The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 04, 1920, Page 3, Image 3
RITES FROM CHINA,
e 141owing is an extract
' letter:recently: eceived
fromr H B. Refo, a university
radUate of 1920,'- and now
teaehing. 'in Canton yhistian
polpge, Canton, China:
11y Sunday School class has
us' left. fold it in my room
tvery Sunday morning and
?uch 4 class ! I shall never grow
'Id teaching here. Am already
'en years youiiger and I've' been
-bere only a few weeks. We
oiaed our class this morning
with that of the teacher on the
oor just below, having mostly
inging. Now, the other teach
er happens to be a voice teach
r, and the boys sing with a
illingness and with a pleo
ure unknown in a similar cl"
in America, so all that I had t
do was' to add to the volume.
My day classes are as interi
esting as my Sunday Scho
class, whicli is made up of bo
rom my day classes. An
eaching manual training, gen
eial science (which will be all
chemistry after the first semes
ter), Bible and military train
ing; Naturally, I prefer teach
ng the general science, because
1 specialized in that at the uni
versity, but I get along in the
others - all right.- Now," the
irill is a special treat. The
boys thin it was a kreat stunt
to fight inthe World War. That
Is how I" happen to be helping
with the drill. We have mili
ary training in only two of the
grades of the high school. The
'irst year has a Boy Scout br
anization. Both have one
alf hodr for setting up exer
ises and the other half for
rill.. 'The object is exercise.
The longer I stay here the
etter I like the place and the
eople, both American and
hinese. It is really a beauti
1 ' jlace.. The students say
hat there is not another place
ike it in all China, which may,
of course, be a little exagger
ted, but will certainly give an
Idea of the place we have. Cer
tainly there is not another loca
'on like it in Canton, and Can
on is a city of two million. I
ike the teachers here, because
hey do thinks like I enjoy see
eng them done. .The students
~re novelties to me. They are
Bike sponges-take in every
Shing, every word that you say.
hyare hard workers, in fact,
0 much so, that a strict rule is
enforced that no one may be in
his room or study between 5
and 6 every evening. How
:ever, when they play, they play
just like they study-they put
.All they have ~into the game.
'The Chinese are exceedingly
isolite and their respect for
~their teachers is more by far
hat most Americans hold for
the President of the United
States. You can 'see, there
pre, the opportunity that an
merican teacher has ,in such
Ii institution as thia one.I
al,e lesrned thpt the keyword
fir~i prices and courteous at
town n fi ne ay 'or anohr
that Y am from "Ling.. Naam,
which is the name by which the
college is known.. It is a magic
word in Canton.; One - from
Ling Naam could go broke and
buy as mich.as one liked from
many stores on credit.
~Her,e at the 'college the
teachers' enjoy every privile}e
possibie. I have a nice large
room, well furnished, and pri
vate bathroom. We get,10 per
cents off on everything that we
bu from the. college book
store. The college has a "buy
er" who will get anything for
you from ganton. That saves
time and expense of crossing
the river.
We have a,n excellent mess
for the unmarried men at the
college. /'We have a regular
system of having the married
teachers eat with us from time
to time and of our-'eating with
them in their homes.
Our clothes here consist- of
white duck every d y -in the
week. Laundry is bery cheap,
n thQ old washwoman plan,
nd white duck is considerably
eaper to wear than $25 to
O ,suits of- clothes. They are
much . cooler, fresher, and
tter looking.
verything is much cheaper
h e than in America, which
f makes -possible so many
co eniences that are not pos
si i America. Of course,
th a e some at home which a
we an ot have 'here. As far
as n , is concerned, we are
mill ai s intChina.
*N lo g ago, I went with i
our re her, a few other :
teach s d some students, 2
girls d oys, over to a small '
villag to Christian service. I
One' ag" woman was bap- *
tized. hew,hole vi)jage was 4
out to he nd hear. Those 4
that chId ot get into the
buildifi ro ded atound out
side. P e acher spoke in
Chinese, I on't know what
he was kizg about, but it
was inte stin to watch the
crowd.
Am leaing a little Chinese.
Have one ur of it every day.
There are t so very . many
words, but e words are pro
nounced in fferent tones to
mean duff t things. It is
very easy to that you do not
eat Chinese hen you mean
that you do ot understand
Chinese.
Found ano r man from ly
South Carolin He is the man di
Dr. Mills told e to look up. cc
Did not know na e or ad- fr
dress. Found 'hi n t Amner- ac
ican lbattleship e a an en- d
tertainlhent giv by e sail
ors. -c.a
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Y. M. C. A..DRI te
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