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HISTORY The University was founded in 1897 by Samuel Scherschewsky , Bishop of Shanghai, by amalgamating two pre-existing Anglican colleges in Shanghai. St. John's began with 39 students, and taught mainly in Chinese. In 1891 it changed to English teaching, and courses began to focus on science and natural philosophy. The University was registered in Washington State in the U.S., and thus had the status of a domestic university in the U.S. Graduates of St John's could proceed directly to Graduate School s in the U.S. As a result, the university attracted some of the brightest and wealthiest students in Shanghai at the time. The University was located on a bend of the Suzhou Creek in Shanghai, and was designed to incorporate Chinese and Western architectural elements. The University survived the Chinese Civil War. However, in 1952 the Communist government adopted a policy of creating specialist universities in the Soviet style of the time. Under this policy, St Johns was broken up. Most of its faculties was incorporated into the East China Normal University and Fudan University . The Medical school was incorporated into Shanghai No. 2 Medical University . The campus became the site of the East China University Of Politics And Law . ALUMNI The alumni of St John's University is many and illustrious in the early half of the 20th Century. They include:
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