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Far Eastern Institute To Open Soon At University

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18
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June
Year
1937
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By R. Ray Baker
The University of Michigan, which has attracted thousands of scholarly minded young men and women from the Far East, is now bringing the Far East to Ann Arbor.
On June 28, the new institute of Far Eastern studies will open here as a feature of the Michigan Summer Session and it will continue for seven weeks.
Prof. Robert B. Hall, member of the geography faculty, is director of the new institute. He has made a number of scientific surveys in China and Japan and is now recognized as an authority on many phases of life in the Orient. An associate director is Prof. J. R. Hayden, head of the political science department and former vice governor of the Philippines. Prominent scholars from a number of educational institutions will be here to participate in the activities of the institute.
Largest Chinese Enrollment It is regarded as appropriate for Michigan to offer extensive courses in Far Eastern subjects because of the interest of Orientals in this educational institution. Michigan now has 168 Chinese students enrolled, and this is a record for American colleges. The enrollment from China, and from Japan and other Far Eastern countries, is on the increase.
"The institute of Far Eastern studies is a response to the rapidly growing scholarly and public interest in the Far East," says Prof. Hall. "It is also the outgrowth of a long and continued association between the University of Michigan and the peoples and governments of the Far East."
Angell An Envoy Friendly academic relations between Michigan and the Orient can be traced back to the days of President James B. Angell, who had served as envoy extraordinary to the Chinese empire. The East began sending students to the University, and the University sent expeditions and teachers to the East. Oriental graduates of Michigan went home, attained prominence and their success influenced others to come.
Courses of instruction in the institute will include such subjects as the peoples and cultures of eastern Asia; research in anthropology, economic problems, international economic relations; an introduction to Far Eastern art; the Oriental approach to art, lands and peoples of the Japanese empire, far eastern history, Chinese civilization, Chinese literature, governments and politics of the Far East, and Russian literature in English. In connection with the institute there will be schools in Chinese, Japanese and Russian languages.