IIIF Color HighRes
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RECORDS OF THE JOURNEY
Sections II and III each entitle graduates to wear a mandarin's button and to aspire to a mandarin's office (though after another examination).
There is also a preparatory school here for children. There are only 14 masters, 3 of whom are Japanese, the rest being Chinese from Shanghai, Peiping and Hupeh. There is only one from Shensi and he was educated in Shanghai.
The tuition fee is 6o taels a year. Food and gymnastic uniforms. free. — The subjects taught are as follows:
Chinese mathematics mechanics
» literature chemistry Japanese
history physics law (?)
pedagogics natural science English
rules of propriety (?) .. topography (?) duties and rights
geography drawing
The »Tsung hsiao tang» (of the same type as those supposed to exist in every »fu» district). Opened 3 years ago. 5 years' course. Entrance examination in Chinese and arithmetic. Graduates are entitled to enter the »Kao teng hsiao tang», though after an entrance examination. — The fee for tuition is i /2 tael per month. Pupils from other provinces io taels per year.
6 masters, r of whom is Japanese. Of the others there is one from Shanghai for English and gymnastics. None of the Chinese masters have studied abroad. — 120 pupils (20 not from Shensi). Subjects:
Chinese arithmetic drawing
rules of propriety Chinese classical literature .. English
history of China natural science (no master for
botany) gymnastics
geography physics exercises and marching
The »Hsieuing hsie kao teng hsiao hsiao tang» (a type of lower elementary school, compulsory for children in every hsien and large place). Opened 3 years ago. 4 years' course which entitles graduates to enter a »tsung hsiao tang». 3 masters, all from Si-an-fu. — 50 pupils (14-20 years old). Free tuition. Subjects:
| Chinese poetry and literature essay writing recitation | history writing geography drawing natural science gymnastics rules of propriety marching and exercises | |||
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study of the soul (only in section II) gymnastics rifle exercises
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