Excerpts from Paul Moritz's Letters

"..., The students herve a megnificent spirit. Despite the constant
threat of air raids and the difficulties snd inadequacies of their
life, they go along in a calm, determined, end often enthusiastic man=-
ner which puts to sheme some of our American student's attitudes.”

"yinter clothing is brdly needed. Buildings «re usually in the open,
Chinese style and without heat. In seme cases they sre built on

stilts in the middle of a leke (Kwangsi University)."_

"The old. temples of Chinn have been taken over in some of the centers -
and ara being given new life. Sometimes one finds devout Chinese wor-
shipping grinning Buddhas, while in .the same room, rt the sem time, |
Classes are being held, and modern scientific terris mingle with the

heavy odor of incense." U7 ee eae ONE ES. CIb SE Seok. ee

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"Dormitories are very crowded -and clean, although bats flit through
the open woodwork cerving (for temples slso serve as dormitories in -~

"athletic equipment is woefully insdequ: te. ‘One university of nearly :
1000 students :has one bnskct. ball and no other equipment. Tennis balls
are $20.00 a piece, other things sf compardble price. ‘Less: important”
then other needs, these things are still very important, for with so
little lcisure timc Chinese students must use their tine well."

"The health of students is very poor. «at Fukicn University 8 out of
ten students hed malaric, end et other schools the percentage was el-
most 9s gre:t. Dysentary is very ¢2mon, “s are verious types of
fever. Surgicnl cases may mean denta, although now doctors can be
found in most communities.” :

"China! exotic land of enchantment! Of prgodas, philosophers, moun-
teins,--and basketball. Any treveller in wer-torn Chine cannot fail
t> be impressed with the widesprecd populsrity of the geme. The basket-
bell goal, in fact, has become an elmost essential feature of the
Chinese lnndscape--cven more common than prgodas, Schools, colloges,
hospitels, army camps, play grounds, everywhere, the squere backboard
resrs ngeinst the sky--for sll courts «re out of doorsscsece ;
"Rach time when in some smli villese, stumbling through narrow
crooked streets, we h.open upon a spirited gare, as I hear the frmilicr
shouts end enlls delivered in # strange tongue, IT realize keenly again
how widoly the game hes spread in the short span of e generation since
Dr. Neismith invented it. Sach tire, I thrill with the thought that
this quite, unassuming ecntlemsn has given the world s game which from
all indications will continue to increase in populerity end influence...
"So, with each new villsge snd its besketbnll game or games, in
thought I bow to Dr. Naismith. It's tonly » game'. But it bids fair
to be recognized ns one of the great contributions of the modern agel”

"Fellowship groups ere springing up spontancously in which Christien
students meot in worship end meditrtion. There is nothing unrealistic
in such groups. When at any moment the eir reid slerm may sound, one
is constrained to say something which will not sound foolish upon re-
flection in a dugout." (¢ontinued on back)