Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-17
Dickson Leavens Writes from China
Norwich Boy Tells of the Education Work Going in Far East-Scholar. Rank Higher Than Soldiers There

the street by high enclosing walls. The main school room, which is also used as chapel, is a large, light room con- in in Ann American @ schools % while S the recita- ton rooms are smaller and less elab- crate. The sleeping rooms are dis trfbuted through two stories. and the dining room contains a number of square tables, each seating eight boys within easy chopstfck reach of the bowls Of food in their centers. The large chair courtyard serves as a place for the daily gymnastics and on spe- cia1 occasions such as the birthday of Confucius and Christmas is decorated with flags and appropriate Chinese the school has no playground. though it is allowed the use of a large vo- cant lot across the street, where the boys play football, the Association to move the school outside the c'ty, where thre will be room for go )d campus, but the lack of one is not as bad as ]. would be in America, fer Chinese toys do not care much for athletics. and until the new education came ia it was considered the pr3oer thing for a scholar to have weak b15y
 in the scEool in four classes, which, if you substitute Chinese classics for Latin arc Greek. and English for French and German, would corresp oud rous hl. te the last year of grammar aca 1emy and include many of the same subjects. The two upper classes SD -ak E.Eglish fairly we'll now. acd some of their studies, such as history, geJero phy, and mathematics are in English While the school is at pres ent of preparatory grade. the plans gre for it to develop into college. as mora ready for college work are found. At present there are two American teach CTS, and one doctor who carries on . large hospital and dispensary work in this city of 25o,000 inhabitants.
 Similar to America.
 In many ways the routine of the school life is similar to that in Amer fca- The students wear sometimes the blue, military cut, school uniforms, sometimes their long gowns of white or blue. The day begins with twenty minute chapel in Chinese at o'clock. The next four hours are taken up with recitation and study, then there is fif- teen minues of gymnastics, thin Gas lunch is called in the east), and after noon recitations until about 1, when there is time for play. From 2 to 10 is spent in the school room studying, with a teacher in charge. chiefly 70 an- swer questions, for Chinese boys are not so restless during study as Amer ican ones. It is a part of the nation al politeness, which Is also followed out in the custom in the recitation rooms where the pupils rise and bow when the teacher enters. The respect for education which the Chinese had when our ancestors were wild barbara ans keeps them from being ashamed Of knowing a lesson we'll. as Is soms- times the case in American schools, and they go into their studies with per- haps more interest and energy for that reason But for all this, they are by no means prigs, and enjoy holidays and games as much as Schoolboys in any part of the world.
 This issue of the Journal is one that is a very creditable exhibit for the ed itorial stan, which is as follows: Ed itor in chief, Harrison Crane Moves, 1910: assistant editor, Rachel Louise Thayer, 1910; associate editors, Fay Hartmann Newland, 1910, Howard Nelson Porter. 1911, Lois Perkins, 1911, Mary Rudd Gibbs, 1911: athletics editor, Paul Stevens Ricketts, 1910: school notes editor, William Humphrey Amy. 1910.