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STANFORD DAILY, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 191ISTANFRD WILL HAVE N COURSES IN CHINESE R LANGUAGE NEXT YEAR „ --G’ j Instruction in Chinese language will!- be offered at Stanford next year by Dr..i Obed S. Johnson, whose appointment to m- the chair on Oriental affairs was an- te• nounced by the President’s Office yester- se day. so* 'J lie introduction of this new chair in IHthe I niversity was made possible through 1an)a fund of £2,000 given by Alfred C. \S(J3hlkinton and a number of friends. El-1kinton is a San Francisco exporter,w•whose home is in Berkeley, and who is jreinterested in affairs of the Pacific. Hem3 !is a supporter of the Institute of Pa-jclt;;1citic Relations and was a member of thefrInstitute held in Honolulu last summer, jS'Dr. Johnson, who for several yearshas been connected with the Cantonw1 Christian College, has just returned tomIt*the United States from there. Johnsonitl:received his doctor’s degree at the Uniinversity of California.»'1 wo courses will be given by Dr.sc*/Johnson next year, one in Chinese lan1 Sc•guages and one in Chinese Civilization.G1At present Professor Anna Bille is givin*ing a two-hour course in Chinese Civilicl5 zatiou.k | *= *.4 * * 1 ‘ /• ^ IiifiJ,.'r vY | Y ^i Today there are approximately five mil- ai lion radio receiving sets in use in the wi United States. w
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Fri, May 13, 1927
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