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CORRESPONDENCE.Arithmetic "purely.algebraic solutions. will not be accepted." Surely this is a HONGKONG UNIVERSITY AND retrograde step, and it is difficult 10 under-

MATHEMATICS.

[VO THE EDITON OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.".

Sin, Much has been written of tate about education in the Far East Methods have been criticised, results doubted, and the point has been male that " Education

stand why the authorities in drawing up their syllabus-allragh content to copy 1000y portions en hoe from the Oxford Local Examination Syllabus-made this alteration sedregards Arithmetic.

We belia

that the University has come to say, uni has a great inlure before it as a University. · Its influence on element-

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY JULY 5тн, 1015. -

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IN GERMANY TO-DAY.

POPULAR JIEROES,

THE BINDENBURG CULT

Germany, stys the Neutral Correspond ent of The Times, is given dye to hero- worship, Popular-henus stare you in the Tace wherever you go. Next to the Fron Cress, the names and portraits of Hlindën burg and Weddigen are idolized. This names were unknown to inngs, prople be

is said to lure shown the utmost regard for the guscepřibilities of the various federal, Lovereigns and their peoples, Thus, le Hus guineil a great hold upon the affections of the Bavarians and Saxons, among whom he was formerly almost unpopular. Ho is represented as having given to Hinden- burg a completely fere hand, and as hav jng waived every consideration that might have wilitated against practical efficiency in the waging of the war.

The story of the Crown Prince is vory different. He why was at first hailed as The grent military lender, whose vietaries were extolled and who was necanimed in

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means a den more than look knowledge? Jary education, in the Colong is bound to before the war. Now here is something very popular celebration of triumph SPALDING'S ATHLETIC

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Most of my reades will readily admit great, especially if the Education. Depart that mére book knowledge without ability | ment is to make use of it as an examining to apply it is useless to anyons, and that body. While the writer dues not alto any educationál gygam should therefore gether approve of the Edifcation Depart try to develope to the utmost ability foment doing this, he recognises that at pre-stream of refugees from East Prussia had apply kacurledge. One of the best means to this end is the study of mathematics. This subject when properly Jaught is pre eminently suitable for training the mind In logical application of knowledge. Un fortunately, many torchers owing. -doubtless, to the theoretical nature of their

training-fail to appreciate the value of

mathematics from this point of view, and the impression that remains on the ininds of their pupils is that mathematics is simply & juggling with figures and symbols.

On the whole, 'great progress has been made during recent years in the teaching of mathematics, especially in the direction of the on ordination of what have coud to be looked upon as different branches of the subject," As a result of this, many exainining barlies how accept algebraical proofs of grometrical theorems and also algebraical solutions of qitëstions în aritô- madic This is as it should be, and it is) with great surprise that we read in the- Hongkong University Regulations for Junior and Senior Local Examinations that "In Arithmetic purely algebraic sola tions will not be accepted."

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has gradually faded ant of sight. Interest in his doings has waned; the Hindenburg stands alone in the fore

Press no longer covers him with praise. ground. He it was who saved the coun-

12t poets celebrate him no more. try when the Russian danger seemed so

Mparcely ever mentioned in imminent that even Berlin trembled. The public. People know vaguely that

he

is somewhere in the neigh given the capital a severe shock. Another | bourhood of Verdun, Stories of all shook was felt when, after the German re "kinds, nre-whispered about him, stories of trent from Warsaw, the Russians up the scandalous yet which circulate most proached the Silesian frontier, and the freely when the personages whom they. inhabitants of the "casternmost Silesian concern are most insensible. These of its refore easy to understand the deep gratieiemy countries, which repeats them with. towns began to flee westward. It is there-sories-komtimes reappear in the Press of Meantime, tude of the people to Hindenburg, as well incomprehensible credulity, the Department should see to it that as their admiration of his daring bows. There are doubtless good reasons why examination for the results of which it is appointment is worth recording. During ous as when he was the darling of the

The popiar account of Hindenburg's the Crown Prince is no longer as conspicu his active carver he had made a special war party; but there is little proof that R. FORGAN'S CELEBRATED CLUBS.

