Soochow University - Annual Yearbook (Taipei, Taiwan)

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residing in Taiwan, but also by other alumni including several well-known scholars and professional men from overseas, who were in Taiwan for a visit. . Still another important event was the celebration on April 161 1963, sponsored by Taiwan alumui, in honor of Dr. Nance's 95th birthday. Dr. Nance has known the university from its very beginning in 1900 and still maintains close touch with all its plans and development in these postwar days. He responded at once to the felicitations of his manyfriends, writing with the firm and clear penmanship reminiscent of his early days in Soochow. He resides with his second son and family in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, keeping abreast of these rushing times, and luxuriating in the affection of his children and chi1dren's children, even unto the fourth generation. The present Senior class of 1QG3, so newly admitted to the fellowship' of the AlumniiAssociation, joins in this Salute across the distance to Dr. Nance. y With the history and the heritage of the institution thus reviewed, the present administration can the more resolutely address itself to the ongoing progress in the -future. g J. W. D.

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adjustmentto 'this newly crowded -condition andtshortage of classroom space-was the moving of the Library to the Student Center to share the auditorium, -thus vacating the teaching space previously needed for housing the book collection. The resultant' temporary quarters are- ccirnicdious, and can he used until a new library building can be constructed. - ' ' In laying plans for the future of the institution, the Board of -Trustees of the University, and the Board of Missions of the'-Methodist Church in New York, jointly conducted a survey of the university in its' entirety as a- basis for an evaluation- of the resourcesof the institution in relation to the scope and direction of . its development. 'The ' Survey Team was made up' of three distinguished educators, two from the United States - a Chinese professor, and an American educational administrator - and one Chinese professor from Taiwan. A large part of the month of July, 1962, was spent on the campus for an intimate look at the school with its various function.s, and with its legitimate needs. Out of this came a Survey Report addressed to the two Boards, with analyses and recommendations. This was 'followed in turn by a final review in November 1962 by the University Boardwith the visiting Bishop and Mission secretary. This combined group has set up 1 a new plan, wlth new arrangements for financial cooperation and academic expansion, looking toward the achievement of full-fledged university status, as defined by the Ministry of Education. The Soochow University alumni have extended their association .by organizing local' clubs of alumni in various cities in Taiwan, as 'there are many hundreds of graduates from mainland days here now in Taiwan. During the winter of 1961 and the spring' of 1952, the alumni conducted' an active financial campaign, which they hope may be the beginning of a Living Endowment Roll Call each year. All alumni are invited to answer the roll call by contributing something to the annual budget of the university. In Hong Kong, later in the year, Dry Stone conducted a similar round-up of alumni, and secured funds enough to complete the student center. The original architectural plans call for two long hall-like additions full length oneach side of the building, the lower sections of which will provide added space for the dining hall and the upper sections Cthesecond storiesl of' 'which will provide much needed expansion of the auditorium, presently used for the library. ' ' ' ' ' On June 16, 1960, the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the University on the home campus in Soochow was duly commemorated in a special convocation held in the new auditorium on the 'campus in Wai Shuang Hsi. This was attended not only by students and local friends, and by large numbers of . alumni

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