This book is a collection of essays written in English by students and teachers in the 1930s. It was published by the Chung Hwa Book Co., which was founded in Shanghai in 1912 by Lufei Kui, a former manager of the Commercial Press, another Shanghai-based publisher that had been established in 1897. It was renamed Zhong Hua Printing Factory in 1966.The book's articles discuss social and political debates in the 1930s in China, which were mirrored by similar debates in Singapore. Topics include the roles of women, the role of an overseas Chinese, the teaching of English and more lighthearted topics such as how to spend a summer vacation.