the wild tales told of him are true. did not cumela Berlin for the birth or the christening of his daughter, and was scarcely mentioned even on those occasions, Nevertheless, the illustrated papers sought to reassure the public by reproducing a photograph of him standing cony of his headquarters somewhere in

the bal-: France." Be his side stood his uncle TAYLOR'S Prinor Heary, who is known to have visit- caused increasing alarm in Berlin, the the Crown Prince at that moment. Kaiser bethought him of Hindenburg's Like the Crown Pring, the Emperor's prowess. Ono duy the General Commandobler sima nu-jonger enjoy the prominent

to make grants of public monies are con ducted on proper lings-that is, on lines which will send to the greatest develop

study of the defensive strategy of the East Prassim position, A the last great maneuvers in East Prussia ho jised his knowledge so successfully against the War Lord Bimreif that he incurred the Imperial, displeasure. Consequently, he retired. But when the Russians began to advance farther and farther into East Prussia, invested Konigsberg, the old

of ability to apply knowledge. One Step in this direction will be the removal from the examination syllabus of the con alition that "purely algebraic solutions will not be accepted in Arthmetlemand it is lo he inped Chas this step will be taken inpal eity, approached the Vistula, and

hour future.-Yours, Me

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On technical grounds alone this is in- defensible It is impossible to draw a dividing in between Arithmetic and Algebra. Newton, who was one of the greatest masters of Algebra, entitled his work on that subject Arithmetica Uni- versals," which may be freely translated| Already

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ing the German forces in East Prussia-publicity gives to tent during the first LADIES AND LEFT-HANDED CLUBS.

legraphed to headquarters that he was phne of the war. The struggle has become obliged to retire across the vistula. The struggle in which inrank and posi Kaiser replied. “Retiro across the Vistulation count for nothing. Popular favour. yourself, but leave your troops on the is now accorded only to energy, "proved other side" Then Hindenburg was per-capacity, power of organization, endur-

unded to take over the command.

anee and sacrifice.

THE SOURCE OF CONFIDENCE.

"Our Hindenburg" he is commonly called. Perhaps it is he who inspires that absolute confidence in the military position which pervades the country. In moments of crisis, when people' are "craving for a great leader, sue strong man may gain extraordinary ascendancy over the masses, Whenever I sought to analyze the reasons 55.95 for the German spirit of confidence. I came 249.05 in the last resort upon the name of. Hin.

denburg. 81.450.79 Legenda aro being woven around his per. soni, Scores of books have been writton 255,100.91 about him. His life is minutely described. The poets sing his praise. There are 266,306.70 volumes of Hindenburg anecdotes and

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OPIUM.

Stocks on July 1st wer? 473 Patna, 250. Benares, 541) Malwa, and 173 Persian and Turkish, In uncertified Bengal opium the balance of socks on July 1st was 167 Patna and 69 Benares. The amount buil-

| ed by Government monoply was 8 Patna

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| Hindenburg sayings, He is the idol of and 24 Benares. In the Bengal Marke:

the absence of business still continues WE

quotations reed.

unchanged:-- Patna, new. 80,325, old 89,200, very old Benares, now $0,050, old 88,925, 80,100. very old 88,825. Malwo Market.-Has remained extremely quiet with quotations as follows:--New to 3 years drug. #0;300.00. Older, $9,400.00.

5- German women, who deluge him with let

ters and presents, and every kind of asso- 256,551.25 ciation, down to the schoolboys' gym

2,317441

nastic clubs, has appointed hin an honor. In a Frankfurt beer halt 1 48,400.07ary member.

even found a. picture of him on the discs of cardboard which are placed under the beer mugs. I represented him as swriting the Russian bear on the head with such force that blood spurted out in all direc tions.

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There are no stocks and no demand for Feathers, and the condition of Ginger js Every German home has, of course, its unchanged. Cassia Oil is firm, but quiet. Hindenburg, picture, Miniature statues Star Aniseed Of) is quiet; 8lar Aniseed 17,457.29 of Hindenburg are sold by thousands. I weak. There are fairly largo-stocks

first realized his popularity when standing Ground Nuc but the market is quiet N. J. STABB. before a large shop window in one of the Some fair butinos has been done in Wood Hon. Trusurée. i min streets of Hamburg. The window | Oil. Human hair is quoted at prices per contained figures of the most prominent picui fo.b. Hongkong. As to Yunnana contemporary Germans in various sizes, Tin, the raport is to the effect that which were graduated so as to indicate smelters are short of stock, and that price: their relative positions in popular esteem. are up in Yunnan for raw tin. There is In the centre stood Hindenburg alose, com- nothing doing in Quicksilver, Saigon cas sia, or Call Nuts, and no business is re ported in Bristles.

