The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-11-11

As we look toward this colossal en-
pire. II Ia difficult for us TO know or
realize the many changes that are slow
ly but surely taking place. During the
past year or two since the troubles at
Pekin. We have heard much OF the So
called reforms In government and adj
ministration. Alas. much OF this IL
only on paper. Because OF greed for
money and territory the nations have
missed the grand opportunity OF inau-
gErating real reform. But changes VIII
come, and are now working, but as Is
generally the rule 1t is from the people
first The missionary, the newspaper.
the school. are making the people think.
OF present changes, i might speak OF
the progress Of railroad building. or OF
the new coinage for China to take the
pace of the cash that has held first
place for over 1000 years; or OF mining
that is opening up China's wealth. But
want to speak especially Of the new
education that is to give real life and
power to these people.
EDUCATIONAL CHANGES IN
CHINA.
The future OF China must depend
largely on the enlightenment of her
people. Important changes are now
being made in the educational system
all over the empire. The Chinese Re-
corder says, much of the new educa-
ton in China has originated from the
proposition made by the Protestant
missionaries of Shansi that, as one Of
the settlements of the terrible massa-
cres in that province IN 1900, a univer-
cd I, ptaI 1iSha 90, tar N
learning and fifty thousand taels per
annum be devoted to II. This proposal
was made in June, 1901, ard the two
Chinese Plenipotentiaries approved OF
1t.
1.-TWO months after this. an edict was
issued for establishing a university in
each of the eighteen provinces. In the
autumn of the same year the young
and progressive governor of Shantung,
Yuen Shihk al, promptly opened the
Shantung University, asking DR.. Hayes
to be principal. After being promoted
to be the viceroy of Chilli, Yuen open
cd university in that province in May
of this year with DR.. 'Tenney as prin-
cipal The University of Shansi, though
first conceived, was, owing to unavoid-
able delays, only opened In June. with
Rev. NOR Duncan, NJ. A., as principal.
1t begins with a larger foreign staff of
professors and better equipment of APP
paratus than any of the Others"
Another remarkable change Is taking
place in the matter of education for
girls. This year on June 18th witnessed
the departure for Japan of eight young
Chinese lady students, under the chap
eronage of a Madame WI, the wife of
Chinese NJ. A, Mr. WI Chin a
native of Wusieh, who also accom-
panies the party. These eight young
ladies are to undergo a course of three
or four years education in Japan. This
is a decided step in advance for China
all the young ladies belong to distin-
guished families amongst the gentry
and literari of this province.
UNION WORK.
One of the most important educa-
sionary standpoint, is the plan for de-
in the educational and medical work OF
different mission boards.
/ can best explain this plan for union
work by giving extracts from recent
paper by Dr. Sheffield of the American
iSoaiu. lie oullS UP tht WI n Sduy
done separately by four of the Protest
ant missions in North China. The Pres
byterian Board has had well equipped
Christian college.
THE physicians of the London Mis-
sionary society have done good work In
medical instruction. The Methodist
| Mission has an educational institution
known as The Picking University, q
large name chosen not to describe pres
! ort achievement but future hope. Ii
| has two well developed departments
| literary and medical. The entire plant
was swept away in the fury of the
| Boxer upheaval. The educational work
of the American Board is conducted al
| Tungchou with well developed academ.
| ic, collegiate and theological depart
ments. Tungohou was formerly a city
of sixty or seventy thousand inhabi-
| tants, but it experienced the double
| scourge of the Boxer movement and
the occupation by foreign troops. and
| at the present time has but twenty OF
! twenty-five thousand inhabitants. The
| new college buildings with foreign
houses were entirely destroyed. For.
| tunately the school was not in session
and but one of the students persisted
while one hundred and forty of the
| church membership were cruelty de-
| stroyed without mercy shown to u sin
gle individual"
At a meeting for the discussion Of
the question of educational union DR.
Sheffield urged the benefits not only OF
| educational union but of deeper
movement that would finally accom-
plish the unification OF the native
Protestant Christian church of China
: believe he said that fifty or hun
dred years hence the names of Presby
terrain, Methodist, Congregationalist
etc, will in China be only historical II
their meaning. However at this discus
sion difficulties Of administration were
urged, anl 1t was questioned whether
after all the best work would not be-
accomplished by each body within 1t:
own accustomed organization. Some
months later a committee was appoint
ed by the London Mission to agitatt
/ tn. question nf olncatf npion Th.