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NEW EDUCATIONAL TYPE IN CHINA
A UNIQUE SCHOOL
Doctrine of "Learning by Doing" to the Full
STUDENTS TAKE SHARE IN MANAGEMENT
ESTABLISHED
1845
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WAR ALARM IN THE CANTON CELEBRATES S. AFRICANS BEAT
NORTH
VICTORIES
CRACKERS GALORE
FOREIGNERS NOT ANXIOUS TO
LEAVE WUCHOW-
AN ULTIMATUM ?
CHIANG KAI-SHEK DEMANDS EXPLANATION FROM FENG
"POSITIVE ACTION" CERTAIN | FRESH KWANGTUNG SUCCESS
Nanking, Yesterday.
Canton. Yesterday. Marshal Chiang Kai-shek has The Canton Headquarters an telegraphed to the Kuominchun nounces the capture of Kwel-lin General, Han Fu-chu stating that in Kwangsi by the Hunan forces on he has received a report that Han Thursday, and also the re-capture Fu-chu's troops have dynamited of Shui-Hing on the West River by Probably no people on earth besides our own is more under the the railway bridges at Wushan- the Cantonese troops. sway of the delusion that education is to be identified with literacy kwan and Changtcho and are also stopping the westward-bound and book learning, says Mr. Hawking Chen. True, the West used Lunghai trains to Kweiteh, recuit to think in the same way, but in the sixteenth century in Britaining in the circulation of alarming Francis Bacon brought new vision into the existing intellectual life. rumours, regarding the present
In political situation. The best, known aphorism of Bacon is that knowledge is power. his "Advancement of Learning" he classified the learning of his day into three kinds and condemned them all, especially the "delicate" learning, meaning the literary learning which, through the influence of the revival of ancient languages and literature, occupied so im- portant a place in the intellectual life of the Renaissance.
MERGING INTO COMMUNITY
Marshal Chian Kal-shek de- mands an immediate satisfactory answer to these complaints.
It was announced at Marshal Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters this evening that Chiang Kai-shek had telegraphed to Maraba! Feng Yu-hsiang yesterday that he had received
reports that Feng's troops On the Lunghai-Peking- Hankow Railways had been sud- denly withdrawn tu Honan and Shensi, adding that such action was entirely unwarranted since at no time had the National forces orders to attack Feng's forces.
As such steps might bring about a misunderstanding Marshal Chiang
are given an insight into the pro- Kai-shek demanded Feng to give blems that confront the Chinese him a prompt reply.
answer is
rural community, and are trained It is believed here that unless an to bear the social responsibilities immediate satisfactory which they, as true leaders of the forthcoming the Government will community, must later shoulder. take positive action-Reuter. They will come to see that their! equipment and training only en- ables them to render greater service for the improvement of Chinese country life in general..
The Experimental School at Shao | advancement and aggrandizement. Chuang is showing us the new light. Already too many are committed to this individualistic point of view: Those who are conversant with the events of the Chinese educational we need now to correct it. Again world must have heard the bance Shao Chuang is showing us the way Shao. Chuang or the "Village of Through the group of "social re- Dawn" where is located the Ex-construction" activities, the students perimental Rural Normal School.
Educational philosophers. to-day tell us that the aim of education is life, continues Mr. Chen. This school is built upon the thesis that education is life. We find here no curriculum or class-room work of the kind as in any ordinary school. This is not a place where teachers talk and students listen, or they both talk and listen, but it is a place where both the teachers and useful students are engaged in
In the third place, the traditional- activities, the teachers being merely educated man of China supervisors in the tasks. The usually identified as one with pale doctrine of "earning by doing" la carried to the full as to imply also teaching by doing. The activities may
be divided into four main groups which are partaken by the student body and teachers alike, and which make up the entire school life.
Boys Do Patrol
The first group of activities is concerned with the conduct of the work of the elementary schools, and kindergartens, a number which have been founded in sur- rounding villages.
of
The
These are made an integral part of the higher institution, work includes all branches of ele- mentary school activities, ad- ministrative, teaching, supervisory, social and recreational,
Brain or Muscle?
