The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-11-11

The grave consequences ot this
merhod Of education and Of the result
ing qualities Of the educated class are
strongly illustrated in the present poll
zeal situation uf country. The popular
respect for education makes a high ed.
vocational qualification for the suffrage
seem entirely natural aud proper; aud
explains the fact that q few thousand
young, educated Chinese were allie to
enlist hundreds Of thousands OF litter.
ate hut patriotic soldiers in the cause
of the revolution. Although many Of
the active promoters Of the revolution
had been educated in America, Europe
and Japan, and had there acquired the
modern idea Of government for the peO.
pie, and had learnt the elements Of
some Of the applied sciences, it was
found very difficult 20 Gil the upper
,u.itiou> IN the new government with
hiuc,r competent "a discharge effect.
ively the modern functions ~ govern
ncut admiui~ rator.. almost all 1T which
today require some familiarity with the
applications of the chemical. physical
md biological sciences. The provisiun.
Il republic needed men Physicglly abb
u endure ardous labors under coudi
ions full 1T danger and anxiety Tn,
physical and mental %incapacitv for 90,
'rumon work Of an educated elias,
which has bccu brought mp without
athletic sport, and out OF door exercise
without experience iu army ur unSv ,"r.
vice. aud without knowledge of the M
piled sciences. ~ painfully viNihl" ~
hc China of today. The Chinese SIN
lent and ~chola "a nothing In the Wa,
- physical labor. for manual labor wa,
beneath ii, dignity. Physical vigor aud
uiurnurc we're uu' go hc expected ot
rim. The rrpuhli, desire, t. break
with All these educational aud sociaI
raditiou,; In, IT. must have time q,
fleet 81 grca, q change
Contracting Chinese olucation with
that of Japan. pr. Eliot ,oy, of 10,
'at rr country:
''rhr first impression which the Jap
anrsc system Of public instruction make
on an American observer +, that of 'h,
mrr, cluu~ rr,rnptursN aud ,kill Wit
which - modern Occidental 49, Pm wa,
introduced all over Japan in the cuur,,
of about to,ty years. The system We.
adopted from Europe aud America
with ingenious adaptations to lapancs,
conditions, bur he execution C IN,
work ha> been chiefly in %Japaues,
hands. although q few foreigners wcr,
employed ri first. The objects and the
methods ~ the instruction were n. nov.
81 - the organization self: and the
entire people has now cuiuvcd fer u
generation ttr fruits ~ this most con
pNchcnSive system. the school prI,i
logr, OF japanese children are decided
, superior 20 those "f American chill.
'r"h GA 'h' average M" 'll't''''N '\.
49, to-day ~ m''h smaller proportions
~ Japan thah lh 'h" hI'"' S,ot'''
''r'ht hri'alh never h""l'r' u law mat
'ouI" possibly Ice iu"ught 7" l~i"Nl''
i''Iula' ''"'a ron WI h'''I 'N" Japan
-" RESTORATION "' '"N ma ''N'h lI'''
= - a - .-I-
~ ~rN"raI countries "i Europe I'"I'nI''
''"'''''n H. ''lIl 'h'"o"''tihs ''rlou'
"''''"'i'N' f"I example II 10 nor 2r''"I
'"u'' "f " j. gwen ia par 10y r'rI'sli~
'Irnl h"ii''' or IN" appropriations 'I
rnhl'' money Tor 'h" purposes "i educ"
t'"n are inadequate IN" a'hle'"h"n'
'i Japan. therefore, wan regard L. pop
mar education nav" mo- '"lh" late %
comparison WIN th"N" 81 western ma
i'"n'' nhd they NAY" been remarkable
rs regards 'h"i' ''"p" ahd their pr"'ur
success.
OF ~" education "i women ia Japal
Nr. Eliot SAYS
\nother interesting result Of 'hO
sudden creation 10 Japan OF al ur,i