Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-02

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mary schools. they are being establish
ed by the thousands Dr. & ID. Ten
merry. who organized the middle schools
Of this province several years ago, then
instituted over 200, with something
like $4,000 students. and there are prob
ably one third more than that number
TODAY This was for the province of
Pechihli. In which Pekiu is situated.
A similar work is being more gradual
~ done ion each Of the other twenty
odd provinces of the Chinese empire.
High schools and normal schools are
now TO be found everywhere. Accord
ing to the regulation every town ana
city has to maintain one, and every
provincial capital must have normal
school OF the first grade These schools
are AN equipped with chemical. phys
zeal and botanical Laboratories. ana IN
some Of the cities, such as piontsiu.
there are also teachers museums
where models and books describing the
teaching I'm foreign countries. are eN-
hibited The normal schools are large
ly attended by those who wish to ht
themselves for work along the lines
of the new development
CHINESE STUDENTS ABROAD.
Many such went to Japan at the
time the movement was started. stayed
there a wear or So and have come PACK
10 take their places I'm the new educa-
ton. During my stay IN TOXIC lasI
wear I found something ike o'VOO 'nl-
nese students in the colleges there'
some we're i'm the Imperial university
come I'm the teachers training schools
and othors In the military and teen
uical schools and In the schools Tor ran
way engineering. Not Few We're
studying law and medicine. and some
politics, economies, history ana ltet
AZURE. About oue-fitth or the Whoie
were I'm the teachers Iralhlhs sC 80 ~,
ana they were largely made np or men
Who mad stood high in the classes and
Who expected TO come back TO emma
| 7 am told that thousands Of The
"Iiterati" went TO japan at the time II
was decided by the government TO open
| nm china to the new education, ana
| RAJ especialIy because the govern
| ment had said that IL would give
| preference to literary graduates VINO
| had such instruction In the selection
| Of its teachers for its new schools. On
| this account 10000 went there at once
| and enrolled themselves The most OF
them stayed less than six months ana
! then came back to teach Nearly an
| have received appointments ana are
| nov acting as professors. They are not
| atted for the higher branches OF mod
| orn instruction: but they believe IN the
! neuy education. and by this action OF
| Inc government have been made IT'S
| s,lpporters instead Of its enemies as
~. nrobablv would have been had
| they not been given the ohance TO
teach.
HIGHER SCHOOLS or PEklN
During my stay here i'm Pekin have
| visited many Of the higher schools ana
| colleges The city has Ns law SCHOOLS
| government and medical schools. Dhe
| OF the law schools was founded by WI
| Ting Fang two years ago, ana II now
has 500 students II teaches law and
government as well as political science.
| and one may see 500 students there ~
some OF the lectures.
There De- also a language school OF
| high grade where Chinese boys are pre-
pared for the foreign office. and for the
! diplomatic service abroad. This school
| already has 300 students. IL is open 10
| any one who can pass the entrance eN-
| amiuati0ns and give certificates OF
| good character. In addition TO th'
| moder languages, tho school gives q
good academic education along foreign
lines. Every boy Is required TO take M
| least one foreign language. lie may
choose either English, French. German
| or Russian. English is now the most
| pupular. and about so students arc
| studying a. French ranks next anl
then German. and after them Russian
| and Japanese.
| / visited this school yesterday. II Is
within the walls of the imperial cit,
and not far from the Forbidden city ir
| which the emperor lives. ] had 90 go q
mile or So around the wall before
reached the gate Of the COMPOUND
where the college buildings are located
/ They are Of modern style. ana Of ON
aud two stories The material is gra,
brick with doors painted bright blue
making tho buildings look gaudy.
Tho school has campus drill groun,
and large examination hall, Wher
the students sit at tables under the eye
on their instructors and write thci
essays and answers o. the tost ques
| tions. The examinations usually las
! about three days. Upon finishing hI
| paper each student writes his naW'
on a corner In such place that T
| can boz rolled up and scaled. The pa
per is then numbered and the Judge
must pass upon h. without knowing 10
whom 40 belongs only after the DE
cislon Is made b. tho name uusealod.
TURNING CHINA UPSIDE DOWN.
Az I went through the classrooms 0
| This academy / saw many of the thInE
that are now turning China upside
down. Every schooroom had map
] HNhNlNh AllhN ti' MhlNI In NNNNN hN'
/ not nat Or square. ON the wallis hum
maps of tho various continents am,
some represented CHINA in lts uropc
scale In Asia. These maps are "a con
slant reminder OF tho big world AVA
from home. They are boz strange con
tradictlun to The plans of the worl'
which thu Chinese used only "a fcu
| years ago The latter represent va
( space devoted 90 China. With fcr
| patches around the edges These wer,
the lands of the barbarians. and com
| prise aN ~ the world that hClonTol
90 the rest OF mankind. M one csiss
room I saw "a large wall map OF thl
United States with Boston, 81 Louis
New York and Chicago printed in typ
half an inch long and in tho othe
rooms were mineral maps and other
Illustrating physical geography
heard "a lecture on ethics delivered h
Chinese hy a celestial professor. an
saw about 90 hays practising matho