The same thing would occur in any country, and we may expect a like state of things in China as greater facilities for instruction are afforded to women.

I do not feel alarmed at the prospect; indeed, I would welcome it if I could see my country-women acting as independently and as orderly as their American sisters.
The games and sports sanctioned and encouraged in schools and universities are useful, in that they afford diversion of the pupils' minds from their school work.

They should not, however, be indulged in in such a way as to interfere with their studies.

Take, as an example, boat racing; several months of preparation are necessary before the event takes place, and during a great portion of this time the students do not think much of their studies; they are all mad with excitement.
The contest between the two rival parties is very keen; they have but one thought, and that is to win the race.

In this way, at least so it seems to me, the main object of recreation is entirely lost sight of; it becomes no longer an amusement, but labor and work.