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Show Arts College GENERAL REPORT 77 Senior Academy 2; Junior Academy 17. This gave a total enrollment in the College of 106, and in the Academy of 38. The Freshman class was the largest ever matriculated, and the enrollment in the College passed the one hundred mark for the first time. TEACHING STAFF _ „ N o t , l o n g T a f t e r * e d i ^ f i o n of College iast January (1912) Mr. Biggin was compelled by the illness of his wife to return to England and consequently was absent during the spring term. Miss Andrews also withdrew in the spring in order to give her time wholly to work for women. The Committee on Bible Translation of which Dr. Sheffield was chairman met in Tungchou during the spring, and he was released from teaching responsibilities that he might devote his time wholly to this work. During the spring and summer Dr. Sheffield experienced such further decline in health as to make it impossible for him to resume his work in the autumn, and with the deepest regret we are compelled to record that his long and successful career as a teacher and administrator has come to an end. One day in September Dr. Sheffield attended morning prayers at the College and consented to address the students briefly. He spoke in a voice which was weak and faltering, and in the midst of profound silence the students listened with rapt attention to catch every word of fatherly advice which fell from his lips. On the evening of that day Dr. Sheffield's condition became suddenly worse, so that he was no longer able to speak in public. It was certainly fitting that those words, the last addressed by him to a public meeting, should have been spoken to the students of the College which owes so much to him. The decline in Dr. Sheffield's health has necessitated the withdrawal also of Mrs. Sheffield from the College staff. For twenty years and more she has given a foremost place to the interests of the College, and not only has performed faithful and efficient service in the classroom, but has added a penetrating visioii and a sound judgment to the counsels of the faculty. For the English department we were fortunate iu securing for the spring term the services of Mr. C. B. Malone of Ch'ing Hua College, whose efficient work commended him highly to everyone. Beginning in the autumn Mr. Ernest T. Shaw, a |
