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represented by the British men and women invited to lecture in

China", we find that the Chinese demand is for lecturers on

the social, political and physical sciences, technology, economics,

philosophy, and English literature. We were not specifically

directed by the Committee to ascertain and report the names of

individual British scholars who would be welcomed in China, but

having regard to what we believe to be China's greatest educational

needs at the present day we venture to express the opinion that,

for reasons which we should be prepared to specify, the Committee

would not go wrong if it were to offer lectureships to the follow-

ing persons:

Graham Wallas, Harold H. Mann, Ernest Barker, Sir W.

Beveridge, Canon E.E. Raven, A.M.Carr-Saunders, and Harold J. Laski.

With regard to Dr Mann, we would add that his advice and experience

would be highly valued by that increasing number of Chinese who

are interesting themselves in social experiments and in that im-

portant mass-education movement of which one of the most distinguish-

ed leaders is Dr James Yen. As to Mr Laski, it may not be out of place to mention the fact that it was the purpose of the Central University (Nanking) to invite him to visit China this year or next. It might be possible for the Universities China Committee to associ- ate itself with the Central University in this invitation and to relieve that institution of a portion of the expenses by appointing him to a lectureship under the proposed scheme. There are many other eminent teachers and thinkers in Great Britain who might with great advantage to both countries be sent out by the Committee to give courses of lectures in academic centres. Among the names K suggested to one or more of our delegation by the Chinese themselves may be mentioned J.W.N.Sullivan, Eileen Powef, J.M.Keynes, and J.A. Hobson. A group of educational 9856585 leaders in Peiping whose main interest happens to lie in the direction of English literature and art included in their list of recommendations the names of Middleton Murry, Aldous and Julien Huxley, Roger Fry, Robert Graves, Edmund Blunden and Lascelles Abercrombie. Many other suitable names are likely to suggest themselves to the members of the Committee, and perhaps it might be worth while to circularise the British ERITY