NEW HAVEN, CONN., JULY 31, 1902.

THE YALE CHINESE MISSION.

The establishment by Yale men of a mission in North China, whose work shall be according to the broadest spirit of modern missions and entirely denominational, is a very unusual development of the year. Such a work, undertaken voluntarily by Yale men, shows the real strength of the religious life at Yale. That life is indeed so strong that it is considered subject to criticism only in the evidence of its power. The only reason any people ever sneer and talk with a sagacious cynicism about religious activities of Yale is because those activities are conducted by the really best men in college, and because the best and strongest men, being constantly in the public eye, are subject to criticism; and because, further, they are now and then weakly imitated by some insincere person whose hypocrisy is charged against the whole organization.

But it would take a long stretch of the most bitter antagonism to religious influence to find any ulterior motive in the establishment of a mission in North China. That would be impossible were the men of Yale, who are most identified with its religious life, not actuated by a spirit not only genuine but often heroically strong. Pitkin was an unusually noble example, but he was at the same time a fair type of a class of Yale men of considerable numbers.

As to what effect the establishment of this denominational mission will have in developing the non-sectarian spirit in all mission work, is a subject which would carry one a little too far in the future.

The statement concerning the Yale Missionary Society, printed elsewhere, was prepared by a man who understands its purpose and its possibilities thoroughly. The standard of the Society will be of the highest. It is the emphatic determination of the council to take no leftovers for its service and to accept only those with a professional training. No mere A.B. degree will satisfy the requirements of the Yale Missionary Society. Some Yale history is to be made by these men. It will be of a kind to make Yale men prouder than ever of their brotherhood.

THE CONGREGATIONALIST AND CHRISTIAN WORLD

28 June 1902

## World Convention

redemption by emphasizing the idea of gradual growth, by subordinating the individual to the type and by allowing environment larger place in the formation of Christian character. He also contended that recent evolutionary thought is inclined to minimize the importance of Darwin's theory of the survival of the fittest as applied to man, and to substitute for it the Christian idea of sympathy and co-operation, which would do all possible to enable the less fit to survive.

This paper was followed by extended discussion, which was characterized by an admirable spirit even when most expressive of dissent, and which made it clear that Vermont Congregational ministers are by no means unfamiliar with the latest results of Biblical criticism and scientific investigation nor inhospitable to all that has any just claim upon their acceptance.

### YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORK

An important feature of the program was a group of interesting and able papers relating to work for and by young people, contributed by Rev. Messrs. F. A. Poole, A. J. Lord, J. L. Sewall and Dr. W. B. Forbush of Boston. Each paper had distinctive features, but the group was characterized by the one purpose of leading young people into the religious life, and all embodied these fundamental ideas: Religion must be presented as something real and vital, involving moral rectitude and social service, and must be freed from asceticism, ecclesiasticism, emotionalism and kin-dred elements. Among the forces which attract the young to the religious life are sympathy, fellowship and actual service in connection with the church. The personality of the pastor is a highly influential factor, especially if he is intelligently appreciative of the tastes and points of view of the young. Direct religious instruction was not strongly emphasized. The general feeling seemed to be that young people can be counted upon to pick up the necessary ideas from sermons and Sunday school instruction. Added weight was given to these papers by the fact that their authors have done highly successful work along these lines.

### THE RETURN OF THE REVIVAL

In the closing paper Rev. H. R. Miles of Brattleboro gave an account of the recent revival in that place. The work of Mr. Davidson, the evangelist, yielded excellent results in the way of conversati ons and spiritual quickening, and proved that the revival rationally conducted and freed from emotional extravagances still has a place in religious work. This prepared the way for the resolution expressive of the end toward which the whole thought of the convention steadily moved, that the churches believe in the purpose of God to send us a religious revival, and

be carried on in complete harmony with
it. It will avail itself of the business
agencies and other facilities in the pos-
session of the Board, whose president, Mr.
Capen, and two members of the Pruden-
tial Committee are to be members of the
executive committee of the mission.

