Is Foreign Education Really to Their Good?-Some Points on Which It Breaks Down Peking, Jan. 25.
'A question which has been given some prominence of late, "Whether (Chinese students should' or should not be educated" (7 aprond) was jeonsidered at the weekly meeting fof the Rotary Club of Peking on Thursday last, when Dr. Wilson Leon Godshall, lecturer on Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, delivered a reasoned and well balanced address. His arguments may be summarized under the heads of advantages and disadvantages. Under the former Jcome: 1—Familiarity with foreign languages. 2.—Familiarity foreign customs and manners. 3.—[Close contact with democratic forms government. 4—Close contact with, modern educational systems. 5.—Commereial and industrial contacts, with the advantages of seeing things done on a large and efficient scale. ong [Opportunity to correct misunderstanding and misconceptions of China in the minds of foreign peoples. 8.—Close observance of important sociological matters, sanitation, ete, and 9—Attendance first-class' colleges and universities.
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