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heads of the primaries or evening schools, or as directors of the reading
groups. The delegate council of woman workers and peasants is
almost universal in the Soviets, directing close attention to the interests
of the toiling women, including their education.
A vigorous campaign against illiteracy is in full swing. Evening
schools for reading have been established (in Sinkuo the number of
people who joined the reading groups, scattered all over the hsien,
is 3,387). To help in learning to read, signboards inscribed with characters
have been set up close to the highways.
The cultural advance of the Soviets may be illustrated by the
increase in the circulation of newspapers. In the Central Soviet District
we have some 34 newspapers, big and small. The Red China,
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organ of the Soviet Government, has increased its circulation from
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3,000 to 40,000; the True Word of the Youth up to 28,000; the
Struggle (organ of the Central Communist Party), 27,000; the Red
Star (organ of the Red Army), 17,300 — increases that testify to the
rapid advance of the masses in the cultural field.
The revolutionary arts of the Soviets have already made a good
start with the formation of the Worker and Peasant Drama Club and
the commencement of the Blue Shirt Movement extending in all directions
in the villages. Red sports have been gaining ground everywhere.
Gymnasium fields may be seen here and there.
Now the Soviets, though NOT having FOR not much to show in the construction
of technical education, have nevertheless succeeded in establishing
the Red Army University. The Soviet University, the
Communist University COMMERCIAL
and many higher schools under the direct
control of the Ministry of Education, all calculated to train leaders
for the revolutionary leadership. Colleges and high schools must
follow closely on the heels of the development of the ordinary
schools as is scheduled DISTRIBUTION
in the educational plan.
For training the revolutionary intelligentsia, and for the development
of education and culture, the Soviets have utilized the services
of the landlord-bourgeoisie intelligentsia — a point that cannot
be overlooked in the cultural policy of the Soviets.
The general line of the cultural policy of the Soviets is to educate
the broad masses in the spirit of communism, to subordinate
education to the revolutionary war and the class struggle, and to link
labour with education. In the educational field the central tasks
confronting the Soviets are the enforcement of compulsory education
throughout the whole land. The development of social education on