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ternational committee. These men are

ternational committee. These men are
university trained; they represent such
colleges ns oxford and Cambridge,
England. and Yale, Princeton. Cornell
and McGill, in America We have also
lions. and several from our theologi-
cal seminaries. The Tients,n Associa-
t!on was started eight years ago by
Robert Galley. the great Princeton
centre rush. and he has been rein.
forced by Robertson. who was form
erly professor OF mechanical engineer
Ing In Purdue. and by Cole. who was a
fellow in McGi!l. The secretaries ar.
all men of high class.
Patronized by the Onicials.
I am surprised at the high Chinese
officials who arc Interested In the
Young Mems Christian Association
movement. Yuan Shin Kai. the great
general and statesman. has subscribed
a great deal to the association at
Ttcntsin and Peking Tong shao VI
has given a great deal. as has also WI
Ting fang. the former ambassador 20
Washington. Chen Nun Yen Is a mem
Der of the Shanghai association. and
Tong Kali San. one OF ,e members OF
the opium commission, belongs to the
national commission.
Many OF the leading institutions and
business firms OF China are subscrib-
Ing to the Young Mems Christian AS
| ISOLATION. The Chinese Merchant
Steamship Company recently gave over
$1,000 to the Shanghai association.
and In that company there arc sixty
sustaining members, each Of whom
pays $50 year.
Teaching the Chinese Professors.
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
tons arc doing much in the new cdu-
cation OF China. There are students
associations In various schools and
colleges which have a membership OF
10000. They publish a paper called
China's Young Men. which has cir
culation of about 1000. and goes into
every province OF the empire. and In
addition to this there are something
like 1900 copies OF other publications
printed each year.
Robertson. of Tlentsln, recently
brought out cabinet containing ap-
paratus for the performance OF 500
different experiments in physics. and
he invited the professors and educa :
tional authorities TO witness them,
They were greatly interested. and as a
result physics was introduced in many
OF the schools. Nearly every associa-
ton has It's stereopticon lectures, and
the audience halls are well filled
The secretaries are ready to do all
sorts of work along the lines OF the
new movement Not long ago the edu-
cational authorities OF Tientsin want
ed to introduce electro-plating into
their Industrial schools.
They imported a costly appar atus
from abroad. but could not make It
work. They called upon Professor
Cole. OF the Young MEMS Christian As
ISOLATION who happened to be an cx-
pert on this very line. He put the
apparatus into shape and has been con-
Quoting the classes with splendid sue
cess for two years.
At present here at Shanghai and
| Ticntsin bureaus OF advice have bcer
| ing abroad. Here the young men car
buy their tickets, learn all about the
character and standing Of tho great
colleges OF America, England and Ger
! many, and have letters Of introduc.
ton which will help them on their
way.
Another striking illustration OF the
enterprise Of these organizations, was
the assistance which the Chinese stu
dents got when they Went to Japan
Just after the signing of the Ports
mouth treaty between Russia and ia
pan. the Chinese began to go to the
latter country for study. They came at
the rate of about $1,000 year They
were away from home and consc-
quently easily reached by influence,
good or bad. The Young Mems Christ
ian Association, OF Toxic, received
them with open arms. IT got quarters
for them, started classes In English
and had meetings Mt which from
twelve to fifteen hundred We're present
at once. 1t eSerted an enormous in
fluence. and this is even now felt in
China.
Copyright. 1910, by Frank G. Garpen
teri