The sun., 1909-05-23

from contagious diseases of every de.
scrirt!cG = so~ lover than that Of sny
other large city In the United States. TSs
bubonio plague or black death may a. abv
time give occasion for similar extermina.
ton OF the rat In other American seaports
not excluding our own. and the account O;
the work accomplished by the Citiseus'
Health Committee Of San Francisco /.
therefore OF permanent value.
THE Y. n. e. A. IN JAPAN.
Triumphs Amsng studeuts Of Teko ala
Seidiers I'm Msnchuria.
Neither Germany nor America nor Eng
land gives us the worlds largest college
city. For this honor We must turn to
japan. Toxic Leads the globe over
whslminsly In this direction. Moro than
100, 900 students are numbered In the col.
leges and universities Of Toxic, says Tie
Circle .Aagasins, and the list repressnts
practically every country q shsis Orient
The most significant feature Of tho
situation, however. Is not the bulk Of mum.
bery. but the elements below the girfsos.
Ten years ago thsre were but two Chiness
In The schools OF Toxic. To-day thsrs
are moro than 10000. China, beaten BY
the force OF Japanese arms and cunning.
is sitting at tho feet Of her oonqusrot
in the effort to imbibe tho secrcts Of ~
learning and power. To reach Toxic ovx
600 Of our Chinese students were forosd h.
complete journey longer In potnt,ol
time than that around tho world.
The city OF Toxic presents . study ;k
oontrasts. On ono side arc tbs laressl
institutions Of learning IN tho world. On
the other are tho largest institutions d
vioe In the world. The Japanese cspiA
extends to young mon OF ths Orient ths(s
greatest and often their only opportunity
Of higher education. On ths oths
hand It extends to them their gFeaAsA
opportunity Of higher dkAsipetaon.
Recent statistics disclose ths fact thAk
nine -terths of the students Of Toxic tws
wears aso were leading lives Of immo.
rality. Hardly one college boarding boua@
In twenty was not located In an aames.:
phere Of dissipation. In q nutshsl, tha
was the situation whom TIE Y. n. CA
went to Toxic.
In the spring Of 1905 number Of small
hostels were rented At Aoattered looaltel
ton of bowling alley and . gymnasium
and q clean life. The response VA
small. but the Y. NJ. c. A. 10 used TO build'
ing on small foundations. -
In the following autumn large dor.
mitory was secured near Waseda UAi.
versity and the modern equipment Of the
American buildings installed. The rate
SdnE ras .oS from 70 pofbs bsnss Snss
angle, but within six Esonths the support
| OF the students was such that the institu.
| ton not only was paying its own way
but its directors were casting about Tor
another building.
The association approached the young
as It would stoproaoh the young men Of
America. After all human nature every.
where ia very much the same. To the
students of Toxic wero offered well
equipped gymnasium and reading room,
a modern swimming pool, modern games,
The proGramne Of attractions va,
placed frankly against that OF the ehi,
dent vice centres and the men we're asked
to choose for themselves. Their answers
were shown by the erection OF . second
dormitory last year and the announce
to-day arc being reached BY the aseoosa'
ton activities.
on more picturesque proportions were
the victories Of the Y. NJ. G. A. on the
battlefields Of the Russo-Japanese war-
in their resultS significant both TO vicson
and vanquished. As pivotal innuenoe
In the foreign campaign OF the assoda,
tion the intrepid secretaries who followed
the trail Of two srmies deserve under
with an equipment OF phonogrsphs.
writing paper and stamps the young
men in rubber coats and rubber ooots
rubbed elbows daily with deeth-snd
bunked within its shadow at night II
was often . case Of clipping between
both japanese and Russian bullets and
then facing both japanese and Russian
curses at the end.
Nothing dauntsd. however, the sscrs.
taries pitched their tents on the outskro
with the latest ragtime or perhape Z
stirring Sousa march and anpounoed
broadcast that they were prepared 70
furnish writing material and stamps 70
At the outset tho Japanese soldiss
hSrrsd by With the SSSrl,nf %Sch f.snsssd sn'iessd
meant Russian spyl Unolean dog!'s Ao-
oompanied by sundry and strenuous
threats the words were not calculated 70
cheer the wornout men inside. who per.
haps had tramped dozen miles through
pelting rain without breakfast
vice Il essentially a soldier, and good
soldier. II his path ID rough and dis.
courae eins and dangerous. after all
a part OF the days work-end the neds
day may alter tho complexion OF tnins!
entirely.
It was not the next day. however. nor
The next week nor the pSxt month w
brought the Y. II. G. A. secretary nS
victory over Japa1eee suspicion ehu mo
prejudice and Won him gradually tos
Confidence OF the army Of little BROW
men who were setting new records ~
warfare. Long before Port Arthur ,Ns. !s.
and the end OF the struggle vas IN ~
the cry Of the japanese soldier outsns
the association tents had changed 70 -
enthusiastio sY. N. c.. A. Bd.sdG..1
matter Of fact English, 'Three cheers I0
the Y. M. c. AL The association nss
| won.
n - ETCTINS,