Evening star., 1921-12-14
Chinese TOATTEND
PRINCETON SMOKER
Alumni Association Will Be
Hosts to Conference Not
ables, Who Will Speak.

Three distinguished Chinese who
are representing their country at
the Washington conference all of
whom have personal and highly ap-
preciative knowledge of the work
of the Princeton University Center in
China will be the guests of honor
at IA smoker to be held tomorrow
evening at Sis o'clock at the Uni
versity Club. The hosts will be men,
bers of the Princeton Alumni Asso-
citation of the District and the af-
fair has been arranged both to give
, local sons of Old Nassau a chance
to get tog ,ther and to boost the
princeton in Picking" movement.
The Chinese guests are DIR. Sao-ke
Alfred SEE, Chinese minister to the
United States; DIR. V. X. Wellington
Koo, Chinese minister to Great Brit
ain and DR.. C. IL. Wang, chief JUS
tice of the Chinese supreme court:
DIR. Paul 5. Reinsch, former United
! States minister to China, also will
! be present.
F., picking problem of the Pacif1c-the
! future of China, with especial ref
| erence to the present development
| Closely related to the development
! of China IRE various enterprises or
| American universities in China Yale.
| Harvard, Oberlin, Wisconsin, Penn
| sylvania. Brown and Princeton. all
in different ways, are making their
| contribution to the upbuilding of this
, nation. Special reference will be
made to Princeton work in Peking,
a significant and rapidly developing
| enterprise in educational and po-
| litical work in China.
| Not only are these delegates familiar
with the work started score of years
Iyears ago by DR.. Robert r. Galley.
| go, but a majority of the cultured and
Office holding class of younger men
l n
value of the center. many of them
having personally taken advantage of
it's various activities. 1t is expected
! that the three Washington visitors
will talk with an enthusiasm due to
personal knowledge and experience.
| Steps Taken In China.
! The Princeton center organized the
! first athletic association i'm north
| China: established the first school of
commerce and finance: conducted the
! first social survey of a Chinese city {:
established the first social settlement
| in China: opened the first three pub
lie Fairgrounds; instituted a system
| of religious instruction in prisons and
| established the Prisoners Welfare
League: organized the first Chinese
| army Y. NJ c. A.: provided tech
nical instruction in the department of
| sociology in the new University of
| Peking: created a union committee of
|
| students. and founded the student
volunteer movement for the Chinese
Christian ministry.
| Religious aspects of the work are
| by no means over-emphasiZed, while
muscular and sportsmanlike Chris
! tianity have received marked consid-
! GRAFTON. Pop" Galley was an all
American center; half the men serv-
| ing with him were athletes in COL
| lege. The physical angle to the work
alone includes gymnasium classes, a
| boys camp. Boy Scouts. a basket ball
league, boxing. tennis, bowling, skat
| ing, etc. Other departments in addi-
! tion to the religious are the educa-
| tional and social. Peking is dis
tinctly city of young men. 1t is the
focus of national student thought and
action. Since 1906 the university
| itself has met the financial obliga-
| tions for the support of her repre-
| senta tives in that seat of government
and center of diplomatic and official
| life Of the nation.
Every Princeton man in this vicin-
!; ity is cordially urged to come tomor-
+! row night, learn more about the CEN
! ter and have the best time possible,
| according to Milton w. King, secre-
| tary of the local association.