Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-03

ton, also a normal school. high school
and military school. That city has a
police training school, a medical school
and 4 large number Of private schools.
Tientsin has all sorts of educational in
situations, from kindergartens to colleges
l have already written of it's half day
and night schools. There are similar
ones in Picking, and among them half
day school for officials who wish to i'm
prove themselves along modern lines.
This was closed during the twenty-seven
days of deep mourning which followed
the emperors death. whereupon one old
scholar of seventy objected because it
interrupted his studies.
China is establishing Industrial schools
where the of modern machinery is
taught, and where the doys learn mechani-
the capital, and some are for Tartars
alone. The Chinese city has an industrial
institute under its board of commerce.
which cost 100000 taels to erect. 1t was
started two years ago. and 1t is now
in full swing with 500 students at work.
This school teaches twelve. industries and
1t gives course of three years. In adj
dition to this there are seven other in
dustrial schools in Picking and the Man
chus are starting some in the Tartar
city.
During my stay at Tientsin visited an
Industrial school, established by Yuan
Shih kai when he was viceroy there. 1t
has about 600 students, who are learning
weaving, sewing, embroidery, porcelain
making and to be carpenters, woodwork
ers and designers. In the weaving room
there were forty or fifty hand and foot
looms operated by Chinese boys. The
work was we'll done. and they made beau
tiful cloth. Another room was devoted to
match manufacture and others to fine
china and glass ware. Those boys are
receiving ten cents day during their
Instruction. and this is enough for Their
board and clothes. They have engaged
to work for the government for several
years after their graduation. and they
will then go out to estab lish industries
at their various homes. Such schools
are being started in every part OF the
empire.
Peking Is not 80 far advanced as
Tientsin in the pushing of the new educa-
ton. Still it has more than two hum
dred new schools, and over twenty thou
sand children and young men are work
Ing away in government institutions. The
schools begin with kindergartens, which
nav be attended by children from the
ages Of three up to seven At the latter
age they enter the second grade primary
schools. where a hve-year course is
taken. and then the first grade primary
for a four-year course. In these schools
they are taught the reading and writing
arithmetic. history and geography In tho
first stages of their instruction the chill
dren study out loud but instead of sit
ting on the floor and swaying back and
forth, each shouting for himself as in
the past. they now sit on benches and
read together with one of them as their
leader.
After the primary is passed. the stu
dents enter the grammar intermediate
grades. Here they study Chinese. for
eign languages. mathematics, geogra ply
and history, and also the natural sci
ences. ethics and drawing. In some
schools there are courses in law and
political economy. The most of these
schools, are, yet, not far advanced:
but there are some; hing like ten thousand
students attending them in Picking alone,
and of them. four FIVE thousand are
Manchus. The Manchus have a Mobiles
School for the sons of high officials who
are being prepared for further educa-