JAP BOY AT SCHOOL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 96, 11 April 1908, Page 3

JAP BOY AT SCHOOL.

All .Jap boys arc now trained to uc fighting nieu fruin their youth up, and they don't stop training when they leave 1 school as N'ew Zealand boys do. j The main objects of the gymnastics (four hours a week) taught to children j in the primary schools, between Uiq age* , of 0 and 10, and of the military drill I (three hours a week), between the agc r I of 10 and 12, are officially stated to p j ( ;' ■ 1. To establish conformity ot' de r /0 i OIJ . 1 ment of all parts of tlie body. 2. To practice tlie limb* t0 m<m , smartly. jji. To protect or to impl . oV( , Uli , 1. To make m>' nd L . lieCTfu i aU(i bold. .i. I o iuaniUua f lisciplino. v ". lf value ol co-operntion. I lie (k'Uuls O.f drill with arw s s ,. t .ti oll ,iriU witli arm?, in schools ar u as f„i low; _ ' . without arms, mlividual drill. , * b ', Section drill. tril' 1 """ 1 "' ils a I io y Cj and company

Tliird year, as above, and gymnastic exorcises,' logi-l her with practising words of command. Fourth and iitth ycars,drill with arms as above. Tlic military (raining (six hours a week) in tho normal schools is as follows: first year, gymnastic n xereises, individual drill with arms, section drill with arms. Second year, as above, together with company drill with arms, bayonet fighting, drill in the lield, and the main points of military science. Third and fourth years, those subjects mentioned above, and also the method of teaching gymnastics and military drill.

In his instructions with regard to the improvement of the physique of students, the Minister of l-'ducatiou states: When hinvs and arrows wen; ill use in this country gymnastics were not neglected; latterly, however, such exercises have been neglected by some, anil (cachcr- and students have been inclined j lo acquire bunk-learning at the expense of allilelie-. As the lirst step Inwards improving (he physique of the nation, children in the primary schools should be trained in gymnastics."

"Tlie contractor who is building my new I Ilea Ire in Melbourne," said Mr. William Anderson to a Daily Telegraph reporter, "goes in lor what the Americans call speeding up workmen. In each department he lias a particularly quiet; man setting (he pace for (he oilier tradesmen, lie pays these fast artisans a 1 iim 1 l.'is a week more than the rank and lilc. and it is really a treat to watdl them at work. Jly builder is particularly proud of his pace-setting bricklayer, lie brought me along two or three times to look at him. M-n't be lovely?' lie would snv each time the man put i brick in 'position, cleaned the inor(.ir away from the interstice with a whisk of the (rowel and spread more mortar on top of it. 'l'll match him for an even Coll against nuv bricklayer in Australia.' i- his employer's standing

oll'er. If> a pity." added the theatrical msinagfr. "an net lik ( . that could not he shown in the music-halls, ft'* something useful. I'm not saying it's as graceful as club-swinging. hut it OUgllt I lo draw. There's a fascination alinnt watching people work: it. always eolleids a crowd. I suppose in time il will liecnnie suflicicnlly a novellv to lie alii.; to charge tu see people performing it."