Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-06-13

tnte a belt of ceaseless motion like
ever varying ripples or the CLINT OF
sunlight on SNOWY crystals
Some OF the most important streets
We're on either side bounded by long
belt Of bunting. red with white mar
gins, above which were suspended long
fines of huge lanterns The support
ing posts are each surmounted by
huge bright colofed japanese nmhfeI-
las. at the numerous gates of the
spacious palace grounds and at certain
other important points, stupendoas
arches of evergreen seemed to the ap-
preaching heholder to vault the sky.
The scene by illumination at night Is
weIrdly charming. 1t Is then that
light and shadow make more gro
tesque figures, forms, garb and arehl-
lecture and that the elack, elack,
clack Of oriental clogs on the stones
and the jargon of mirthful admiring
multituaes seem To me least like ter
restrial experiences Of the past.
An event Ct such immediate impor-
lance TO the Imperial Household Is
naturally attended by some special dis
pensation or favor on The part OF His
Majesty the Emperor, Instead OF the
more usual extension OF pardon to
certain classes of prisoners, this occa-
sion was celebrated by eleyating about
sixty persons TO the rank and title Of
Baron and comforting orders of differ
ent degrees upon about twenty. five
persons. The former class Is compos-
ed primarily Of persons who have rem
dered distinguished services to the
state during the regime of the Resto-
ration (since 1868, TO the sons Of the
same and To the members OF very dis
tinguished families under the old or
der. Especially significant IN this
list is the name OF Mr.. Shibusawa a
man who, in the promotion Of Japan
csc industry and commerce, has
amassed a large private fortune.
The recipients OF the various orders
conferred were mostly persons In the
staff, in the household or other direct
service OF the Crown Prince Among
these was German physician. Or.
Baelz, by whose skill and care the
naturally feeble Crown Prince has
been made comparatively strong.
The most noteworthy act of the
Emperor, however, was gift thus
accompanied. ITO Yukichi Fukuza-
wa: la appreciation OF the distin-
guished services rendered by you to
the public during the space of over
thirty years by introducing western
learning, establishing educational in
situations, training men of ability,
publishing new works, the sum of So
600 yen Is hereby granted you. y
The recipient OF this extraordinary
grant, now venerable and decrepit, is
one Of the most remarkable men that
ohis, or any other nation has produced.
No other japanese has more power
fully impressed his personality on the
nation, no other has more effectively
contributed to the progress and the
transformation Of this marvellous
country and rs institutions than has
pioneers to study and travel in the
west, he became, years before the
Restoration, thoroughly imbued with
the conviction that the future posi-
Bile greatness OF Japan lay along new
lines OF progress, that 1t should be
based upon western science and vest
elm polity. At a time when such
views were far worse than heresy and
when their advocates incurred the
risk OF summary and terrible ven
geance, he began those teachings and
writings which have earned for him
the appellatiou Sage OF Mita," the
admiration and confidence OF the en-
tire nation and this most recent au-
gust recognition Of the Emperor him.
self.
Before the Restoration and long be-
fore the establishment of Inn
perial University, Higher Schools,
Middle Schools or Public Schools,
Mr.. Fukuzawa had, with his
private funds and personal labors, es-
tablished school for the diffusion Of
knowledge about western science and
institutions. Humble 10 its begin
nings, confronted with apparently
insuperable obstacles, with more ma
ture men than youths for pupils, the
little school evinced an amazing vi
tality and tenacity OF purpose. The
history Of its early groupings after
knowledge--when for example the
single available textbook was liter
ally copied and committed TO memory
In sections by successive studeDts-is
a truly pathetic chapter, but one that
is typical OF the times and conditions.
Nevertheless that little school has,
during the life and under the direc-
ton Of its founder and chief benefac-
tor, developed into the present
Keiogijiku University, with its fifteen
hundred students and large corps Of
instructors of whom six are foreign
ers. OF the students six are grad
yates supported by University fellow
ships In America and Europe for adj
vanced study, nearly four hundred are
in the University department and the
remainder in the collegiate and pre-