University of Nanking - Linguist Yearbook (Nanking, China)

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icriu egetttee St Eseus es s ts STREET NOISES HERE do you live? Is it a quiet place? If so, would you like to have seine experiences that the people who live near the noisy Street have? My home is near the South Gate. It is the most boisterous Spot in the South City. Just before the dawn when the city gate is Opened the noise of the day begins. First of all come the drivers of don- keys which carry two buckets of wine on their backs. They are going to the wine shops. When the drivers strike their whips onthe ground the donkeys--more than twenty togetherwrun very fast with the jangling Ton, ton, ton made by the two buckets. It is just the time when the water carriers drive their water carts out fOr the morning. They go rapidly sinee the carts are empty, so that they make an irritating sound Hung-tong, hung-tong. Some people use two big vessels to carry water on their shoulders instead of the carts. When they come back with two big vessels full of water they cry loudly and Thythmically Ai-roh, ai-roh, ai-roh, wei wei yu oh ho yu. In succession come slowly and noisily 'l'ze-yu, tze-yu of the wheel- barrows. The fuel sellers carry heavy loads and murmur 'K Hai-hu, hai-hu. It is now half-past six and the vegetable and fish-sellers are coming out. Some ery aloud Cabbages and turnipsf' some ery Fish, fresh fish, others proclaim Peas and big red peppers. The short voices of different kinds of vcnders come out here and there continuously. fl'li01,uyL.l,S aw both men and women and stand before their doors and call loudly, Come here, turnip sellers, let us see your turnips. How much costs a gui isixteen ouneesl ? C 47 J

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THE COOLTE ..Li' Day after day he takes his place again Among the myriad host of low-caste men, Exhausts his waning strength in hopeless toil. His mind is dark, his body clothed in rags, His home a crumbling, evil-smelling hut Scarce Ht 'twould seem to shelter swine. Yet strange to say this patient, frugal man- Whene'er you meet him resting by the road Wiping his beaded brow, or e'en at toil- Will answer smile with smile and look of cheer. 9 His world is drab, his labor ill repaid- Yet he can smile, and show his soul's not dead ! FRANK A. ARGELANDER, '19,

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48 ENGLISH ESSAYS My turnips are very nice-big and fresh. Four coppers a gui, is the answer. I Too much, too much, three coppersl says the buyer. Not enough! answers the seller and goes away and erics again Turnips and eabbagesf' During that time every buyer bargains clamorously with his or her seller. They go here and there and are so busy that it is hard for rick- shaws to make their way through the street and the rickshaw coolies have to shout, Here come the rickshaws-let them go-otherwise you will be rushed down! From dawn until seven o'elock every morning hundreds of such sounds strike our ears, and if you will only come with me you will hear them for yourself. A DAY IN PRINCESS lDA'S COLLEGE ANY times I had heard about Ida's college, then I began to long to be a student there. At last my hope was fulfilled. When I entered the college, I could not tell how happy I was. When I entered the door I saw above it, Let no man enter here on pain of death. I was thrilled by this inscription. I said to myself, HI-Iow happy I am because I ean study in this college for women alone, and no man has a right even to peep in. I saw the Head, the Princess Ida, and could not help admiring her for she was a grand and dignified woman, yet her voice was natural and sweet, and her movements gentle. After this an ofiicer read the college statutes to me, sueh as, 'Not for three years to correspond with home', 'Not for three years to cross the liberties', ' Not for three years to speak with any man' , and some more. When I heard 'Not for three years to correspond with 11011103 I thought that rule was too hard for me to obey. It 599111041 too big gi sacrifice for me to leave my parents for three years-such a long time-- without giving them even one word. But I thought it over, then I realized that in getting anything worth while one has to pay a correlative price. Since I wanted to get knowledge that could make me equal to men who had always considered us WOIIIGII HS il1f0l'i0F 'CO them, of course I would have to sacrifice something. Then I thought of the second article