Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-02

! China and the largest OF the medical schools
| that of Pekin. a Rockefeller Fund is to be
| forthcoming If the general American public
can be got to double the gift. That is to
say. $1,000 600 has been offered by the fund
| to- these three Eastern colleges and to four
| others scattered through Asia, in India and
! Japan. If another $2000,000 Is raised by
| the first of the coming year.
Each little group of alumnae and faculty
| have therefore prepared brief, readable state
mHntS of their college work and its results
for the great general public of America. And
thos" little paper books make very touching
| reading. / cannot help feeling that impor
tant as the work Of the Washington Confer
onco may be toward bringing about peace
ana good will. what IS now being done in
thoS" colleges and schools Of medicine is Of
oven greater Importance to the world.
TT ERE arc some of the facts cannot
IL give them a. those who care most have
given th"m. for | have not the space, but
they speak for themselves.
Medical College for Women, near the
llatamen. the great tower gateway between
the MaGchu and Chinese sections Of Pekin,
North China. The faculty is supplied by
Mrthodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian and
congregational missions, seventeen profess
sorN in all. Three mission hospitals provide
CIinicaI material. First. the Methodist, 100
beds. and over 1000 patients a year, with
Il; ;o66 dispenSary patients and 401 obstetri-
cal cases. Second, the Presbyterian Hos
Mtal. and, third. the Methodist Mems
Hospital. There is also Government
Isolation Hospital. and autopsy and
pathological laboratories In connection
with these is Union Training School for
Nurses. The enrolment last year was thir-
N-elght for the first year class and twenty
one from the graduating class. Next wear
over thirty graduates from one woman's COL
leg" will enter. These women come from
MI over China and go out to work in remote
provinces, wherever the need is greatest.
Ncnching College for Women Pekin. A
union college. supported by four Mission
f0uruS. This Is an old ducal palace. the
bricks Of which were laid before Columbus
discovered Amorica 1t was organized six
instructors; ifs Student hoiv 100 0f .hoSo
fortv-one are graduates from the Govern
ment schools. Its graduates nor only are
placed in charge of the Government schools,
but ar" doing most Of the translating and
a good deal of the journalistic worI; of Gbina
Ginning College for Women Nankin sun.
uOrled by the Buptist, the DiscinIos ~
Christ the Methodist Fpiscon.I and tba
Presbyterian Boards The name WINS tbo an.
cicnt name Of Rankin. 200 r. G.. Tho hriIJ.
ing is an ancient palace in n sin moro nv.
clont and famous garden. 'Tbirtcon ,n;ssior
schools and t"cnty- eight high srLonis orn
represented am,ng the student body Tbose
entering hay" had in one or another Of these
md .hnp
the college "ucncd in 1015 with %n nina WIZ" stu
dents these girls from wideIv scattorod ,o neu.
inccs had ,nly Fnrlish for tboi, ~ l lioF
tongue. Tic language Of tbe rnIccc ''I1I,"" hn"'"
: tL,n nina, y y very close tiG has been formed
CnIIooo ,r ,,,a.;naS VI 'N"''T!n KIN ana smith
Iogn 0f A,,nrino has ooJo,ta5 " c'InSSirN t"i-
Iaa nf N,n,r'i,, '' o a.. ,'s,,.I ,"c IeEh OIL
tLo Grst a.",iI'o tin, Is TLS!'r' from
,vo,,an wont ant oniIiro ,Li W ,''"IuS the
momr, ,oi. % %o'' '"tr'"S ,ne''SoIVeS the pio.
mLisoI nnn - tLi ,i,' "mI a crossed ak and
Gn,ort,,nr, If T!"aI;.I ~ % - yea" OF the
Normal Sol uul If Pekin. another is tcan%jn,,
Dt tLc AugI0- Chinese ScbouI l., SiE "'IIE
~ S4"saIore.
ALI, those vopng women ,ro tbo ,,o,.-.
y " 'N ''" "'' 'it leaders
day. they are the transIntors and the trans
mittcrs Of Western hopes and ideals 70 tbe
mothers aud wives Of the great slowly atoL
enins half oF Asia
n,, 80 +Lor, a VoroLiu n 80,
W '"'a'' a''.Iti. ~ lug N"IIrge girl,
NP''h''E ~ ''"l! ""' "I women IN pekn
not I"hL since, 'IIcu OUT 10 them that the
reason emma had met foul DlaV from TIM
world was because her worst cnemy ,ra.
| herself. was
"Wn oro ignorant. vo bo,o boo,, -,-
| Now we who are awake at last must ronse
| the rest. The men cannot do It alone
| China needs us, her women. We must do
| our share, You and /.
\ bitter question was flung back bv the
listening crowd But why did no one ever
| to China what the women do?"
.x,rrr ,5o,,+,- ,-l,.
WE'LL evidently nina can sleep no more,
w VIII our "oV"rnment follow in the