1920.05.25

John Dewey arrived on the morning at Changzhou. He visited the Youth Society, watched a shadow-puppet drama, and had a Chinese meal. He went sightseeing on the east outskirts of the city and observed the Yuanjie ceremony at Tianning Buddhist Temple. He bought a Chinese landscape painting which was said to have been created in the Ming dynasty.
In the afternoon he gave a lecture 'The school and its environment'. Liu Boming interpreter.
Shen Yihong : “The lecture attracted an audience larger than that of any other. Present at the lecture were County Magistrate Yao of Wujin, missionary John Hawk, priest Hu Jianong, local education administrative staff, headmasters and teachers of local schools, students from Middle Schools, Normal School and Girls' Normal School.”