'The semi-bolshevization of schools, missionary and otherwise, coincident with the 'Cantonese occupation of Central China, is being evidenced by the continual' presentation of all sorts of demands by the various student bodies to their respective! faculties.
The demands recently put forward by the students of Yale-in-China, Jwhich is the largest institution of its kind in Huyan, serve as a general indication of what is going on in other missionary schools in that} province. The principal demands were: that tuition fees be decreased; that the college subsidize the students' union: that the students be empowered to dismiss, by vote, teachers of whom they did not approve, and, that students should not be expelled without the union's As it is, the upkeep of the school] is already borne to the extent of 80 per cent, by grants from America, the low tuition charges accounting only for the remaining per cent, Cantonese Give No Redress The situation at present is a deadlock, most sections of the institution on strike. The faculty are unable to obtain redress from the Cantonese authorities.
'A similar situation cropped up lately at the Central China Teachers! College at Wuchang, where the students demanded the dismissal] of certain professors, Appeal to the Southern authorities elicited the answer that they supported the students' standpoint, which they considered perfectly justified.
Finally a meeting was called of the Board of Trustees, representing various missions, The Board decideid to close down the college, which has since remained closed—Reuter,
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