LEGAPHIC ADDRESS: "HUATA"

WEST CHINA UNION UNIVERSITY

私立華西

協合大學

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE

CHENGTU, SZECHWAN

May 7th, 1948.

Dr. Robert J. McMullen,
United Boards for Christian Colleges in China,
150, Fifth Avenue,
NEW YORK CITY, 11, U.S.A.

Dear Dr. McMullen,

Two telegrams have come to hand from you. The first one reading CHEN APPLICATION FELLOWSHIP RECEIVED BY ABMAC NEW YORK. ADVISE OTHER MEDICAL FACULTY CANDIDATES APPLY IMMEDIATELY ABMAC 120 FOOCHOW ROAD SHANGHAI; and the second LIBRARY FELLOWSHIP AWARDED DEN.

In regard to the first telegram I contacted Dr. Kilborn immediately. In his reply he states that he does not know who the Chen was who has applied to ABMAC in New York, i.e. that no Chen has spoken to him regarding applying. He had assisted two Drs. Chen, one Dr. Chen Kwang-shi and the other Dr. Chen Shu-chi, to apply to Dr. J. Heng Liu, ABMAC, 320, Kiangse Road, Shanghai, i.e. that Dr. Kilborn has ABMAC's address as Kiangse Road rather than Foochow Road. The Chen who applied to New York Office could be Dr. Chen Chin-tsai or Dr. Chen Chao-jen, both of whom are now in the United States taking graduate study. Thank you for the information; in future Dr. Kilborn will assist applicants to apply directly to ABMAC, Shanghai.

Re your second telegram assuring Mr. Den of a fellowship. This has enheartened him very much and we are glad to know that he will be able to secure Library training. We shall now be up against a very great difficulty in getting somebody to carry on during Mr. Den's absence. We do not have anybody in mind, although we have been on the look-out for such a person since last year. Trained librarians are as scarce as hen's teeth. Is there any possibility of having some librarian in the United States come out for a year or two? Mrs. Lindsay, who is of course still interested in the Library is not able to give concerted care, i.e. she is such a person that if she takes any responsibility she has to take all. She is now a busy woman and is working to the limit of her strength. She is acting as Chairman of the Library Committee and in that way can give some advice, but she does not pretend to be responsible for any detail. If you have any opportunity to help us, please do so. A short-term librarian would be able to give supervision and guidance which would mean the difference between a useful library during the period of Den's absence and merely a marking of time.

ELECTRONIC ADDRESS: "HUATA"

WEST CHINA UNION UNIVERSITY

私立華西

協合大學

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE

CHENGTU, SZECHWAN

May 19th, 1948.

Dr. Robert J. McMullen,
UBCCC, 150, Fifth Avenue,
New York City, U.S.A.

Dear Dr. McMullen,

We have received from Dr. Beech within the past few days a telegram reading "Fellowship Li Hen" and today Dr. Beech's follow-up letter has arrived, stating that he has contacted Princeton University Graduate School and that Dr. Li Hen has been offered a fellowship of $1,500 for the academic year 1948/49. Dr. Beech has also stated in his letter that he has wired Mr. Evans asking that the UBCCC provide Dr. Li Hen with a travelling allowance. Naturally Dr. Li is very pleased, but until he knows that he will be provided with a travel allowance it will not be possible for him to accept the fellowship. Personally, I fear that $1,500 will be somewhat on the small side. Please let us have as early information as possible regarding the action taken by the Board so that Dr. Li may write to Dean Howard S. Taylor, Graduate School, Princeton, in order that he may secure an official letter which will permit him to apply for his passport. Maybe if you do make a grant for travel you can take up the securing of necessary papers for him as you will for others granted UBCCC fellowships. Notarised letters certifying that sufficient allowance is being made to graduate students would be of great value in securing passports.

The following item appears in the "North China Daily News" of May 11th, 1948; "Mr. Burton Fahs, assistant director of the Rockefeller Foundation, is expected in Shanghai today in connection with activities of the Foundation. Mr. Fahs has been visiting Hongkong and Canton and plans to spend time in Nanking and Peiping, as well as Shanghai. Part of his time will be spent interviewing persons who may be possible candidates for Rockefeller Foundation grants in language teaching and the humanities. He also plans to discuss Foundation activities in connection with the work of the United States Educational Foundation in China." Would it not be possible for you in New York to make contact with the Rockefeller Foundation so that the authorities of the China Christian Universities are informed that their candidates might apply for Rockefeller fellowships. As far as we are concerned this is the first intimation we have had of Mr. Fahs being in China. Apparently for this year it is too late for any of our men to make application for fellowships.

Last year Mr. Chiang Chih-an of our Department of Sociology was granted a Rockefeller fellowship through the assistance of someone other than ourselves, but we received a letter from Mr. Roger F. Evans requiring us to agree to engage him on the completion of his fellowship

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WEST CHINA UNION UNIVERSITY

Chengtu, Szechwan

July 5th, 1948

Dr. Robert J. McMullen,
United Board for Christian Colleges in China,
150, Fifth Avenue,
New York City, 11, U.S.A.

Dear Dr. McMullen:

The annual meeting of the Board of Directors took place on June 18th and 19th, and you will find enclosed an advance copy of the Minutes of that meeting.
I shall comment on Minutes requiring explanation.

Before going further we should acknowledge yours of May 13th in which you report two actions of the annual meeting of the United Board, i.e. regarding the new University Church and the University's swollen enrollment.

We are glad to receive permission to take early action looking to the erection of the main church building. From our calculations we have sufficient money to erect the main unit. We shall send you the latest plans and other information as it is prepared by the Building Committee. During the summer we shall be purchasing lumber and brick as occasion offers.

