Faculty and Students at Loggerheads: Demand for Removal of the Principal The situation at Nanyang College regarding the faculty and the students appears to have come tu a deadlock, both sides waiting for move from the other. The signation of the Vice-Principa!, Mr. T. C. Changh, seems to have quietened one element and satisfied the Principal of the univer Reports current at the institut any administrative aboli while the head has had no experience as an educator but was transferred by the Cabinet, through the Ministry of Communication= and the Foreign Office to the former Bureau and then appointed to Nanyang with the purpose in: view of smoothing over the bad foehns that existed about a year ago at the time of the then Principal, Mr, Changh Chu. For many months Mr. Lu, the Principal, pe,- formed the duties of his office satisfactorily to the students, foi-lewing their suggestions as to athletics, faculty appointments and anvangements, but recently he and the Vice-Principal failed to agree, from which matters went from bad to worse, resulting in the latter being removed from his office, bue continuing on the faculty, whereupon he resigned.
The immediate bone of conten-ton was over the admission of several students without their taking certain entrance examinations Student leaders consulted witl each other and several days later a mass meeting was called to consider a course of action. Though not unanimous in its intend the supporters of the Principal not raising any noticeable objection, the telegram to Peking to the Ministry of Communications askd for the removal of Mr. Lu. The Peking officials refused to consider tie message and instructed Mr. Li to hold his post. It was further decided to demand the appointee: i of a board of trustees, whic! though it was one of their objectives in the strike last spring, gradually est clearness in the general satisfaction upon the resumption of classes last autumn. As seven of the teachers have tendered their resignations, to take effect upon the expiration of their contracts and the whole matter is in a quiescent state (the students are still in class) something is expected develop within a few days, for the air is tense, with.a feeling of expectancy.
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