Warren rox THe "Nonru Cnina Datty News."
A charge is sometimes laid against the Central Government of China, that it is lacking in power to make its the past, this charge was but tressed by facts, and could harllly be successfully rebutted. To-day, however, it would fected, the course dotermiaed at Poking must be followed in Yunnan. Perhaps no more mark oil example of the change that has come over China in this regard la forthcoming than the striking way in which the old edacational system has gone by the board, i raged in the lust decade, which, though apparently counteracted for the time, have mate their influence felt, and among them the otiots for which Kang was rosponsib! as it may, what is incontrovertible is that, as if'by magic, the old has gone, gone as suddenly and as irrevocably '8 useless cargo ina listing ship when thrown into the soothing waters. Un. tried as yet, but full of promise, now Is have arisen ab ove risen, and boon at least partially adoptot. Not only s0, but the thoroughness of the transition is equally noteworthy. After the passing of Forator's E: tucstional in England, Board Schools did not rine more generally, nor more rapidly, than the new typo of, Hoktong has risen almost every important country town, not to speak of walled @ion, throughout the South of China. They have come into existence in hundreds and probably in thousands. The of the teachers in those Hokton; know, to teach the sch derstand," and to my mind that is foundation of all that is to follow. The old aim was to teach the lad to remember the sounds which wore given to the characters, often incorrectly, and in the majority of cases little further was attempted, and nothing further accomplished. Whatever there fore the books contained, was as sealed to the scholar as the roll of the Revelxtion which was sealed with seven seal Immediately all this is changed I have recently visited some these Hoktongs, in the country d trict of Kuangtung, and chatted with those who have charge of the now syatom of education. The text-books employ-compared with the old regime, '48 different in their aim as the heavens are from the earth, Not only are the characters explained, but most of the textbooks are filled with illest which, though somewhat crude, gi scholarsjsome idea at lerist of the entity the character representa. I handled
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