The action of the United Board regarding our enrolment was not unwelcome. It helped in the educating of our staff to the urgent need for reduction of the student body. So far as the Administration is concerned the policy of reduction is being stressed on every possible occasion, but we are still greatly handicapped by the aftermath of our cooperative venture of the war years. We still have a very large number of Transfers from Cheeloo and other Universities, students who will be with us for some time before graduation. Our position in the educational world here in the West does not permit us to close up whole Colleges or Departments with the expectation that our students may transfer to other institutions. We have many Departments which do not have their counterpart in the National Szechwan University. You are labouring under a wrong impression in believing that we have counted Auditors within our regular student registration. This group has always been reported separately and not been an item of expense, in that they have paid full costs for their teachers. Nevertheless, we do not plan to take Auditors for the coming year. It is felt that it is not possible to give them adequate direction and their teachers' work cannot be properly supervised. It has already been accepted as a policy that freshman students this year shall be kept to a maximum of 300; also that freshmen will be taught in Common Courses, thus reducing considerably the number of courses and teachers.

At the time of writing we are not able to give a detailed report regarding our plan for the reduction of staff for the coming year, but the Administration has had many meetings and has investigated every approach and means of achieving a reduction. We hope within the next ten days to be able to report to the Executive of the Board of Directors our completed plan and proposal for increased salaries of the staff we do engage. The time has come when it is impossible for us to follow the Government's cost-of-living index. This has become less and less realistic, to the point where our teachers during these past two months have not received living salaries. The Administration fully realises that unless there is a considerable reduction in staff and students we cannot increase salaries. This fact is slowly becoming evident to a sizeable number of our heads of Departments and we expect that a plan can be set up whereby a more adequate salary can be offered. Ten days ago we had a petition circularized amongst our staff threatening a strike unless a new basis of salary payment is adopted. As we were already considering the necessity for an increase it was not news to the Administration.

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We are glad to be able to report that the University held its closing exercises in peace and harmony on Sunday and Monday, June 27th and 28th. We had two very fine addresses. Dr. George Sparling preached the Baccalaureate Sermon and on Monday our guest speaker was Dr. Ronald A. Silow of the British Council Science Office. Dr. Silow gave us a very timely and well-received address. We are planning to publish this in our summer Bulletin and also to have it translated and distributed widely amongst the parents of our students and to the students themselves.

In your letter of July 1st, 1947, you informed the Board of Directors that in the future it should take note that actions of the West China Committee will not be accepted as final, or action taken based upon them until these actions have been formally ratified by the United Board or its Trustees. You perhaps should be advised that our Board of Directors has not received any Minutes of the West China Committee since May 1946 (Summary of Minutes only) or of the United Board since its first meeting in June 1946. That is, we have no Minutes for the year 1947. Will you please check up on this and have copies sent to us.

**The Board of Directors has not reconsidered the *Contractual Statement* between our Board and the United Board, but in 1947 the Directors sent a request to the West China Committee suggesting a change in the Constitution permitting a larger representation of the alumni on the Board of Directors. It is possible that the Annual Meeting of 1947 took some action on this, but as no Minutes have come to hand the Board again asks that this matter be considered so that at its next annual meeting the required action may be taken (see Minutes D-283 and 317).**

**Finance Campaign.** We cannot say more about the Finance Campaign than is covered by Minutes D-319 and 323. When the two pieces of property are sold we shall be able to make a report stating the amount of money secured. As the income from the Kao Farm is to be used for scholarships it will not influence our budget. The sale of the 14 acres farm will bring in some dollars for the budget.

**Government Rice.** We are greatly disappointed that our request for Government rice did not lead to a satisfactory conclusion. We were actually given the papers allocating the rice to us, but the Government was changed without warning and the new Government has repudiated all grants made by its predecessor. We may be successful in having the grant re-instated, but at best this must take time.

The lists of *Gifts and Grants* (D-321) indicates that the University has been receiving some financial assistance outside of the regular budget. Mention should be made of one of the year's gifts, i.e. US$5,000 for Flood Relief. We were greatly shocked by receipt of a letter from Mr. Evans, dated March 22nd, stating that this relief grant had not been transferred on the books and suggesting that perhaps we did not need it; that it might be allocated to East China. In our reply of March 31st we pointed out that as a large proportion of the grant had already been spent we did not see how we could now offer to forego it. Mr. Evans' monthly statements have not yet credited us with the grant. We trust that you will see that the proper entry is made in Mr. Evans' books.

**Youth Corps Building (D-325).** Correspondence with the Kuomintang has reached a point where we are now assured that the Youth Corps Building can become the property of the University but we fear that we shall not get it as a donation. We have appointed a Committee to meet with the Government representatives to discuss the actual amount of money involved. We shall, of course, try to keep it to as low a figure as possible but finally we shall have to pay in order to secure the building which we hope will be before the opening of next term. The Board of Directors requests the West China Committee and the United Board to provide the money necessary

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to purchase the Building. As soon as the amount needed is agreed upon we shall write to you again.

**Housing (D-328).** The Directors again expressed their belief that Mission houses should not be rented to non-University staff until at least the University has had an opportunity of stating that it has no staff member requiring housing. A few of the Missions have not yet fallen in with the University's request and without consultation with the University are renting their houses to missionaries outside the University community or to non-missionary persons, and are charging realistic rents. A reading of the Directors' Minute indicates the attitude of the Board. We shall be writing to the Missions who have not complied with the University's request, asking for cooperation in the future. Please urge the Home Boards to cooperate.

**West Wing Education Building.** This building is now nearing completion. We shall send photographs when the finished building is turned over to us. At present I am enclosing a view taken before the tiles were put on the roof. We shall be very glad to have the use of this building next term, as we are in great need of more large classrooms for the Department of Western Languages and other Departments in Arts.

Minutes D-334, 335, 336, 337 do not need any comment, as I think they are self-explanatory, all being part of our scheme of reduction in staff and student body.

