Sojffg- InteFgrtiagr b n * WdMh- w b tlr glls^peu into China’s pres­ e t » e d i t t o * , and beg - chances far t M future a re contained ih an agtsuffbt letbbr received this week b f W -F* W » w . ito * Y . M. C. A. seerotgry f t » .Ashland, from X Ó i d a f t , basoctote general secre­ t a r nt «be t . M- C. A. at'fihang- Y.M.C.A. 17. 8. A. Dear W a lte rf • ,n „ The Chinees weather prophets prophesied a tool summer and > we are spending' I f in Shafighla. but tbe last tow days have about melted ue not because of the high temperature for it to only Just above 100 degrees but. tha humi­ d ity In very high. Aneelectric fan 1 and. plenty of ice water helps to relieve the situaUosf here as else­ where however. The death rate • from cholera to high. Our bniidlng to very busy thto summer. W e have 280 boys in summer school in the Building and l i d in throe D aily Vacation Bible Schools outside. There are 180 in the dormitory, fo r the sum­ mer and nearly 1,000 per day use the 8wimmlng pool. The game room to well filled from 7:10 a.m. until 8:00 sum., with h p y . members. W e are treating the sixty sntdents to onr hoys’ dormitory as campers. The hikes and trips are to. places o f In­ terest in o r near the city, tbe swimming to in the “Y ” pool, the meetings fifed discussions are la* the. building and so are the meals. However, Shanghai to as new and strange to them as. the mountain« or seaside would ' he to our winter crowd. These boyp etome from several dllect sec­ tions and In many,case« they have to nse English in order to talk to each other. In the Western world politic- transfer sapremo and w ill probably not emerge fy«m M fee years or even decades U c o n *. Thia intereeU of all the fam ily of nations are bound up with those of adolescent China, and It eoeWs to me that the family must see that thi» great adolescent is thrn and loyalty first from the hbad given a chance to work of a fam ily to the tribal chief, thia stage without being bullied then to the ruler of a city, then or forced to arm In sel-defense. to the rnner of a state ot many ” '’ nutvleee pass thru cities and finally to the presi­ the period far mo^e quickly than dent or ruler- of p union of many the West did but It to a critical s ta tu . ■ > peortd and outside help to prob­ A Chines scholar pointed out ably impossible. I t requires time, the other day that China’s trouble experience and tbe. growth of new a t p re a e n tls caused by her at­ altitudes of ways of thinking. tempting to P a u In a generation The process cannot be hurried or from the fam ily type of authority helped from without any move and loyalty to the union of many than we can harry the hatching of states. The people cannot so chick ny the paaalng of adoles­ quickly change their loyalty from cence. L et us be sympathetic, patient a person to a system of govern­ m e n t-it took the West many cen- a id frie n d ly . while China works turies to make the transfer, and out her problems. Business and China Witt be able to do it is a every other foreign as well as probably ancient customs are deeply root­ Chines Interest w ill ed“ and have the sanction of, to suffer. But It to a good tim e for the nations that profess to be them, satisfactory experience. Christian to practice the Golden In China, loyalty to stSl to Rule. persons, according to M r. Hsla, The newspapers make things meat. Therefore when General in China look pretty dark* these W u meets- General Chang in a days and the picture is dark in fight* for tha^. control of a* pro­ many places, yet the U. S. govern­ vince and. to defeated hie friends ment trade representative tn a ll rash to his aid, not because China, Mr. Julean Arnold, gave he represents a Just cause bat us a glimpse of the brighter aide because o f his personal friendship a few' days ago in a speech he and then Jointly defeat General delivered In Peking. The follow­ Chang. Now General Chang also ing are quotations from hia ad­ has friends who offer personal dress: help when he to defeated and so “ Chines civil wars receive help him retake the province he large headlines, but quietly and lost, thus the game goes merrily without much" newspaper atten­ on. The people, are pawns, their tion- the business of China to go­ interests are hardly ever consid­ in g on pretty much as usual. ered and their voice to seldom “Commercial returns -fo r the heard by tbe well-armed genernl current half year ahow * that al- and his friends. > ready a balance of some two m il­ But there are coming to he a lion dollars has been rolled up good number who because of hew over the figure for