Chapter IX: The Youth of China 189

Veneration of Old Age Modified—Young Chinese in
responsible posts—Youth criticizes Antiquity: Seizes
Responsibility—Attitude to Japan—Organized Union defeats
Government—Co-operation with Shopkeepers—Effect of Spirit on
Literature—Change of Education by Dowager Empress—Further
Development under Republic—Contrast between Renaissance
of China and Japan—Attitude towards Religion—Noxious
Effects of Propaganda by Missions—Importance of Improved
Educational Work—Students and Social Service—Famine
Relief—National University of Peking—Foreign Lectureships—Hong
Kong University—Projected University at Amoy—St. John’s
College, Shanghai, and Others—Child Labour—The Boy Scout
Movement—Student Demands—Youth Accepting Christian Ideals.