The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31

Frank G. Carpenter.
In the British concession where l
live is a large public park where the
military bands give open-air concerts,
and it has also golf grounds, tennis
courts and parks for foo ball and
cricket. Tonight the. club is giving a
dance, and by turning off the electric
light in my room [ can see the bare
necks and short sleeves Of the Tient-
sin foreign ladies who are Whir1ing
about in the arms Of their partners
over the way. The British and Ameri-
can settlement has a public school
for it's boys and girls, and also a swim
ming bath. The French concession
has a cathedral. a town hall and a
park. and the Russians are building
up a city over the liver, the stores
of which are marked With Greek
signs.
n of the largest Of these foreign
cities belongs to the Japanese. 1t is
several miles in circumference, and
is being rapidly covered with sub
%stantial brick buildings, all put up
since the Boxer rebellion. There are
man Japanese merchants who ave
come here to engage in trade with
the Chinese, and there are some large
importing firms with Japanese CAPT
tai.
4 III ~ AALiI ioN . q lily
erected for the German Asiatic Bank.
including a magnificent building.
They have a club called the COncordia,
somewhat different from the French
club, known as the Circle d'Escrime.
As to churches. these foreign settle
ments have congregations, both Pro-
testant III Catholic, and there are
missionary stations, as well as a live,
up-to-date branch of the American
Y. M. c. A.
Young China at school.
The foreign concessions are only an
appreciation of the great movements
which are going on among the
Chinese. The real progress is in the
native city, and in the vast suburbs,
which are growing up on the opposite
side of the river. During the past
four years there has been a greater
than almost anywhere else in the
world. This is a broad statement, but
the facts Justify it.
Since the Boxer rebellion millions
Of dollars have been invested in school
buildings and schools of all kinds have
been established. I took a drive yes
terday, going past structure after
ing acres. All are devoted to schools
and in them are being taught the
sciences of our civilization. There are
kindergartens and primary schools,
secondary and grammar schools, man
ua1 training schools and technical
academies, as we'll as high schools
and a large university. Tientsin has
now twenty night schools, attended by
those who cannot go during the day.
1t has a number Of halliday schools
and eighteen lecture halls, where men
talk night after night on such sub
jects as those of our university extern
sion courses. The lectures last from
a half hour to an hour, and their sub
jects comprise geography, history and
travel and also social and political
der and
constitutional reform. There are four
Such halls in Tientsin where lectures
are held every night for six days Of
the week, and there are 100 other
lecture halls Of a similar nature, which
are in constant use in other cities
of this province.
Educational Associations and Museums
Tientsin has a large number of edu-
associations. In the province
of Chilli there are 100, and in add
ton thirty local boards of education.
The city has an educational museum.
in which the methods of teaching and
all school appliances Of the various
foreign countries are shown. These
are classified according to schools, as
we'll as to subjects. When a teacher,
chosen for a certain school,, asks
about the books and character of
teaching required, she is referred to
the educational museum and she
some time there in preparation.
Near this there is a commercial mu-
scum and also an Industrial museum
which are largely used by both teach
ers and pupils.
Military Education.
Tientsin has long had it's military
academies; and it has today large
for training soldiers. There
were army and naval academies here
before the Japan-China war. They
were organized nv tt Hung Chang