tire, athletics, military drill and man
uai training will also be attended to. !"
| Not only American instructors but
also thoroughly trained Chinese will be
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| in the end constitute a large portion Of
the Faculty. There are at present
three members of the Chinese Faculty.
| DR.. Niu, the Chinese Dean of the
school: Mr. Tsai. Chinese classics; Mr..
Kao, science. The present members OF
the foreign Faculty are: Messrs. b.
| Gage, w. J. Hail, DR.. E. H. Hume.
Rev. W. B. Seabury, Dean of the
school. and Mrs. Lawrence Thurston-
In the mother university there are en-
thusiastic candidates preparing them
selves 10 join the college, and the staff
when complete viii number over forty
instructors What is encouraging is
that missionary schools in the province
| have agreed to send in their graduates.
| thus insuring a strong Christian con-
stituency from the very beginning.
| The college first commenced work on
the 18th of November last year. The
candidates for the entrance examina-
| ton were examined on the following
subjects:
/. 4 good knowledge of Chinese lit
erature and history.
| ,. A fair knowledge of arithmetic.
3. A knowledge of the geography of
/ emma IN GeIdll. anu OL ire SCOeiSNt'AAS
of other countries in outline. In addt-
ton to these subjects, those who desfr-
ed were permitted to present English
history and natural ~science.
The present requirements for admis-
| sion to the lower class are:
| 1. A good moral character
>. knowledge of Chinese classics
literature. history and the art Of COM
position. such as may reasonably be
expected of a boy of fourteen years OF
age.
3. A thorough knowledge of the
more important branches of arithmetic,
including common and decimal frac-
tions. percentage, interest, and the
metric system of weights and meas
ures.
4. A thorough knowledge Of Chinese
/ geography and a general knowledge oil
that Of other countries.
In an interview with DR.. E. H Hume
who came from Changsha to attend the
Missionary Centenary Conference, the
writer ELECTED the following fnforma'
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