We have now in the city " prefectural middle school drawing students from the surrounding hsien primary schools, The building, erected on the site of thooid exantination halls, presents quite an imposing sppedrance. Six teachers have been engaged, amongst whom are included an instructor in English and another in Japanese. The school has been opened now for about a. month, but unfortunately there has been considerable friction between the pupils and their superiors. The former objected to the food arrangementa and turned to and beat the officer in charge. Some of them also refused to accept as correct the solution of certain ari medical problems as given by th teacher and referred their contention to higher authorities in the capital. For several days the students from two hsiens did not attend. Prefect Fu, accordingly, has his hands full trying to maintain peace. On the street, too, these students wear a very haughty overbearing disposition. As they appear usually in squads, no one dares enter into " dispute with any of them or he may be maltreated. By their rude staring and conversation they have made themselves especially embarrassing for our school girls. To those brought up under the old educational regime the conduct of many of these upstarts with their slight smattering of Western Knowledge, comparative ignorance of the ancient classics, disrespect for their teachers, and haughtiness to others appears very contemptible.
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