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7 8 CHINA MISSION YEAR BOOK.has been something of an experiment, but on the wholehas been successful. Most of the students are professedChristians, although for many their religious life is moreintellectual than spiritual. The organization of theYoung Men s Christian Association of the school hasbeen completed during the year. During the summermonths, 25 of the older students were employed, eitheras teachers in the schools or as assistants in the countryin evangelistic work. The need of multiplying Christianyoung men for the work of teaching is pronounced byDr. Sheffield, the president of the college, as only secondto the need of additional numbers in the evangelisticwork. This college holds an important place, not only inthe educational system of North China, but in the evangelistic work of the empire. (A. B. C. F. M. Report.)The total number of students in the High Schooland College continues to increase at a steady rate, andthis year stands at 118. Of this number the Presbyterian Mission only has four or five, so the great majorityare American Board boys. One of the most importantevents of the year was the graduating of a class ofthirteen men belonging to the American Board Mission,one of whom is now teaching in the L. M. S. school atT sang Chou. During the first half of the year ten percent, of the students were absent from work "for realor fancied ailments," and there was no proper medicalsupervision.Mrs. Biggin started a Red Cross Societyamong the students, and the members of this society seethat their fellow-students get proper attention and foodwhen unwell. The health of the students showed amarked improvement in the autumn term, but, unfortunately, though the term opened promisingly, "thefeeling towards its clo.se was one of disappointment andconcern," owing to the spirit of unrest among thestudents and the formal way they go through theirmeetings for prayer and worship. Preaching in countryplaces on Sunday afternoons by the students was notcarried on at all vigorously, and almost ceased during