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BOYS EDUCATION IN PUKIEN 290The last few years have witnessed aiTi . ,greatj ,T |improvement in our day school curriculum.Several missions have the uniform curriculum proposed bythis Association. A closer co-operation with the Government where possible, will help us not only in unifying ourown curriculum, but will be of great help in forwarding theinterests of elementary education suited to the needs of theChinese. The uniform examinations have been a greatstimulus to the lower primary schools where they have beenadopted. They have improved the teaching, the curriculum,and have sent more boys to the higher schools.^n ^ieManagementmanagement of our day schools greatprogress has been made. There used to be atime when the day schools were regarded as the peculiarpossession of some individual. When he left the mission orthe station there was a slump in the day schools. Thiscondition fortunately prevails far less than formerly. Theschools are being controlled more and more by responsible,boards of Chinese and foreigners who plan the curriculum,set up standards for the teachers, employ and dischargeteachers. The supervision of the schools is better thanformerly. The question arises whether we have not come tothe stage when we can profitably organize a union board forall day schools of the missions working in North Fukien andemploy Chinese supervisors in.visiting the schools. Suchunion work would make for efficiency, vitality and economy.The day school has no greater enemy than isolation. Unionand emulation are its life.^ uThe^ ort iern FukienTeacherincluding Hiughwathere are 401 day school teachers. Of theseall but thirty-four are church-members. As to theirtraining 238 or fifty -nine per cent have had Chinese trainingonly, ninety-one or twenty-two and six tenths per cent aregraduates of normal schools. Nine are graduates oftheological schools, three are graduates of middle schools.After sixty-eight years of work for children we are stillemploying fifty-nine per cent of our teachers with Confuciantraining only. Twenty-two and six tenths per cent, lessthan one in four, are men with any special preparation for