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Chinese Army Captdin Arrives
K special Mission
Brings Student Here
► By BARBARA HEYWOOD
A pioneer of a different sort has
come to Oregon. Captain Hsu Kai
"i u, officer on special mission to
the United States, arrived on the
-• Oregon campus Monday to take
post graduate work in journalism.
C a p t a i in Hsu (pronounced
• “Shoo’), son of a “pioneer" Chi
nese family entered the University,
, of Peking in 1940 as a student of
languages and literature, and af
ter three years, during which the
university was moved 2000 miles
south of Peiping to Kunming and
was consolidated with three other
universities, he went into the Chi
nese Nationalist army. Meanwhile
he continued writing for Chinese
papers and graduated in 1944 on
credits so earned.
Comes to U. S.
He came to the United States
—to California and Texas—in 1945
• on detached service to the Chinese
air corps, and then as aide to two
different generals worked in
Washington, D. C. and toured
Europe.
. The young captain in a stiff
eollored tan uniform told in his
excellent English why he called
his people pioneers. A distant
grandfather “whose name I can’t
remeber, as so often happens"
did a favor for the government
and was rewarded by a feudal
grant of land in central south
China on which gradually arose a
walled town in which everyone had
the same name.
Father Discouraged
r After the Chinese civil war the
town offered a meager living, and
Hsu’s father, discouraged left.
• But the ties were strong, and
Father Hsu eventually pushed
back over 1000 miles to choose a
wife in his home town. Five sons
and five daughters wrere born to
, them, four of whom died in in
fancy. Then, with baby Kai Yu,
the couple began their long pio
Captain Hsu Kai Yu
neer move to Western China.
Captain Hsu chose the University
of Oregon journalism school at
the reccommendation of friends
when plans to attend University
of California did not materialize.
He said he liked the green country
and the absence of bustle after
the Southwest and University of
California. As he spoke of quiet
the noon whistle blared out. He
waited until it stopped and then
grimaced. “That is perhaps what
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one would call the noise of civili
zation,” he said.
Asked why, judging-from news
stories, students in Chinese uni
versities seemed so much more
active in politics than United
States students. Cap tain. -Hsu said,
“It is not that Chinese young
people are any different from
those here in America. It is only
that social and economic condi
tions in China force them to look
for some means to better their
future.”
Politics takes the place for them
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of campus activities, he said, while
serving a purpose too. "I think it
necessary for students to be train
ed in political thought and obser
vation," he stated. “Then thjey
can have dissussions and gain ex
perience while a mistake is not a
disaster.” Captain Hsu found Eng
lish students more alert politically
than American' students.
Choice Given
“How does the man-in-thehos
“How does the Chinese man-in
the-street feel about commun
ism?” Captain Hsu turned quick
ly in his chair and sat forward.
"Dear lady, if 1 placed before you
a bowl of sand and a bowl of su
gar to eat, which would you
choose ?”
At the obvious answer. Captain
Hsu continued, saying the* Chi
nese will accept whichever party
does them the most good. Idealis
tically, he said, both wish to feed
China and build her industries,
but logically, neither can accomp
lish anything while the bickering"
continues. Asked if he thought the
Nationalist and Communist par
ties in China are any closer to a
compromise, the Captain shook
his head sadly in the negative.
“Political parties should be the
instruments for solving problems,”
he said earnestly several times,
“but in China as elsewhere the op
posing factions desire to keep thcix’
government positions.”
Vice-Prexies Meet
Vice-presidents of all living or
ganizations will meet at 12:30 to
day in the Susan Campbell hall
recreation room for information
about the Campus United Fund
drive. The original opening date oT
the drive has been postponed until
later in the term.
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