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Mr. Ping-wen Tsou, a native of Soochow, was born in Canton on October 26, 1892, where he obtained his early training. In 1907, he went to Peking and was enrolled as a student in Hwei-wen University and in 1910, he began to study abroad in Cook Academy, Montour Falls, N. Y. The next year he studied mechanics in Cornell University but not long after this he determined to specialize in agriculture in the same institution. After graduation, which took place in 1915, he further studied in the graduate school paying special attention to plant pathology. The next summer he came back to China and was invited by the University of Nanking to teach plant pathology. His success attracted the president of