| Show I WISE MEN OF CHINA CTUOV PHILOSOPHERS FOR ALL THEY ARE WORTH Thin Theyre aappmed la tinnyAsd It lhs em perm want 0 Ilan t lion 0 alemlel Iha t hllsoplter I Called ds to llo U Special Letter 1 III ChioNe Are a r D 5F people I ambitious ar tor literary honors They seek knowl edge from the writ Inc of Coafuclus I end other ancient j p li losopheri I and v have not In heat he-at laid stress on what may be styled the practical side of education the aide that enable one to use to advantage that which he has acqulre1 and that Incite one to acquire Iho kind of knowledge most likely lo be ot use A Chinese young man of ambition fetes to pass an examination The examination halls at ioochow would probably cover some six or eight nerd situated In tho heart of tho city A long street runs from the gale to the mala or middle examination hall In title btillJIng tho various officials ill and receive for comparison rtsaji I presented by students Half way from end to end title street li I niched by u guard lower some flay feet In height and about tho grounds four other guard houses lure situated Running off from the main street spoken off are MO aisles In each ot which are fifty or more cells three by four feet with seat In bnck nnd slid ing board which Is put In place after Iho student bras taken hli position and serve ai a desk Thun there li I acs comodalloni for aboul 10000 students The first degree n man may obtain at any ot the smaller town for tho second sec-ond he mint go to Iho Too or capital of hli province On thin lint day ot r these competitions the various I I scholars schol-ars arrive nt the examlnallon I halls and I In passing through the entrance I I gate each la I presented with n slip ot paper containing the subject upon which ho Is I to write nn essay and flat number of aisle and cell he U I to occupy oc-cupy On finding Iho proper location the student la locked In by tho guard on duty and li I then seated In a cell three by four feet with solid stonework stone-work on three sides while the front U I open to the alleyway with a dead wall opposite which form Ibo bnck of the next line ot cells He remains In this cell three days and two nights cooking all hli food on A small charcoal char-coal stove which he hai brought with him provision nnd coal being provided pro-vided every morning by friend through tho guard Then ho li I dismissed and may go homo for n few dupe after which he returns nnd again goes Into tlio cell Thli complete tho examination tae paper nro handed lo the censors nnd at the end ot n week or so the result li I announced on big placards Not many pass ono time out at 10000 only 10 students were successful Hucccisrui iiiiiicnia are at onco lion tied Danqueti are spread In their honor they become men of much Importance Im-portance They may go to Iekln tho capital of China where they may study for tho third degree and If successful suc-cessful In thus also nro expectant officials offi-cials They reecho no compensation from tho government but their namea are put on n list and It a vacancy oc con ono of these li I railed to fill It They are mipposrd to bo prepared to lead an army command n man of war or rule n province AntI yet they have really only passed such nn cxamlna ill o > KXAMINATION HAUL AT 100 Chow tlon ns might lie held In this country on tho writing of Carlylo or the poems of Shelley |
