Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-17

The current issue of the Academy Journal, which was mailed to sub scribers on Wednesday, comes out in a green cover this time, a timely rec ognition of March 17th. A feature of the well edited paper is an article con- tr1buted by Dickson H. Leavens. Academy '04. Yale '0s. who is now in China engaged in missionary work MT. Leavens writes of the Yale Mission school at Changsha. China, as fol- lows:
 China has always been a country where education has been prized, and where, unlike countries of the west, the scholar has had first rank and the soldier last. Literary degrees, obtain ed by passing examin nations of the ut- most difficulty, have been necessary for securing official positions; and 1t is the ambition of every family to have at least one scholar among its members.
 China is Changing.
 Until recently China has been a country of the past. Her whole edu- ings of Confucius, who lived in the sixth century before Christ. His teach ings are excellent, and their value is shown by the fact that this nation has existed in comparative steadiness and prosperity during all the centuries when kingdom after kingdom has aris- en and fallen in Europe, but these teachings have kept China in the past,
 
 modern improvements. At last, how ever, as she has been forced into con- tact with her progressive neighbor, Ja- pan, and with the nations of the west, she has had a change of attitude, and in the past ten years has made many radical changes. Railroads, telegraphs, and an efficient postal service have been established. and many foreign things adopted in whole or in part. One of the most important features of this change is the giving up of the old ed- ucatlonal system and the beginning of the study of western subjects, which was brought about by imperial edict, some five years ago. The old exam inRtiOn halls are torn down or falling into ruin, and schools with foreign studies are being established every where. Hundreds of students have gone to America and Europe to study, and thousands to Japan: and there is a widespread desire to learn English and the sciences of the west.
 It was to meet this desire and to supply a western education under Christian influences that the Yale Mission college was founded by Yale graduates and manned by Yale men; CTS that Christianity is an important factor in our civilization, and that Chi na- in adopting our system of educa- tion, will not be really benefited If she Onits the essential element.
 YaH school, as the sound of Yale is initiated in Chinese words meaning elegant proprieties," is situated in Changsha, the capital city of Human, about six days trip by steam up the enormous Yangtse and it's tributary. the Slang river Chansha may be of especial interest to academy students, for of the fifty or seventy-five for eigners of all nationalities in the city, three are former students at the N. F. A. It is considered one of the clean est of Chinese cities, though the +a crowded with sedan chairs, rickshaws, coolies carrying buckets of water, lum- bery, and bundles of merchandise, and pedestrians, are inevitably somewhat dirty. especially in wet weather.
 Description df School.
 The school is situated in the central part of the city, and consists of a se- rieS of buildings, with open court yards and long passageways, all pro- tected from the noises and smells of