thto tim e laRt Ideas gathered by contact with year, and in general business to t^e outside world are ready to showing a slow hut normal ad­ discard the ancient* system. Of vance. these some would move a little “ To mo the interesting thing way, others would jum p to the to that a t present, contrary to the most advanced positions of other general belief, China to really nations while a little group call- prospering rather than eliding lag themselves ^communists want down h ill." to move ahead o f t ie rest of the Today after "Rotary” meeting world and Introduce utopia at I walked out of the hotel w ith au a hound. old missionary and asked, “W hat Christlanlty to rooted aaff mpre exhaantlfe spring training than for «owe «eesoag and U»v* V«ea ordered to start condition' to growing feeler than the oath movement.” T h e * bo «ttd. week I held a revival meeting for inc tbefcnsefreé September ff,' I four days w ith sixty-nlne deci­ ■days earlief than the star of sions, by students, for the Christ­ gi iQi^on prBOCW0. ian Mfo. 1 have Bad atom de­ >U LLW A N , WaSh. (V . P .) — - T h ere w ill bo «& entirely'ffew cision# this year than ever be­ Washington ejate college w ilt en­ loachlng1 . staff this Jtoaf. .’**Bbbe* fore.” ' A, H olllnhe/ry, formerly eoècfc « f t ter the 188« Paclflc Coast con­ The people of Chian' are vot ference games this year with the Olympic club. Ban Francisco, lad divided. T h e n to no iM M t or same squad veterans Who upset taken over t i e coaching fe ta l at them to fig h t ever. This week all the dope toward the dose of W . B. 0. •Buck*’“ Bailey M i l about ^ x hundred members of last season by defeating the famed | 1?« assistant coach. the T . M. 0. A. from a ll tbe >«> A. A. ¿xendlne, Fnilw att edac& University of Southern California. vtnees, North, South, Suet and W ith a fu ll aggregation ef old Inst fall, has gone with OcofdoMaf West, w ill hold a Convention in timers, the college should be a collées, dalliornia. Tsinan, the capital ot Shantung “Butch* Meeker, diminutive serious contender for champion­ province near the center o f the quarterback, Is expected to tb odd ship honors, observers say. country, There w ill he ho divi­ The team looks better than for ef the luminaries thto year. I t sion there. I t to only a small several years. Tow ard.the c lo u i was Meeker who scored t i e touch* group of selfish but powerful at- of lest season's pennant * scram­ , down against Southern CalffCrtrfb fid alu that prevents the country ble considerable Improvement was i id the last minute of play last from being united politically There to a better understanding noted In the Pullman eleven and ( season. This is his second play- of foreign relations than there rooters are looking w ith confi­ tag year. Chnck Sweet, sensational Irb it* used to be oa the p art of the dence toward the coming confer­ en Held funner; Bxley, alltyUtod thousands of prominent Chinese ence clashes. ' and I think le u criticism o f the The players have undergone a mainstay, and Joe Koenig, fuR attitude and .actions of foreign blooded Eskimo halffiaék, are' nations toward China, as to us­ hare a chance to show what they ’ three w ho figured an excellent ual In all countries the worst can do before long. prospects t o win a ll conference . As ever yours. element to the most vocal. I hope tea m b e rth s. 3. o. cl X rk . to see the Western trained man Stanley Young, guard, to eXpeet- I family of trttor A m afotoeè *A|hia W fitotfeaed at «enter, will piova e t mmerigf «dt* be to the teem, « d h e h ilf offtoidts Pullman win have a Senvy Hfie a n * a fairly light im eM eM , I t to expected that the teaig w tff play more or Ism e f an open ffkme, with a good deal of fisntoffff past­ ing. Of the new > M « i« M ra M ffM 9 tB s , del, Seattle, to expected to'shqul up especially well. Spiedel fiisyed in beckfieM with the frond team last season. two billion noked a month! L' ■ ■ • * Î ’ ----*—er—r r* , 1 .- I , -4— „— - r » * “ »MW to Jike -a effects do- yon sde from the anti* beginning to feel the Inner con­ Christian movemente?” Me said. authority flic t of the adolescense period "They have started too late. You IÇnoiv I f s The Biggest Event of the Year Jackson County Oregon Pear Show SEPTEMBER 15th to 18th A Gala Week for Southern Oregon and Northern California People Best Harness and Running Races on the Coast BIG NIGHT ATTRACTIONS— THRILLING RACE EVENTS w ‘ m "J Carnival Show BANÇ MUSIC — DANCING BIG EXHIBITS OF HORTICULTURAL PRO­ DUCTS, STOCK, POULTRY, BOY AND GHOS’ CLUB WORK, MERCHANTS’ and MANUFAC­ TURING DISPLAYS \ \ t - J ■! *' r