Huachung University

[3] There was controversy, however, about where to locate the school, and the political unrest and nationalistic agitation, which led up to the Northern Expedition of 1925, delayed the opening of Central China (or Huachung) University until 1924.

The Wuhan Nationalist government could not protect the city from invading armies, and students prudently left and returned home.

After the Japanese bombings of Wuhan in 1938, the university moved successively to Hengyang, Guilin, Kunming, and finally to a small village near Dali, in Yunnan.

The Boone Library School, under the leadership of Mary Elizabeth Wood trained a generation of Chinese bibliographers and librarians.

Tai went from Tsing Hua College, Peking to be the first Chinese student at the New York State Library School, Albany.

David Z. T. Yui arranged for them to give demonstration lectures in ten cities to promote public libraries.

[8] Wood and the two American-trained Chinese librarians developed a curriculum of library science at Boone University, starting in January, 1920, making it the first institution in China to have a professional course.

The China Foundation for the Promotion of Education and Culture in charge of the Boxer Indemnity Fund gave financial support, including scholarships for students.