Peking, Apr. 8.
To-day the work of the World's Student Christian Federation at Tsinghua was varied and interesting. The afternoon was given up to sports of various kinds. Not the least interesting feature to the visitors from abroad was an exhibition of Chinese boxing and feats of strength, given largely by professional men from Peking. Baseball, football] and tennis games were also indulged in by Tsinghua students and the delegates. At night the Boy Scouts held a campfire which was attended by a large part of the delegates. The Boy Scouts have been most active and zealous in serving the delegates. This and the activities around the campfire were both greatly appreciated.
The campfire was a picturesque scene, different from anything before held on the Tsinghua campus. The Boy Scouts sang, and the Scout band played acceptably. Miss Ruth Margaret Muskrat, representative from Student Christian Associations among North American Indians, gave an exhibition of a war dance; the tom-tom accompaniment was played on the big drum by Mr. David R. Porter. Professor Willis J. King sang negro spirituals and melodies. It was surprising, the number of people in this mixed assembly who could sing these negro melodies. Miss A. M. Moncrieff, of New Zealand, gave the New Zealand Boy Scout yell, an adaptation of a Maori war yell. This was both weird and striking. Mr. David R. Porter, an old scoutmaster, made an appropriate speech.
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