A splendid move this is for old Yale

28 June 1902

and young Yale, for the enterprise of
missions and for the kingdom of God far
and wide. Yale has always been well
represented on the foreign field, but now
a concrete, strong, well administered
institution in China is to bear the name
of Yale, to claim the services of her
choicest sons as they graduate from year
to year, and to serve as a tangible bond
between the university and one great
country as it struggles to emerge from
the trammels of its worn-out faiths into
the glorious light of Christianity. Yale
honors herself when she thus establishes
on the other side of the globe an agency
which even in a small way will represent
the things for which she stands in Amer-
ica and do in China the kind of work
which she is doing in America.

No less valuable is the example set to
other American institutions. How the
work of Christ among the nations would
march forward if in the course of the
next quarter of a century a dozen Amer-
ican educational institutions would es-
tablish in foreign lands educational and
evangelizing plants! It is understood
from the start that this work of Yale
men is to be distinctively tributary to
the missionary movement—nay, it is the
missionary movement itself, though it
will naturally lay large emphasis on its
educational, literary, social and medical
phases. It is too late in the history of
missions to minimize the factor of educa-
tion. In this respect Yale's action is a
vindication of those who, like the late Dr.
N. G. Clark of the American Board, con-
tended so manfully year after year for
the establishment and maintenance of
Christian schools and colleges all over
the Orient.

The interdenominational character of
this enterprise should not escape atten-
tion. Its executive officers represent the
Congregational, Episcopalian, Presbyte-
rian and Baptist bodies. While in special
sympathy with Congregational forces in
China, the mission will stand for a broad,
aggressive Christianity. This, too, is in
line with the best sentiment of the hour
touching the prosecution of missions. It
has often been remarked that Christian
unity has attained far greater practical
embodiment in foreign lands than in Eng-
land or America, and this admirable and
promising undertaking by Yale will con-
tribute powerfully to the wiping out of
sectarian differences and the unifying of
Christian forces in every part of the
mission field.

VOL. XXIX, No. 104.

OUR CHINESE GUESTS.

The President's Address of Welcome—New
Chinese Scholarship Announced.

The visit of the Chinese Com-
missioners to Yale yesterday was
in every way successful, and was
marked by an interesting and sig-
nificant announcement by Presi-
dent Hadley in regard to some
new scholarships for Chinese stu-
dents. Met by the reception com-
mittee at the depot, the party was
escorted to Woodbridge Hall,
where
received
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Finally, the University itself
agrees that in the competition for
those graduate scholarships which
are open to all men and all
nations alike, it will relieve those
Chinese who may compete from
any technical disadvantage, which
may result from the differences

between Eastern and Western
methods of college education, and
in every respect that lies in its
power will place them on an equal
footing.

"We are not old by the stand-
ards which prevail in your ancient
and honorable empire. It is but
a few years since we celebrated
our two hundredth anniversary.
On that occasion medals were
issued symbolizing the purposes
for which the University has
stood. We beg that Your Excel-
lencies the Imperial, Commission-
ers and the representative of the
Washington, will each

There is, however, a small vaca-
tion during the Chinese New
Year's; that is, from the twentieth
day of the twelfth moon until the
twentieth day of the first moon,
or in your calendar from January
to February.

"We, too, have a dormitory
system and the students live and
eat together. Of course you want
to know something about our
athletics. In the typical Chinese
university athletics are engaged
in but little, and then in a mild
form. However, the institutions
founded by foreign powers often
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China to found the proposed Christian university
to be established by the missionary society of Yale
University, is but 28 years of age. He will locate
the new institution in some important city. Sons of
prominent Chinamen will be secured as students,
with the hope that their conversion may have a wide
influence. The proposed university will have a four
years' course and a post-graduate school of journal-
ism. Mr. Thurston was born in Connecticut and was
graduated from Yale in 1808. Twelve other mem-
bers of his class have become foreign missionaries.

