A farewell reception for the Chinese students who are shortly leaving for the, United given at the Shanghai on August "12, when Dr. D, We Lyon, of the Committee Ars of Chi vered a Lyons said, i "The subject which has been ved me on this happy occasion ners.' I know of no students anywhere in the world wh training has better fitted them to discover and conform tothe etiquette of a-foreign country than the students of China. Your social traditions are such that the busi principles underlying propriety conduct have become in you a second nature. Etiquette" dels th the details of social conduct, the niceties of form, gesture, und speech which any particular society has come to look upon as most fit~ ting. In its larger sense man ners' indicate the attitudes, psycho logical trends, und points of common emphasis which have become more or less habitual with a parti. cular people,
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