Morgan County Star | 1912-08-31 | Page 3 | Life of Chinese Students

LIFE OF CHINESE STUDENTS exercise Is not given attention it should receive in far east colleges much superstition the me life of at the chinese college student Is 1 different diffene n t in many ways from that of 11 students la in our own universities the chinese student Is not col very trong strong physically he ha has baa stooped shoulders boulders and a pale complexion ills his life Is not wholesome for he sleeps in a small email room which is not ventilated and he does not eat very wholesome food exercise Is not given the attention it should he have ve in the chinese corege the intercollegiate sports include a 10 0 yard dash the high jump pole vault yard run and a football game in the imperial university at pekin the teachers are gathered from all parts of the tha world the chinese believe that topics that are foreign to them should be taught by foreigners the students accept practically all of the foreign teachings except modi clie cine the which la Is taught la Is largely chinese and la Is made ul ui of many maui superstitious superstitions the chinese b believe that a man man has baa nine pulses and two hearts hoi irta they do not believe in cutting up dead human bodies for the purpose of studying their parts as we do they would not do this bee because ause they think the disembodied spirit might return to punish them through torture