The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-23

was abolished many of the Samurai, unfit for commercialism or professional life,met with sad reverses, hurt him to his hearts core.
 The venerable gentleman, who had traveled extensively in this country, spoke humorously of the Americanism of his children-so far Americanized, he said, as to assume authority over their parents. Then, with a merry twinkle in his eyes and a strange little 1 note in his voice, he added;
 T have lived in an unfortunate time. I have not known liberty When l was l young man I obeyed my lord; in my l old age I must obey my children" The athletic training of the boys and young men is an intensely interesting feature of their education. Young schoolboys are active in running and ] jumping games and exercises, appara- tus work and military drills. As they grow older they become skilled in Jap anese sword play and in 1iu-jitsu, the marvellous system of wrestling.
 Tokio is city of schools. Besides countless government schools, the Peers college and the Imperial univer- sity, Waseda university and other ] schools and colleges, are naval, militia 1 ry and athletic schools, schools of lam guages and manual training.
 Thousands of students throng the city in the school season. After school hours one may see boys by scores, with their books in knapsacks or neatly tied in the square cloth or piece of silk which, neatly folded and knotted, is
 the general receptacle for small arti- cles.
 It is enlightening to note that their earnestness and application make them sufficiently respected as body to
 be able to insist on the removal of a
 teacher if he does not meet With their approval Of all the new and inter- esting observations that one may make
 in the boys public schools this is the
 most striking: That any sign of anger
 or the slightest lack of self-control Is ; sufficient token of yulgarity and in-
 competency to have him removed from
 his position
 Even in old feudal days the teachers
 vocation was held in highest esteem;
 and to-day, as then, when he shows
 himself worthy by the exacting but not
 unreasonable requirements of the stu
 dent body the teacher is regarded with
 highest respect and consideration, and according to his ability and personality
 genuine love Corporal punishment in
 public school is unknown; the very
 thought of It to the Japanese mind
 y,it1 md fNifp.
 ous lack of self-control on the part of
 teacher and pupil mainly that of the
 teacher.
 The state of affairs in the sohoo
 room is the logical result of the early
 training In the home, Lessons not as
 sspartan as those taught the young
 Samurai but as exacting are learned IT
 childhood.
 Stories of brave warriors in all the
 glamour of their Japanese romance arc
 told them in their infancy, and theii
 childish actions are largely governed D,
 the desire to act as a little Samura
 would act. Reprlmand and sometimes
 ridicule are keen punishment; to b laughed at as a coward or regarded
 with contempt as bully is agonizlnt F punishment to the little Japanes' heart.
 The ambition of every small boy | 7 to be a general. Ills toys are soldie toys, his make up games are soldie r games, and as often as his parents cal
 be persuaded his clothes are soldie clothes. ba
 , In Q home at which was for som } time a guest, the son of seven years fo : some hours out of every day used t
 stalk around and around the room witt l martial aid, carrying toy sword ant l issuing orders to an imaginary regi } ment Even our games of tag, and ' z spy about the garden, were convert ed into military tactics.
 Tn the school life the patriotic spiri 3 is intensified, The school boy with hi books in knapsack on his back tn l boy in his military drills in his cele
 bration of the emperor's birthday an 2 patriotic holidays, and in his increasin knowledge is developing that wondrou : loyalty which, since Japan has bee prominent among the nations, has bee
 lllb duulil dllbll LII lnN NPAl AlNis There are two things In the lives 0 young Japanese men which, in afford ing the complement to their strengt
 and fortltude, make their lives mor full and splendid, their comradeshi
 with one another and their love of chil l dren Two familiar sights on Japanes ! streets which one comes to look fo tt,c soldiers, or maybe young men students . who are obviously comrades; and tn
 men in military uniform delighted l, absorbed in the companionship of littl 3 children.
 l The comradeship between youn . men, often truly David and Jonatha like in its devotion, Is a marked char , acteMstic of Japanese life. Japan is country where there is practically n courtship, and the thoughtfulness an l. fineness which young American me ! reveal in their friendship for young we 1 men Japanese bestow upon conrad and child friends.
 :, The spirit of bushido, that is, hono l or duty--is becoming the unwritte > code of all classes; and the "cook's soi
 dukes son, and son of a hunire
 earls," together in the classroom an regiment, are moved alike by it's yitf
 forces.
 The American artist, Miss Hele
 Hyde, living in TolSo, who had in ht n service an exceptionally skilful ma cook, invited two American girls s dine with her on a certain evening o The girls, who gladly accepted the ir o Nitation, had engaged for their ow ', home woman cook of fair talents, b Ii 11.hn rn,n 0 nhlinnd Ia mnrlr with Innife