The sun., 1916-01-08
TWO MEDICAL COLLEGES
FOR CHINA ARE PLANNED
Representatives of Rockefeller Foundation Return
Pleased With Success of Undertaking and Gratifed
Over Cordial Reception Accorded to Them.

Members of the China Medical Board
OF the Rockefeller Foundation WHO
sailed from San Francisco on August
10 arrange for the reorsanisAtion Of
the Union Medical College at Pek.n.
which the board purchased ias, spring
from the London Missionary Society,
have returned much pleased with the
srstihed with the extremely cordial re-
ception accorded them.
The delegation comprised the Rev.
Or. Wallace But,rlck. secretary OF the |
General Education Board since April. |
1909. and head OF the China Medical |
Board. Or. Simon Flexner. director OF
the laboratories Of the Rockefeller insti- !
tute for Medical Research. and DR..
William II. Weich. president OF the !
board OF directors OF the institute. They
were accompanied by Frederick L.
| Gates, son OF the Rev. Dr.. Frederick
Taylor Gates. business and benevolent
representative OF John d. Rockefeller
Mrs. Buttrick. Miss Buurick AID Mrs.
/ F1.Nner.
We reached the conciusioa, said
| Dr. ButtrieA to SrS man yesterday
Afternoon. that the best thing TO do is
to reests blish the school on the higheet
possible plane ot excellence. We iaye
been invited by the existing medical
s'nools q, the Ya,gtse Valley TO estao-
lish a school at Shanghai. The existing
schools are 81. Johns University NJ. di.
cal school. the University OF Nankin
| Medical school and the Harvard Medical
school. All agreed to discontinue when
We decide 20 coa.inue. This invitation
will b. considered At the next meeting
OF the China Medical Board.
4 Two schools Pianued.
II. is our hope and expectation 20
establish In China two medical colleges
that will DC the equal OF the bog, 10
be found in America. Il .s hop,d 'aa'
by neais o: these schools there vii. o.
trained Chine~- men who themselves
will b@rome teachers OF n,odern medi-
cine
The Ch.na Medical Board Was organ
ized following al investigation into
medicine In Ch,ns by the China medica!
commission o. the Rockefeller Founda-
ton, consisting o. Dr. Harry Pratt Jud-
son. p-v~ideu; OF the University of Chi
taxo; Roger sherman Green. Consul
General o. the United states at Har kc~.
now res dent director Q: the China Aedi-
cal Board. and Or Francis Void Pea
BODY o: Harvard University.
Not only did pr. Buttrick And his
cowork.-s visit aearly thirty medica!
schools and colleges 81. china but they
were guests az the lmrerial University
a, Toxic and the Imperial University
=, kioto. Japan and the Union MedicA!
Coil e. a. seoul. corea.
: Distinguished honors Mere accorded
the Americans wherever ihey went.
They ~ere entertained a. luncheon by
the Minister o. Fore gu Ara!r> o: China.
! The, had an audience % Nat AZ hour
v.,h F.mpero- Yuan shiN-kLi. then
Presder,. vho vAs extremely co!dla.
: and promised 20 do al! in hts power to
; heip the China Medical Board N It's
{ Dian to carry the teachings .! modern
= medicine to his people. While n Pekin
D .Nsy were also entertained by group
OF physicians including TIE private
n physician TO Yuan Sh!h-kai.
y "V.nL.e Doodle" Played.
A, Chargsha. capital o: the Human
q province. where the Yale EiISA;!oia'
" Nilsson has established ,he Hunar Yale
i Med. .cal school ~ coop. Won with 'he
e gentry, the commission ats enthusiast
CAl!y received and Or. We.eh, by spec!a'
e Invitation. AID the cornerstone Of a ne"
:. hospital building 20 cos 5000 90"
= This u a very rour<G.0S educaiionsI
n mission DR. Buu-!ck sad. 1t Nas to
u an urprec-isn;ed degree obtained the
n cooperation q the gentry, who nay about
e on~-hat OF the total cos' OF the enter
Q prise When We arrived there We aer'
i v.lcorle-. ny the crie' ot'icia! OF N,
!. c,,y and .o-ty-nire Of No gentry gav.
- A dinner in an Oh aucestra! memoria
i hsll.
:. .'They mad 4 h-sse hand and fr
h. Bu,,r4ck's ewes flashed Nth the memory
y of i,-"and As W. were uind'rs our va,
), through ~. beautiful NaN 10 'h" 2 a.
.or,n the hand struck up Yankee
a Doodle and didn't II sound rne Ths
q was one Of the many nice little ways "
> which the Chln~se tried 10 do everything
possible 20 please and compliment US.
, There seems 10 be In the Chines'
a the friendlest feeling possible to~arC
y America one has only TO say he II az
American and they are at his service a
. once"
Or Bu,,rick sad ore eres, lack ~
China Is means O! communication. Tner'