SUNDAY, APRI - 1,;1923
THE MICHIGAN DAILYFA Eil'
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PACE rIVE
AWorld Language
LIONEL G. CROCKER
UhsiF'ay oat 19iloiai
In a certain smal town of Michigan,! to English. A Japanese stdet who
the high. wnool students are saking' was a private English pupil oi mine,
Stheir onk reports from uch epto'e- as soon to leave for England. Pre-
meral stories as "Freckles," "Potty-' partory to leaving, he had also stdiC
area," ansi so on. Wihen I asked my leI Foench in coltege and had empoyeod
couin ociny shec sas reading tlhis sot a prate teacher. A farewell party
of ltierature in preference to "Lora wse toe gioveo to him ty his reto.-
Doone," "Ivanhoe," "A Tale of Twosstives sant friend at a contry vila
Citie," andthe ls rest of the usual run ner E''anra, to wich tisi French
of require'd ooks for otside rao-- 'sadame 'a'd myself were invited. The
ing, she replied to tioe effect ta0tolylha reviousoly'taught her native
her teacher wanted thens to enjoy thir oonsgaae in Vadistok, lit swhen the
reading reports! eusoian distrtbances beamea, there
If this sort of thinig keeps up, itowos nooe time fee te study of
will not e long until the Oriental01,ee - ose loudto leave -
peoples ailite coming to fleUiffed aod su~otol.1u'ing ohoger sty in
States to teooch us aotorosn that city oeeI sehdstde'
literature; for ilb Waseda University Englsh aneetvr oraloe lortohled
in Tokyo t found the goeat naster-
pieces of'Engisho proear bleiog thatlsalocio, for, as seldone tos
translated: "Cranford," "Henry Es- tis grden paty, ale old not toave
mod" "Adam Bede," "Lorna Done" lesoo to ,each l-rslcto if sheh aintof
and the oher books of this ctaracter. I rotss ftgliel. 'iis tla' and I
Not only were prose masterpieces te-! wee the onloy foreigners at hi
lug odevouo'eod word for soro, btotfle egatherig. I founod000odiffl t at
workos of fle great dranatists were al in covesing with te Japanee
also econing otpar't of fle Jopano-'ooen. pAfter afew s's oof reetong
es student's knoswledge of-the Eog- io Japanese, flheooy J, p 00 Io at
halo language and literature The 00v-I understoo, the conversotion lapsed
erage student spends fromn ten to0 fi- into English. As I recall, there oas
teen hor. a oeek in the study of only one gen temoan wo could spek
English. Thi.'isnot surprising viiin Frenchoandto' poor rencttonaam,
it is realizeod that the ulk of the Japonot knowing ay Jatanese, was force]
anese foreign-trade is swlfto the Engliso to tall in "uncowth" Engish.
speakingpope. Asis oell known
the Geroman language wa. muoch 000 Not only is there toisiterst in
vogue during one terioub f te ap- I'EngitontoJapa, hoot fle oducatedl
anese Renlossan e. The only stuoent 1 as of (lins hodles English, it is
ini Japan wtoowu doelierately studes sadawihore flucocy than dothefl
tierioan iii preference to Egli'sh isJapaones. illy pal ano I walkeot into
one who is preparing for medicioe fle dining car of the express Ifromo
Tfhe Jatanese government has boolth %atkien to Pekio. Glancig through'
up an exceptionally fine systemooof 'he car',se saw that there were only
neoical schoolsthtlroghlouftcflo ' s two oac'nt chair,tese swere 'at a
pire During the early clay' of tes tabtle already partially occupied by af
schools iiwass not uncomnmaon to have laiovth a large ottle of beer and
professors imported froon Gernmany a Chionese youth dressed laishly in
and now and then one may see Gen-'Cincse solks. There sas nohinog te;
man nmagazinws and ooks eing r'oo-do bot il down in tois uninviting at-
on the street cars, There are s~il' !00', ter of tier aid te Chinse wall.