Is
Bridge Torn Up
Hankow, Yesterday.
A bridge was blown up and part of the permanent way torn up on the Hankow-Peking Railway-Bri- tish Wireless Service.
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OXFORD
A FINE WIN
RESULTS OF MATCHES IN
COUNTY CRICKET
NORTHANTS GO UNDER
London, Yesterday. At Oxford the South African team beat Oxford University by four wickets.
Oxford batted first and scored 152 runs.
The visitors replied with 208. In their second innings Oxford scored 325. N. Quin took six wickets for 94.
The city celebrated the combined victories by the firing of crackers, and there was general rejocing among the officials.
The situation in the North Riverised 181 runs for six wickets,
The visitors' second innings real- is quiet.
Quiet at Wuchow
A report from a reliable source was received in the Colony Feeter
that the situation in day saying Wuchow and Samshui was quiet, No one was desiring to evacuate.
Kwangsi Flight
Shanghai, Yesterday,
A message from Nanking says that General Ho Chien states that the Kwangsi troops are fleeing southward toward Liuchow, which is the next objective of the Hunan troops. Reuter.
FAIR FOR RACES
This morning's report from the Royal Observatory states: Pressure is highest in the Pacific to the east of Kapam and relatively low in a trough extending from Indo-China tɔ the Loachoos.
A depression is situated in Kyushu and Oshima.
Forecast: East or variable winds. moderate; fair gen- erally.
"GRAF ZEPPELIN'
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Earlier News
Peking, Yesterday. Kuominchun troops are report- faces und lily fingers, who reflects ed to have destroyed part of the aud philosophises, but who shantunnel at Washengkwan on muscular work of all kinds.
20 MILES AN HOUR Thus Honan-Hupeh border and also the it is written in the classics: "He railway bridge at Changteho, Ho- who uses muscles will be subordin- nan. The opinion is generally ex-
Berlin, Yesterday. ate to him who uses brains." And preased here that fighting
The "Graf Zeppelin" has wire- is in lessed stating that she is eight miles we find in other lands the same dis- evitable, although it is believed south of the Rhone Delta, travelling paragement of manual work which that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek will slowly against a strong wind. is looked upon as evil, as something not take the offensive until the to be escaped, as always involving situation near Canton improves. drudgery and the negation of free- The late Dr. Sun
also
Reports Premature
20 Miles an Hour
Surrey v. Sussex
At the oval Surrey defeated Sussex by two wickets.
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IS THAT SO ?
Thoughts Terse, Perverse-and Worse
Many a "pony" will be lost on a pony at Happy Valley this week- end.
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len o Ireland at Olympia on Thursday night.
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Hagen did not win 'Agen!
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Will Baldwin lose only by being liberal with labour?
Our correspondent at the Front informs us that there are some pedigree mosquitoes "At Stud" in
Ireland should now change his Taipo Market. name to Iceland.
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Jimmy Maclachlan, of K.B.G.C., is still looking for that Civil Service wood that, would have given him the first "possible" of the season: last Saturday.
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Today's Great Thought: "I don't know; it's not my job."
"Tis enough to give one the dhoby.itch!
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"Petrol Tin Paradise," says the "The Elevation of the Official"Daily Press." Is that so? One Sussex batted first and
scored is the title of an article in the would have thought that petrol only 60. Fenley took four wicketa "Journal of Law and Commerce"
would be associated with the for eight runs.
of the Law Society of the Univer- other place. Tate sity. Must have been written be- fore the jury's verdict in the
Surrey replied with 151. took six wickets for 80 runs,
Sussex scored 254 in their second Bank case. innings, to which Surrey replied with 164 for eight wickets.
Warwickshire v. Northants
At Northampton Warwickshire won by two wickets,
The local team batted first and acored 177 to which the visitors replied with 208. Clark took six wickets for $8.
janings
In their second Northants scored 278.
Warwickshire, in their second innings, scored 253 for eight wickets.
Notts v Cambridge. The match at Nottingham wal drawn.
Notts scored 296 and 274, declar- ed. Carr scored 100.
Cambridge scored 278 and 145 for eight wicketa.
