The Archive · 1925

All Bolshevist and Political Connexion Repudiated

Representatives from the Enst=

Jem Chinese Chrixtian colleges and universities, namely the University jof Nanking, Ginling College, Soochow University, Shanghai College and St, 'John's University, met on Saturday morning. Dr. Kwauk, the acting President of Fuhtan University, offered any help he might be able to render. Mr. Chu, the President of the Shanghai Students' Union, Jappeared before the Council this formed to present the students' veal attitude and stated that they were in no way influenced by Bolshevist Eropaganda or connected with any outside politic organization. They requested justice and an impartial ation of the incident "f) the past week.

Dr. Herman Liu, Educational Secretary of the Na'ional Committee of the Y.M.C.A., also conferred with Peking, June 3 According to a canvass by the M, C. A. among 6,000 boys under nineteen years of age in Peking, Wu Pei-fu is far and away Chin leading living hero. The survey was conducted in connexion with Citizenship Week, an event which took place simultaneously all over the country, under the auspices of the Y. M. G. Ay closing on Satarthe object was to teach the principles of citizenship and responsibilities of citizenship to Chinese youth, ineluding all that is meant by suffrage. Of the 6,000 boys who took part in the week in Peking the majority were students, The most interesting item in the week's doings was the voting con test. The boys were asked two questions: first: Name the five model tizens in China's history; second: Name two leading living heroes The results of the first question showed that Confucius received 459 votes, nearly 100 more than the seconil, who was Yueh Fel, Mencius vereived 244 votes and came third on the list, Lao Tee with 56 votes was at the bottom of the poll, The rity of boys seemed under a misapprehension as to the limits of the second question, for Sun Yat~ sen, in the list of living heroes, ceived 337 votes as compared with Wu pei-fu who gained 304, Li Yuan-hung came in a bad third with 85 votes, and the rest in this order: Tuan Chi-jui 73, Chang Teo-lin, 61, Feng Vu-hsiang, 48, Tsai Ao, 39, Haueh Tupi 38, Heiung Hailing, 20, and Tsai Yuan-pei, 19, Tt is understood at the Pel headquarters that Wu Pel-fa

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