ATHENS, Nanking, February 4.
Nanking may well be called the Athens of China, The average foreign resident: is very well' informed if he happens to know all the government schools to say nothing of the semiofficial: and the mission school. In official life the school. seems to occupy the first position. To be a Director of.
school is to be s mare important personage than to be one of the ralers of the people.
The boundary stones for another large school have just been put down inside the Han Si Men. A besntifal tract of fifty mow is to be enclosed and buildings erected for a Normal Training School for girls, Besides those controlled the missions, there are several girls' schools in the city and within the enclosure of the Viceroy's yamen is scbvol attended by both boys and girls, China is really moving and th old city of Nanking it from the head of the procession, ly graduated four young ladies. Lady Tuan, the Viceroy's wile sent an address to be read to the class and a present of satin to each member of it, Addresses were given in person by the Commissioner of Education, the United States Consul, Judge MoNally, and the Japanese Consul, Mr. Funatsue. The mission schools for girls of Nankiog have a tentative scheme for anion and, in a limited way, will work together by " division of labour until more effective schemes can be realized.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.