at Wall Street. He helped to organize the Chinese Students' Banking Club of which he was one time secretary, and later president. He was also made circulation manager of the Chinese Students' Quarterly, published in America. In the fall of 1919, Mr. Chu joined Columbia University, taking post-graduate work in the School of Business and in the Department of Social Sciences, from which he obtained the degree of Master of Arts in 1920. The subject of his thesis was, “Investment Banking in the United States.” During that year, he was successful competitor in the essay contests held by the American Asiatic Association and the Chinese Educational Mission. On both occasions, he secured the first prize. The subjects of his essays were “Plans and Possibilities for Currency Reforms in China," and “Advantages for the Investment of American Capital in China.” Mr. Chu joined the Wah Chang Trading Corporation in New York, shortly after his post-graduate work in Columbia. In 1921, he was sent to the Shanghai office of the same company as assistant secretary. Later in the year, he joined the Shanghai branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank, Ltd., as assistant manager. In 1923, he was transferred to the head office of the bank as secretary. In 1924, he resigned from the bank to become Professor of Economics and Commercial Sciences in Tsing Hua College. Mr. Chu has contributed to the China Weekly Review having written an article based on his experience in banking entitled "Some Aspects of Foreign Exchange and Silver" as appeared in issues of the Review, Volume XXIX, No. 3 to 13.
