CO129-511-14 The University of Hong Kong- plans for a Chinese school 25-7-1928 - 29-10-1928 — Page 17

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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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