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142 MISSIONS AND CHURCHESneeds ;it has three class-rooms, which are thrown into onefor public meetings, and living room for fifty students.The present students with one exception are evangelistswho have been trained in classes during one month annuallyfor at least four years. Of six men licensed last summer,three have since been ordained, in every case over thecongregation where they had been resident preachers. Ofthese one is at Chinchow in the southwest and two on theplain near Harbin.^ or sorae time *ne ^ission Qas beenStudent Workimpressed with the need for special efforts toreach government students, and classes have been started inMoukden under the auspices of the Young Men s ChristianAssociation. Mr. Scougal, who had given his time to this,left on war service, but the work has gone on. During theNew Year vacation, three sets of classes were held for Biblestudy, each lasting six days, with about forty students inall. It is notable that so many were willing to give uptheir forenoons during the holidays for this purpose.Four have been baptized, one of whom had been influenced atDr. Mott s visit in 1913. These are the first fruits of thisspecial type of work.We have likewise been encouraged by thebaptism of fourteen of the students of theMedical College. This college is open to all,and a fair proportion of the men come from non-Christianfamilies, but there are only a few who have not becomebelievers. The number in attendance is now 105, a thirdset of forty having been admitted this January. The firstset, numbering twenty-nine, should graduate in March, 1917;all this class are now Christians. The Medical College hasbeen badly hit by the War. Dr. Simpson left in Autumn1914 and has been hard at work ever since with the RussianRed Cross. At the end of last November the two juniormembers of the staff left for home and have receivedcommissions.Union ArtsThe Union Arts College had seventystudents enrolled. The foreign staff was raisedCollegethe addition of one each from theto five byIrish and the Danish Missions, but the number was again