**Home Economics (D-338).** This minute was passed in order that the West China Committee should be assured that the Department of Home Economics is recognized by our women as being a very important Department in the University and one which should be developed rather than retarded. There is a demand that we should have another Division connected with this Department, namely, a Division of Child Welfare. Already the University is operating a Child Welfare project on money received from the USC and CRM. It is not expected that this Department will use more money this year than it has in the past.

**Fine Arts (D-339).** I am enclosing a statement prepared by Miss Ward to indicate the place of music in the University. As you may know, we have a very efficient and well-qualified group of teachers of music who are already teaching a large number of music students who are at present majoring in existing Departments. Permission to open a Department of Music will not for some time involve the University in more expenditure, and it will meet a growing demand. The University has been strongly petitioned by Missions Councils to open a Department of Music in order to meet the needs of the Christian Church. It is generally believed that a Department of Music should have priority in a Christian institution. The Board of Directors, therefore, passed its Minute with the hope that the West China Committee and the United Board would this coming year permit the University to regularise this Department. As we have already stated elsewhere no freshmen students would be accepted this year in the Department as all freshmen must enter a Common Course, but it is believed that some students would seek admission here because they planned to major in Music.

**Nursing Course (D-340).** The Ministry of Education has not yet agreed to the opening of a University degree course in Nursing. Therefore, students are registered in the Department of Home Economics. As stated, their curriculum is now to be lengthened by one year. It is not expected that the inclusion of this Nursing Course will increase costs as the teachers are at present either engaged and paid by the Hospital, or are missionaries.

**Office of Student Activities (D-341).** The setting-up of this new administrative office will not mean more staff but rather better coordination. In the past we have had an Office of Discipline which has been well staffed but has confined its work entirely to discipline. It is believed that discipline can be taken care of

STATEMENT RE PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

## Outline of Curriculum:

### A. General subjects:

(1) Chinese Language and Literature, three years

(2) English Language and Literature, two years

(3) One other foreign language, French, German or Italian; two years.

(4) History, Chinese history; one year.
Western history; one year.

(5) Psychology;

General psychology, for all students in Fine Arts.

Education psychology, child Psychology, Adolescent Psychology, for students majoring in School Music.

(6) Science, (preferably physics) one year.

### B. Fine Arts subjects.

(1) **Piano;** (a) Major piano students would be accepted with entrance pre-requisite of ability to play Bach Two Part Inventions and other works of similar difficulty. They would continue with four years of piano study, one lesson hour and from twelve to eighteen practice hours per week.

(b) Students majoring in School Music would be received with lower entrance pre-requisite and would be required to complete the first two years of the major piano courses before graduation.

(2) **Piano Ensemble;** required of all major piano students and elective for others; one lesson hour and three practise hours in group playing per week; a third year course.

(3) **Organ;** Courses in organ playing will be offered thru four years. All music major students would be required to study organ playing for two years; one lesson period and six practise periods per week.

(4) **Ear Training and sight singing;** two hours per week for two years; (second and third year courses)

(5) **Music Appreciation;** one hour per week for one year; (first year)

(6) **Rudiments of Music;** one hour per week for one year; (first year)

(7) **Music History;** two hours per week for two years; (second and third year)

(8) **Harmony;** two hours per week for two years; (second and third years)

(9) **Keyboard Harmony;** one hour per week for two years; (third and fourth)

(10) **Counterpoint;** two hours per week for one year; (third year)

(11) **Musical Form;** one hour per week for one year; (third year)

(12) **Advanced composition;** two hours per week for one year; (fourth year)

(13) **Orchestration;** one hour per week for one year; (fourth year)

(14) **School Music;** one year of school music would be required of all music majors. This would include practise teaching. Three Years study of School Music with practise teaching would be required of all School Music major students.

(15) **Glee club and Choral work;** required thru four years of all students majoring in music.

(16) **Piano and organ repair;** one year, one laboratory period of three hours per week.

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Proposed Dept of Music

(17) History of Art; to be required of all students in Fine Arts; two years, one hour per week.

(18) Drawing and painting; elective; four years, two lesson periods per week.

(19) Principles of Design; elective; as above

## Staff

The present teaching staff includes four full time members and three part time members.

**Full Time;**
Esther B. Stockwell; B.A. Ohio Wesleyan College; English, Music. B. Mus. Cosmopolitam College of Music, Chicago; piano and composition; Teachers certificate for harmony, piano theory, school music. Twenty-one years of teaching experience.
Sara B. Downer; B.A. Mount Holyoke College; physics, with four years study in piano. M.A. University of California; with one year special study in pipe organ. Twenty years of music teaching experience.
Lucy L. Loh; B.A. West China Union University; education with a number of years of special piano study in West China Union University and one year piano study in Peiping.

Annie I. Ward; B.A. University of Western Ontario; French and German, with four years study of piano A.T.C.M. University of Toronto, Toronto Conservatory of Music; piano, harmony counterpoint; history etc. Three years further study in Toronto Conservatory in piano and musical theory.

**Part-time;**
Mr. Loh, teacher of Chinese painting and art.
Mrs. E.C. Wilford; Toronto Conservatory of Music; teacher of organ, harmony, piano, musical theory.
Mrs. D. Phelps; teacher of piano, musical appreciation and history.

## Budget:

To change the status of the Fine Arts from that of a Division to that of a Department would for several years require no increase in budget from the University.

A practice fee (similar to a Laboratory fee) is paid by all students who make use of instruments for practice purposes and a book rental fee is paid by all students who make use of music books or other music materials provided by Fine Arts for practice purposes.

In accordance with the custom of most music institutions a special tuition fee will be charged, above the general tuition fee of the University, for all courses which require private or individual instruction; e.g. private piano instruction.

