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On Sunday, January 10, in Tientsin, where ho was visiting his son, a pioneer of education in China passed away, leaving behind him a gap that will be hard to fill. This was the Reverend John Sutherland Whitewright, of the English Baptist Mission ary Society, whose forty-five years of educational work in China have been spent in Shantung. Mr. Whitewright came to China in 1881, proceeding at first to Tsingchou Fu, where in 1886 he started a theological college. Later this developed into the famous Gotch-Robinson College. In 1887 Mr. Whitewright started a small museum with the object of opening the minds and widening the outlook of his students and other Chinese with whom his work brought him into contact. So successful was this venture, it was decided to transfer the museum to Tsi-nan Fu, the capital of the province, and here Mr. Whitewright developed it till in 1905 it was rechristened the Tsinan Institute, under which titlo it has come to be known throughout the length and breadth of China, as well as abroad as the leading educational institution in the country. A detailed description of this institution was published in 2',1e China Journal 0! Science and Arts, Vol. I, No.6, pp.633-641, form which its value and scope may be gathered. Since 1917, the Tsinan Institute has been incorporated as the Extension Department of the Shantung Christian University, and is considered by experts to be "the most effective piece of university extension work which is to be found in Asia, if not in the world." Mr Whitewright was one of the leaders in the founding of the Shantung Christian University. A man of keen intellect and high integrity, Mr. Whitewright was a most lovable man, endearing himself to all with whom he came into contact The work he did for China was great, and its effect will long survive him.
A.DE C. S.
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