Way to Deal With Strikes From Our Cun Correspondent Wuchang, May 6-
While the government schools here have either not joined the strike movement at all, or else have returned to their studies, the Boone University has had to be closed down for the time being, the authorities having been obliged to take stern measures and declare what is certainly a lock-out.
The trouble really began last Monday when the students asked for a holiday after the Wu Han sports meeting This was granted with the proviso that the boys were to return to their work on the Tuesday or else they would be severely dealt with, it being felt even then that trouble was brewing. On Tuesday the pupils decided that they would not return to their classes put would pursue private studies, attend the usual religious services and generally maintain order themselves. Those in charge rightly regarded this action as a defiance of authority, and at once decided tu close up the school and sent out notices to parents and guardians requesting them to with draw the pupils for whom they were responsible.
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On Wednesday morning some of the parents and guardians who lived near turned up with the object of escorting the youthful delinquents home. A few of the culprits went off quietly enough, others, filled with "patriotic ardour" refused to budge. One of the main ringleaders was forcibly ejected from the compound by some of the foreign staff and was prevented by the police from re-entering the grounds. Over 300 students still remained on the premises, and drunk with pride and power" began to get somewhat; rowdy and make themselves generally obnoxious. It was thought at one time that they might begin to damage property and that the assistance of the police would have to be obtained in order to get rid of these rowdies. However, wiser counsels prevailed, or perhaps the fact that the dining hall was closed and no food was to be obtained except by paying for it on the street, had something to do with it; at any rate by Wednesday evening things had quietened down considerably and a good many parents and guardians living in the neighbourhood had succeeded in dragging away their protéqés from the scene of their labours in the pursuit of knowledge.
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By Thursday all except a handful of boys who came from distant parts had left the College, and now the staff are considering the date of reopening and the regulations under which students will be allowed to return. Of course quite a number will not be permitted to
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