· Hongkong, 2nd July, 1915.

GIFTS FROM HONGKONG. The following garments were sent hommanding, dominating, wrapped in his inst week by the women of Hongkong Canton and Macao:--- 106 Pairs socks.

the the heresy has arises that Algebra and Arithmetic must be considered as two Less discount on sub-coin for

purite subjrets, and many absurdities Thus we Gnet in Inve followed thereon. an Elementary Mathematics for Engineers. published in the year of grace 1914, state- ments such as this-" In Arithmetic 7 by 10 equal 7. but in Algebra 7 by ◊ equal 0.” Again, we have teachers insisting on eun- bersane. circuitocutory solutionsTMþeTM30- called - arithmetical problems, when, by generalising, simple solutions can readily be obtained. The effect on the youthful mind of this insistence is disastrous. Boys and girls, having been taught general methods of tackling problems, Le.. algebra, come across problems in arithmetic suit- able for the application of these methods. Naturally, they apply their knowledge. Then, mystery of mysteries, instead of be ing complimented on their acumen, they are rebuked and told to do the examples by arithmetic. Small matter for wonder Thus we find ability to apply knowledge lacking! If we train workmen in the * use of labour-saving tools, we should also train them to use these tools on every pos- · sible occasion. If, on the other hand, hay- ing taught them the use of the tools, we told them that in many cases, although the fools were admirably adapted to the work, they must not be used, could we wonder if - Low men should have their perceptive facul- ting blunted and became mere automata

able only

out carry

orders mechanically!

With the advent of Hongkong Univer sity, many people looked forward to gront. advancement in educational matters here.

for

to

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Sterilized bandages to Queen Mary's Needlework Guild. Friary Court, St. James' Palace, S. W.

Kaiser, about a quarter the size of the military cloak. In front of him stood th popular gerak. Before the Kaiser were a number of other princes and generais von Kluck, von Macteusen, von Einem, and Weddigen, Far away among the teaser lights was placed the Crown Prince, In grdinary times the shopkeeper would probably have incurred prosecution for Fèse majesté had he placed the Kaiser in a Lady May sends to us for publication position so subordinate. the following letters:----

116, Murray Street, Hoxton, N.

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The Cotton Yarn market generally has ruled quiet and weak in cousequence of the drop in Coton followed by re-sales in. Boshay at declining rates. Quotations are:-No 10s at 278/103, No. 12. at 895/100, No. 16s, at 807/116, No. 20s, at B/128. Arrivals-1.500 bales, Sales- 2,500 bales, Shipients-3,000. Unsold stock--38.000 bales. Bargains-15,000 bales. There is nothing doing in Woollens LONDON CUTTER. and the same applies to Bar Cotton.

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Business has been fair in Metals. A large business has been dous in lead, prices flucinating between $14.50 and $17.50. come Iiness being reported at much THE below home equivalents, buyers obtaining a rare bargain. No business in Yellow Metal has been done. There is no change in Petroleum Products and no stocks of No sales of Coal of importan? are report- Pepper, Camphor or Window Glass. ed. The Sugar marken is strong. There are no sales and ap stocks of Saltpetre.

SHANGHAI TRADE.

Messrs. Ilbert & Co.'s Pirce Goods Market Report says:-

WEDDIGEN AND THE KAISEN. The fame of Weddigen is of a different quality. Ifine touches a deep roman. Even more than the exploits ria, feeling. DEAR LADY MAY.--( enclose a letter from of the Anden, the deeds of his small sub the Secretary of the Belgian Department marine craft stand for the vindication & of the Women's Emergency Corps.

German sta power against an overwhelm- A friend told me they were march in need of clothes, so I sent a good many of

ing for.

