The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-08-09

.r<ssliy the case n there ere fcressn
ar native nurses associated with the
male doctor.
III is fortunate that this change
La the attitude OF the Chinese has Nv
rua 10 take place. for almost all the
missions seport great difficulty ~
obtaining sufficient number -
uomcn physicians This lack 81
trained womcn willing TO work in the
mission field appears to be more
marked In America than in England.
rhe situation is somewhat relieved
by snail group Of Chinese women
who have received a medical train
| .ne abroad. All are doing useful
work. bat two or three of them are
unusually efficient and demonstrate
| > high degree OF professional anss
executive power
There are three medical iusiita-
ltioas iu China for women. according
to the report One. the isacte' I
Medical College for Women. requires
nniy that the women have a good
training In the Chinese classics in or
lder that they may be admitted. ansi
mas graduated IS women in the IL
years OF It's existence. The teaching
here Is in Cantonese. Another j. the
North China Union Medical College
sor Women. established ia 1905.
where the language is Mandarin and
where students are admitted on col
lege degrees. high school diplomas.
Tor examination In English. Chinese,
mathematics. history. geography,
physics and physiology. and where
1.-THE faculty consists OF five women
and five msn. Tne third is the
women's Medical college ct Soochow
which was started IN 1881 By the
women OF the Southern Methodist
Episcopal church under charter from
the state of Tennessee. Here the
courses are in English. and the adj
mission requirement IS a certificate
from mission high primary
school. Applicants without such GER
|tificates are required to pass an eS-
animation in English. Chinese, Latin
and other subjects
But although the women OF Chi
ma are credited sith being unusual
IL capable. the members OF the
commission thought that the time
would net be ripe to Increase the
facilities for them to study medi-
cine ii rhsaa until the whole
standard OF education FOR girls in
the country had been raised
The time for eo-eduoation has not
yet arrived a China. though It may
possibly come ia the course - the
next 10 years this portion II the
report continues
1T viii &c seen ghat thef, arr few
opportunities for wsae1 10 study
medicine in Chira. that ac existing
schools are small. poorly equipped.
lily prepared 10 train competent
physicians. They are hampered from
the start by an inability to ees suf-
fieient number of girls witt proper
preliminary education tn;l the
whole standard Of education fer
girls is raised and units Il highe; edu-
eation for women has been widely
developed, the medical schools giil
be forced 10 keep thelg admis~an re-
qHirements loW, and 20 struggle with
poorly prepared group % students.
High grade Chinese nurses IRE as
much needed az the present time a.
@omeu physieianx Il Is sold. and
the women who show special aptness
ere able 10 pursue their Studies IT.
the United States and ofler coun-
tries. Attention Is called 10 the fact
that there is nnw one OF these at
the Johns Hopkins Medical school.
and the suggestion is nude thaf It
would be Of great benefit to ambi-
eious Chinese women II English text
books on the subject Of BarssIg sere
translated into tho Chinese language