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VOL. XXIX, No. 104.

OUR CHINESE GUESTS.

The visit of the Chinese Com-
missioners to Yale yesterday was
in every way successful, and was
marked by an interesting and sig-
nificant announcement by Presi-
dent Hadley in regard to some
new scholarships for Chinese stu-
dents. Met by the reception com-
mittee at the depot, the party was
escorted to Woodbridge Hall,
where the commissioners were
received by the President. His
address of welcome follows:

"It is a special privilege to welcome Your Excellencies, and the honorable company which you bring, as guests of the University. Most of all on account of the historic empire which you represent and the distinguished reputation which you yourselves bear; but to some degree also on account of the fact that Yale has in the past been the home of many Chinese students who have done credit to their country both here and afterward. I believe that we have had more Chinese students at Yale than at any other American university, and of these I am told that no less than eight bear the rank of Tao-tai.

"We trust that this relation
may continue in the future. We
have in our hands special perma-
nent funds which enable us to offer
scholarships carrying free tuition
to two Chinese; and if Your Ex-
cellencies would each design to
assume the responsibility of nom-
inating an incumbent for one of
these scholarships, it would add
to their dignity and to our assur-
ance that the choice would be
wisely made. In addition to these
permanent scholarships, friends of
the University have made it pos-
sible for us to offer free tuition in
the immediate future to as many
as ten candidates whom the edu-
cational authorities of your coun-
try may recommend. Should the
course of these students prove as
honorable as that of their prede-
cessors, I have no doubt that this
temporary arrangement will form
the basis of a permanent one.
Finally, the University itself
agrees that in the competition for
those graduate scholarships which
are open to all men and all
nations alike, it will relieve those
Chinese who may compete from
any technical disadvantage, which
may result from the differences

"We are not old by the stand-
ards which prevail in your ancient
and honorable empire. It is but
a few years since we celebrated
our two hundredth anniversary.
On that occasion medals were
issued symbolizing the purposes
for which the University has
stood. We beg that Your Excel-
lencies the Imperial, Commission-
ers and the representative of the
empire at Washington, will each
deign to accept one of these
medals as a reminder of your visit
to Yale."

The offer of the ten scholar-
ships here alluded to was made
for four years only; with the inti-
mation, however, as indicated in
the speech, of the possibility of its
continuance.

THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY.

Chinese Commissioner Tuan Fang Des-
scribes a Typical Chinese University.

His Excellency Tuan Fang,
Imperial Commissioner of China,
was interviewed yesterday during
his short visit at Yale by a repre-
sentative of the NEWS and through
his interpreter described a typical
Chinese University as follows:

"You ask me to say a few
words about the Chinese Univer-
sity. In China we have three kinds
of universities—those established
by the empire where Chinese and
another foreign language are
taught; those founded by a foreign
country where Chinese and its
own language are taught, and
lastly the typical Chinese univer-
sity, established by imperial de-
cree and at which the native
language alone is spoken.

"In this typical university there
is no specified time limit in which
to secure graduation. Only the
necessary examinations must be
passed and thereupon the student
receives his degree. We have no
division into classes according to
the year of graduation, as the
American universities do. Reci-
tations last approximately from
seven in the morning until seven
at night, and the individual study-
ing is done by the students late
into the night.

“I am particularly interested to
see Old Yale, the tree from which
springs the New Yale in my
province, Hu-nan. All of the
officials in China, including my-
self, look upon this project most
favorably, and we will do all in
our power to further the work. It
supplies our crying need for an
institution where skilled instruc-
tors may teach our people the
modern theory of medicine. My
visit to Yale University, curtailed
as it has been, was one of profound
interest and intense enjoyment.
I leave to the University my
heartfelt appreciation and fare-
well, 'Long live Yale.'”

