Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 291, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1910 — China’s Railroad School. [ARTICLE]

China’s Railroad School.

An indication of the interest taken by the central government in the future of railways in China is afforded by the establishment last year, in connection with the ministry of communications at Pekin, of a school for training railway officials. The school is built for 600 students, but the number is at present limited to 350, who come from all parts of the empire and vary in age from eighteen to twenty-five. There are about 30 teachers, including one British, one American (a drill sergeant), two French and two German. Most of the teachers are Chinese students returned from abroad and they are well paid. The curriculum Includes the Chinese language, drill, geography, history of Chinese railways, mathematics, drawing, chemistry, physics, traffic management, railway bookkeeping, elements of engineering, steam and electrical, workshop administration and railway company law.—Psll Mall Gazette.