He perzanihei rúthlem warfare your things there, and a worker at the against Britannia, who rules the wares.' faurice Hostel niso had some for some In the worship of Weddigen is concen- Belgian families who are in Hoxton, which England for having swept German ship: trated all the wrath of Germany against were much

Appreciated. I gave two little summer frocks to ping from the seas of the world, and all of our soldier's wives who is going to the hopes which the Fatherland cherishes. Littleston-on-Sea fer A holiday to a that it may presently after a war of attri Up till then the ultimate object of the Convalescent Home--she is very ill, poor girl, tion be able to deal crushing blows at higher classes in the schools had been then I hope it will do lier good. One of the British marisine power. Weddigen stands gowns was trimmed with Chinese drawn for German inventive gezias, for German antiquated, storentyped papers of the Ox thread work and she was delighted with it belief in organization, and for the spirit of ford Local Examinations, a grant having and promised to lend it to her sister for a self-sacrifice among German citizens.

summer outing we are arranging for then found pictures of Weddigen, wi L flags been given by the Education Department with some money my sister sent me. commemorating his attacks upon British There has been a fairly brisk demand for each certificate gained in these Our babies, too, much appreciate the nice battleships and celebrating his heroic cloths of all descriptions since the reopen- examinations. These exsinations had knitter things you all sent, and one wea death for his country, in the most distant ing of business after the Dragon festival, mite looks 20 sweet in a blue knitted coat parts of Germany, evin in the houses of and competitive buying for differcnd-out- been discarded in Scotland over twenty and banner to match. She has had bee poor Black Forest peasants and in the Bavarian lets on a market which is steadily being

little legs in plaster of Paris and the years previously, but they were still con:

to establish a radical improveninut in Bilered good enough for Hongkong. The ankles broken twice to try and enable her Alps, where no interest in German naval depleted of its sticks has enabled cellers

to walk, and now she is getting on. With aspirations had ever been felt.

Some rather sensa- A subtle change has occurred in the posi prices all round. prospect that these examinations would be many thanks, Yours sincerely.

tion of the Kaiser. Though he has, in ational advances over last prices have been replaced in Hongkong by examinations

sense, fallen into the background as compaid this week both for enction and sonducted by the new University was a

pared with Hindenburg and Weddigen, it private chops, but when viewed in the is certain that he has never been so univer- light of replacing costs, a declining rate pleasing ono, Surely, people thought, s

ally popular in Germany as he is to-day supplies, these are no more than justifi- of exchange, and the growing scarcity of modern University will conchiet

No one makes him responsible for the war.

abic, and merely represent a gradual examinations on modern lines and the

All classes of his subjects believe that he advance that would very probably bare fried to the last to prevent it.

When, despite his efforts, it was brought on by spread itself over the past few months had it not been for the partial suspension the determination of the foe to crush. the of business caused by the Japanese crisis. military power of Germany in order to

On the other hand, clearances til leave annihilate ber trade and industry, the

a good deal to be desired, but this must bur inevitably remedy itself in the near to Lady May and the ladies of Hongkong Kaiser shouldered the heavy who have so kindly supplied them. We are den

deepest sorrow, and has future, judging from the substantial almost destitute of clothing of all kinds at since sacrificed all his personal interests native resales made during the past for Possibly a good deal of the prosent, and we have had to turn Belgians for the country. He has willingly accept weeks.

ed a subordinate position in order to give money available for financing ports is way for lack of anything to give them.

free play to the strong men whose ability being temporarily invested in yarn, of is able to command victory. He is which deliveries are very satisfactory, and garded as having set an example in simple the liquidation of these in the interior living and in the prevention of waste. He may be the turning point in clearances of

pisce goods.

its

H. LLOYD THOMAS.

{Enclosure.]

Women's Emergents Corps

10, York Place, Baker Street, W.

May 25th.

Please express our most grateful thanks

standard will rise. But no! While we Belgian Clothing Department. find the Scotch Education Department 'n DEAR MANI cannot tell you how delighted we were with the beautiful glothes a memorandum as to teaching of Higher you have sent us. Arithmetic and Algebra saying that Algebra should at the outse: be treated as an extension and generalisation of Arithmetic," and even the Oxford Local Examination Syllabus saging. that in Arithmetic "the use of Algebraic symbols -and-proceses is permitted, wo find Hongkong University syllabus saying that

We should be most grateful if you could help us again at any future time. Again thanking you for what you have already done, Yours fanskiudly,

D. DE LANGSFORFF, AN

TAILORS,

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HONGKONG.

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