Yuin Ren-Hsien, a Harvard graduate and head of the Financial Bureau of the Hunan Provincial Government. The Yuins were devout Christians, and Yuin was to join Dr. T.V. Soone's Ministry of Finance later. Mr. Yuin and T.V. Soon were friends at Harvard. The Hunan Institute was perhaps the only Christian institution I have known which Chinese staff members lived i~ 8 equal kinds of houses as Americans.
The Best and Worst of Times
No record remains of the first entering class, the composition of teachers, or when the school actually commenced operation. While some classes must have continued at Nan Yoh, and on the river boats, cotlrses also began on the partially constructed campus by 1920-21. By the arrival of Charles A. Roberts in the early 1920s as business manager and assistant superintendent, the enrollment was between three and four hundred; 49 a figure corroborated by Dr. Harrison's observation in 1931. 5 ~ Funding for the Institute c6ntinued at $30,000 to $40,000 per year from Biola, 51 though some of this amount was undoubtedly from Milton Stewart's widow; a strong Keller supporter. The late 1920s saw the completion of the build- ~ -- ings, a large enrollment, and at least six full time Chinese faculty. Most unusual was the payment of the Chinese instructors - a salary almost equal to the missionaries or about $140.00 per month for a .--- . 52 married man. An undated Hunan manual from the 1930s specified a missionaries annual salary at 52,100 if married, and $1,200
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