Middlesex v. Gloucester At Lord's Gloucester won by· 196
runs.
The Spring poets have been wasting good space over the rose, the thorn; and the cowship. What about the dandelion or a good green cabbage next?
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Slogau now is Bummer reigns' (rains).
Queen's Road Central, with its traffic, is said to be noisy; but what of Wyndham Street when a lady is buying flowers!
Many men believe in "Let Women A muzzling order for "poets" is Alons," and many think their wives imminent or should bet
better than "No Other Woman" ! !
On the agenda of the Sanitary Beard meeting: "Rat return.' Why did that rat return?
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In Lloyd George's constituency during the General Election it will be a case of the blind lead- ing the blind.
Very appropriate--Parson's Hut in Scandal Point.
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What is it that attracts Many take their permanent abode here?-Hong Kong's dried- up streams?
"Stevedores and forwarding agents solicit enquirics" shrieks an advert. How's business?
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Local Adyt.:-"Bed Sitting in Kowloon, excellent locality, with or without board-Sitting in a Row- Scare heading in the "Telefoon street or in a Kowloon beach ?
Right." Gloucestershire scored 190. Rograph": "Pedestrain's
Haven't seen a train of that sort bins took eight wickets for 69. In their second innings they scored 321, on the Kowloon-Canton line! declared. Dipper scored 111 and
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in brilliant heading the Hammond 134.
which may never Middlesex scored 70 in their first "Daily Press"
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inhings Goddard captured seven appear again: "Red lights, on
sidelight from
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This week's Fairy Story: "For the first time in many months the passenger returns. show an excess of arrivals over departures”—"3. C. M. Post."-If it can't read its own paper how can it expect others to?
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"Lady's fawn coloured leather puree lost via Chatham, Granville, and Humphreys Nathan Roads Building." Now the stray purse ought to be able to find its own way home.
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wickets for 25 runs. In their second Trousers.”— A innings the ground team scored 245. Petticoat Lane? A passenger has wirelessed that, Newman made 112. Goddard took Yat-sen's owing to a head wind and the six wickets for 95.
Lady Armstrong has been ap- In and spontaneity.
the funeral may dom
a post-breakdown of the two engines, the jcause third chapter of the first book of ponement.
Glamorgan Y. Somerset pointed a member of the Advisory airship is only flying 20 miles ani Glamorgan won by 128 the Hebrew sacred scripture it
runs. Committee on crime prevention in The Kuominchun troops are hour. "In the massed at Tsaochow
It is hoped to reach Fried- They scored 145 in their first inn New York-Here's hoping the finds perfect expression.
and also richshafen to-night.
ings in which White took six lady armstrong! sweat of thy face shalt thou eat along Kinhan between the Cheng- French Authorities Warned
wickets for 48 runs. In their bread," so runs the ancient curse chew and Hupeh border. Reuter.
In spite of the handicap of the second innings they made 227. We are solemnly told by the King's illness and the Queen's laid upon man as he was driven
White captured five wickets for "Daily Press" that a villain in subequent indisposition, necessi But it is forgotten from paradise.
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Shanghat "burned the corpse of his tating the absence of both from race and in the in- that in the
dead mother"'! On the same day London, the "London Gazette" dividual, mind and muscle develop
the "S.C.MP." regaled its readers together.
came out as bright and as full of with "News" about
a couple of
"news" and "specials" as ever! dead bodies!!
Heard on a ferry while crossing "For Sale: A quantity of Black- the harbour. Which is the flag- wood furniture, crockery, etc. ship of the China Squadron? The also Piano and Fiat Car (4 seat-first one with the little flag? (refer- er). Can be scen at Harbour ring to the Chinese cruiser lying in Office Quarters, top floor."-That port)-It is not to be wondered car on the top floor of the Harbour that H.M.S. "Kent" left port for Office must be a seaplane!
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Paris, Yesterday. Eckener has wirelessed to the Lyons aviation centre asking the military authorities at Valence to be warned as he intends to try to land the 'Graf Zeppelin.".
