in on the Real Problems Now Facing China Dr H.C, E. Liu, president of the University of Shanghai, inspiring address on the "National Gels trid Education" at 'The tnecting on Mar. 27 of the Y's Ben's Civb in Dinty. Moore's Cafe, maintained that it vent without question that: Japanese. militarism was the root"cauve' of the present. national iis went on however to probe kes whether" they Sue note' deeply. into t jem a
etselves" Some people, fe sai, forge measure contributing
put the blame upon, their. leaders White others considered their educa: Hon system at fault, "He would Attempt to Vindieate the edueation-Ho recalled the visit of the system.
Leugue' of Nations' Commission which came to study their educa-Wonal System and had. pronounced that it was based too much on the American plan and that it should be rather more Europeanised. Dr. Liu agreed that this was quite true but would go further to say that what they in their schools was neither American nor yet European influence. They were not anti foreign, he. said, but wanted system of education that contained best of the American and European with the best of their own allied and grown, into their Soil to be adaptable to their needs.
Need for Citizenship instanced a few points.
were a republic without citizens," What hey: most required twas a programme for training. thei Sole i the, true meantag of Litizeiship, More than 80 per cent, of their people could neither read hor write, These wore not citizens
taught loyalty to their country, Ching and they had frst to be
chord irr the hearts st sone ner Pa Stet fu-an appeal for them to have They had to be confident and hope-thence and faith in their country. ful and. be constructive to help their country. They must be united for it was the curse of their coun try that they were not united, He exhorted them to be clean for it was a terrible thing about, their country's finances that they did not know where all the money went. They had also to be sacrificial a hho envisioned what it would meat if all their leaders would sink their differences, if they would sacrifice themselves, as then there would be no fear of the Japanese menace.
"The second line they had to take in. their' educational programme would have. to be a vocational one IeVthey' were to. prepare their students for life, He was glad to be able to say that many of their schools were to be vocational but deplored the fact that at present they developed their heads and not their hands. He personally stood for the three "H's" in education, head, hand and heart.
Dr. Liu then enlarged upon the third great sphere of educational activity before them, that of rural re-construction as 80 per cent. of their people came from rural districts. "He summed up his views on the importance of this in the expression that if they could solve their rural question, they, would Solve the whelp problem of China, Twas only by' rosonstructional efforts and results, they would ever rive the Japanese' militarists away.
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