Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-12-25
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DON CARLOS JAMES
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study the Bible in order to acquire
she English tongue; and the speaker
stated that when studying it, other
great good often results.
In 1921 there were 393 public Ii
nraries; 93 normal schools and IS
theological schools. In Japan every
thing is overcrowded-stree cars,
streets, stores, etc, and the same is
true in very marked manner in the
matter Of educational facilities.
Their universities are so crowded
sfaat very often when applicants are
prepared for entrance, they must
wait for number of years for their
turn. AS soon as even smattering
at English is acquired, the natives
cry to use it, and often the mistakes
they make are most amusing. Mr..
James named number of examples
of such He stated that of the chill
dren between the ages of six and IL
years, So percent are in school-a
higher record than in the United
States. He interestingly told of his
visit to d schoo! which had 1900 pu-
pjie On the wall he saw a picture
of our George Washington. The walls
are covered with maps, and the en-
cire OF Japan is always outlined in
red, livery SO often the pupils of
schools are required to bow to the
picture of the emperor of their coun-
try Many subjects he found were
being taught. 4 class of 800 was
brought in. ana he was asked to ad-
dress them, which he did, taking as
mis- subject Success" which the
speaker said he divided into three
Eats, First. nave an aim: second,
set your mark high; third, be ear
nest in your work. This division he
learned when lad attending the
f;rick school near Malta, as he heard
the words fall from the lips Of Elder
& I'll. MOrir of Malta The same
taoushts he had used very effectively
o6 the world. Rice, Mr.. James stated,
il the principal article of food in
Japan, 1t is rice three times a day,
end every day-the natives never
tiring OF it, since it is the same to
them as bread is to us.
Going from Japan into China or
TpA tha4.o :, a of u
The percent of ilIiteracy is as great
as the percent of Iiteracy is in Ja-
pan. since better than so percent OF
the inhabitants cannot read. The
speaker gave as his opinion that the
ChGneSe are naturally intellectual
aud could learn readily, if they had
the advantages. Things in China
and India at in q sorry plight. In
China there is en- an average but |
oua real doctor to every 100000 |
p=0ple The unfortunates have the |
last care and attention. The blind |
children of whom there are many, |
are given no more sympathy or feel !
ing than they would give a sick cat |
Biiad babies are often put on the
edge of the rivers to die, or on the
side Of bridges to fall into the river;
ere often put into garbage cans with
the garbage, or often sold for very
small pittance In India the condi- |
tons are much the same, about the
only difference being the caste sys-
tam, which means that when a child
is born into family it is born into
the caste OF the father-it can't rise
TO a higher plane or standard. What
ever the parents do, or is their occu-
patton, their children and so on
down through the generations, do
the same thing.
The speaker stated that should
China and India have an awakening,
and make the progress that Japan
has. and these three countries should
t0rm an alliance, it would give the
statesmen something to think about,
since they contain about one-half the
population of the entire world,
China, unlike Japan, does not prac-
lice forestry, and the lack of forests,
which the speaker thinks were cut
away to provide fuel for burning
of the brick and making of the lime
for the great Chinese wall-1500 \
miles long, is in his opinion the
caU So of many of the floods, and the
spreading Of disease and pestilence.
Ia ming is of the crudest type, the
50 me implements being used as in
the Bible times of old. Wars,
famine and ignorance, keep the peo-
pie Impoverished, and there where
the Bible is unknown, as in every
s3cb place, The people are unable to
feet themselves, or take from the
earth the things that God has put
there for their sustenance.
The speaker readily answered
number Of questions, and he showed
himself most familiar with the con-
ditions of the various countries. Ad-