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Show Foreign Deans Visit Campus For Student - Faculty Studies should be very careful about underground subversion." THE CULTURAL exchange which brought Dr. Chen-yu and 13 other deans of students at foreign universities to the Uni-(Continued Uni-(Continued on page 5) By SUSAN DICKMAN Chronicle Feature Editor Dr. Tao Chen-yu, one of 14 foreign educators visiting the university, is "most impressed by the academic atmosphere as well as the beautiful campus of this university." "YOUR STUDENTS are living in a fairyland," he commented. Dr. Chen-yu is visiting here as a participant in a program which has brought deans of students stu-dents from foreign colleges and universities to the United States to study faculty-student relations. rela-tions. "WE HAVE more troubles," he said, contrasting university life in Utah with that in Hong Kong. Students in Hong Kong are very short of money and many are supported by the government. govern-ment. DR. TAO CHEN-YU, Dean of Students at the Chinese University Uni-versity of Hong Kong, explained that land is so scarce that dormi- tories are nonexistent. Students live in rooms above their classrooms. class-rooms. Chinese students are well-fed, but under-nourished. "Chinese food is tasteful, but not nutri-ous," nutri-ous," he explained. HIS STUDENTS are also faced with the serious problem of identity. iden-tity. Hong Kong is a British colony on the Chinese mainland. Students become more aware of their precarious position when they attend college and wonder just who they are and how long Hong Kong can continue to exist. But Dr. Chen-yu expects no riots on his campus because rebellion re-bellion against the British government gov-ernment is dangerous. STUDENTS ARE not sympathetic sympa-thetic with communism. Many of their parents are refugees. Dr. Chen-yu emphasized the opportunities and responsibilities responsibili-ties of American students. Being citizens of a country with a great respect for "the dignity of human rights and human nature, you Foreign Deans Visit Campus (Continued from page 1) versity is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. It was first proposed two years ago by Dr. Sterling McMurrin and Dr. William Wil-liam Mulder. Dr. Paul C. Fawley, head of the Department of Educational Administration and University coordinator of the program, stated that the interaction of faculty and students so prominent promi-nent on American campuses is relatively new to foreign universities. uni-versities. IT IS THIS interaction in student stu-dent government and activities as well as classes that these guests aTe here to observe. The educators are spending five weeks here at the University. Universi-ty. They will spend another five weeks on other university campuses cam-puses and then, in late November, Novem-ber, return to Utah for an evaluation evalu-ation and summary session before returning to their own universities. |