. Diaries and letters. -^ /^ >&== fc # ^ It ^ i n i,^ i,> V s i I- ? ? n-i^ ib ^ ^ ^x j -c thousand years,—reign till the little stone grow into a mighty rockIhick-velveled with ancient moss ! — 86 — the open space before the platform and theportraits of Their Majesties, turns his face tothem, and bows profoundly. Then he takesthree steps forward toward the platform, andhalts, and bows again. Then he takes threemore steps forward, and bows still moreprofoundly. Then he retires, walking back-ward six steps, and bows once more. I henhe returns to his place. After this the teachers, by part
. Diaries and letters. -^ /^ >&== fc # ^ It ^ i n i,^ i,> V s i I- ? ? n-i^ ib ^ ^ ^x j -c thousand years,—reign till the little stone grow into a mighty rockIhick-velveled with ancient moss ! — 86 — the open space before the platform and theportraits of Their Majesties, turns his face tothem, and bows profoundly. Then he takesthree steps forward toward the platform, andhalts, and bows again. Then he takes threemore steps forward, and bows still moreprofoundly. Then he retires, walking back-ward six steps, and bows once more. I henhe returns to his place. After this the teachers, by parties of six,perform the same beautiful ceremony. Whenall have saluted the portrait of His ImperialMajesty, the Governor ascends the platformand makes a few eloquent remarks^ to thestudents about their duty to their Emperor, totheir country, and to their teachers. Thenthe anthem is sung again; and all disperseto amuse themselves for the rest^ of the day. t^] I. remarks ^^^^ ^-^ 2. the rest ^Ofc^S^ ^^, - 87 - XI. March i, 189I. ^HE majority of the students ofthe Jinjo Chugakko are day-scholars only [externes, as wewould say in France): theygo to school in the morning,take their noon meal at home, and return atone oclock to attend the brief afternoonclasses. All the city students live with theirown families; but there are many boys fromremote country districts who have no cityrelatives, and for such the school furnishesboarding-houses, where a wholesome moraldiscipline is maintained by special masters/They are free, however, if they have sufficientmeans, to choose another boarding-house(provided^ it be a respectable one), or to find tti] I. special niaslers ^gfj: S-5;.>A-«*^4*lmiSf 1 X]^* - 89 -+- ^mmmii^^> i^^liBb-n^WLkfz^^ Sex ^•asio 2- prCVided = on condition ^ (_ /Xt^lto — 90 - quarters^ in some good family ; but few adopteither course. I doubt whether in any other country tliecost of education—education of the mostexcellent and advanced kind—is so little a
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