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the institution then becomes to all intents and purposes a 

 substitute for a government institution. 



It is to be noted that in some American commonwealths 

 the state refuses to pay money to educational institutions not 

 under public control. The Federal government, however, in 

 making its grants to ' 'land-grant" colleges, left it to the states 

 to determine whether an endowed or a publicly controlled 

 institution should act as trustee of the grant. Under the 

 British system, on the other hand, definite public grants are 

 made to endowed or private institutions. 



The main objections to receiving gifts from corporations or 

 from government lie in the fear of possible control of policies. 

 It is assumed that the Christian institutions in China cannot 

 surrender responsible management nor perfect freedom of 

 teaching, especially the Christian content and purpose. With 

 these qualifications, however, is there any reason why govern- 

 ment or corporation support should not be accepted? 



XL A Challenge to the West 



"The conclusion of the whole matter " is this: The farm 

 people of China need the help that the West can give them, for 

 their own sakes, in the interest of China, and for the good of 

 the world. Judged by amount, the Christian forces in China 

 can perhaps do only a fraction of what needs doing. Measured 

 by significant aid at crucial points in a time of transition, their 

 potiential service to rural China is incalculable. It may help all 

 concerned to understand the nature and extent of this possible 

 service, if a few inclusive objectives for the enterprise be 

 accepted, and if all minor effort be bent to these large ends. 

 This entire discussion on agricultural education in China under 

 Christian auspices can be explained in terms of three compre- 

 hensive goals to be ever kept in mind: 



1. To help in the formation of a comprehensive but 

 thoroughly practical all-China program for the development of 

 her agriculture and farm-life. 



2. To give to a best-farm-village movement in China the 

 spirit of Christian incentive, the desire and purpose to make 

 every farm village a true Kingdom of God among men. 



3. To train a Christian leadership for these two main 

 tasks, consisting of men and women burning with a passion for 

 redeeming rural China in body, mind, and soul, determined to 



