El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-22
FRANK G. CARPENTERS LETTER
CHRISTIANITY AMONG .CELEST|ALS


organization of military drill every
where, physical exercise has become
popular, and the secretaries of the as
sOciations have now no trouble in fill
ing their gymnasiums. They have or
ganiZed field days at the different
centers, and 5000 or 10000 come to
such places as Tientsin to take part in
the annual meets. There are 5000 stu
dents in the modern schools of Tien-
tsin. and the interest in such matters
there is so great that address was
recently delivered to the students of
the government schools on the subject,
When Will China Win the Olympic
GameS?" Indeed, it is safe TO say that
before many years both the Chinese
and the Japanese will be found in all
international athletic competitions, and
it will not be surprising If an Asiatic
some day wins the marathon
1 find a trained physical director
here in charge of the Shanghai gym
nasium. He will start a national train
ing school for physical directors, and
native Chinese so trained Will go out
from here to hold profeSsOrships, not
only in other Y. II. G AS, but in the
new schools and colleges, which the
government is everywhere starting.
COnege-Bred Secretaries.
Tell me something about the for
eigners who are working here in the
YIN. G A." said 1.
I'VE have 80 Americans, Canadian
and English secretaries in China and
Corea, all of whom are working under
the auspices of our International CON-
mittee. These men are university train
ed; they represent such colleges as OK
ford and Cambridge, England. and
Yale, Princeton. Cornell and McGill, in
America We have also graduates of
our western institutions, and several
from our theological seminaries.t The
Tientsin association was started eight
years ago by Robert Galley, the GREAT
Princeton center rush, and he has been
reinforced by Robertson, who was for
merly professor of mechanical engi-
neering in Purdue, and by Cole, who
was a fellow in McGiIl. The secretaries
are all men of high class
Pntronized by the Officials.
am surprised at the high Chinese
officials who are interested in the Y.
NJ c. A movement. Yuan Shin Kai,
the great general and statesman, has
subscribed a great deal TO the associa-
ton at Tientsin and Picking. Tong
Shao Vi has given a great deal, as has
also WI Ting-fang. the former am
basSador to Washington. Chen Nun
Yen is a member of the Shanghai as
ISOLATION, and Tong Kai San, one OF
the members of the opium commission,
belongs to the national commission.
Many of the leading institutions and
business firms of China are subscrib-
ing to the Y. NJ. c. A. The Chinese
Merchant Steamship company recently
gave over $1,000 to the Shanghai asso-
citation, and in that company there are
go sustaining members, each or whom
pays $50 year.
Teaching the Chinese Professors.
The Y NJ. c. a. is doing much in
the new education of China There are
students associations in various
schools and colleges which have a
membership of 10000 They publish
paper called China's Young Men, which
has a circulation of about 1000, and
goes in to every province of the en-
pire, and in addition TO this there are
something like 1900 copies OF other
publications printed each year.
Robertson OF Tientsin recently
brought out cabinet containing ap-
paratus for the performance of 500 diff
ferent experiments in physics, and he
invited the professors and educational
to witness them They
were greatly interested. and as re-
suit physics was introduced in many
of the schools. Nearly every associa-
ton has it's sterePpticon lectures, and
the audience halls are we'll filled.
The secretaries are ready to do all
sorts of work along the lines of the
new movement. Not long ago the edu-
cational authorities of Tientsin wanted
to introduce the electro-plating into
their Industrial schools. They imported
a costly apparatus from abroad, but
could not make il work. They called
upon Prof Cole OF the Y. NJ c. A, who
happened to be an expert on this very
line. He put the apparatus into shape
and has been conducting the classes
with splendid success for two years.
At present here at Shanghai and
Tientsin bureaus of advice have been
established for Chinese students going
abroad. Here the young men can buy
their tickets, learn all about the char
acter and standing Of the great col
leges of America, England and Ger
many and have letters Of Introduction
which will help them on their way.
Another striking illustration of the
enterprise of these organizations was
the assistance which the Chinese stu
dents got when they went to Japan.
Just after the signing of the Ports
mouth treaty between Russia and ia
pan the Chinese began 10 go TO the
latter country for study. They came at
the rate of about $4,000 n year. They
were away from home. and conse-
quently easily reached by influence.
good or bad The Y NJ c. A of Toxic
received them with open arms 1t got
quarters for them, started classes in
English and had meetings at which
from 1900 to 1900 were present at once
1t exerted an enormous influence, and
this is even now felt in China.
Frank G. CARPENTER.