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EDUCATIONAL OUTLOOK IN

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The following is a paper by the Rey C. Ferguson, read before the E sociation at Shanghai, on May, and should be of interest to many of our readers among whom the educational question has recently been discussou

which, according to a Kaifeng dispatch pub listed last week in these "Notes" after being reported "suppressed," broke out again about a fortnight ago with redoubled virulence in the same districts, namely, Piyanghsien, Tang -hsien, T'ungpåhhsion, etc.,, is now said to have We assemble to day under the shadow of the been due not only on account of the summary terrible scourge of two years ago which threat- decapitation of a popular chief, Hsi Sino-faened to carry into its vortex of ruin all our

teachi

in any

to impress itself upor of local control. Each provinca anorga government by itself and control its own schools, Just each canton controls its ach

Another national chara

Switzerland: because of the

HE CHINA & JAPAN TELEPHONE" but mainly owing to the~ruthlessness of the schools and colleges along with ovaryta Edaptation to local circui

imops operating against the insurgents, teise to which the taint of being, foreign couls is stated by rafugees, who fled to Kaifeng in any degree be applied. The seriousness of from Piyang, that, on the plea of "search those events which opened for a time the mouth ing for those who set fire to R. C. churchos

of the dark cavern of latent batred which over and murdered Christians," but really of lurks under the footsteps of each one of us, course for the sake of revenge for their previous, defeats and the instinct for plunder may well, abide with us and increasingly lead great differences, int language and modes of and pillage, the Government troops actually "wiped out," that is to say, rated to the ground several villages and massacred every man, woman, and child that happened to be there

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when the soldiers, surrounded them. The outrages, and massacrès perpetrated upon in- nocent and defenceless women and children, were said to be heartrending, even by the troops themselves, when they marched back to the walled cities in triumph (?) with numberless, heads of the called rioters, either dangling on the sides of the saddles of the mounted tooops, or stuck on the pikes and bayonets of the foot

surrection is spreading and will soon envelop, all Honan.

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THE REBELLION IN KUANGSI, '

us ton discriminating consideration of the complex life of the nation with which we are dealing. Since our last meeting we have had forced-upon our thoughts the tremendous fact that beyond the narrow circle of those to whom our schools extend their benign influences there stands the unnumbered multitude whose blank unmeaning faces but half conceal the suspicion or hatred of their hearts. It is with. either as a leavening influence which may this multitude that we have finally to deal

unperceived penetrate the whole mass or as an

the depth of its penetmilon. It is an ancient opposing force whose momentum must decide

saying that

KNOWLEDGE 5 POWER. but is the glory of all educational effort that.

ideas with

life, Just as in the United States, each state, so it is bound to be in China The example has its own independent educational systom of Japan in having a strongly centralized system under control of one Board of Educa- was able to follow the systems of France and stion in the capital cannot be imitated. Japan

Germany but the Germans 376

TOO DISCIPLINED AND TOO

DISCIPLINABLE

and the French are too highly centralized in their tendencies to serve as guides for China America has too many systems to be of any

guidance. Neither can England with lis Elementary Board and Parochial schools, its High Elementary schools, its independent Etons and Harrowsand its ultra-conservative. Univer

sities fumisti a guide to China unul it is able to of Education which will bring order out of

chaos. Some such example as Switzerlandmust

this power is exercised over the minds rather agencies which connect one mind with another make it possible to disseminate ideas

lastic rapidity. It is toward these agencies be found where with no surrender of local free- that our efforts are directed in the hope that dom or local aristocratic literary guidance, some. such dissemination or diffusion may finally national form of intelligent control may be exer. affect the mass. which surrounds our small cised. Each province must be allowed to tax it circle, changing it from hostile to friendly self and to spend its own money for education The agile Corsican moved with startling raas freely as it pleases and the central authority pidity over the map of Europe, inspiring must confice itself to general conditions as to courage or destroying hope, but more rapid is age limits, cumculum, promotions, qualifica- the march of ideas through the minds of mentions of teaching staff, numbers of pupila efca It is in the army of ideas that we serve and in their triumph is our hopes.

The present condition of educational work, whether conducted by Missionary societies or

One other factor should enter into the de mination of a national system. It should be

really adapted to the needs of the present age in China and should be based upon the

"LIFE THAT IS TO BE/LED.”.

It is not sufficient that there should be strong

various schools, Mark Hopkins: illiams

College or at one end of a log was Presid

A Wachang, capital af Hupch, dispatch states as follows:Viceroy Chang Chih-tung keeps than "aver the bodies of men. The subtlestablish the authority of the proposed: Board himself informed not only of the insurrection in f'iyang, Tanghsion and Tungpeh, Honan BATTERIES,

province, which lie only a few miles from his northern frontiers, but H.E. also keeps in close CHEMICA

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*LECTRIC BELLS, vince. That latest news received by B.E. from the Governor of that province, Ting Chen-tu; is to the effect that no less than twenty-six hsien and shou-districts and departments are now in the hands of the rebels and that, "unless extrapeous help from neighbouring provinces be sent to the Kuangsi officials, the rebellion. will surely spread northward, as it has already. done so southwards, having already almost enveloped the frontiers of Yunnan and Kuci- chou." Under these circumstances Viceroy by the Government, exhibits the same elements Chang Chih-tung is cogitating whether to send of vagueness and uncertainty that, now char- a force of some 8,000 modern armed and dis.acterise the general political situation of men of earnest characters at the head of the ciplined troops southwards to assist the Go China. Two leading Missionary Colleges i

of Chihli Province have been destroyed vernors of Kucichou and Kuangai; but here again H.E. muat needs pause, for should his and one Govemment College at Tient Garfield's ideal of a great teacher. Arnold sin, all of the other schools throughout carried away from Oxford with him and infused best troops be sent away from Wuchang, whom could he depend upon if the Honan rebellion the North and West of China have either been into Rugby the great ideal, that education and spread into his province of Hupeh? Hence it temporarily abandoned for at least some religious education

