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

schools as fast as 10 can. I'm Fuchow
there are 30 native schools OF foreign
instruction. also a. normal school
high school and "a military school That
city has police training school
medical school and large number Of
private schools. Tcntsin has an sorts
of educational Institutions from Kim
1crrartcns to colleges. I have already
written OF its halliday and night
schools There are similar ones in
pclNu. and among them 90 halliday
school fOr officials who wish Co Improve
themselves along modern lines. This
WAS closed during the % days Of deep
mourning which followed the cmperor's
death. Whorouuon one old scholar of 90
objected because 81 interrupted his
studies
Chime is establishing industrial
schools whcro the use Of modern ma
rh merry ls .tlUgat. ana where the boys
learn mechanical trades. There are scv-
eral here M the capital and some IRE
for Tlrtlrs alone. THE Chinese city
lle an Industrial institute under its
board OF commerce. which cost 100000
tHoIs Co erect II was started two
gears ago. ana 20 is now in full swing
with 500 students a. work. This school
teaches O., industries and 30 gives
course of three years IN addition To
schools ln pckin and the ManChus are
starting some in the Tartar city.
During my stay az Tieutsin. I visited
an industrial school established by
Yuan Shih Raj when he was Viccrov
there Il has about 6rj students who
are learning weaving sewing, cmbruid-
cry. porcelain making and to Dee car
peutcrs. WoodwOrkers ana designers. ~
the weaving room there were ~ or aO
o. q NNNH
nose boys The work was well done, and
they made beautiful cloth Another
room was devoted Go match manufac-
turc and others 10 fine china and glass
ware. Those boys are receiving 10
cents n day during their instruction.
and this g. enough Tor their board ANA
clothes They have engaged TO work
for the government for several years
after their graduation. and they VIII go
out To- establish industries at their var
ious homes such schools are being
started Ion every part Of the empire.
SOME SCHOOLS or PEKIN
pedn is not so far advanced as
Tieutsiu Ina the pushing NJ the new
education. Still IL has more than 200
new schools. and over 90 600 children
and young men are working away m
government institutions The schools
begin with kindcrgartaus. which may
be attended by children from the ages
Of three up to seven. At the latter
age thew enter the second grade pri-
mary schools. where n five-year course
is taken. and then the frst grade pri-
mary for "a fOur-years' course. In these
schools They are taught the reading
and writing Of the Chinese characters
and they begin arithmetic history and
geography. In the first stages Of their
instruction the children study out loud.
but instead of sitting ON the floor and
swaying hack and forth each shout
ing for himself, as iu the past. they
now sit on benches aud read together
with one of them as their leader.
After the primary Is passed. the stu
dents enter the grammar or interme-
diatc grades Here they study Chi
nese. foreign languages mathematics,
geography and history. and also the
natural sciences. ethics and drawing
In some schools there are courses In
law and political economy. The most
of these schools. are. as yet, not far
advanced; but there are something like
10 600 students attending them In
Pckin alone. and OF them, four or five
thousand are Manchus. The Manchus
have mobiles school FOR the sons Of
high officials who are being prepared
for further education abroad. This
school has now 200 students.
As To the middle or second grade pri-