If it does not seem possible for the Board of Directors to recommend that the Division of Fine Arts be made a Department this year we wish to ask that full information as to what the Division already is doing be sent by the Board of Directors to the West China Union University Committee of

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Proposed Dept of Music

the United Board for Christian Colleges in China and that in forwarding
this information to New York the following points be stressed;

(1) While in time we would desire to add other branches of Fine Arts to our curriculum, yet the courses as outlined in the above curriculum can at present be offered by our existing staff. Most of them have already been offered.

(2) That no additional budget will be required from the university for maintenance expenses or staff for several years.

(3) That the above courses will continue to be offered by us even as a Division.

(4) That students for several years have covered the work as outlined in music, have written their theses on a musical subject under the direction of a member of our staff, have given a graduation recital as part of their graduation requirement, but have been graduated as from the Education Department of this University rather than from Fine Arts because it was not technically possible to graduate them from Fine Arts. In other words we are already doing the work.

(5) That the above outline is meant to graduate students with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, major in music or Fine Arts.

Annie I. Ward.

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WEST CHINA UNION UNIVERSITY

私立華西

協合大學

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE

CHENGTU, SZECHWAN

October 29th, 1948.

Mr. C.A. Evans,
UBCCC,
150, Fifth Avenue,
NEW YORK CITY, 11, U.S.A.

Dear Mr. Evans,

We, the Lindsays, are holding in U.S.A. for
Mr. T'ien Tso-min, Manager of the University Dental Clinic,
the sum of US$1,200. We have become convinced that it
would be wiser if Mr. T'ien's money were held all in one
account. We are therefore asking our friend, Mr. William
Snaith of Racine, to send you a cheque for US$1,200. Will
you be so good as to place this money to the credit of
Mr. T'ien's account on your books, together with the amount
already held for him.

Mr. T'ien hopes to go to America some time in the
near future for study in Business Methods. He will need
to make use of this money during that period. We will
provide a letter to Mr. T'ien stating that his money is
held by you, and will send you a copy of that letter.

Thanking you,

COPY

WEST CHINA UNION UNIVERSITY

Administration Office

Chengtu, Szechwan

November 25, 1948

Dr. Robert J. McMullen
UBCC, 150 Fifth Avenue
New York City, U. S. A.

Dear Dr. McMullen,

I wrote you on November 7th and in that letter stated that we had heard that those foreigners in East China who wished to move out in the face of the Communist threat should do so. A similar message reached American and Canadian missionaries in West China on the 18th and 19th. Since then several Missions have held meetings to consider the situation. No definite recommendations have been made to or from Mission Executives advising people to go, but those individuals who are fearful, who have children or are not in good health, will act on their own initiative. On Tuesday last the President's Council considered the situation and I enlose the gist of the discussion and action. Dr. Fenn in answer to my letter of a fortnight ago informed up that Ginling and the University of Nanking both planned to remain put. We have heard further word from Tsinan and the consensus of opinion is that we here should remain until it is clear that should not or cannot stay.

As far as we can gather our Chinese staff as a whole are anxious that we should stay, and certainly President Fong and some of the older staff have indicated clearly their hope that western staff will remain. It may interest you to have a quotation from President Fong's statement to the Council: "If our western friends leave it would be impossible for us Chinese to carry on: particularly is this true in the case of the College of Medicine and Dentistry. We hope that they will stay and face with their Chinese colleagues any situation which may develop. We recognise that the final decision must be left to individuals. Careful consideration must be given to the cases of some wives and children. The continuing of the western staff will have a very important bearing on the keeping alive of Christian influence. This will not only benefit the University but the Christian work of the whole Province. This was proved in the 1926-27 evacuation. It is important to have a strong centre in Chengtu in the WCUU because all Christian people of the Province look to us for help and guidance." As is so usual in China, what seemed to be an impasse has not eventuated, and the Government has been given a new lease of life. The monetary condition is again being stabilized and the military situation has turned in favour of the Government. Should success for the Government along these two lines continue it may be that the Government will outside the storms. Should the American Government be able to step in with relief and military supplies, and most of all with a psychological boost, there is every good reason to believe that the Government can hold the Communists and eventually ease them out of China, south of the Great Wall. It is clearly recognised here that the Government's mis-direction of its military campaign has been responsible for the Communists' advance rather than the strength of their armies. I have heard very few people in the last three years express the belief that any coalition Government could successfully carry on in China. It is generally believed that any attempt at such a Government would merely mean the turning of the Government over to the Communists, this in spite of the fact that you hear in the papers that certain individuals in Nanking proposing such a coalition. Such people are usually interested in a Communist Government rather than in a coalition. It is because of this belief that few people have any hope of compromise.

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11/25/48

We are glad to learn of the new finance campaign which you are undertaking, and we are hopeful that you will be successful. Should the new currency regulations prove successful we perhaps can carry on as we did last year with approximately the same budget, but we have been going through a time when we feared the worst. Our payroll for October was a way out of line with exchange. Should we have had to continue to pay on as poor an exchange we could hardly have been able to carry on for even half a year. Fortunately the exchange is rising, and we hope we shall find ourselves in about the same position as we were last year, although this morning's paper informs us that we should pay for this month five times what we paid in the previous month. Should this prove to be the case we shall be in trouble again, and the payroll combined with the high costs of transportation may sink us. I was awakened at 2 o'clock in the night a couple of nights ago to receive a telegram from Shanghai asking whether we were willing to pay the sum of GY65,000 for shipping to Chungking approximately 50 cases of supplies. We figure that having to pay this will mean doubling the cost of the purchase price of the goods plus transportation from New York to Shanghai! We hope that transportation prices will not remain so out of line, but we have been informed that the Ming Sung Company's ships are booked until next March - you can see that there is little competition and high prices will be inevitable.

Mr. Fong has just written a letter in which he has given you other information, and as the situation progresses I shall continue to provide you with side-lights.

