The Archive · 1935

Distinguished Patrons

"The Congress was under the auspices of International Commission for Family Education, which was founded in 1905 by Mr. De Vuyst and is now under the leadership of the Duchess of Vendome as Honorary President and Baron H. Delvaux de Fenffe, Senatour, Belgium as Presl-Gent. Its purpose is to promote inter= tional and national gatherings on family eueation, to collaborate. in their organization and to establish relations between them and a spirit of ce-operation and to popularize in all courtness ideas of education tu the family. The working policy's em= phasizing promotional work rather than conerete programmes or projects.

"The proposals. submitted by the National Child Welfare Association of China were approved by the Congress principal, They were: (1) that the training of world citizenship should be recognized as the highest goal of family education; (2) that a periodical publication on. family "education should be issued for the world-wide promotion of family education: (3) that branch associations of the Tnter-national Commisfion for. Family Education should. be. established all over the world: (4) that a committee should be appointed to compile a bloaraphle review of the great mothers of the history—the mothers of Christ Moses, Emperor Chow Wen-wans, nnd "Mentze for" instance—which should We universally distributed for the reference of parents: (5) that the timely honour "should be given mothers who have trained their children into useful world citizens.

"A handbook specially prepared by Mr. Jabin Hsu, General Secretary, for the Congress, regarding the activities fof the Association headed by Dr. H.

Kung, Vice-president of the Executive Yuan and concurrently Minister of Finance, was distributed, which created among the delegates 3 teneral understanding of the child welfare work conducted in China Besides. an article entitled "The Progress of China's Family Education' also written by Mr. Hsu, was submitted would appear in the general report of the Congress.

"The Association" was given an honorary testimonial by the Congress for publications on family edv.ation participated th its exhibition, at which best educative toys, pictures for children's rooms. books and pamphlets for the use of parents were elaborate displayed by the different coun-

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