University of Nanking - Linguist Yearbook (Nanking, China)

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106 THE QNIVERSITY OF NANKINQ getting the students to use the words in direct thinking without recourse to mental translating. We of the Language School are proud to be connected with the Uni' versity of Nanking, for with its high standards of scholarship and its great plans for enlargement of service, it ranks among the leaders in Chin6S0 education ' LANGUAGE SCHOOL CALENDAR The work of the first term begins o11 the first of October, 1924 at 8:30 A. M. and students who expect to enter the fall term should be in Nankillg before this date. Students are also admitted for a beginning class at tht beginning of the second term on January fifth, 1925. VVork at 'Dill' Language School in Nanking ceases on tl1e 18th of June but the fil'St year's work is not completed until after the finishing of the summer course. The work of this term is done by the students singly or in small groups with teachers furnished and directed by the dean of tl1e Language Schovl- This term lasts from July first to August 28th. Mail to students should be addressed to the .Language School, Nanking, China. General information for students arriving in China will be placed with the manager of the Missionary Home in Shanghai about Septemlwl' first and mail received at tl1e Language School for students before they reach Nanking will be sent- to them in care of the Missionary Hom?- Students should not come on to Nanking until the Language School of members of their mission have been notified of their coming so that housing arrangements can be made. Correspondence relative to the Language School should be addressed to Mr. S. J. Mills, Dean, or Miss Bertha C. Smith, Secretary, Department of Missionary Training. University of Nanking, Nanking, China.

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Qin LINeU1s'r 105 The College of Agriculture and Forestry, in addition t0,0H6IYlllg llfnfltical agricultural courses, maintains an experiment station and is 'lffing work of value in the culture of cotton and in serieulture., The College has received official recognition and support from the- National Department of Agriculture and Commerce, and from the governors of SBVGII provinces. Last year S675,000 QGoldJ was allotted to the Depart- 'nent by the United States Government from surplus funds of The American Committee for China Famine Fund after the Chinese famine of l92l. This money is to be used over a period of ten years in working out and applying measures of famine prevention. Experts are now at work marking surveys of rural conditions, educating farmers in improved methods of production, and fostering the planting of trees on banks of rivers to Prevent future floods. ' ' Q, V 1 'lbiWh.-.. m'mf-e-- . ' 1 X . . .' JJ' . 'I , 'VW 'Y ' .,-vii i ' 1 K i, .V I ' m 'I' 'M 'mm ,t s nuns , ' -,'-N - 'I , . ,,' f-- -- Sa , J ' ' '54-3 'f.- - . ,.l Rf t5Eg5iffit:Z 3ff'.1 'ffE1yqrm7:ssm-wig . - v M g f- -as ' 4p,,,,,5:.'mfQ ,.Qw,',5 1 - -fs- :.'s.z - tZ+'rHu.s2:a.,v ' ' Part of the University of Nanking The Department of Missionary Training, commonly known as the lfibnguage School, became a part of the University in 1912. It had been begun in Shanghai the year before by members of twenty-seven soeietics 'luring the period of missionary inactivity owing to the Chinese Revolu- tl0n. Soon after the school had begun, Rev. CIIHIICS S- Keen, who was to be the Dean, went to America to spend twoyears in studying the bGSt methods of teaching language. Largely as a result of Dean Keenfs labours, Over half a hundred Chinese teachers have been frfrined to I-'CWC H W01'liiHg knowledge of Chinese through systems of instrUCtl0U 9fPPI'0Ved by the best educators. Students are first taught to heal' tlln HOW H0l1nClS correctly, 'l0Xt to speak the sounds, then to recognize the written Symbols, and finally to write the characters which have already b0COn10 fflnliliar to the UY0. After each day's new words have bPCn given Owlly and then clinched by the use of phonetic symbols, native teachers, Whfl fl'lW21yS Speak in Chinese, explain the words, use them in varied connections, and before the day of class drill and private teacher sessions is finished, they SUCCGOLI in

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WHAT SHALL l BRI G HALL I take this to China. or shall I leave it behind? If this question arises in your mind-and it will, many times-our practically Unanimous advice is Take it. Bring everything you have and can induce your friends to give you is an excellent motto. The time has Passed, however, when one needed to bring a seven year supply of clothing and household articles, for nowadays it is possible to Secure almost all kll1dS of foreign merchandise in the larger cities such as Shanghai and Peking, and many people regularly buy by mail from America. The following attempt at a digest of our sundry experiences has been made for t-hose expecting to come to central and northern China. FOR WOMEN Be sure to bring: Woolen stockings: Chinese stone floors are cold. A heavy sweater. Heavy underwear: there is no steam heat, and all wool or silk and wool will not be too warm in winter even if you never wore woolen garments before. Rubbers: at least one or two pairs, but not more, becil rate at which rubber deteriorates. Bring galoshes SUFO- Dress hats: those bought here are either VCFY UXPGUSIVG use of the rapid or show unmistakable traces of their origin. Watch ribbonsg a supply of other ribbons is also Useful- All your old clothes, A dress pattern that lits. Wool dresses: at least one or two. Knit cotton underwear. Wool bloomers or knickers . Hairpins, safety pins, coin mon pins, and dl'0SS UCCCSSOIWUS' 1 . , Cfltton underwear :-such as chemises, slips, etc ' can be bought or made less expensively here than at home. l 107 J '