Yale News

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## EDITORS

MURRAY SARGENT, Chairman

GARDNER RICHARDSON, Assignment Editor

C. R. DE LA VERGNE, 1905 D. G. HARVEY, 1905 S.

E. N. DODGE, 1905 H. H. LOUDENSLAGGRR, 1905

H. A. GARDNER, JR., 1905 C. R. NOYBS, 1905

W. K. VAN REYPEN, JR., 1905, Business Mgr. for 1905.

## ASSOCIATE EDITORS

B. O. BROWN, 1906

C. B. VAN TASSEL, 1906

L. J. PERRIN, 1906

H. R. WILSON, 1906

M. B. SANDS, 1906

R. S. WOLFE, 1906

E. H. HART, 1907

M. S. LITTLE, 1907

A. W. SAWYER, 1907

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THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1904.

The death of J. Lawrence Thurston, '98, of which word has just been received in New Haven, will be a severe blow to the plans of the Yale Foreign Missionary Society. The society, on the invitation of the Protestant ministers in the Province of Hunan, China, has been planning to establish a college in that province. Mr. Thurston being instrumental in making arrangements for this college, was the first man sent out by the society to take part in this work, and he was, just prior to his death, fitting himself for this purpose. He had been through a long and careful training in the Chinese language and customs with this end in view. It was while engaged in this preparation that he was stricken with tuberculosis, which necessitated his immediate return to America. Although the outlook for this institution in a community of twenty-three million inhabitants, who are among the best educated people in China, is very bright, the loss of Mr. Thurston will make a serious delay in the project, as there are no Yale men at present in China so well adapted to carry it on.

The year which will see the actual beginning of the work for China by the representatives of the Yale Mission is an opportune time. Last November the ancient system of civil service examinations, the strongest bulwark of conservatism, was abolished by imperial decree. The decree says that "if we desire to see the spread of modern education by the establishment of a number of schools, we must first abolish the old style of studying for the examinations." For until that is accomplished, "the people of this empire will continue to show apathy and hesitate to join the modern schools of learning." All the energy and intellectual force which has hitherto spent itself on the ancient classics in preparation for the literary examinations is now set free to spend itself on modern science, history and politics. The Chinese students studying abroad in Japan increased last year in eleven months from 2,406 to 8,620, and these students came from every one of the eight-

teen provinces except Kansuh. It is interesting to note that Hunan, the province where the Yale College in China is to be opened, heads the list with seventeen per cent of the total number. Such students will naturally prefer to get their education at home when the means are at hand for equally good instruction. Across the river from Changsha city is a college older than Oxford University. This

New Yale in China.

(Continued from First Page.)

show the eagerness of Chinese students to get a modern education, but the government cannot begin to receive the students who wish to enter its colleges, much less provide trained teachers. This, therefore, is the time to show that the best in the science and art of the West is the gift of a Christian civilization.

[Reprint from YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY of December 4, 1907]

THE FIRST COMMENCEMENT AT THE YALE SCHOOL IN CHINA

From left to right the American Faculty are: E. H. Hume, '97; Brownell Gage, '98; Professor Harlan P. Beach, '8, of the Yale Divinity School, Warren B. Seabury, '00, and William J. Hall, '04 T. The Chinese Faculty are seated and the students are arranged in the rear

## Changsha Commencement
First Public Graduation of the Yale Mission an Event
in Chinese City

The accompanying photograph of the Faculty and students of the Yale Mission College, Changsha, China, was taken at the first Commencement exercises, held in June, 1907. This was a decided event in the life of the city, for it was the first formal opening of the institution, and so great was the desire of people to be present that admittance was by ticket only, the tickets being given to the students for distribution among their families and friends. The foreign colony at Changsha showed their interest and appreciation of this new enterprise by attending almost in a body and were most favorably

impressed with what this collegiate school, for it has not yet reached the college stage, is accomplishing.

The principal feature of Commencement was the address in Chinese by Professor Beach of the Yale Faculty. He explained in a most careful manner the aims and methods of the School in bringing Western learning to the heart of China. At the close of the exercises, and after the building had been inspected, a collation was served to the invited guests. This, in time, will become the alumni dinner.

