LAST March two letters from an American in China appeared in the Boston Advertiser, advocating the establishment of a teachership of the Chinese language at Harvard. We congratulate the College on the early accomplishment of the plan. A Professor of Chinese has been sent here by a private subscription of American merchants in China, and several letters from China are in the hands of the Corporation, containing information as to the best methods of teaching the language of that country. We trust that the stay of Professor Ko Kun Hua among us will be agreeable to him, and that the College will be able to profit by his services. We believe that positive advantage will be derived from this new experiment; for whatever may be the result, it is evidence of a desire on the part of the College government to widen the scope of the University curriculum, which must command the approval, not only of Harvard students, but of all true friends of education throughout the country.
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