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48 CHINA MISSION VP^AR BOOK.learning so many things, literary elegance may be sacrificed to some extent, and this may be carried so far thatofficial documents and books will demand a less rigidconformance to high standards than formerly. It ishardly probably that the best style of writing can beacquired by those who have so many new subjects to bemastered, while at the same time they are expected tobe men of good physique. The introduction of sportsand games, while adding to the physical strength ofpupils, takes away from them time which was formerlydevoted to poring over books. If a stalwart race ofmen, who know something about life and itsresponsibilities, can be produced, there will not be muchwailing over the loss of an elegant method of expressingideas of supererogation.From the large number of students who have goneto foreign countries to pursue courses of study, it mighthave been expected that the supply of well-qualifiedteachers would be proportionate to the demand, butunfortunately such is not the case. Only a very smallnumber of returned students devote themselves to thework of teaching. Even those who do find positions inschools rarely expect to devote their lives to teaching,but only make it a stepping-stone to other more lucrativeemploy ineiit. This is to be expected in the case ofteachers of elementary schools, but not in the case of thehigher schools. These should be able to secure andretain permanently the services of men who have received thorough training. It should have been possibleby this time to secure returned students as teachers inevery important position in all Provincial Colleges.The Board of Education at Peking and the ProvincialBureaus of Education should also have had a goodsupply of them for their work. Up to the present,however, it remains true that this class has not contributed any appreciable influence toward the spread ofthe new education of which they themselves are theproducts. Too little of the altruistic spirit has been
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS. 49found among them. This can be explained to someextent by the urgent demand for them in lucrativeGovernment positions, but they are more needed inschools than anywhere else.In this rapid and imperfect survey of the presentcondition of education in China, the conclusion is reachedthat there iscoming to be a better recognition of thereal educational needs of the Empire. Emphasis is beingplaced upon the development of elementary education,while at the same time provision is made for instructionin higher schools. There has been no slackening ofzeal for education, but the immensity of the problem ofintroducing a new education which should be joined onto the old has been more widely appreciated. This hasresulted in more careful deliberation before new stepswere taken than characterized some of the things donein former years. The traditions of the country havefavoured thorough and broad educational requirements,and they also make certain the ultimate solution of itspresent difficult problem of universal education.J. C. FERGUSON.BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL MISSION TO UNITEDSTATES OF AMERICA.This Bureau was organized by order of an ImperialEdict in the yth Moon of the ist year of H. I. M.Hsuan-tung (1909). All affairs connected with thesending of Chinese students to the U. S. are managedby H. E. Chow Tsz-chi, Director ;H. E. Tong Kai-sonand Fan Yuen-lien, Co-Directors, who are assisted by astaff engaged from different parts of the Empire. Itspresent offices are situated in a large alley called ShihChia Hutung, off Teng Shih Kou, Peking. It is placedunder the joint control of the Waiwu Pu (Board ofForeign Affairs) and the Hsio Pu (Board of Education).
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GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS. 49found among them. This can be explained to someextent by the urgent demand for them in lucrativeGovernment positions, but they are more needed inschools than anywhere else.In this rapid and imperfect survey of the presentcondition of education in China, the conclusion is reachedthat there iscoming to be a better recognition of thereal educational needs of the Empire. Emphasis is beingplaced upon the development of elementary education,while at the same time provision is made for instructionin higher schools. There has been no slackening ofzeal for education, but the immensity of the problem ofintroducing a new education which should be joined onto the old has been more widely appreciated. This hasresulted in more careful deliberation before new stepswere taken than characterized some of the things donein former years. The traditions of the country havefavoured thorough and broad educational requirements,and they also make certain the ultimate solution of itspresent difficult problem of universal education.J. C. FERGUSON.BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL MISSION TO UNITEDSTATES OF AMERICA.This Bureau was organized by order of an ImperialEdict in the yth Moon of the ist year of H. I. M.Hsuan-tung (1909). All affairs connected with thesending of Chinese students to the U. S. are managedby H. E. Chow Tsz-chi, Director ;H. E. Tong Kai-sonand Fan Yuen-lien, Co-Directors, who are assisted by astaff engaged from different parts of the Empire. Itspresent offices are situated in a large alley called ShihChia Hutung, off Teng Shih Kou, Peking. It is placedunder the joint control of the Waiwu Pu (Board ofForeign Affairs) and the Hsio Pu (Board of Education).
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