in her repertoir.
Before the speeches, a portrait of Confucius was unveiled. As for the oration itself, the tenor of the Caucasian speakers was that the building will help to lessen the burden of the government in that it will contribute to the raising of better citizens. Chinese American speakers, on the other hand, thought of the edifice in terms of enriching our heritage in the American cultural stream. State Assemblyman George Zenovich said the opening of this temple recalled to mind a ferry cruise he took around Manhattan Island some years back. An Irish guide was pointing out all the highspots along the route. When Chinatown hoved within view, the guide made the observation, along with his spiel, that he knew of no juvenile delinquency cases in Chinatown. "Perhaps the opening of this temple today provides the answer to that phenomenon," he said. "Come to think of it, we don't have any juvenile problem among our Chinese population here in Fresno either," Zenovich added. Mayor Arthur Seland also paid tribute to the foresight and enterprise of Chinese leaders and noted that the highest ideal in terms of manner and moral is being taught right here in this school.
CBA president Sen Chong Wong spoke in Chinese and welcomed the guests. Allen Y. Lew, vice chairman of the language school board summarized all the Chinese speeches for the benefit of those who were not familiar with the language. Joe S. Chin, Chinese School board chairman traced the history of the temple and related how a committee was organized to canvas all the U.S. Chinese communities and came up with $170,000 for the present project. Consul General C. C. Teng pointed to the slogan spanning across the stage which read ： "learn etiquette and poetry to pass them on to posterity. Teach loyalty and filial piety to re-evaluate our morals." He said this new cultural center is in tune with this purpose―that is, to establish virtue, merit and teaching. Frank Tuck said the building is beautiful in more ways than one. We should look at it in that light. Frank's father, I learned from Dr. Wallace Mar, was (Continued on Page 35)
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CHINATOWN NEWS, FEB. 18, 1963