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CHINESE 'PROF AST HS HS SOBMIOUET Rev. Paul R. Reynolds, Win- netka Missionary, Tells of Chinese Campus Life CITES EXPERIENCES . Begins to Appreciate Fine ' Chinese Character WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1922 candy. In the background you see! other samples of the 138 youngsters we had to provide for. The race of teachers in China is not at present threatened with extinction. Teachers are Popular The teacher on the right is known as "Dearest." Were it not for the fact that he has a wife and a couple of youngsters, there. might be another The Why of "Waddy." There is one other chap that I want to get some day. He has been dubbed "Waddy." He looks just like the laughing Buddha. The school uses the conversational method and no English is tolerated. (Of course only one or two of the teachers know any English anyway.) For the first two weeks we do nothing but listen. The purpose is to get ground into our ears and brains, the Chinese sounds. The method seems to work for we never have gotten away from those first few simple words that were dinned into us hour after hour. But it is a painful process. By the end of the day, you feel ready to explode. | With the third week, the method changes and thete is opportunity to try to speak and to move around from class to class. The strain eases up quite visibly. An Arduous Task The school day is from 8:45 till 4 by able leaders. English) upon some subject of in- Chinese history, philosophy, economics, and politics are discussed Thus by the close of the year, it is expected that the stu- dents will have a grounding in all these matters as well as a beginning in the language. (Continued on page 16) fa NN Ae ld hk Columbia J | | COLUMBIA HOT Spor BATTE Our station is not to be decided un- til the annual meeting of the North China Mission and since this meeting is held late in May, we are to remain in Language School until the close of the year, June 9. We are to go either to Fenchow as originally planned or Campus life in Chinese schools is not unlike that in any university in America, if one may judge by a letter received in Winnetka recently from the Rev. Paul R. Reynolds, foreign pastor of the Winnetka Congregational church, stationed in China. There, as here, the "Prof." usually comes by some affectionate sobriquet typifying some characteristic of the person. Such terms as "Dearest", "Dimples" o'clock. We have Saturday and Sun- day off just as in most schools. We have fifteen minute recess time in the middle of the forenoon and also fif- and last longer teen minutes for chapel. The first ~--for bells and buzzers thing in the morning we all gather --for thermostats for general class and the Head Teacher --for gas engines gives us the new words for the day. --for ignition on the Ford while starting --for dry battery light- ing in closet, cellar, garret, barn, etc. We are not allowed to put them down in note books or look them up in the dictionary but must get them by word of mouth. The remainder of the day weir Fix that bell today! Get one Columbia "Bell Ringer" Bat- tery, or two Columbia*"No. 6" Batteries, and make the old bell happy. Columbia Dry Batteries are better for every purpose. More power and longer life at little cost. Used everywhere for and "Waddy" are enlarged upon pleas- ingly by Mr. Reynolds {in the aic- companying letter. Other details of the letter, pertaining to the methods of instruction in teaching the Chinese language, together with interesting in- sights into Chinese life and customs, should be of extreme interest to the reader. The letter follows: The Letter Peking, China, February 26, 1922.-- Dear Friends,--If you will turn to the - advertisement section of the January "Asia"-- (1922), on page 70 you will find some information concerning the school in which we spend our days. Mr. Pettus has been in America rais- ing money for the new quarters and it is hoped that in the next few years the school will be adequately housed. One of the inclosed pietures shows two of our favorite teachers. The picture was taken just in front of the American Board parish house upon the occasion of the Christmas party given by the Language School students for the teachers, their wives, and families. The boy in the foreground has already received Aus toys and "Dearest" and "Dimples" edition of "My Chinese Marriage" (copy "Asia'--1921), for he certainly is popular with all the girls in school. I did not mean to imply that he is unpopular with the men although that might follow if he were not married. Really I think he is one of the most pleasing personalities I ever met anywhere. He can come in for group class at the fag end of Friday afternoon and before the half hour is up everybody is cheerful, the mean- ings that have been eluding you all week are quite clear, we all have de- cided that maybe we can learn this blooming language after all,--and al- most wish it were Monday so we could go right ahead. The chap on the left is "Dimples," for rather obvious reasons. He is a fair rival when it comes to popularity. He has a wonderful sense of humor and a bubbling laugh that is better than a rest cure. is divided into thirty minute periods. Two periods each day each one of us has an individual teacher. The other periods are spent in small group class- es. In these group classes and in con- versation with our private teacher we go over the new words and review the old ones and try our luck in phrase making. 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