Tokio, April 4.
The Peeresses Department of the Peers' School, an institution to give education to the girls of the upper classes in Japan, has decided to teach them sociology starting with the new term this month. Mr. Takimura, B.a., has been appointed to hold the chair.
It is anticipated that the outlook on society of the ladies of the higher classes who have not been in contact hitherto with practical life will undergo considerable change in the future.—Eastern News Agency.
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