Reports from the School, recently received, state that the second year opened with a full attendance of twenty-eight students. Among other interesting items is the statement that the School Coöperative store, modeled after Yale's well-known institution, is now run by the students themselves.

YALE IN CHINA PROGRESSING.

ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS CO-
OPERATION OF CHINESE WITH
ARIOUS MOVEMENTS.

Bric-a-brac and

Success—
s Under
Students

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1902.

THE YALE MISSION.

Farewell Meeting to Its First Missionary, J.
Lawrence Thurston, '98, Held Yesterday.

One of the most important events
of the last Academic year, and in-
deed, in the history of Yale, was the
founding of the Yale Foreign Mis-
sionary Society. For a period of
nearly two years the formation of
such a society was carefully consid-
ered. Its object, its equipment, its
field of work, its means of support,
were made matters of long delibera-
tion, and not until its success seemed
assured was the society actually
formed. No undertaking that Yale
men have gone into has been more
carefully planned than this one.

As the first public announcement
of the founding of the society was
made Commencement Week, when
most of the undergraduates were
away, the nature of the organization
should be briefly stated. Its pur-
pose is to establish in foreign lands
missions conducted on the broadest
and most scientific basis. The mis-
sions are to be not merely churches,
they are to be educational forces
through the schools and colleges
they will establish, and great cen-
ters of philanthropic work through
their hospitals and dispensaries.
The missions are to be manned and
supported by Yale alumni.

The government of the Society is vested in a council of forty members. Of these, twenty are permanent members and twenty are elective. The permanent members include the President and Secretary of the University, three members of ciety. Mr. and Mrs. Thurston start today for Vancouver, where they embark for China. They go directly to Peking, where they will live for a year, studying the language and the character of the people. They will be joined by other missionaries whom the Society will send out, and finally by Mr. Beach, who does not start for China until the little band of missionaries are familiar enough with the language to work effectively. Mr. Thurston brought ototearly and forcibly the point that they must train the Chinese themselves to do the work, must educate preachers, teachers and doctors. Yale will only send out picked men,

attention is being given to two lines of
teaching: one to supply students really
adequately trained to take up the highest
grade of medical school work; the other,
to prepare men for teaching. In the past,
Chinese students have been too poorly
grounded in science to do the grade of
work required in Western medical
schools. The Yale College is developing
its Biology, Chemistry, and Physics with
the intention of giving entirely sufficient
preparation for the best medical schools.

The other line of special effort, to pre-
pare men for the teaching profession, is
obviously needed in a country of such
low educational standards as China still
is. The "Yali" graduates are to be lead-
ers in China's future educational develop-
ment. As need may arise for the special
training of ministers, the College stands
ready to offer electives in Greek and He-
brew.

This year for the first time, all stu-
dents have had complete medical and
physical examinations. The results show
the boys to be less developed than Amer-
icans of similar age, and that there is a
large percentage of them having diges-
tive and respiratory troubles. It is a
noteworthy fact that the physical weak-
nesses shown by this examination are
nearly all such as will be readily removed
by a thorough course of the proper ath-
letic training. The students are mostly
boys to whom athletics are unknown
when they enter college; but they are
showing themselves very willing to take
up training of various sorts, and they
have already won more than their share

of prizes in games with other school
teams.

For this athletic training, and also for
a certain amount of musical training
the College has been most fortunate in
having the services of Yale men just
graduated at New Haven, and who go
out on one-year appointments. These
young teachers have been able to get
upon closer terms with Chinese students,
and to give them a more intimate touch
with Western ideals and ways of thought,
than the older instructors have been apt
to do. The College is to be congratu-
lated on having four men go out this
past Summer from the graduating class
at New Haven, to render this one-year
service.

The report closes with the budget for
1914-1915. The total sum called for
from American sources is $24,528, a
moderate sum for supporting a college
of a hundred and forty boys and a hos-
pital of forty beds.

ANDY GARAGE
53 Broadway