With kind regards,

Yours sincerely,

AWL/MR

/s/ Ashley W. Lindsay

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "HUATA"

WEST CHINA UNION UNIVERSITY

私立華西

協合大學

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE

CHENGTU, SZECHWAN

December 8th, 1948.

Dr. Robert J. Mc Mullen,
UBCCC,
150, Fifth Avenue,
NEW YORK CITY, 11, U.S.A.

Dear Dr. McMullen,

I hope that this letter arrives at the same time
as the letter posted yesterday, but the unexpected opportunity
of catching a through plane made it seem wise to send what I
had ready for you.

In yesterday's letter you had the opinions of
Mr. Fong who represented himself. I did nothing to influence
him in its preparation, as we decided that he would represent
the Chinese and I would get representative answers from the
western staff. I chose westerners with different outlooks.
I hope that their replies will help you to get a better
picture just because they represent different groups. In my
letter I have tried to give my own opinion. Until we know of
the actions of the political group of Communists who take
over after the army passes by we westerners here will not be
able to make a considered judgment as to what we should do.
If the latest story which has just come in regarding the
position of westerners in Tsinan be true and the same
policies were carried out, it would be of little value for
us to remain, but rather an embarrassment to the Chinese,
to the UBCCC and to our Governments, but if we are to be
allowed five or six months' respite we can afford to wait-and-
see, though, of course, our going out will be made very much
more difficult.

With kindest regards and the best of wishes for the
Christmas and New Year Season,

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "HUATA"

WEST CHINA UNION UNIVERSITY

私立華西

協合大學

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE

CHENGTU, SZECHWAN

Dr. Robert J. McMullen,
United Board for Christian Colleges,
150, Fifth Avenue,
NEW YORK CITY, 11, U.S.A.

December 8th, 1948.

Dear Dr. McMullen,

Answers to your questions must be made with reservations
in West China. We have not yet been threatened or intimidated by
Communism. The war area is still far away from us. Further,
where there are no large, active, paid agents, there is no outward
threat or agitation.

We have some staff members and many students criticising
the Government very bitterly, yet without wishing to be considered
as Communists. Unfortunately, dissatisfactions have been grist to
agitators who have made use of them as sounding boards at times of
student strikes.

This year again the control of the University Students
Association is in the hands of Kuomintang supporters. This means
that the Communist group in the University is well in the minority,
yet we do know that a controlled, earnest minority is very likely
to control affairs in times of stress. There are not many paid
Communist agents amongst our students, though there must be a
considerable number of fellow-travellers.

The gentry of Chengtu aroused themselves last Sunday to
hold a meeting to consider the possibilities of Communism coming to
Szechwan. Besides discussion and the making of statements no
realistic plans were accepted. Undoubtedly there will be further
meetings if the national troops in the battles north of the Yangtse
are defeated.

1. Has the threat of Communism changed the attitude ... in spite of whatever may take place?

a) We have had no evidence that those of our non-Christian faculty have anti-Christian feelings.

b) Our Christian teachers have shown no tendency to compromise because up to the present they face no problem.

c) For the same reason the Christians on our staff have expressed no determination to maintain a Christian University, should the Communists take over.

2. What is the psychological atmosphere on your campus?

a) The members of the Executive of the Board have advised a wait-and-see attitude.

b) There being nowhere to go the faculty must accept what comes.

c) Students' feelings depend on political affiliations. Communist sympathisers believe that heaven is about to appear; Kuomintang sympathisers are optimistic that some way will yet be discovered to keep the Kuomintang in power, or temper the rule of Communism.

3. To what extent have you lost faculty members and students?

We have lost no faculty because of fear of Communism coming to Chengtu.

4. What preparation have you made for providing for those who leave ....?

Neither the administration nor the staff have made preparations for providing for those who leave, again because the problem is not urgent enough to require action.

1. To what extent have definite plans been made for the future?

No plans have been made to evacuate the University. It is the general opinion that we should keep open so long as we are permitted to do so or money provided to pay salaries.

2. The University has no understanding with any Communist group, and as far as I am aware neither the gentry nor the Provincial authorities have had any open dealings with the Communists. It is well-known that certain of the old war lords have been placing money where they believe it will be most useful, hoping to curry favour on both sides.

3. How far do you think your institution is prepared to go in adjusting itself to a Communist regime?

a) The Christians of our staff, of course, hope to maintain the Christian objectives of the University, and at present the control of the University is in the hands of the Christian group, but under pressure there would be a tendency to compromise.

b) One possibility of our being permitted to remain open may depend on the appointment of an entirely new group of administrator, that is, those who have been responsible for maintaining academic discipline and control in order to assure educational standards and social virtues have been and are, perhaps, still being accused of acting for political reasons.

GRAPHIC ADDRESS: "HUATA"

WEST CHINA UNION UNIVERSITY

私立華西

協合大學

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE

CHENGTU, SZECHWAN

January 14th, 1949.

Dear Dr. McMullen,

Your letter of December 27th detailing the policy
adopted by the Trustees of the United Board has come to hand and
been presented to the University Administrative Council. We
propose to confine this letter to the matter of the University
Church.

The Trustees' action in regard to the Church reads:
"WC-75 Voted to affirm previous action in regard to the Church
Building (WC62 and WC63) and to send a letter to the administrat-
ion expressing the judgment of the Committee that this is not a
favourable time to build in view of the unsettled conditions in
China."

This action was taken in response to Board of Directors'
minute D327 asking for permission to lay the foundations of the
Church.

