The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-02

ings of Confucius and Mcncius.
PTTTSBURG, Nov 1.-The fifth annual
celebration of Founders Day was held by
the Carnegie Institute today. Andrew Car
negie. the founder, is in Scotland. WI
Ting-fang. the Chinese Minister. was the
guest of honor. Mr.. WI arrived from
Washington early in the morning and was
Carnegie Institute trustees. The Minister
was alone. He was driven to the Hotel
Schenley. where he held receptions during
the morning.
He interviewed successfully number of
reporters who tried to get him to talk.
Mr. WI had never seen natural gas burn
ing and when he was told that the fire
place in his room was supplied with the
gas he insisted On seeing it work and he
and the mayor went down on their knees
and took the fireplace apart.
The exercises at the institute began in
tho afternoon. The following list OF
painters, to whom the Carnegie prizes were
awarded by the international art jury, was
read:
Andre Dauchez. Paris, France, the medal
of the first class (gold). with an award OF
81, 500 for his picture. entitled The KEEP
| Gatherers;" Ben Foster, New York, the
medal of the second class (silver), with
| an award Of 81, 0CO for his picture, entitled
Misty Moonlight Night" Sargent Ken
dali, New York, the medal for the third
class (bronze), with an award of s5oO Tor
his picture entitled THE End of Day"
Robert w. Allan, London, England, hon
orable mention for his picture. entitled
''All Hands on Deck" Julius OLSON. Lon
don. England, honorable mention for his
picture. entitled Waterfall in Winter.
and w Elmer Schofield. OSontz. Pa, non.
orable mention for his picture. entitled
Twilight"
| Minister wu's Address.
Minister Wu's address was on "Educa-
tional Ideals In and Out of China He
spoke as follows:
when the secretary OF this Institution,
MIR. Church, came to Washington and in
yited me, on behalf of the board Oh trus-
tees to deliver an address on Founder
Day / had strong misgivings as to the
propriety of my acceptance at the time.
The recent disturbances in China had rem
dered it necessary for me to give speciai
heed to the proverbial warnIng-speeeh
is silver: silence is golden. l mad al
ready declined several invitations pre-
yiously extended to me to speak In pubic.
But Mr.. Church succeeded. after few
minutes talk, in rousing in me a deep In
terest in the great institution he repre-
SCENTS and in persuading me to give the
matter due consideration. l had. OF
course, heard a great deal about Puts
| burg / had read that the ground On
which the city now stands was lor many
wears disputed by the French and Indians
on one side and the English on the other;
that Washington won his first iaureis IN
war while taking part in the ill-fated at
tempt of Breddock to capture the place,
| that the final occupation or the disputeu
territory by the English effectually put an
end to French supremacy on the american
continent; that from the ruins OF Fort Du-
auesne rose a city TO which the great VIII
| lam Pitt gave his name.
| II knew something. too of the material
| factors that contribute to the present
| wealth and prosperity of Pittsburg. the pi-
luminous fields Astounding not only in rich
| beds of coal. but also in natural gas ana
| petroleum; the smelling furnaces with
| their annual output of pig iron reaching
| tens of millions of tons; the steel works.
which employ thousands OF hands; the
| glass factories, which can make panes OF
plate glass large enough TO cover the SIDE
of a house OF a bottle small enough to go
into a vest pocket But l had to confess
my ignorance of the character of this great
institution Mr. Church was good enough
to furnish me with copies of pamphlets
that gave all the necessary Information
about the Library, Museum. Art Gallery,
and Music Hall. which altogether form the
Institute. From these publications l have
| learned what a wonderful institution this
is-grand and unique in its conception and
| execution.
Il count it a great honor to be called
upon TO take part in the exercises OF this
day II shows the observation-disclosures of
the trustees in inviting me to come so
, IN after the shocking disturbances in
my country. which ! need hardly say I
deeply deplore.
Definition of Education.
| Education, as the word implies, is the
process of drawing out what is in a man.
and in raising him mentally and morally
above the level of the brute creation.
From time immemorial China has recog-
nized the importance Of this. The meth
DDS adopted to this end are different from
| those which obtain in Western countries,
|
| Chinese language. II must be borne in
| mind that language Is the vehicle of
thought, and that thought is the soul of
language. To get at the noble thoughts
! and intellectual achievements of the past
| we have to pay especial attention to the
study of language. Now, the Chinese Ian
! guage. as a vehicle of thought, !s cx-
ceedingly difficult and cumbersome. The
spoken language has almost innumerable
dialects. A native of Canton, for in
stance. finds 1t impossible to understand
the vernacular of Pekin without previous
| ~ learning it like foreign tongue. The
| trouble does not lie in pronunciation
alone but also in grammatical construc-
| ton.
"All these differences disappear in the
written language. Though it is not used
sidered dead language, yet is most use
| full in that il serves as common medium
! for interchange of thoughts between Chi
nese speaking different dialects. For CEN
turtles past poets. philosophers, historians,
and essayists have used it, enriched it,
and fixed it, SO it is necessary for the
younger generation of Chinese to master
it in order to be able to clothe their
thoughts properly and to correspond with
their countrymen in different parts of the
world There is no royal road to learn
ing it, and the Chinese so far have made
no attempt to find or build one.
For the Chinese Student.
."The first thing a boy has to do in
school is to commit to memory the So
called four books and Ave classics. The