In this record scholastic year, for there are more Chinese "studerite going abroad to complete their edt: cation than for years past, the comment of the "Sin Wan "Pao," ai though caustic, deals seriously with a problem which yearly grows more and more difficult, namely, that of employment for college graduates. The Chinese journal criticizes the attitude fo education, attacks parents and students and excoriates the latter for undergoing a "course of education not to fit themselves as useful citizens of the country but chiefly to obtain comfortable official posi tions which means that in times of crisis—and crises seem ever to be China's doorstep—they are useless. Other professions are neglected the great scramble for official pre= ferment. which is generally conidered the highroad to wealth. This educational situation for it is a fact that there is a greater inclination for. what in other. countries are called "white collar jobs." than for other professions, especially engineering Which. offers "such remarkable opportunities in~ an undeveloped and backward ° country like China. On Tuesday (Aug. 21), seventy Chinese students left for "abroad and more will leave before the end of the year, but itis satisfying to learn that quite a number of them are taking engineering courses which shows that there is Toast a small element who realize that there are other elds of endeavour in addition to official
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