The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12
MISS ADELAIDE HOLTON, MINNEAPOLIS,
President Department Of Elementary Educa-2
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1resfdent Department Of elementary Educa-
i,7z-A1 ~. ~ tion, =. - - II -
!; thought of the paper ne presented. His
prophecy of the union of the white races
in the occupancy of the temperate zone
and of the union of the black, brown and
yellow races for the occupancy OF the tor
rid zone was intensely interesting, ana
the Illustrations he used added a relish
to the more solid course Of deep thought
and study which underlay what he mad TO
say of the subject proper. : [HI
The evening was warn and the audience
slow in gathering and 1t was considerably
after the hoLr set when Mrs 3. W. Freneh
opened the. meeting by singing Goring-z
Thomas my Heart Is Weary She was
obliged to respond to an encore, singing,
s"The Rosary - So 80. g. - ~ ,,
Greetings from the. Educational Asso-
eiation of China were. brought by DR.. C..
M. Lacey Sites, secretary of the Educa.
tional association OF China. and special
delegate to the American association just
closing it's forty-frst annual convention.
DR.. Lacey-Sites thanked the committee
for it's invitation to presenE his greetings
He bore the assurance to this association
that through all difficulties they were in
China endeavoring to further the cause
of true education. The period OF recon
Btruction had commenced. No nation nae
shown in China such clear eyed diplomacy
emphasized with truth as had the United
States, and with the name Sofa John Hay
the speaker was fain to link the name
of John Goodnow, a business man, dip
lomat and an American to the core. His
diplomacy must be right, for 1t, always
Wins said the speaker. ... i & II.
g 60 A Land of Paradoxes. -; So
saChina abounds in paradoxes,' said
Mr.. sites,'' for one stands before you
now, native Of China, a citizen OF
America a resident of Shanghai and edu-
I Gated in America. During the last year
this same government of, China, Whlcn
two years ago tried to extripate Amerl-
( cans from China, has put forth series or
edicts, which are little short of marvel
Gus, opening the doors of China to the
effects Of modern education. There are
many members of the Chinese Educational
asseiaoitn, some of whom, like myself,
are government teachers in the Chinese
schools. Others are Christian workers
from many mission schools. #One prob
lem In teaching in China is the provision
of books. Another is the substitution OF
characters. A third problem is the ne
cegsity for the Invention Of technical
terms. At the last convention In China
! no less than Ia. 900 were reported by the
conmittee on that problem, My 1nten-
lion here to- night is to catch some OF
can whose educational system is the Won
der Of the world What we want most OF
: all is your smypa thy. - 80 - !.
sI have satd that these reform edtcts
have provided on paper for. the}e stablish- :
rnent of a complete system of education
from the college to the kindergarten.
One of the leading characteristics of the
Chinese Is inertia, and it is no wonder
that we have met with difficulties
while something had abeeH done by the
government much depended on what the
neor5Ie OF China would do An interesting
letter written to a publishing-house in
Shanghai, from missionary in western
China showed an Unsuitable thirst for
hooks The activity OF the Chinese mind
!, must Sibe reckoned with and the people
Nwere sleading the government instead OF
!. .ssEollowing it. p ...J,..s,4
I Se The speaker narrated pleasant con-
asrsation with group Of japanese
&.udents in Toxic, regarding the Japan
1Zese- English alliance. This conversation
was carried on in English.
DR.. Finley's Address.
DR.. John Huston Finley. professor OF
nolitics in Princeton university, was then