A new chapter has been written inthe history of the. Chinese Y.M.CA. in Shanghai with the assumption of the general sceretoryship of the Association by Mr.
'T. Chen, The general belief prevailing" among the members of the board ind members of the Association is that; with the new general secretary, they will soon be able to Taunch upon a comprehensive ex-Pansion programme for the good of the young men and boys of Shanghai, This belief is said to bbe based on the unprecedented sue-cess achieved by Mr. Chen during his administration as general secre~ tary of the Peking Y.M.CA., from which he was called back to 'Shanghai, We are now contemplating a farveaching expansion programme of Jour work, and, to carry out this programme, we shall need all the ability Jand talent that we can acquire. said Mr. Chen. "The YMCA. has made an' important ce tribution in social education the past and we are hoping to prove even more useful in the years to come. Better citizenship and improved international understanding shall be our watchword, Mr, Chen is a graduate from Tsinghua College, After his gradual tion from that institution in 1913 he went to the United States of America for graduate work in Yale University. For of China until the spring of 1928 when he was called to become the general secretary of the Peking Y.M.C.A. While in Peking, he was also a lecturer on contemporary history at the Na anal University,
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