According to the plan adopted at the meeting. the board of trustees is composed of 17 members, 15 elected by the organization committee, besides. the President of the University and a representative from the Board of Education. This plan has been sent to the Board of Education for approval. Of the 15 elected members only one is engaged in active official duties, and all the rest are progressive leaders in educational and industrial reforms. After this formal election their names will be presented to th Board of Education in Peking, will then send a letter to invite them to share in the responsibility of the administration of the University. The invitation signifies that they are not to be sub-officials of the Board of Education; they act rather as friends and guardians of the University. A majority of them, such as C. C. Nich, K. P. Chen, David Z. T. Yui, C. T. Wang, S. Y. Moh,} Chai Yuen-pei, Chang Chiang, and Chiang Mon-in, are already well-known to British and American residents in China, while the others, like them. are held in high esteem by the Chinese people for their strong character and modern ideas.
The creation of a board of trustees puts the University in close contact with the people. These men are to be an_ advisory body to the President of the University, to have' charge of the property and funds donated by private individuals to the Univer-/ sity, to hack it up in time of hard-j ship, and to help it in a consistent policy, irrespective of party politics.
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