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290 GENERAL AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONinjustice. This has been fully appreciated by the Committeeand especially by Dr. Sailer who drew up the Report. Itis rather by way of inviting fuller study of this importantphase of educational work than of attracting criticism uponit, that the Report is given to the public. Whatever hasbeen written in the Report, has breathing through it a spiritof sympathetic understanding of the limitations and difficulties under which educationists in China must labour,and a spirit of eagerness to help the educationists solve theirproblems and give their students the best that experienceand knowledge are able to recommend.The Report attempts first, to discuss theScope of . .Report .^-n n i -M /naimoi middle schools in .bast China, next,to give its impressions as to the extent to which these aimsare being attained, and finally, to make such recommendations as it believes may lead to improvement. In particularit calls attention to successful experiments in certainschools which it believes should be made the common property of all. I. AimsThe Committee suggests as a statement oftheStatementgeneral aim of education that it is to fitthe individual for the most efficient participation in the great social institutions of the family, vocation,community, church and state. The word "efficient" inthis definition implies not merely adjustment, contribubut"tion to the welfare of these institutions. Christian educationcan not be content with things as they are. Its constantaim is to transform individuals and all the institutions oisociety through them. More particularly the aim of anyschool depends on certain conditions. These are (1) the destination, both immediate and ultimate, of those who leave theschool. The school of course may properly undertake to influence this destination. (2) The foundations on which theschool has to build, both of previous formal schooling and theinformal education that comes from social surroundings.Under this head should be included the stage of development the pupils have attained, and individual differenceswhich may be clue to their selection from certain grades of

REPORT OP THE COMMITTEE ON MIDDLE SCHOOLS 291society. (3) The length of stay, the schooling being responsible for exerting a helpful influence upon those whostay a short time as well as those who graduate. The resources of the school must also be considered.Missionary ideals of education, more or1es8 exP^ c^ w^ a^ so strongly influence thetyP f education. It will make a great1difference, for instance, whether the schoolattempts (1) to evangelize and leaven as many non-Christianstudents as possible ; (2) to evangelize and leaven pickednon-Christian students; (3) to furnish training to as manyChristian children as possible; (4) to train Christian leadersand workers; (5) to influence government education; (6) tosupplement government education along certain lines ; (7)to run as cheaply as possible. One or more of these andother aims seem to influence schools in different parts of theterritory, but often they appear to bo neither consciouslynor consistently held.II.Impression as to the Extent to which Aims are AttainedQIn general, the Committee receives therajImpressions impression that at least in details muchmissionary educational effort is going moreor less wide of the mark. Many schools seem to be followingtraditional methods without sufficient reason, or are deliberately aiming at American models which were not devised tomet Chinese conditions. In too many cases the ideal seemsto be to set up a curriculum and methods which would boconsidered creditable in America. While much that was seenis a cause for congratulation, the Committee fools that aimsneed to bo more definite and records and information moreexact in order that the actual measure of failure and successmay be more clearly ascertained, and more intelligent effortsput forth to overcome the shortcomings. Nothing but itsappreciation of the tremendous importance of the highestquality of results would justify the Committee in callingattention to what seemed failures of the missionaries whoare putting so much prayer and sacrifice into their work.

290 GENERAL AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONinjustice. This has been fully appreciated by the Committeeand especially by Dr. Sailer who drew up the Report. Itis rather by way of inviting fuller study of this importantphase of educational work than of attracting criticism uponit, that the Report is given to the public. Whatever hasbeen written in the Report, has breathing through it a spiritof sympathetic understanding of the limitations and difficulties under which educationists in China must labour,and a spirit of eagerness to help the educationists solve theirproblems and give their students the best that experienceand knowledge are able to recommend.The Report attempts first, to discuss theScope of . .Report .^-n n i -M /naimoi middle schools in .bast China, next,to give its impressions as to the extent to which these aimsare being attained, and finally, to make such recommendations as it believes may lead to improvement. In particularit calls attention to successful experiments in certainschools which it believes should be made the common property of all. I. AimsThe Committee suggests as a statement oftheStatementgeneral aim of education that it is to fitthe individual for the most efficient participation in the great social institutions of the family, vocation,community, church and state. The word "efficient" inthis definition implies not merely adjustment, contribubut"tion to the welfare of these institutions. Christian educationcan not be content with things as they are. Its constantaim is to transform individuals and all the institutions oisociety through them. More particularly the aim of anyschool depends on certain conditions. These are (1) the destination, both immediate and ultimate, of those who leave theschool. The school of course may properly undertake to influence this destination. (2) The foundations on which theschool has to build, both of previous formal schooling and theinformal education that comes from social surroundings.Under this head should be included the stage of development the pupils have attained, and individual differenceswhich may be clue to their selection from certain grades of

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