Bulletin Vol. 1 No. 2 Jul 1964

M r. and Mrs. Cheng have two children: the elder one is a daughter, now studying in England; the younger one, a son, is at school in Hong Kong, (Picture of M r. T . C. Cheng in Chinese version) Dr. Ch'ien Mu, President, New Asia College D r. Ch'ien Mu was born in Wusih, Kiangsu, China, in 1895. A fter his graduation from a secondary school in Wuchin at the age of 17 ， he taught primary and middle schools in Wusih and Soochow for 18 years to help supporting his family during which he devoted himself to the study of Chinese literature and philosophy. Dr. Ch'ien Mu His first major work The Chronological Biographies of Liu Hsiang and His Son Liu Hsin, published in 1930 in Yenching University Journal, won him recognition and a professorship to teach at Yenching University. The next year he accepted a professorship in Chinese History at National Peking University where he completed his second major work A Linked Chronology of Pre-Ch'in Philosophers which he started writing in 1923 and published in 1933. Between 1937 and 1949, Professor Ch'ien had taught in half a dozen universities in China and published many books of which the best-known are A History of Learning in China During the Past Three Hundred Years (1937) and An Outline of the History of China (1939). Professor Ch'ien founded New Asia College in Hong Kong in 1949. In recognition of his scholarship, the University of Hong Kong conferred him an honorary L L .D . degree in 1955. During his visit to the United States in 1960, he was awarded an honorary H .L .D . by Yale University. Dr. Ch'ien has published a score of books since 1949. Among them are CollectedNotes and Commentaries on Chuang Tzu, An Introduction to New- Confucianism During Sung and Ming Dynasties, and A History of Chinese Thought. His most recent work is New Interpretations of Confucian Analects published last March. ADVISORS FROM ENGLAND Through the assistance of the Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas, London, two experts from E gland w ill visit the University to advise on the matter of teaching methods. The two advisors are Prof. A. G. Lehmann and D r. J. V. Loach. Professor Lehmann is Professor of French Studies of University of Reading and D r. Loach, Registrar of University of Leeds, was formerly a member of the Fulton Commission, whose study in 1962 helped to create the Chinese University. They w ill be arriving in Hong Kong in the middle of September to meet w ith members of the University Teaching Method Committee and to observe some of our classes in operation. A.C.U. MEMBERSHIP The University has formally applied for membership of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, London, Prof. C. H. Philips, D irector, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, has consented to be the Vice-Chancellor's representative to attend formal meetings in London. COMINGS AND GOINGS The Vice-Chancellor, D r. C. M . L i, was invited by the President of the University of the Philippines, D r. Carlos Remulo, to visit the University in regard to D r. Remulo's interests in developing the field of Chinese Studies. The Vice-Chancellor would arrive in Manila on July 30 from Tokyo where he was leading a University delegation to visit Japanese universities and institutes. He would return to Hong Kong on August 1. The Peabody College Singers of U.S.A. gave an informal concert at New Asia College on May 5. During their visit the singing group had a long discussion w ith the New Asia Chinese Music Club on various aspects of musical developments. The New Asia Chinese Music Club also entertained the guests w ith Chinese musical numbers. Prof. Tang Chun-I of Chinese Philosophy and M r. Hsieh Tso-yu, Dean of the Institute of Advanced Chinese Studies and Research, New Asia College, left for Honolulu on May 26 to attend the 4th East-West Philosophers Conference. Prof. Tang w ill present a paper on ‘The Idea of World and Individual in Chinese Epistemology' at the conference and M r. Hsieh w ill read a paper on ‘Individual Status in Confucius' Ethics.’ Both Prof. Tang and M r. Hsieh w ill stay in Hawaii for six weeks. 8