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could probably come in the autumn of 1932. It is understood

that if he were appointed to a lectureship he would be content

with living expenses only. Dr V.K.Ting, who was educated at

Cambridge and Glasgow and in Germany, was formerly head of the

Government Geological Department in Peiping and is now on the

teaching staff of the National University there. Dr L.K.Tao

was educated at the London School of Economics and is now

Director of the Institute of Social Science under the American

Indemnity Foundation. Mr Anson Chow is editor and manager of

the "Life Weekly" of Shanghai. Dr T.Z.Koo has been a prominent

Y.M.C.A. leader and has taken a great interest in Anglo-Chinese

intellectual co-operation and in the visits of English lecturers.

The name of Dr James Yen is well known in connection with the

mass-education movement already alluded to and is one of the

leading social workers in contemporary China.

It should be mentioned that in the case of several

of the Chinese holders of lectureships under our scheme it should

be possible for them to combine lecturing with the prosecution of

their own advanced studies in English universities.

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Messrs Chao and Tsu

least of the Chinese scholars above-named

would certainly be desirous of combining teaching with learning.

During their journey across the American continent

and also during the sessions of the Pacific Conference at Shanghai the members of the delegation had many opportunities of discussing with prominent Canadians various questions affecting the relations of China and Canada, and they gained the impression that @anada would be glad to WWW co-operate to some extent with the activities of the Universities China Committee in connection with the scheme of visiting lectureships and perhaps in other ways. It is realised in Canada that very 88888 little attempt has yet been made to establish a cultural as distinct from an economic relationship between the two countries, and that in this respect Canada lags far behind the United States. A Chinese department has been established at McGill University, Montreal, and a valuable library of Chinese books has been presented to that University by a private benefactor. But in the province of British Columbia,

* Canada's interest in this matter is not a new thing. A reference was made to it in Lord Buxton's Memorandum (and "Report of the Advisory Commiai

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