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Mr. Tyndall Wei was born at Soochow, Kiangsu province, in 1885. He attended the University of Soochow at the time when that institution of learning, the handwork of Dr. D. L. Anderson, an American missionary venerated by his students and other acquaintances alike, was in its infancy. On leaving the University, he was engaged in teaching and promoting educational .enterprises. In the years following the Boxer trouble, a big movement for educational reform was afoot in this country, especially in the province of Kiangsu, and he identified himself very prominently with this movement. Prior to his coming to the North, he was engaged in