We have never received a copy of the Minutes of the
Trustees, so we do not know what actions WC62 and WC63 refer to,
though we assume they are the Minutes quoted in your letter of
May 13th. We have proceeded with the plans for the erection of
the Church on the understanding that the Board had approved its
erection on the Baptist College playing field provided sufficient
funds were in hand to complete the main unit. The University,
therefore, approached the Baptist Church through its West China
Mission, and secured from the Church Board agreement to transfer
to the West China Union University title deed to the section of
the Baptist College campus necessary for the erection of the
Church Building. We trust that this matter was reported to the
Board of Trustees by Rev. Raymond Schaefer, who acted for the
Officers Council of the ABFMS in New York City in May 1948.

At the beginning of last summer the Church Board agreed
on building plans believing that there was sufficient money to
complete this main unit, but the change of currency made this

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We therefore trust that you will bring before the
Trustees of the Board the University's request that we be
permitted to push on with the erection of the building without
any delay. The Church Board is, of course, very anxious that
the building should go on, and Dr. Phelps' letter which we are
enclosing indicates their views on the matter.

As implied in our opening paragraph we shall in a later
letter take up with you the matter of the Music Department and
the Biochemistry Institute, and other problems.

We have just had a wire from Bill Fenn to the effect that
he expected to arrive in Chengtu yesterday by the LutHERAN plane.
Unfortunate the plane did not arrive, but we anticipate it will
come in today or tomorrow. We shall be very glad to have Bill
Fenn with us again, and I am sure that after his visit he will be
able the better to make comments on our situation and work.

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February 1st, 1949

Dear Dr. McMullen,

At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors held on
January 19th, 1949, the following minute was passed:

"Voted that a letter of explanation be written to the West China Committee urging that permission be given to proceed with the immediate erection of the Church Building at this time."

I was instructed to prepare and forward to you such a letter.

The Board of Directors and its Executive have been very careful in giving sanction to the erection of the Church. The Executive in November 1947 referred back to the Church Board consideration as to whether it was the appropriate time to build; in January 1948 the Executive agreed to an appeal on behalf of the Church for funds to be raised abroad; in March 1948 the Church Board again approached the Executive regarding the Church site and plans for raising money to complete the whole plant. The Board resolved to recommend that the Church be located on the present Baptist playing field and the launching of a financial campaign to raise additional funds, but requested the Church Board to revise plans so that the cost of erection of the main building could be completed within the money already in hand. With this understanding the Executive requested the West China Committee for early permission to put down the foundations. The Board of Directors at its meeting in June 1948 supported the action of the Executive asking West China Committee for permission to put down the foundations of the main building and at the same time asked for assistance in the raising of funds for the completion of the Church.

Then University Administration, in the Fall Term, was presented with revised plans of the Church, and made sure that the main body of the Church could be built within the amount of money now in hand, and gave permission for purchase of materials.

The Executive Committee of the Board at its meeting on January 1949 carefully considered minute WC-75 of the West China Committee and the Trustees, expressing it as their best judgment that the present "is not a favorable time to build in view of unsettled conditions in China".

Fortunately, Dr. Fenn was present at the meeting. After examining conditions and the situation, he was of the opinion that there was more to lose than to gain by putting off the erection of the Church to another day. The Committee was of the same mind, and passed its resolution supporting the University Administration, and associating itself with the arguments presented in the letters written by the University Administration and Dr. Phelps on January 12th and 14th respectively. The Executive, therefore, urge the West China Committee and the Trustees to reconsider, and to agree that there are more and better reasons for proceeding immediately with the erection of the main body of the University Church than for delaying its erection till some indefinite future.

In regard to the raising of more money to complete the Church it may be wise not to expect money from abroad; but it is hoped that gifts will come from Chinese sources.

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February 1. 1949

To recapitulate reasons for building at once, the following are pertinent:

1. No local prejudice against erection of a Church.

2. The University needs a Church building.

3. A large quantity of materials has already been purchased.

4. It is generally known that the building is to be erected; not to go forward would raise doubts as to our expectations of continuing our programme.

5. Its value as a morale booster.

6. The relative cheapness of materials at the present time.

7. The cost of the buildings as now contemplated has come from donors in China who would like to see the building erected at once.

8. None of our Chinese associates question the advisability of building at present.

Will you be so good as to bring to the attention of the members of the West China Committee and the Trustees the request of the Directors, the Administration and the Church Board for permission to proceed with the building without delay. A cable would be appreciated. Foundations should go in very shortly, in order that the roof may go on before the summer rains. Another factor to be taken into consideration is that if the foundations are not put in during the winter, nothing can be done for another year.

I trust that I have made sufficiently clear the mind of the Executive. If not, let me know.

I hope that you have fully recovered from your Hospital experience and that you are now in good health.

With our best wishes,

Yours sincerely,

Ashley W. Lindsay,
Secretary, Board of Directors.

AWL/MR

GRAPHIC ADDRESS: "HUATA"

WEST CHINA UNION UNIVERSITY

私立華西

協合大學

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE

CHENGTU, 9, SZECHWAN

March 16th, 1949.

Dr. William P. Fenn,
UBCC China Office,
Room 415, 169, Yuen Ming Yuen Road,
SHANGHAI.

Dear Bill,

Thank you very much for your letters of
March 2nd and 10th. We have not yet been able to
get from the Bank the sum of GY192,548, which
represents the special gift for Faculty Aid. We
hope we may secure this before its value has
depreciated too much. Unfortunately the lack of
GY in Chengtu has been very serious, and the Bank has
been holding up money for about six weeks.

We greatly appreciate receiving this gift.
It will help some leading member of our staff. Do
you remember the hwas? Mr. Hwa was the Registrar;
this year he is on sick leave; his wife has been
working in the Nutritional Aid Project. She died
suddenly Monday morning. That family is going to be
in a serious way because he will never be able to
work again; therefore he may be one who will get
this gift.

