The Archive · 1937

Rural Welfare Concentrated

All Rockefeller work for rural welfare in China is now concentrated under the "newly organized North China Counelt for Rural Reconstruc-than, of which Mr. ¥. C. Yen, former director of the Tinghslen project. the Chairman of the Board, Under him "is the committee for student. training, headed "by Prof. Franklin Ho, now polltleal advisor to. the Executive Yuan In Nanking. Two field directors have also eon designated, Mr. Sun Fu-yuen at Tins. helen, and'Prof, Chang Hung-chun at Nanking Committee Formed for Their Regulation Nanking, Mar. 11.

China's herd doctors and scienti-/Aeally trained physicians have decided to bury their past differences, special committee has been organized under the auspices of the National Health Administration to regulate the so-called "native medicine" and its practitioners throughout the Iand, Speaking during the inaugural ceremony for the new committee yer~ terday. Dr. J. Hong Liu, Director of the National Health "Administration, urged the members of the new organ avail themselves of this opportunity to usher in a new era in "native With the ald of modern medical science, such bacterlolony. pathology and. preventive medicine. and employing scleritic methods, Dr. Li said, "practitioners of "native medicine" can make great contribu tions to human welfare, Responding, Mr. Chen Vu, chairman of the Committee, expressed the hope that with the establishment of the new organ steps would be taken to combine the two schools of medicine and to raise the standard of native medicine practitioners.

The committee adopted fourteen resolutions at yesterday's meeting. They included those calling for the standardization of nallve medicine Schools, conducting special classes. in hygiene for herb doctors and compilation of native medicine handbooks and establishment of a cohere for training of herb doctors Central News.

The training contre has been 0 organized as to utilize the specialty of each of the tve universities. Social Administration, including census and archives, Is directed by Yenching. Political administration and economic studies, which will Include ce-opera~ tives, local finance, and agricultural economy: have been assigned to Nankai, "The School of Agriculture at Nanking is to specialize In fruits and cereals. The Tsinghua engincer= ing college will direct water con= servancy, the P.U.MC, "all public health and Yenching, mass education.

During this spring the professorial staff of this Shantung hsien will busy themselves with research work on local problems. preparatory to the opening of classes next summer. Possibly 30 students will be accepted at the outset. who will attend dases at the district capital, and send a ood proportion of their. time in @irect research. Graduate students remaining for 6 year or longer will permitted to fill positions in subdistrict governments,

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