Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-22
young Celestials.'
THOSE American educators who ma

THOSE American educators VINO nave
J. visited China assure us that in that
country, Just as in any other, there are
no royal roads to learning. just pc
cause a boy Is little or rich Is no sign
that he win be helped along by easy
and pleasant school methods. A ooy
cannot 60 to school too young ana ne
cannot study too hard after ne gets
there. For there ere hundreds OF things
for hin to leara-ail about the past of
his country, OF ccurse-tO say nothing
of mastering che of the worst sy5tems
of writing the world ever knew. 30
absorbed Is O student in learning all
the cid classics by heart that he never
f3ts much time to learn anything new.
Il would be a sin fer boy to aspire TO
know more than his grandfather knew,
though the cd man may have mao
paper images and smelly incense burned
b,fore MS tablet for years and years.
The China in the making promises
.nati,.rg batter than this for her
hfys. hut the old China never rad any
ambition to keep track o. or to keep up
With the Ways CT the outside woriG.
Except wi,sre Christian schools nave
bs-n established cid ways stin prevail
Memory Il the che thing that counts
In the Chinese school. The pupil takes
his beck to TIE teacher, Who hears him
read q column or more. Then the
puuil resGrns to lis desk ana repeats
this l. cson aloud until re can reclte u
frcm r,sr,c-y. lie then taxes MS COOK
acsin q the teacher. turns his BACK
upcn his master, and recites what ne
he's learned. Ta.s IS called FACING
the leEsc1."
In this way pupil commits the whole
book to nlamory, and ne is expected to
| leern 1t so thoroughly that ne can at
| any moment repeat the wonle OF any
passage wnen some ore gives him a
| Start by quoting the first line or the
| first few words to him.
J.,st before the monday recess TIC
teacher writes a sentiment CT a provero
or a proposition upon sup OF req
paper and pastes 1t on the door. Each
bow as he goes out reads the lines. In
the afternoon he is expected to furnish
| the teacher with another lire which,
with the first, viii make couplet.
In China all honors, social and other
wise. await the scholar, and the teacher
has always at hand illustrious examples
to held up for these who are dull or
discouraged.
The teacher tells OF So Chin. who.
being afflicted with drowsiness when at
his nightly studies, thrust needle
through his flesh so that the pain
| su1BHt hBEP ts~~bASs Va IsA~ ANSSA~oI
Sal Lin, whose active body revoiteC:
against sitting at his books, and who
cured himself of a constant disposition
to rise by placing pail of water where
his feet would be immersed in 1t when
ever he stood up.
A warning Is given in the career OF
the INSCRIPTIONS Pang Kien, who cut
of the ends CT seraws that his teacher
told him to arrange evenly. while the
careful and honorable Sung Pin sep
!. erated q similar bundle and lad the
straws straight, one by one. He found
that they were all CT uniform length
without cutting. The character thus
, manifested by the two showed their
teacher which of his pupils would bess
repay, his efforts. and his Judgment was
justified by the event, fer Pang KEN
. came to no good. while Sung Pin won
renown end wealth.