Location were the same Both of is acknowledged in Wuchang that Viceroy months or have been utterly destoyed. The

"these" men gave themselves with uns Chang is in a quandary and chafes daily at his day schools which were depended upon to devotion to the ordinary aims of this ols of impotence, due to want of funds, every dollar supply pupils for the

their times through which they strove available being required for the payment of

high individual characters. But more than this is now needed in China. There baya study of the meaning and tendencies methods, and of their adaptation to life. An educational ideal must be and this ideal must be worked off into ben model of any other country, can We must consider what education is needed. for the Mandarin, for the merchant, for the office-man, for the farmer, for the soldier, for the working-man, for girls. Vire those who intend to go into the Government to have the same train who do not ? Shall secondary. game for all caisses or shall those who-cannot tako a higher education he given a different training from those who do? These are all practical questions which must be solved the light of national needs." Obins in many respects is very democratic which is due to

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HUPEH INFECTED AT LAST.

HIGHER SCHOOLS have shared the general fate. In all other parts of China with the single exception of Shanghal According to a telegraphic dispatch received it is safe to say that school, work has been here on Saturday evening from Wuhang, by seriously interfered with by the troubles and the local high mandarins, the insurrection in that it has not yet regained the secure position Honan has spread into the Hupeli frontiers at that it previously held. Under the pressure last, and a large body of insurgents is now threat-stern necessity and in the proximity of a foreign ening the city of Tsaoyanghsien. A disgrace army of occupation the Government has issued ful scene is alleged to have occurred at Tano Imperial Edicts ordering the establishment of yanghsion upon the appearance of the insur- schools througout the Empire and instructing gents in the vicinity. The actors were the the provincial authorities to carry the order Chinwu Brigade, consisting of over 2,000 mes, into effect. The Peking University has been which was ordered from Hanyang by Viceroy resuscitated and an attempt made to constitutes Chang Chih-tung to Tsaoyangusien, not long Hoard of Education. In some provinces old Col- ago, to prevent the Piyang, insurgents, over the leges which had been abandoned were brought Horan border, from entering Hupeh territory, to life to answer the demand for a provincial N EXPERIENCED FOREMAN for a

As soon as these so-called "soldiers" saw the College Small schools have sprung up every ΑΝ

Government Timber Mill Must be thor flags of the Hanan insurgents approaching where either to teach English or science, or oughly acquainted with the erection and Tsaoyanghsien, they at once threw down

the Chinese language in a new méthod. Mis management of Timber-cutting Machinery; their arms and fled everywhere. Only 500 sionary Societies are promptly reopening their Forward copies of recent testimonials and stale Salary required to

men of the Brigade remained at their schools, and in Peking a notable attempt is DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, posts, but showed themselves badly scared. being made to unite the schools of the various

SANDAKAN,

Missions into a co-operative institution. 3rd February, 1902.

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Activity is everywhere exhibited but if is safe to say that neither in the schools under the control of the Government nor in those estab lished by Missionary Societies is there as yet any

Hongkong, 29th January, 1902.

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THE 'INSURRECTION IN N.-E. CHIRLI As is perhaps already well-known by readers of these "Notes," in the north-eastern portion of Chibli province, that is, in Jeho territory and Ch'aoyanghsien, in Chengtefu, there has boen, since the winter of 1901, an insurrection -in-full blast there, where although the well- known General Ma Yuk'un is conducting 1770operations in person, with over 10,000 men under him, peace has not yet been restored, It is now reliably stated that the reason of

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supply the local needs of their communities, neither does it seem the Government to decide upon an educational policy until many other administrative have been fixed. The time, therefore,

General Ma's non-success has been owing to gent appreciation of necessary the deep hatred with which he is regarded the Chinese Government, eil by the inhabitants of that portion of Chilili, federal or provincial udministration in consequence of which he has sucupon its future educationa ceeded,, on the contrary, only in setting the be impossible for Miss whole region-which he was sent to "pacity" do anything ablaze, instead of bringing the insurgents, at ifirst only about 4,000 of them, to terms. The cause of this deep hatred was that, upon finding on his anival at Chaoyanglisten, that the insurgents were extremely refractory, (through, long continued success against the local forces), well-regulated system of educati General Ma Yu-k'un inaugurated harsh mea has not yet arrived and we chand sures against them and specially memorialised ward to anything but a continuation of S the Throne for permission to sweep the whole present vagueness and uncertainty country clean" and extend no mucy to anyonel China establishes a national.

It is unquestionable, howeve in arms, or hostile to the Governments. This Tion it will be determined naturally gave great umbrage' to the people acteristics and must be allas of Jeho and Ch'aoyang, and General Mä at pace found everyone there openly against to the education of the past

be safe to describe the him. To crown all, the Empress Dowager refused to hear of the General's scheme, which China has folle but ordered him to use “pacific” measures sent time as a comp and "exhout the insurgents to surrender under jects and methods of teaching a promise of pardon. The upshot of the maiter is that General-Ma. Yu-kun finds his, hands tied and is yet expected to suppress the either been supervised nor Hlasurrection, while, on the other hand, his, and its only restric scheme has aroused the whole region, so that of the pupils to atte the insurrection: is fast becoming" rébellion, encourage, doubtless,, by the successess of would make then their flow provincials in the southwest Intions. short) General Ma Yü

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