Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-13

and the advantages derived from
establishing the chambers of COM
merce, mercantile museums, CONNER
cial clubs, firms, banks, exchanges,
markets, commercial corporations and
commercial schools, were by no
means small, and in 1890 There was
the promu cation of the commercial
code, and as the time for it's eXecu ton
is drawing near the scope of the COM
mercial prospect will be gradually en-
tended. ] his code relates to internal
IN tiers only.
The department of education, with
its chief, the minister of state for edu-
cation, has made notable progress dur
ing recent years. In 1890 the emperor
of Japan delivered an address on edu-
cation, lin which," quoting the work
on Outlines on The Modern Education
in Japan published in English by
the department last May, "the funda-
mental characteristics of our nation
were clearly set forth, d the course
of conduct to be pursued by our chill
dren was fully indicated. In this
speech the young were admonished to
attend to their studies and
practice their respective callings, to
cultivate their intellectual faculties
and train their moral feelings, to
foster the public veal and promote the
interests of society, the conclusion be-
ing the expression of hope that
neither his majesty nor any of his
subjects should at any time fail to OBJ
serve these principles faithfully"
AS TO results: In 1873 the mum Der
of children of school age receiving in
struction was about $50, 900, which
n RI inn sod 10 - -,
1885 the number had increased to
3, 100000, which was again increased
to $500, 00D in 1891, this increase taxi
ing place w thin the twenty years or
less since the code of education was
first promulgated. In regard to the
higher education, the same fostering
care by the government has led to
similar results. The catalogue of OBJ
Jects exhibited at the World Fair by
the department of educat on includes
everything from toys made bv infants
in the kindergartens to riginal inven-
tions in electrical and other sciences
by students OF the Imperial university.
There are schools for males and
females of all degrees Of mental adj
vancements, institutes for the blind
and deaf and dumb, college of law,
science and art, and special training
schools of various kinds. In brief,
the system is thorough and complete.
The illustration printed herewith
from photographs KINDLY provided by
Mr.. Tegima, the imperial Japanese
commissioner, are in a measure typical
of the activities, ment Il and material,
of this wonderful people. The collec-
ton Of musical inst uments from the
Toxic Musical school is typical of
progress in education. Music is
science as well as an art, in japan as
elsewhere. There are classical and
popular instruments as well as music,
distinctly natiot al, although Chinese
instruments are also used, and of
European instruments, the organ and
violin, both of which ar manufactured
in japan. Many books of music have
been published in the | nguage of the
country, historical, biographical and
explanatory.
the Japanese exhibit in the Horti-
cultural building is one of tie most IN
teresting of the displays. OF particu-
lar value are the dwarfed fir trees, not
to be seen elsewhere in the world out