Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-22

I teaching the Chinese government
| schools, and most of the text books
are of their composition. The first
Chinesc-Engllsh dictionary was made
BY the first Protestant missionary to
| China. This was the Rev, Robert
Morrison. who arrived here in 1907. In
connection with DR., Milne he also
| made the first Chinese Bible. II was
| Mr.. Wylie OF the London Mission who
| prepared the first Chinese school books
In mathematics. and later text books
| on other subjects. including geology,
were written by Muirhead. EdkIns and
Williamson. The chief authorities on
interna tionnl law and political econ
omy now In use in tho government
academies and colleges were prepared
by DR. w a. z. Martin. and geogra-
phies and other books by DR.. c. ID.
Tcnncy. the Chinese secretary of our
legation at Pekln
The printing press was brought into
China by the missionaries, DR.. s. Wells
Williams used the first metallic types
at Canton. and the first power press
was brought to Shanghai by the Pres
bytcrlan board
Today the Presbyterian Press at
Shanghai Is perhaps the largest pub
fishing house in Asia 1t is pouring
forth Bibles. books, tracts and maga-
zines at the rate of 90. 1000. 900 pages per
annum, and Is distributing them all
u
Mission Press of the American Method
lists. which Is paperlng the country
with Christian literature of one kind
and another
Both of these establishments are
publishing school books.
AS to Bibles they are distributed by
the American Bible society. which first
came here about rs years ago. 1t now
sends out about $50 900 volumes per
year. and altogether its circulation has
run high into the millions.
GREAT EDUCATIONAL WORK
But 1 started to speak about mis-
sion schools. They are to be found
everywhere. There are boys schools
and girls schools and kindergartens
for both sexes There are primary
schools, as we'll as colleges of arts,
medicine and theology The Catholics
have a university at Shanghai and q
college and Industrial school at Seca-
wei, five miles from Shanghai with so
other schools near by. having an at
tendance altogether of $3.50 pupils
They arc doing some educational work
In other cities, but as far as can learn
they are by far surpassed by the Prot
estants In this branch of mission labor
According to the latest figures. the
Protestant missionaries have over 1000
primary schools and 3S9 high schools
and colleges In the primary schools
$4,000 boys and more than 1000 girls
are now In attendance, and in the
higher schools there are 1000 young
men and almost 1900 young women.
These seem but small numbers in COM
parison with the thirteen or fourteen
million pupils in our public schools.
but each OF these Chinese students will
be working force in the reorganiza-
tlon of the empire. and this will be es-
pecially so with the women The gov
ernment schools for girls are crying
for Chinese teachers. and the mission
aries tell me that it is almost i'm
possible for them to hold their girls
until they graduate. because of the
salaries offered them to leave and go
teaching outside.
THE MEDICAL WORK
There is one phase OF mission work /
which IS approved of by both Chinese |
and foreigners. The Chinese welcome |
1t and contribute largely to Its support |
refer to the medical missions They |
are doing an enormous amount of good |
They arc to be found in all the large |
centers, and the doctors connected with !
them could. II they would. leave and |
make fortunes by practising among