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Show 78 NORTH CHINA MISSION Arts College recent graduate of the University of Washington, joined our staff as teacher of English, and has already manifested much energy and enthusiasm in his work. In the Chinese staff also there have been a number of changes. At the close of the spring term, Mr. Yang and Mr. Sun withdrew, and Mr. Chao Hsiu Liang of T'ai Yuan F'u, Mr. Ts'ui Yueh, principal of the Boys' School in Paotingfu, and Mr. Hsueh Shih Hung of Tungchou, were added to the staff. SPECIAL NORMAL , A s r e p ° , r , t e c ' l a s t yfar h w a s \he plan to establish a graduate course tor the training of teachers in the spring of iy12. The conditions incident to the revolution, and the changes in teaching staff prevented us from carrying out this plan, both in the spring and in the autumn. The new conditions and opportunities of the present time emphasize more than ever the demand for the vocational training of teachers, and consequently the Board of Managers and Faculty have decided to begin this work in the autumn of 1913. . DIVISION OF THE , The change of the" beginning of _^ the College year from spring to au- COLLEGE YEAR t u m n as d e c i d e d n p o n b y t h e B o a rd Managers, is now an a ccomplished fact. After consultation with the Faculties of the Theological and Medical Colleges, we have decided upon a division of the year into three terms, thus conforming to the scheme adopted by the Government Board of Education, but we will retain the former scheme of semi-annual examinations. COLLEGE "EXTENSION" D u r i n g t h e -v e a r m e m b e r s of WORK °U r ^ a c u l t>' have visited at least four of the Tungchou out-stations and delivered lectures on educational and political themes. During the autumn a regular course of semi-weekly lectures, largely by members of the College staff, was given in the Gospel Chapel in Tungchou. Several members of the Faculty also delivered lectures to an advanced Station Class for women. Mr. Porter and Mr. Corbett lectured before the city Normal School, and a newly organized political club. Last spring Mr. Corbett attended a lecture training Conference in Shanghai, organized by Mr. Robertson of the Y.M.C.A., for the purpose of training |