In President Fong's letter of January 21st
sending in applications for UBCCC Fellowships, he
included the names of three Meds. and Dents. to apply
for ABMAC fellowships, asking that you forward their
applications. Did you do so? We have heard
nothing from ABMAC and therefore have not sent on the
supporting documents - result of English Test, Medical
Certificate, Plan of Work. Will you please tell us
what you have done and what we should do? If we
should use a special application form will you see
that such forms are sent to us? Thanks.

You state that you are not quite sure what
I mean about the need of a special grant from the
UBCC for this term. As you know we received $8,000
last term. This assisted us in making up the deficit
which would have appeared on our salary account, in

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order to equal allowances given according to the
Government index. In order to meet the salary budget
for this term we shall lack US$17,000. It is this
amount that we are hoping the UBCCC will give us. We
have noted, as you have, that the Trustees will delay
making special grants until they receive information
from each institution.

We shall also need an amount of money for
the purchase of silver to cover three months' severance
salary for the staff. We could pay for this in an
emergency from our balances in New York, but we hope
that the Trustees will not ask us to give up these
earmarked amounts; otherwise many projects which are
under way would have to be curtailed or eliminated, and
it would not induce us to be saving or to protect
balances.

The fear has been expressed by some that the
Trustees will think that the amount of money we have
retained in our Rehabilitation Account would indicate
that we have no real use for it, or that it is too
large. You, of course, will realise that we have been
holding back from ordering things because, first, of the
condition of the country, secondly difficulties with
transportation, and also the impossibility of buying
many of the things which have been ordered and are really
needed. We have had on order for more than two years
some pieces of equipment which are vitally necessary, and
are not encouraged to believe that we shall receive them
in the near future. Should we for any reason lose our
earmarked funds, you can see that we would be in difficulty
when the ordered goods were available.

By the way, we hear that a new Lutheran plane has
been purchased. Is there any possibility that it may be
making a trip this way this spring? News coming through
regarding the possibility of fighting on the Yangtse in
the near future may stop up river traffic again. We
would like to have anything there is in Shanghai come up
by air. Would you mind making a few enquiries for us?

Although we are sorry that you are to be away
from Shanghai, we are glad to know that you are going to
be in the New York Office. Your experience and the
information you got regarding our work and needs will be
of great value to us.

With best wishes and hoping you will have a
pleasant voyage home,

West China Union U
CHENGTU, Sze

March 26t

Dr. William P. Fenn,
UBCC,
150, Fifth Avenue,
NEW YORK CITY, 11, U.S.A.

Dear Dr. Fenn,

Your announcement that the Shanghai Committee
has selected Mr. Ho Wei-fa for the UBCC Fellowship for
the year 1949-50 has just come in.

We are sorry that Mr. Pu Bao-min has failed
to secure the fellowship, as he is doing very good
work for his Ph.D. at Syracuse; further because of the
fact that Dr. and Mrs. Dye are both leaving the Maths.-
Physics Department has become quite weak. Also because
of the fact that Mr. Pu is one of the most brilliant
students in Mathematics we would like him to complete
his Ph.D. degree in America. I am afraid that if no
way can be found to help him for one more year to
enable him to complete his Ph.D. he will be greatly
disappointed. Do you know of any source from which he
may receive a grant to permit him to complete his work?
We are very anxious to have him back on the staff and
feel considerable responsibility for securing assistance
for him. We shall be glad if you will make enquiries
and let us have an early reply as Mr. Pu is anxiously
awaiting word from us.

We are glad that Mr. Ho Wei-fa has been given
the opportunity of a fellowship.

SHF/MR

EGRAPHC ADDRESS: "HUATA"

WEST CHINA UNION UNIVERSITY

私立華西

協合大學

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE

CHENGTU, SZECHWAN

March 31st, 1949.

Dr. Robert J. McMullen,
UBCCC, 150, Fifth Avenue,
New York City, 11, U.S.A.

Dear Dr. McMullen,

✓Mr. Pu Bao-min. Before he left Shanghai we received from Dr. Fenn information that Prof. Ho Wei-fa of our Department of Chemistry is being recommended as the WCUU candidate for a UBCCC Fellowship for the year 1949/50. We have just today received a letter from Mr. Pu Bao-min of our Department of Mathematics now doing graduate work for his Ph.D. at Syracuse, informing us that he has filled out for you an application form and is hopeful that his case will be considered. As we have written Dr. Fenn, both Mr. Fong and I are very anxious that his case should be very carefully considered. He is now studying under a Methodist Crusade Scholarship which comes to an end in June of this year. He secured his M.S. and now requires another year to complete his Ph.D. work; we very much hope that he will be able to secure this degree. Mr. Pu's was the first name on President Fong's priority list. We hope that Prof. Ho Wei-fa will be granted a fellowship but trust that Mr. Pu who is already in the States and will only require fees, living expenses and return travel may receive consideration and that the Committee will stretch a point so that he may receive a fellowship grant.

✓Dr. Li Hen may approach you for return travel to China, this because he failed to secure the USEFC (Fulbright) travel allowance which we had every expectation he would receive. This was denied on a technicality which has to be honoured by the USEFC fellowship people or they will get into trouble in many other similar cases. If the UBCCC has money which can be allocated for Dr. Li Hen's travel we shall be most grateful, but in any case I am asking Mr. Evans to advance to Dr. Li Hen his travel money. He should be back here in July or August.

Enclosed please find minutes of the last meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. I will make a few comments thereon.

University Church. The members of the Committee were pleased to be able to inform the Church Building Committee that they might proceed with the erection of the Church. Many people have expressed satisfaction that there is not to be any delay. The foundations are now completed, and with supplies on hand there will be no hold-up in proceeding.

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March 31, 1949

**UBCCC China Office.** The Executive as well as the University Administration feel that Dr. Fenn and Mr. Lovejoy have given our University very valued service. The closing of the office will leave us where we were before Mr. Lovejoy's arrival, i.e. at the mercy of shipping brokers, money eaters and time consumers. You can help us to some extent by shipping via the Church World Service and the American Advisory Committee. This, of course, will take care of shipments coming from the New York Office, but goods coming from other areas will certainly bring us grief.

