Shanghai residents may be _prepared for a big procession and parade which is set down to take place during this week-end. This is no student or labour parade. It has the approval of the Municipal Council authorities. Its mission is to create a general interest "in public health. It is called the Puplar Education Movement of the Boy's Division of the Chinese Young Men's Christian Association.
The purpose of the movement is (1) To unite the different organizations of the community in promoting popular education in Shanghai (2) helping the uneducated men and boys to get a common education; (3) to enable the educated men and boys to help the uneducated: and (4) to secure educated people to serve the uneducated in their own community, for the betterment of public health in Shanghai.
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Shanghai will be divided into sections, each of which will have teams who will organize classes. These classes will. in turn, teach illiterate adults and children. While tenching these people to read and write. the chief aim of the movement wil] be to educate them along health lines. Pictures and charts will be used. Parodies and songs, with popular tunes, will be taught. Leaflets will be printed and distributed gratis. Stories will be told to the younger ones, and games will also be taught. Lectures will probably occupy a place on the programme.
Some 40 men and 200 boys have sinified their willingness to take nort in the programme. Schools, churches or other organizations, such as the Streets' Union, ete. will be welcome to join the movement. Any help that is possible for the Y.M.C.A. to furnish will be given free of charge.
Dr. Stanley has approved of the plans, as well as the other Municipal Council authorities, and a free course will be open to participants for their lectures on the danger of flies, mosquitos, fleas, bugs, ete.
We learn that the Chinese Postal Administration' has recently acquired Cadastral Lot No. 800, measuring over 3} mow, adjoinii the General Hospital.' The Administration purchased Lot No. 607 in the autumn of 1917, and thus holds both sides of North Szechuen Road, with frontage to North Soochow' and Tiendong Roads. The combined area of the two lots is over three times that of the Peking Road Post Office property, and is hoped to commence building operations on the new site in the near future. At the time of its acquisition, Lot, No. 607 was considered ample for all postal requirements, but the increase of business has been so marked that it was decided to postpone, building operations till the conclusion of the purchase now reported.
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