University of Nanking - Linguist Yearbook (Nanking, China)

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94 THE YEAR March tlrst. The school visited Nanking's model prison, and a model prison it is indeed, for cleanliness, the teaching of tradcs, the possession of hospital facilities for the sick, and the general plan of reformation rather thall punishment are emphasized. March sevc nth. Everyone was out for the volley ball game between the teachers and the girls! .Bobby had plenty of strength, Mary her usual form. but everyone rooted for the teachers who didn't need it, winning two out of three games. March eleventh to fifteenth. Dr Frank Rawlinson. editor of the C'lzii1es'c Recorder. lectured to the student body for two periods each day on Some Chinese Religious Concep- tionsf' An hour of general discussion followed. Dr. Riawlinsorfs long years in China and his varied contacts make his information very valuable. Every day. Four minute speeches on Travel- Seen at the 'l'nf'l4y l'1U'iY ing to Pekin made Easy. 'March twenty-first. 7:30 A. M. OIT for lfeking, bedding rolls, lunch, old clothes, high hopes, fat poekctbcoks, lingering memories of examinations,--all actually off for Peking. From Hsiakwan we ferried across the Yangtse to Pukow, where the private ears that were to house us en route to Peking were sidetracked. Two third class cars with seats along the side for twenty people, can hold forty-five each, on occasion. VVc defy anyone to find at more comfortable seat than the S0ft Side of a pu gai. On the dot of 10 lx. wi. the whistle blew, and we were off without even an all aboard. It

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THE LINGUIST 93 After visiting the buildings near the tombs and playing games we climbed the hill which marks the grave of the first Ming Emperor. Up here We had tea and were entertained by the honor students in the Christmas examinations. , sm.. , -, ,mln Approach to Ming Tombs February first. n t'On to Pekin! Everybody begin to save coppers! Sell old shoes that pinch! Pray for clear weather! February second to ninth. Chinese New Year Vacation means many iirecriwkG1'S, lantern displays, and dragon processions. February twenty-third. We were too patriotic to let George W'aShiHSl5011,S birthday 80 by Without doing something hilarious, so we had fl Teeky Party- There ere parties and parties, but to this one we went in OUP very worst Collection Of old clothes. Meigs Hall turned out en masse te represerlt lest yearns missionary barrel. Who sa-id clothes made the mall? There never was more laughter at' any party. .

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THE LINGUIST 95 t00k several hours to become accustomed to the jar of the train, though by 11:30 there was more than one cry ef when do we eat? The tea-boy kept us supplied with hot water, heated on a portable charcoal stove, With which we removed some of the recently acquired dirt about which 'at this stage of the trip we were somewhat concerned. 7:30 P. M. was bedtime. There was much excitement amid the unrolling of pu gais, and many repetitions of the tune, where am l. going to sleep. To feel comfortable coiled up on inadequate floor space is an aft. It is to be deplored that we had not practiced sleeping on the floor at home in preparation. 13 f' 1 , v f . March twenty-second. One day nearer Peking. We know each other very much better than we did: proof, we recognized each other after the dust-storm--aye, even Oonvivially performed our ablutions in the same lJi1SlU- WG arrived in Tientsin too late to be attached to the passenger train. but that made no difference, for we gaily trnndled in on the gud of a freight. March twenty-third. h The first glimpse of Peking was received just as the Sun was rising- Before us passed a camel caravan withall Shaggy and moth MUCH- but bound for what lands of mystery. -