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MISSIONS AND CHURCHEScherished hopes. The Baptist Missionary Societyshare in the plant For this institution will be the TheologicalHall, the Medical School, and the Tsinanfu Institute with itslarge and well-filled Museum. Tin? last named has beenestablished for some years and has had a remarkableinfluence from both the educational and evangelistic point ofview. It will form a valuable nexus between the -Universityand the life of the city. In connection with the MedicalSchool a new hospital, provided by the Baptist MissionarySociety at a cost of 0,000, was opened in September by theGovernor. There is accommodation for one hundred beds,as well as a commodious out-patient department, allthoroughly up-to-date in arrangement and equipment. Sincethe opening of the new hospital arrangements have beenmade with the China Medical Hoard by which the Collegeundertakes to receive ;i number o! students from the Union.Medical College (Peking) and complete their education, lorwhich [mi-pose the College itself, which was erected in 1?>10,is to be enlarged to provide additional well -equippedlaboratories, the funds being furnished by the China MedicalBoard.HA j f wr i In addition to the Union Hospital in TsinanMedical Work .-,,Olthe bociety has two other hospitalsin. Shantung, one at TsingchowfU; and the other at Chowtsun. Thehospital at Chowtsun was built in 1915, and form dlyopened in April of this year. It consists of a large twostory building with possible accommodation for eighty beds,and an excellently arranged out-patient department facingthe main road to the railway station.R ., r w In the work among women a special featureLBible women -,P ,.. ,, ,,of the year has been the graduation ot thefirst class from the Women s Bible School, established forthe training of Bible women. In all the districts mentionedabove there are women missionaries engaged in evangelisticand educational work.~, .p. One of the distinctive features of the f year sonansirtelo . .,,., , , , ,.work in Shaiisi has been the spirit of. enquirymanifested, especially in Taiyiianfu, the. Society s oldeststation in this province. Another gratifying event has beenthe opening of the Young Men s Christian Association