All-Day Struggle Eckener's decision was made to- The education of the mind ture. The Nationalist troops are wards the close of a day-long strug-
Shanghai, Yesterday. A message from Hankow "The human hand and May 16 says that the reports that the human intellect would each fighting has broken out have been impossible without the Hupeh-Honan border are prema- other."
This is
on the
The engine trouble, which led to his resolve to turn back first deve- loped at Saragossa yesterday even- ing.
The second group of activities has to do with the conduct of the ad- ministrative and business affairs of the institution itself. Thus
is therefore closely related to the all on this side of Kwangshui and gle to reach Friedrichshafen. students share in the execution of
there is no sign that hostilities the duties of the secretary, the activity of the muscle.
shown in the experimental work of have been commenced.-Reuter. treasurer, the business manager, the janitor and what not. The school Madame Montessori and in the has only one employee, who takes methods of training given in the care of the water supply of the institutions for feeble-minded the The feeble minded are acti-world ever. All other menial campus.
power vities, whether cleaning, cooking, always deficient in motor
and in delicacy of co-ordination. night patrolling marketing.
mental activities ате against outlaws, are distributed Their
clumsy as their manual, and among the students as well as
former can be improved by the among the teachers.
education of the latter. This only shows that the motor element is present in all our thinking.
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The director of the institution, who holds degrees from American universities, has his turn of doing the cooking, as I am told.
"Conquest of Nature"
The third group of activities has
to do with what is termed "conquest
Lesson for China
TACNA-ARICA
OLD DISPUTE AMICABLY SETTLED
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DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS
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The airship, battling back her way in the teeth of head winds, reached French territory at 8 o'clock in the morning.
Somerset scored 110 (Ryan five wickets for 23) and 184.
OIL
"CRACKING'
ERECTING "THE LARGEST** IN ILLINOIS
ENORMOUS CAPACITY
New York, Yesterday. The Shell Petroleum Corporation
is joining a group of financiers in
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When should a telephone service After crossing the gulf of Lyons erecting the largest oil cracking die?When it is operated. she headed up the Rhone Valley unit in the industry. where
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she encounter ä mistral The new plant, which is expect
а When is *Pressman not blowing at 18 miles an hour against ed to revolutionise petral produc Pressman?When he is scooped," the airship's twenty-
tion, will be built at Wood River, Three engines were then out of Illinois, and will have a capacity scraped and fired!.
420,000 gallons. Reuter's action through a fracture in the of
American Service.
Washington, Yesterday. Tresident Hoover has announc
settlement of the Tacna Arir dispute by direct negotia- "We cannot truly possess know- tions between Chile and Peru by driving-shafts.
She reached Nimes at 9 o'clock ledge until we have used it." Thus which Chile retains Arica and educators now are less willing to Tacna goes to Peru, while Chile and was stationary for twenty min. exalt knowing above doing, and are will pay Peru $6,000,000.--Reu-|utes near Bellegarde, 15 miles on. ready to replace much book instructer's American Service.
'tion by opportunities for activity.
of nature." This work includes, as I understand, gardening, farm îng, construction, afforestation, nature, study and what not. An This is a lesson that China has yet SIAMESE. MINISTER other group of activities deals with to learn. Again Shao Chuang is "ancial reconstruction," which in showing us the light. As we have cludes social service work for the seen, this is not a "listening school". surrounding villages. Here the where teachers talk and students sehool merges into the community hear, but they all share in various and makes its influences felt for forms of meaningful activities, bringing about a better order of whether in "bonquest of nature" or things.
in "social reconstruction." That
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She then slowly proceeded east- ward at a height of 2,500 feet.
Preparing To Land
Later. The "Graf Zeppelin" is preparing to land at Cuers Pierrefeu Aero- drome near Toulon
Lands Smoothly The "Graf Zeppelin" landed smoothly at Guers Pierrefeu at-3
p.a.
PRINCE PURACHATRA IN LONDON
MINISTER OF COMMERCE
London, Yesterday.
