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sing all the college airs comic and serious

sing ali the college airs comic and serious.
that you hear on campus at home
There are also several bands OF music In
the Chinese army. The first was organized
and trained at Tientsin by a German in
structor In military tactics who was en-
ployed by Lii Hung Chang. The latter. be-
ing very proud of his musical proteges, sent
them up to Picking one day to serenade the
empress dowager The old lady was de-
lighted. 1t was the first modern music she
had ever heard, and 1t pleased her so much
that she kept the band playing hour after
hour until they had blown their lungs
away. And even then she would not per-
nit them to return to Tientsin.
Upon the recommendation of his German
drillmaster Earl Ii sent to Europe for
big orchestrfon, which was set up in the
old iadys palace, so that she could have as
much music as she liked.
The Missionary Army.
There are $1,000 Protestant missionaries
engaged In active work, most of them from
the United States, and one-sixth of the en-
tire number, or 2.7OO. are now in China.
More than one-fourth of all the money sub
scribed for missionary purposes is expend-
ed here.
The most surprising change of conditions
In China has taken place in the province of
Human, which has been the most fanatical
and hostile anti-foreign community in the
British missionaries We're murdered at
that time the officials boosted that there
was not single foreigner within the limits
OF the province, and they declared that II
any merchant, missionary, prospector, en-
gineer or any other foreigner entered it's
boundaries he would be cut to pieces and
eaten by an enraged people. That was in
1907. In 1904 there are more than fifty mis-
sionar1es, both Protestant and Catholic
travelling about Human. establishing
schools, churches and colleges living in
perfect peace and having the support of
the officials and the encouragement of the
population generally.
Activity Of the Y. M. c. A.
1 hear great deal of the activity of the
Y. NJ. c. A, which is reaching the young
men of the upper classes by lectures and
other instruction in modern Sciences and
foreign affairs, and also by offering them
club privileges, attractions In the way of
libraries. concerts and sports. securing en-
ployment for them and affording them OPP
portunltles for making congenial acquaint-
ances. The classes in English and the SCI
ences in nearly all of the Y NJ c. A. build
ings are SO crowded that there is scarcely
room for them, and in charitable well as
educational and other semi-religious work
the organization is doing an immense
amount of good and exercising powerful
Influence. The Japan branch Is equally use
full, and Its usefulness is continually recog-
day the minister of education called upon
the secretary of the Y. M. c. A. at Tokyo
to secure him twenty-six' teachers for the
higher government schools. Mr. Clayton Of
Tokyo, a passenger on this steamer, has the
list of those who were selected and the
schools to which they were assigned. The
minister of war called upon the secretary
of the Tokyo Y. NJ. G. A. last March for a
corps of interpreters, and explained to him
that he wanted none but Christians. be-
cause they could be depended upon for ac-
curacy and honesty.
One Of the most important functions of
the Y. M. G. A. in China is to furnish a
central rendezvous and headquarters for
college graduates and other educated young
men, keeping them in touch with each
other, stimulating their ambition and their
interests and assisting them to resist the
constant pressure and defy the prejudice
exercised by conservative family connec-
tons. Just now, also, during the craze for
foreign learning. the educational work OF
the association has reached the highest de-
gree of its influence.
Forty-Seven Native Organizations
The first Y. M. C. A. in China was or
ganized at Shanghai in 1874 for the benefit
of young Englishmen, Americans and other
foreigners The first Y M c. A, for ma
tives was organized in 1892 at Tung Chow
by Prof. Harlan P Beach Now there are
forty-Seven native organization scattered
throughout the empire, and centers of work
under travelling secretaries at Tientsn.
shanghai, Nankin and Hongkong The
general secretary for China is s. F.. Brock
man, formerly of Georgia The work at
Iientsin is in charge of r. E. Galley, a
Princeton foot ball hero of gigantic stature
ana corresponding energy, who is very
popular among the young men of the best
Chinese families, and is leader of phiIan-
thropic and educational work as well as
sports In that part of the country
The Shanghai association is in charge of
K. q. Lewis. from Middlebury, VT. assist
ed by D. w. Lyons, son of missionary at
Soochow, who was educated at Wooster
ONO; +. E. Pugh, also from Ohio, and Mr..
| Lockwood, from Wisconsin Professor Rob
ertson. formerly of Depauw University La
fayette, Ind, is in charge at Nankin He
has gained the confidence of the literati IN
that part of the country. and is doing great
work among them The Hongkong asso-
cation is in charge of Mr. Southern. a
canadian. and Mr. Routledge, from Penn
Sylyania.