On the other hand, Mx. Quo said when a country was in a state of upheaval or was being oppressed by despotic rulers, public opinion, towards students! activities would be sounded in a different tone because students' activities would then be considered as necessary and part of a natural course of action, To illustrate this, Mr, Quo said that dosing the early part of _the European vevolutions in the 19th] century, in Italy, Germany, Russia and other countries, students wei credited entirely with bringing the national movements to successful conclusions. Taking a nearer example, the speaker mentioned that the Chinese students at home and abroad were responsible for the 1911 revolution. 'Those who had shed their blood for China and whose bodies now lay in the Huang Mua Kang in Canton were mostly young] men, men of the student class, The 'May' 4 movement in Peking and the May 20° movement in Shanghai marked the pitch of student activity in China's national Under present conditions, why, asked the speaker, did the students} take an active part in the Nution alist movement? and he went on to classify the reasons as follows:—(1) students belonged to the highly intellectual class and, as they read newspapers and magazines more than other people, they always lwoked for improvements; (2) it was easy to bring students together to} work for a common interest because unlike labourers, they were trained opinion; and (3) students had more time to attend national work and they were willing to sacrifice everything and face dangers and hardships because they did not have any burdens.
So, said the speaker, in a country! Jike China to-day, students were the Tenders in public' movements: The! revolutionary work not having been completed, students should realize their responsibilities in. working for} China's welfare and their duty in assisting to make the rev: movement a success,
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