El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-30

w Confucian system of educa-
ION continued its sway all through the
18th century and into the first decade
of this century, its death kneu was
! sounded with the first notes OF the
meeting house bell OF the urSt CHRIS
tan mission which opened its doors IN
China. ConfucianiSm as an all SUM-
cient creed, monopOlzlng the chinese
mind and holding the only key Whlcn
unlocked the empires treasure room OF
honor wealth. power and high official
station for over 20 centuries, was
doomed the instant Christianity set
foot in Cathay. True, 1t died nara:
nor will it ever pass from the Ken OF
men. It's dominance of the present
and control of the future is over, but
its spirit and, in the MAN, construct
! i've accomplishments, will i've IN the
form of the Chinese character II has
nodded Upon this character mooe sEll
education as introduced behind the
skirts Of Christianity will build a new
and better China
Jesuits Made First Dent.
The Jesuits were the first to make
little dent in the ice with their Pekln
observatory in the 10th century The
fathers also taught art, architecture
and agriculture in North emma. for
time they enjoyed even the Imperial
favor, but later lost their influence
for a variety of peculiar causes. me
great growth of Christian schools was
in the 18th century. Here again the
Catholics were pioneers. Their schools
of 1852 for the training OF native
priests was the first modern education
al institution in China Protestanlsu %,
however. subsequently took the lead
both in purely religious and secular
schools and colleges Beyond caIcula-
ton has been the influence OF the
Methodist universities at Marking and
PeI1in. the Christian college at Canton
the Presbyterian college at Teng Chou.
St Johns Episcopal college and the
Southern Methodist Tung WI college at
SoochoW, the AnglO-ChineSe college OF
FoochoW and the Union Medical col
Iege at Pekin- From these institutions
China also drew its foreign presidents
and professors when the government
finally began to teach western lore and
literature
Use of Foreign Languages.
One provision Of the treaty Of 1850
which ended China's war with Great
Britain and France called for the or
ganization OF a responsible board 10
have diplomatic dealings with the pow
ers. This led to the formation of the
tsung-li-yamen or foreign office. This
necessitated the training of Chinese
who could translate and interpret Tor
eign languages. Two years later Sucn
a school was started upon the recon-
mendation of Prince Kuan, a Manchu,
and this was the beginning of the gov
ernment's acceptance of western edu-
cation
English. with 10 students was first
tried, and in subsequent years came de-
partments in French, Russian ana
German, and in 1893 japanese was ad-
ded. The new education" as II was
called, made such Roadway that the
school was raised in rank and dubbed
Tung Wen college IN 1866, ana the
chairs of chemistry, physics, maIne-
mates and astronomy were established
and the presidency was soon a 1{sr-
ward conferred on Rev. w A T. Mar
tin, an American, who held the position
25 years. 1t is an interesting fact ina
all the leading foreign educators IN
China were, and are, Americans or.
Martin is still living in Pekln ana IS
regarded as a sage by the Chinese
Sciences Recognized in 1855.
In 1867 the government eStaDnSned
the Foochow Arsenal Naval school' IN
1890 the Chinese Imperial Naval col
lego at Marking. in 1892 a mining and
engineering college under the dlrectlon
of the Hupei provincial board or mines
The fault of this period was the tedch-
ing of languages and literature amos LEs
exclusively The Chinese who had
dipped into higher mathematics ana
the sciences begged for decade 1or
this sort of training, but this was al
together too much for the throne
Even such powerful Chinese as Ii
Hung Chang. Chang Chin Tung, sun
Chi Maj (tutor to the EMPEROR anu
others were unable to persuade ne
throne to recognize the sciences uhtll
1855 when, after the trlennlaI exc
nation of the literati for nlgn oILlcld4
Dosftion one scientific student vas pro-
NOTED to the second literacy rank -or
his knowledge of the science alone II
the meantime, the translation Oh Alou-
ern writing, founding Of newspapers
and organization of clubs for western
study grew apace- The printing IS
tablishments of the city OF Shangnal
were so swamped with orders lhdI tHss
resorted to wholesale infringement q
cuIation of cheap eollons OF AOAei9I
hooks. -,
forward step was made IN aug ust'
1871, when Yung Wing (Aale 1oOU-S1'
was commissioned to us an approprla-
ton of $500, 600 in the educatloh OF
young Chinese in the United SlalSs-
was decreed that 10 students slOuI S
be sent to American colleges, 81 eaSl
wear for. four years, each student "
studv abroad for Is years A prepare
tory school for one years prepss.[Ia lI-L- III
of the candidates was opened III oLioll5
hal Nine-tenthS OF the young MSn'
who were drafted from respectdDie
families some of which were middle
class were southern Chinese me
northerners still held back Inc LlIsl
batch was taken to SprlngllelC, -HiSiN,H,.'
and sent to live with private 4aIillllS -,
but three years later bulldln g LOI
their nse was put up in Hartford OW-
ing to reports that the young men
11ere inobibing revolutionary ideas TOO
freely they all were recalled IN 1881
About so were given small goVernIheh
posts, While the others shlIted AOr
themselves. w.
Awakened by Defeat In MaE'
Cbina's defeat by japan in 1893 was
the only thing needed to convince tnc
chinese that they must be up ana oOlhe
in the WAYS of the west Inc colles5SS
became contested with eager Pupils'
ever old and distinguished CoIlucl ia II
Scholars sitting beside boys IN an Ell
fort to learn English. A reform cruz
which was organized in Pekln grew Sc
oouyerfllIv that it was suppressed py
tI7e Government within montn, OhIy
tn he revived by the government llseIl
eoon thereafter In all these reforms
the Deople led. the government reluCl-
antly followed. .o.,-.,7 +t,e
TL1.- events were shaping TOWARD the
4bupdred DAYS of reform lauhcheu ID
1898 bv the young emperor Auans Hsui
,CLo Knew q little English ana had reao
narts of the Bible. On June j! ne OF
dere6 the making of an mpeI4aI UNI
Then followed the most Dynamic ma mi.
hundred days in the history OF CHINA
At the behest of Kang 4u w el, d Oul-5
Cent,lr reformer, edict AFTER eulS' VIZ
sen. forth ordering that UNI IN
pies be turned into Schools estdDlIsA-
/ ing schools all over the empire eulOSl1-
/ ipe modern sciences, seeking 70 SLFe
! higher status to the army, REFUSING the
( conservatives for their opposl llnO' elc
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