The daily Alaskan., 1911-11-22
| ! CHINA
They Have Curious and StreHu-
 GUS Methods oi Ieaohing.
AMAZING FEsTs ,F MEMORY.

Which co5ess tae Eitp'snation.
 A Chinese schoosboy se,soa one ane morniug when seven or eight years ,ld Id enter on his iasu'Dcuonal course He makes the most prutound obeisanee ro bis fsscher. His parents provide thc table at which iid the stool on which be Sts Tier hiso supply me -four precious articles, ,he iak siae' the ink cake Joe geu o'' brush Tor "ilt- ing and the paper
 He will b8ve ue ueai st hfSt oI me writing materials a. tune heioe employed iu me 1al ae books given him pera7HF dozen boys each a class D, l.us arr bnsy on his entry Each Is rrHng hts task nt the top oi bie roIfe t'e ,ea'lef sitting at his table ID '' 1 nolent wgEr-urC Ff' No wrong prouuueisaoa 05 ta i5a as capes bIs fT-,ugea err dad eorre-- tioH js frequent
 1t Is simple ecaH.iE house. r.1 It's earhea floor iis uHE'azgd windows and les air of utter poverty Our vouuc hopeful says tl.e National Re view. m Jue time is uIr4He5 t2 Ike TEmcuaeai Classic and ,He gues- tianab.c efafemuui wlseH larWs i'S very threshold jbst 7llen at arja are radically good. so set n classical form tEst he has no ln're idca oi iia
  meaning than it lJ we're In Greek lt Is not meaning. howerer. Gnu. Is the sbie-t fus now. nui sound and mem oriznr
 Then he v1l be mlroaHecd 10 the book af -r-1a- tll .n ugmher as another oxen .~a ia esaiu= tv heart, after which In nr-fs ni the land the Thousand .harH Ter Classic Is set This Is book ns,iu- os the nun ber df characters laiEsd. no one oi which Is ee,s used tUra stu no cz- nlHr1ridn e vrr fti For nA The learning ru- yoU.1 gHirir- Ee uight with eru-' profit wr~orlze number 5r auction afa'oeucs ze is riveu in varyine orG7I. aec.rInE r0 tll custom followed by bis tca5hog. th' four sacred laolzs-tfe "Creat frar1'aE. also known as ~Tba p7or of Ni-ua, tho skralcetz of Conueius. tte Doctrine of the Mean and the Book of Men cius~
 As early as thirteen it may be. he VIII have done tHa memory vork Of the four books and be capable of reel ing oT yards. e5ds, furau-s or miles Of learning Then enlightenment In +re form at exrIanaHali begins Dark ness Is mafe visible and education may be sad to hare Hu There IS uGarisuua work H Et taH
 As rle books IEaw-a'r were net Of sufficient r-r uty- -he-a arr end less raa-e--rr 1n7r -.' faeli1n Of aur own 1n tHa niH'o or Sha Erzneore. The "Grrzr fe--faE' provides d'us- traHanS of y.rfue aims co taa constant renewal of good and se at tre attain mert or tre nieh1st ryeo' .r1ct It's ideal is a r'eEHeaGs government over rra-auE ara ara.y ner0'e The Doe frf-a aF thr Mean fs inr-F strictly in- 7fvfTr-'iarf. E.--art rerdrri in every stacc of fife Is frz ~uH5rrr
 The rhfaH competitive examinations s-, ts-aa f7 -ru.er The d-sL foe thc S.rr-a. 7r B a lggra s held at che nrelesHral cig. 'ag eaaa. 'ae Er Ion. ur 0f fh provincial capital 7rT Jag ,Hiri, Che Tsin-shi or IL D. at Pesinr In oue or ether or these fne clever y,uth whose ca- rnpr ya are IaHawHU may possibly fn1 himself H "a Hg H.sas position as -omrr5rrr r5.h Afs 1Ea '|ta.r gr even his r-a0ffatrr- who. wHh u1re per. severance than Iucb ot brains keeps pecrng away" year after year uI success arrjvgs-or dea.b.
 Many are The attempts aj tr5cEeFy ,rihbiur bribery or whatever may bring sa alGa,a su.1ty uea1 the on Ja ua one uf Jhe iayarcd few who mass. The perun. age cf these beIrr fra~f'aualy sma'a 6t times To guard acrina fraud there are ore cautions such gs crBiG never have been surrc~ted Iu tle west
 ErCry candidate has his 7vn Htle .rrr fa 7.l .nhs works fa- he days of Che ey8uuaoa Nat few die under the ordeal Amy essay Is good which gives man hls M. A. says the nruyg7a. and .I one ccmes out frst on tse dragon list she7g IS a chance within ten years cf beiug in The Phoe- nix r-7f which he.az internrcted means that be who bi'ads the NJ A. fist Is GgrIy by end by Co become a Hanun. So. Indeed it bapGens 10 our young horclal now arrived at years of much discretion He ey'eg baaomes The Sbuaug Yuan ef bis yesr tae laureate o7 senior classic. as he might be named in the west
 whweu7on on his return 70 hls n7 i've province be Is received wth the highest houors from tlie hiebest reo- nIe. the vicproy leading. and then curious thing happens Many cf the neon,e of t8r province tayiug be same surname apply for the homer of being permitted to worship at the ancestral han 1f the succCssfI1 genius and ac- company thcr appeals viih valuable ns-srssfves They thts establish