'The attitude of Chinese students. to-day is showing a marked change from that of the past few years. 'One hears on all sides that' they are devoting their time now to their proper work rather than to the anti-Christian and -foreign movements which have recently absorbed all their activities. According to a well-known Chinese educational lender, the tendency of students nowadays is directed towards constructive efforts: the majority are said to realize the folly of interfering in politics and to be studying "harder than ever before." This. has beer shown not only educational institutions. Take, for instance, Kiangwan. the students have subscribed handsome sum of money for a gymnasium, which is now being completed, and they are hoping to raise more money for another build~ ting, to be used as an assembly hall. Altogether a very welcome change, on which students are to be congratulated.
Chinese and the Parks Correspondence now perun aga on the question of admitting Chi-basis of their feeling innocent one, namely, that some peoples dislike crowds—any crowds, quite irrespective of who they are composed of—and others do not. But Chinese feel equally, indeed far more, strongly, on the subject, as one can quite well understand. fs unpleasantly invidious that any down-attheels. beachcomber can fenter the parks and a well-dressed Chinese cannot. On such points there is nothing to be gained going back into ancient history indeed the less we do so in matters generally between foreigners and Chinese, the better, perhaps: delving' into precedents and fundfamentals results in very little but more argument and bad temper. Dp we not all want to make a new
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