Urgent Notice of the New People's Study Society

(January 2, 1921)

The members of our society have united with mutual aid and mutual encouragement as our aim. Since its establishment in the early summer of the seventh year [of the Republic], nearly three years have now passed. Although its form has not been perfected, its spirit has remained consistent. However, some individual members have occasionally failed to understand the spirit of the society. There are those who, drawn by other affairs and circumstances, cannot devote their attention to the society; those who have formed strong emotional bonds with other groups and consequently feel no attachment to the society; those who themselves lack any desire for upward striving; those who lack interest in collective life; and those whose conduct does not satisfy the majority of the society's members. Regarding persons in the above-mentioned circumstances, this society holds that although they have been listed as members, there is in fact no possibility of mutual aid and mutual encouragement. In order to preserve the spirit of the society, we have no choice but to no longer recognize them as members. It is also hoped that when new members are introduced in the future, every effort will be made to ensure they do not fall under the above-mentioned circumstances. Much fortune to the future of this society.

Issued by the New People's Study Society

January 2, 1921