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256 GENERAL AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONdifferent participants on to an expense on its account to which theywould not have felt so necessitously constrained ifthey had not incurred the associated obligation. The union schemes are not onlyfinancially more expensive, they demand also an amount of time inconferences and managers meetings and in the solution of the ne\vproblems which they create which make them administratively aheavier burden than purely denominational institutions."We still find ourselves wondering whether we havefound the best solution of our difficulties, especially inregard to administration.Might it not be better to have strong de-CoSHsnomination;!! colleges situated at variouscentres, left under the control of the missionsby which they were founded? These colleges would servethe need of the whole Christian community in theirlocalities. Churches wishing to keep their students underspecial religious influences could erect at their own expensehostels in connection with the denominational college. Suchdenominational colleges would have the right to appeal forsupport to Christians of all Protestant churches in the homelands. Missions availing themselves of the advantages ofthe denominational college might be asked to supportmembers on the faculty, and their representatives on thefaculty would have a vote on academic questions and mattersof discipline. The general control of the institution wouldbe in the hands of one mission and one board. This mayappear Utopian, but certainly it has the merit of simplicity,and it would show more real union than the present cooperative schemes.Survey of the FieldDuring the past year several interesting surveys havebeen made of portions of the educational field. Mr. Hodoushas made quite an exhaustive study of Christian educationin the province of Fukien, and C. G. Fuson, F. B. G. S., hasmade a general study of educational conditions in Kwangtung.The Survey Committee of the West ChinaChristian Educational Union has drawn upCommittees an interesting report. In East China acommittee appointed by the East China