American Boxer Funds Grant Authorized sum of $300,000 will be allocated fromthe American portion of the Boxer Indemnity Refund, towards the promotion of free mass education In the country.
This decision was reached at the oth meeting of the Standing Committee of the Board of Trustees of the China Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Culture (which administers the American share of the Boxer Indemnity Refund). The meet was held here on Saturday under the chairmanship of Dr. Tsai Yuan-pei, Chairman of the Board.
Among those present were Drs, 'r, Tour, Hu Shin, Li Shih-tseng, V.
Ting, President Sun Fo, Messrs. J.
Baker, Sing-loh Hsu, H.C. Zen, Leighton Stuart, Mr. Nelson 'T. Johnson, the Ameri-con Ambassador; Mr. Kuo Vu-shou, of the Ministry of Education; and Mr. Vu Ming, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, were also present.
Alter routine repens were made by Dr. Hu Shih, Hon. Secretary, and Dr. Y. 7. Tour, Hon, Treasurer, the meet~ Ing adopted the. revised detailed regulations governing the work of the Foundation and the revised By-laws.
Two Insialments The application of the Ministry of Education for a grant of $900,000 for the promotion of free education was then considered and approved. This sum is to be remitted in two annual instalments As this grant will involve a deficit '0f $82,000 in the budget of the Foundation for the present fiscal year, It was decided to instruct the " Executive Committee to devise measures to make up the defeat, With regard to the proposal for conducting an investigation primary school education in China, it was decided that the investigation be Postponed for the time being.
Messrs. Sing-loh Hsu and Baker were elected Assistant Trea surers of the Board, Messrs. Sing-loh Hsu, J, E. Baker and Sun Hung-fen were elected mem= bers of the Finance Committe—Kuo
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