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a large
arose in the first place as a piece of vein glory
building with a tower is always more striking then the
ordinary tomb stone. True there were some idealists behind
it Lord Lugară, Sir Cecil Clementi, and Archdescon Barnett.
Unfortun: tely they in this respect seem to have represented
no one but themselves, for the Colony has always refused
to take the University whole heartedly into its erro. What
pains me is the hostility or at best indifference which
exists with regard to it. One manger of the H.K. nd
Shanghai Ban told me himself he would certainly not be on th
Finance Committee nor the Council of the University had he
not been put on by ordinance He did not believe in the
higher education of the Chinese. The doctors produced by
the University are not wanted, of course, for they compete
with the Furopean firut, when they start practice in the
Colony, as many of them co. Graduate engineers are not
wanted for if they find employment in the Colony it can
only be in a position that European would occupy. Lven
my own teachers find conditions in Gov. schools irksome,
for they can never hope to be in a position to realise
any ideals of work which they alght have acquired in the
course of their training. Their position must always be
very subordinate even if well paid.
The business man therefore regards the University
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