Precarious Condition. To those who are well versed in they do away with all servants and Prince Purachatra, the Siamese
Faris, Yesterday. modern educational theories, espe- janitors on the campus is evidence Minister of Commerce, has arriv
Massages from the "Graf Zeppe cially those who are familiar with enough that they believe in the ed here. He was met at the ata-
lin" indicated serious damage tion by Dewey's philosophy,
of Sir a representative this school "dignity of labour." offers, perhaps, not much new to China at present needs leaders, Austen Chamberlain, the Secre- aboard and some alarm was felt think about. However, this is an leaders in all walks of life. Intary for Foreign Affaire-Reuter. for the alrship with her 18 passer- gers including a lady and 41 of a experiment in things, so foreign to the reconstruction of her rural com- the traditional educational theories munities, the backbone of the nation, and practices of China that every she needs especially men and womear thinking citizen of China may well of courage, vision, and fortitude, consider. It is nothing short of an who can truly lead the three hundred educational revolution.
Country Life in General
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She appeared almost disabled, and in the strong mistral her en- gines apparently stopped. She fre- quently alewed round broadside-ca to the direction of the wind.
"SHELL" DIVIDEND
The following telegram bas and forty million village souls up to been received to-day by the Char the level of true human living and tered Bank of India, Australia &
The French authorities are doing This rural normal China, from its head office in Long their utmost to assist, and troops In the second place, the school, life abundant.
We don so different from the traditional school is meeting the call.
have been ordered out as a landing "Shell Transport and Trading Co. party.
a man den type, is permeated with the social wish it continual success and pros- motive and spirit. Education in perity, and hope that there will be China has too often been taken as a thousand Villages of Dawn" in a means for individual or family the country.
Ltd, declared a Dividend at the rate The prefect of Drome has order | of. 3/- per share free of income tax
payable July 5, Bearer coupon to be ed all high usion cables to be
neutralised. presented No. 54
TEA DUTY
NOT TO BE ABOLISHED IN HOLLAND
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Beuter.
Toulong and Toulouse. ford's bags!
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The officials on the Chinese gun- boats, according to our evening contemporary, deny the report that they are shipping reinforcements to Canton Judging by the amount of washing displayed on the second one should have day of arrival, thought that there were at least two armies on board!
Ir the "squeeze" case heard by "A message from
Nanking Mr. N. L. Smith at the Central wires ...
"exclaims the "Morning Magistracy on Thursday, a licensed Post."Is That So?
hawker said that he paid 80 cents: "les money” because he was afraid that if he refused he would be as
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Young men harken. "Let Woman Alone" is sound advice. They're sauited by the constables. He ad-
not all "Street Angels" says office cynic!
our mitled, however, that previous to - last Sunday he had never paid any money and had never been assault ad by any constable, but that was because he took no chances and al- ways ran away when he saw one approaching!
The Hague, Yesterday.
A "coop" in the local "Teler The Finance Minister has an- nounced that the Government has graph": "A many tiered wedding no intention of abolishing the tea cake weighing 100 pounds, duty, as the result of the rewas made by a friend of Ham- peal of the duty in England. mond's financee's family, for the wedding, which took place in the
The mosquito plague has been parish church at Bingley, York- the subject of considerable diacus- shire."--A wedding cake for a sion lately, both in our columns and wedding is unique, especially elsewhere. We have been talking when made by a friend of the to two or three sportsmen and they finances's family.
have asked us to say that if any landowner, within easy reach of Marriage does naturally tie Hong Kong, who is troubled with you down to some extent," says a these pests, will write to the Editor, Kowloon writer.
they will go down with their gung and see what can be done about it.. They will provide their own an¬ munition and are prepared to carry out a grand assault on the ehejny. These are experienced sparkiden: who will welcome the opportunity for the practice which the mosqui- boer would afford.
THE PHILIPPINES
MR. DAVIS ACCEPTS THE GOVERNOR-GENERALSHIP.
EX-WAR SECRETARY
London, Yesterday, Mrs Dwight F. Davis, Secretary of War in the Coolidge Cabinet succeeds Mr. H. L. Stimson as Governor-General of the Philip- pines-Renter.
Before my reader, you are made
A husband or a wife,
Be certain that you're not afraid
To face a serious Life,
og
To be Hied on
up" you think is bliss, Bat, haply, you will frown.o When former liberty you ins
And find yourself "tied down.