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CONFUCIANISM TO BE DR. WEI'S LECTURE SUBJECT

President of Boone College Also To Speak in Chapel -- Now Touring United States

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Dr. Francis Cho-min Wei, President of Hua Chung College (Central China College), Wuchang, China, will give three public lectures on Confucianism at Harvard, Oct. 29, 30, and 31, and will conduct morning chapel at Harvard College, Nov. 1, 2, and 3.

The public lectures will be at 8 p.m., in the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge. The subjects will be "How Has China Come to be Confucian?," "Confucianism as the Chinese Understand It," and "Confucianism and the New China."

Dr. Wei is a native of Canton, China. He graduated from Boone College, Wuchang, in 1911 with highest honors, and took his M.A. at Boone in 1915, his M.A. at Harvard University in 1919, and his Ph.D. from London University. He has been a member of the staff of Boone College since his graduation there. In 1929 he became president of Central China College, successor to Boone College, after being its acting president for two years.

Dr. Wei is a leading figure in Christian education and education in general in China. He is widely known as a scholar of Chinese philosophy.

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