The problem of mere buildings is serious since it is well known that there is acute overcrowding and very high. rentals, This spring quite a number of buildings were occupied by factories formerly operating in the Eastern District. How to find suitable buildings at a suitable rent is a hard problem. In addition it may be noted that for reasons of their own the French authorities are not allowing new Chinese schools of the middle school grade to open up in their territory, facilities for education are to decrease whilst the number. of students tends to increase,' we may readily see that all is not well in this educational sphere. Let it be also noted that the facilities for extracurricular activities, specially athletics, have been seriously curtailed. How many athletic fields are open to! Chinese students at the present time? How many football folds are available for Chinese boys? We should not' close our eyes to this situation, deceiving ourselves with the thought' that this Is merely a temporary state of affairs, Already twelve months: have passed, a long time. If another twelve months or two or three years fare to pass with no Improvement in these conditions, we shall have inflicted considerable injury on the growth of our future citizens.
'Most' people will feel that food, clothing, shelter, work and security come first in order of importance. 'As has been pointed out above, Shanghat is a largo and important city with a very large population. "We must! cut our coat according to our cloth," Dut that i not @ sufMeient reason for' neglecting to support adequately curl; facilities for education, Lot us urge that the Settlement and the Concession authorities render greater help in securing and opening buildings for primary and middle school students. Let us try to enlist the help of various organizations in securing some athletic fields for the: use of these thousands of students who have been deprived of athletic facilities. 'This whole problem is one which will not be solved just with' the passage of time. Rather it will grow more acute, Reproduced with permission Photos.
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