night schoolsvhere German is taught On aproachinog necc, I noiceitao,
hut these can le counted on toe fing'ItheladIyita. oGermian extractioon
es, whera it would take the fing" ntl asIsat down ne t to hrI
ers of a dozeno individual, to count th aought one or twoswsords oGr-
schools that attrat fle appireonttce00man; at Ieat I thought they swere
Ccci nn' I remnomberid oe or lwo
clerk, or lades'n hovlois seekoo praenhtgal erel nGr
a knowledge of Engioh to add a e lhrs taThdlandinG -
yen to lis monthly stitend. Ii noan class iii high scool ando I treo
nt an iofrequent occurrence oe ap-Ilohese awtto success. Dt after this
anese oys to offer theoseelvesas little salyvwhihhone sos rater
household servants, doing such 00 tuuilossocoidtloo(npefc
> FoEglsh, sae for the Germana inflec-
ial tasks as blcking boots, pressnog o reAorcnaeyu
clothes, loookingoafter the aby, taking ion, "YOo rcestion fromsothen
care of the garden, and shuttiog the nt u ovrsai
windooo on acototfrost onoroog w0 as n English; and on inquiring
wnoso acodfrsy origfor fle advantage of moinging owotho swheter the coversaton I ash over-
Englisl-speaking people. It is ot hoaro] etween the Coioese oy and
ain txaggco' tion to say that on' ' I fheloetdy awas in Germoan or not, I w as
spaks REnglishs woudl ae little itoh old that iof hailbherous Eiglih. I
,scupty in findoing is way aroundool furthoer learneoh thatothfle Cine.e a'
the mo.st renmote sections of To'voi a rpresentative of fle Stanodaro Oil
oc ustere is always somseone inth Complan.
neiglhorhood whlo understanotssound Bandero Matthew says i ios "s-
speaks a litle Egish This unioersl says on Engish," that as long as fle -
interest too English nakes the sojoun-oo ngls h tpteaking peotle oo thoeirshar
cc in Japano feeIlflat he lnas a mothoo 'i of tine soork 000 the wvorlo,fle Eglist
tongue of aloe and importasse. language soill flourih.Juging fronm
French at one time hailthedito the extent that English is' spoleos in;
tinction of eing theneduom of world0 the Orientooe woulo gather that',
'peach, While I oa inTokyo, I hail that bhare at present i a large one-
occasion to secure concrete evioene and that Fnglih i' the prevailin
that Frencho is gaciousy giving way' orold language.
IN DEFENSE OF TRADITION
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essays on Emerson, Hawthorne and erson stresse' his unorthodox rei-
the Adanoce. Dr. Eliot has reenotlyI gious views auth points out that the
declared that "Poritan 000n sawvno sac ormrlperfection wass noth-{
ing pcuiar to Ness England bur-
tans, hootig rn ihe twd 1tnbt has mnotivated great out. In
dingo on funeral.s"ond hat at Harvardb all ageto,
Comoenemetob."groaduates i fle u1rofessor Sb c nan' chief aset as
college yarod -aecreso oorunk anobioou - ca moofis oilnsooevatismoolis ain!!
that sheriffs of too counties wiohboohipoem000 adroites. b-is is a pen
large possea were active'y enmpoye'b" IN-, ck cao aroouse violent antagonisms.
Profes sorShernman now loforno s 1"Amoer ins" aa already een ex-
that Johon Quincy Adams was "empted; ccratd hy crtics of sle Meooeitken;
to frequent truancies fromonoefloetw! school te Byrose usdoecots,j
reading "Tomo Jones", in unparden ,,ords ctizes," pos arrBlosevists -
stle 0010) ansI Rousseau'so "ciiifosoaloi ,"and cynical egoists iocouoltedi witho
shootinog, hplayligthe..flute,ovisiting,,Ike virs of niitant Prussiano "klt--
hreqouently danocing ,until three, occa 1000u." 1hssoptposition sos1 cert'ainoto
atonally dirinkinog until dtawno." tHus'- ;eoou'e a salutary reaceton towarods
thorne who is generally' envelope'ohin lProfe'-saorShermano's attituode; for lis
a cloudt of inuxorhbe gdoom appear-000 inA ieieancani diittremit froom that
to have seen thec nost benig'n ansI josy- - shoutedl 000the politicalI areona both ioo
onsof omen. The ex position of Em- osoom and sincerity.
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