South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-26


City. NO. AN authority on Chinese
affairs and a leading factor In the
educational and religious develop
meut of that country. last night out
lined the reasons for the failure Of
American merchandise 20 cope sue
cessfuIly with that Of other smaller
nations in the Chinese field.
Bishop Partridge Is here as the
guest Of Father Long. OF ST. James
Episcopal church. and VIII speak
at that church today
lie first went 90 China as a trav-
eier IN 1881. and journeye1 through
Z or s OF the IS provinces which
constitute the Chinese Empire prop
or. Four years later he returned 80
China as the first instructor in
chemistry and physical science at
the American college IN Shanghai
The college was then nothing more
than a small boys school founded
By the American Episcopal church.
IL has now grown 20 be the largest
and finest educational institution In
the Empire and is known as St.
Johns University
luEAFutLeu AIlliie-f'.
Bishop Partridge was the first in
structor Of such famous present po-
litical Chinese men as Hon. w w.
Yen minister Of foreign affairs at
Pekin and until recently ambassa-
. dor 90 Germany, Sweden and Nor
. way. Wellington Koo. our last
/ Chinese minister at Washington.
was a graduate OF St. Johns and
/ two Of the most prominent dele
/ gates 20 the Washington Peace Con-
: ference. were former students OF
+ the Bishop
The educational work IN the
/ Chinese Empire" said Bishop Part
ridge Is a real leaven that Is work
/ ing from within TO regenerate the
/ country has been almost entirely IN
the hands of American clergymen
and college graduates of different
denominations. among which the
. Episcopal church was practically
the leader from the beginning
While true that the Chinese gov
eminent has esta blished institutions
of higher grades at several of the
/ great centers and equipped them
with good material and hirh priced
/ instructors from Europe and Ameri-
ca, yet. from the miserable system
OF graft that prevails everywhere I'm
the east and The lack Of high moral
standards and discipline, these
[ schools ana colleges have never
been able TO compete successfully
with the institutions founded and
. IL ,,
churches"
Explains Difference.
Bishop Partridge then explained
the difference between the ancient
J Chinese ideas of education and
those modern methods instituted by
the Americans. He said. China has
appeared before the world as the
country that based it's civil service
entirely upon education and re-
acquired literary degrees from al
those appointed 10 responsible gov
eminent positions.
while this is true and sound.
well 10 American and European
minds, yet il has practically beer
a miserable failure in this genera.
ton because it is based on an entire
/ misconception Of what a liberal ed
ucation is and should be.
"This ancient system which hai
lasted for many centuries. is nov
practically doomed under the pres
sure of modern demands It is I'm
teresting to note in what it reall!
consisted. Tt was really a contra
.diction in terms.
The word education I'm it's LatiI
derivation, means TO draw out,
whereas the old Chinese system wa
/. one that effectively closed him in
Perhaps the most practical nlustra
ton would be to say that a Chimes
scholar with a high literary degree
emitting him to take rank almost [,
that of governor OF a state, is Xix
: little boy. whom you would shu
up i'm a prison cell at three years o
J age and keep him practically con
fined for 30 years. During all thi
time ne would do nothing but read
and study. and commit 10 memory.
Narrow System.
Bishop Partridge then went on &
: show the futility and narrowness o
this system which utterly ignore
+, geography physics, history an
! mathematics and confined its atten
! tion only 10 the ancient writings o
b. |Confuscius,
Speaking OF American trade &
China. Bishop Partridge said he ha
q watched this with much interest 70
2 many years and has seen il alter
. |nately succeed and fail
! when il succeeded IL was OWN
e 20 the high class of American good
land commodities which won "a plac
p for themselves by their intrinsi
s vaue-for there are no people o
, earth that appreciate the value of
. standard article. when once they re
e alize it, as do the Chinese. Whe
10 failed it was generally owing {
n lack of knowledge OF the real ma
tive needs and wants and a conse
.ouent inability 10 ut our goods I
5 meet the native demand. This VA
e largely due 10 oar miserable polit
D icaI system of making foreign con
e sular appointments rewards for cam
Z paiEu services at home
e "In o. land like China we must re
5 .alze that superstition of every nam
s and kind is so strong that 1T wi
e very seriously effect In iu new com
e mOdities.
e. Take Trade Away.
] Other nations far wiser tina
ourselves so i'm there and take III
3 trade right away from US. How q
= they do ftp Let me give two inci
| dents. In the early days of IN
! opening of China two small Euro
/ r..r rarinrs controlled the rnarke-