Dr. Mao called a meeting of the Faculty at which it was decided tol Punish 19 ringleaders of the students present school year, He isted an onder for the other students to return to their classes, an order the students refused to. obey.
The students continued to agitate. Letters were received by the Faculty as a whole or by individual members thereof, these letters varying tone from, discourtesy to actual Insolence. From information given us by friendly members of the student: body we learn that" these communications were issued on the Sole responsibility of the. student leaders, although they were signed as coming from the entire student body. Moreover, these lenders caused scurrilous placards to be Posted on the University buildings. These placards contained insulting remarks concerning various memo bers of the Faculty, Tater Dr. Mao was called back to the Ministry and Mr. Hu Jen= Yuan was appointed to take his We have learned that even Mr. Hu had promised the Student. delegates there that the 19 suspended students would be immediately reinstated. He made no effort to get at the facts. 'The day after his arrival in Tangshan Mr, Hu called a faculty meet ing for the purpose of deciding on a date for resuming work. At that meeting, when asked about the suspension' of the 19 students, Presi dent Hu guaranteed personally that they would not be taken back. Having heard that, the Faculty agreed to resume classes as soon fas he wished, The following day he addressed a mass meeting of the students and promised them that the 19 students would be reine stated. The professors, who had this time resumed their classes, addressed a letter to President Hu, He wax told that we expected him to uphold. the decision of the Faculty by fulfilling the guarantee he had given us, We informed him that We would not attend classes if he should try to reinstate those stu. dents, We said firmly that it cold be done without dismixaing us in a body from the service of the University, Thus we made our at. titude very clear Nevertheless President Hu cone tinued his efforts to reinstate the suspended students, claiming that "expressed regret and w pardoned, He undertook the support of the Ministry, was told to consult the Fas culty again in regard to the matter. But instead of following the hnoitructions of the Ministry he sent fa telegram directing that the vaxpended students be reinstated, making it appear that this was the order of the Ministry in an attempt to deceive us.
In the meantime President Hu was appointed to fill a vacancy in the China Cabinet, 'Temporarily he is the Minister' of Educatior He did not, however, resign the Presidency of He retained this position as well as hie deanship in the Communications University at Peking, Naturally he was unable adequately to attend to the duties of all three posi ud this University has eonsequentsuffered from his neglect.
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