**University Nurses' Residence.** The gift from the Women's Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada has provided the University with a very fine Nurses' Residence. It is now completed and occupied and, as you will note, the Board has agreed to honour Miss Wellwood by giving the building her name. You should also note that the Baptist Union Middle School Dormitory is completed and occupied. This building adds to the accommodation of students in the Middle School and takes the Baptist students out of the upper storey of the Methodist Middle School Dormitory. The Middle School is now very well served in the matter of dormitory accommodation.

**Institute of Biochemistry.** Please find enclosed herewith a statement signed by Dr. Lan, Director of the Institute of Biochemistry. This is sent in response to the Minute of the West China Committee.

**Music.** Miss Ward has prepared the curriculum but we will not send this to you until we have secured from Ginling College their curriculum for your comparison. This will come also in answer to the request of the West China Committee for more information regarding the course in Music.

**Retrenchment Policy.** Minute E.374 explains itself. There will be another attempt at retrenchment this spring, which we hope will be more successful than the last.

With kind regards,
Yours sincerely,

Ashley W. Lindsay
Vice-Chancellor.

AWL/MR

See -
Dr. Lan's
file

ADDRESS: "HUATA"

WEST CHINA UNION UNIVERSITY

私立華西

協合大學

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE

CHENGTU, SZECHWAN

April 25th, 1949.

Dear Dr. McMullen,

Your cable received, reading: CABLE WHETHER WCUU PREPARED PROVIDE TRAVEL LIHEN OTHERWISE LIHEN ACCEPTS POSITION CANADA. We thought we had taken care of the question you posed in this cable in our letter to you of March 31st and to Mr. Evans of April 1st in which we said:

30. "Dr. Li Hen may approach you for return travel to China,

3. this because he failed to secure the USEFC (Fulbright)

49. travel allowance which we had every expectation he would receive. This was denied on a technicality which has to be honoured by the USEFC fellowship people or they will get into trouble in many other similar cases. If the UBCCC has money which can be allocated for Dr. Li Hen's travel we shall be most grateful, but in any case I am asking Mr. Evans to advance to Dr. Li Hen his travel money. He should be back here in July or August."

1. "Dr. Li should purchase his return ticket to China without

4. too much delay. Will you be so good as to advance him

49. they money required for the ticket. It will be decided later to which account this should be charged. Dr. Li travelled to America by plane. This was necessary in order that he might be on time to begin his fall's work. We had held him here in order to complete work for the University. He will be returning by steamer. You may be able to give him some advice and assistance in the securing of his passage. We believe that it would be a good thing for him to travel by freighter. This now seems to be the recognised method of travel across the Pacific and more pleasant and comparatively cheaper than by passenger ship."

We have just received letters from Dr. Li Hen telling us of his Canadian offer. We recognise that he has good reason for giving this offer careful consideration, but unless he plans to remain away from China for a protracted period, we are of the opinion that he should return to China this summer. No one can foretell with any certainty what is to happen here, but obviously the new

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "HUATA"

WEST CHINA UNION UNIVERSITY

私立華西

協合大學

ADMINISTRATION OFFICE

CHENGTU, SZECHWAN

Dr. Robert J. McMullen,
UBCC,
150, Fifth Avenue,
NEW YORK CITY, 11, U.S.A.

April 28th, 1949.

Dear Dr. McMullen,

Please find enclosed a copy of the Curriculum of
Ginling College Department of Music, together with a copy of
the Curriculum of our proposed Department of Music. The courses
appearing in the West China Curriculum are now being given. A
comparison of the two curricula should convince you that the
material provided by our people is equal to that given in
Ginling, which is accepted by the Ministry of Education.

The West China Committee in its minute WC-78 last year
deferred action on the establishment of a Department of Music
pending further information. It is believed that the curriculum
now presented gives evidence that our courses in Music are worthy
of recognition and would be accepted by the Ministry of Education
should we present them.

It is true that conditions in China are unpredictable and
that the addition of Departments should be very carefully considered.
In the case of Music careful consideration has been given, and as
there would be no increased financial burden and no administrative
changes necessary, there can be no good reason for not agreeing to
the establishment of a Department of Music in our University.
Should conditions make it necessary for the missionary staff, who
are now contributing so largely to the teaching of this Department,
to leave Chengtu, it would follow that the Department would be
closed at least temporarily. The present members of the staff are
not serving in other Departments of the University. (Our Department
of Western Languages might also be affected in a similar manner)

Will you please again request the West China Committee to
consider our Directors' Minute 339.

AWL/MR

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Fourth Year.

1. General Courses.

(1) One elective in Department of Philosophy

(2) One elective in Department of Education

2. General Requirements in Department of Music.

(1) Musical Composition, 2 hours per week, 4 credits

(2) Orchestration, 1 hour per week, 2 credits

(3) Glee Club or Chorus, 2 hours per week, 2 credits

(4) Thesis or recital

3. Practical Courses.

(1) **Piano Major**, Advanced Piano, one lesson per week and a minimum of 12 practice hours per week
6 credits

Piano Ensemble and Accompanying, 2 credits

(2) **Voice Major, Voice IV**, one lesson hour, 12 practice hours, 6 credits

(3) **School Music Major**, Elective in Piano or Voice, 4 credits

Piano Normal and Class Piano Teaching including practice teaching, 4 credits.

Performance in departmental recitals will be required of every student studying piano, organ or voice, as part of the final examination each year. Fourth year students in Piano or Voice will be required to give a gratuation recital as equivalent to at least half of the graduation thesis. The equivalent of the other half may be a written thesis on a chosen topic.

Students in School Music will be required to write a thesis for graduation on some chosen topic related to Music Education.

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