In suggesting methods of meeting the difficulty, Dr, Pott recommended that emphasis should be laid on Chinese until students were fourteen or fifteen years old, an hour a day to be given to Chinese when they entered college, and only two subjects to be studied at a time. Diplomas of graduation should not be given until the course in Chinese as well as English had been completed. With regard to teachers, the average Chinese teacher had lost prestige in the eyes of students, who Jooked upon him as an old fossil knowing little about modern subjects. The pupil pitied the instruefor, and prided himself upon his superior wisdom. Present day needs might be met by colleges employing in their Chinese Depart-
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