Hospital as part of H.B.r. 99 Anticipating an unknown future, William Ebeling arrived to head the new seminary 1n January 1943. 100 ~ The plight of foreign run Christian institutions in China, also facing H.B.I. in the period 1947-48, was that of low enrollment due to a proliferation of Chinese run institutions, mostly funded fro~ the United States. Roberts noted,
But it is an old story, this individualism and lack of understanding of true cooperation in China. And I am almost tempted to believe that the "Marshall Plan" is thought to include this type of theological institution! Hence instead of having a strong staff anywhere, we are scattered both in strength of faculty and number of students who are available.101
A revived nationalism after the defeat of Japan was only natural, ancl.:J.J~ __s_h_puld have come as no suprise if the Chinese Christians should want to stretch their wings. Nonetheless, by use of scholarships, H.B.I.. raised the student level to about ninety in 1948, including 102 twe~ty oT the more educated for seminary work. The Scofield ~~ble __ ~orrespond_ence Cour.se _was revived. with five_, hundred n.ew p~int:ings. 10 _~_"_ .In s.pite of future u_ncertainities, H.B.I_. - completed i.-. ·--- --- - --- -·-- -c_ a lease agreement with the China Inland Mission to permanently house the Hudson Taylor Hospital on the campus. This was largely at Robert's urging, for he manifested a highly cooperative and 'l " ec Jmeni ~ al spirit. If Christian institutions were to survive in China at all, unity must prevail over particularism. Roberts appeared to sense that only a united front could pre vail in the face of an ever widening Communist aggrandizement.
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