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Show GET KNOWLEDGE OF COUNTRY Japanese School Children Go on Out-Incja Out-Incja as Part of Their 8ystem of Education. In Jit n n. beyond all other lands, the whole world goes outing. Wherever the traveler wanders he meets crowds of people on the lilyhwuys, Krederlek Starr writes. These people full into three well marked olnsses. Everywhere one sees school children on excursion. There may he liulf a dozen with one tencher or there may he hundreds with their teachers. They are out to view the liindsciipe, to see pliices famous In the national history, to visit the scenes of old legends, to examine in detail the various processes of art Industries. It !s considered as Important n parf of the school curriculum that the children should see things and become acquainted acquaint-ed will) nature, with national history end Willi practical sources of wealth as It is that they should know arltk-smello, arltk-smello, grammar or history. They are out for an hour, a (lay, a week, or a vacation period. When I first visited Jllyajlma I met a Kroup of 40 school l)oys with two teachers, who had already al-ready been two weeks on their ex- cnrslon and had seen many Interesting things on their way to the exposition :iit KukiioUa. in the southern Islands. The night before they had been traveling trav-eling until after midnight and nor they had before them a journey which -would keep them up until the early hours of the morning; although they were so tired that they could hardly tnnd they were full of enthusiastic anticipation for the experiences that Jay ahead. The Japanese are very wise In making these excursions an Important feature of their school system. |
