TEACHING POSITIONS IN ORIENT

An attractive and unusual opening is offered to members of the Senior class and to recent graduates in the form of one-year teaching positions in the Orient. This plan has already met with the favor of many, and several have availed themselves of the chance to visit Japan, China, and the Philippines. These positions are in the various educational institutions of the American missions.

At the close of their college course, many men wait a year before entering a graduate school or a permanent profession. They spend this interval by teaching in some preparatory school or by travelling. If a man should accept a position in the Far East he would not only do the teaching he desired but he would also see that interesting portion of the world. He would return with a far broader mind and much more experience than the average teacher at his age, and he would be more cognizant of the world's affairs than the average globe trotter. This whole plan provides an excellent bridge over the interval between college and business.

The additional advantages are many. In the first place the student who takes such a position is doing a real service, not only to the foreigners but also to the American missions and institutions abroad. He is given the opportunity to see at first hand, and to understand the work Americans are doing in the Orient. In view of the rapid advancement and growth of the East, it is a rare chance to study closely the economic and political conditions of Japan and China, as well as of our own possessions. There is an additional attraction offered to medical students. In addition to regular teaching experience, very valuable training may be received in the various hospitals over which Americans have control.

Although the expenses of travelling to and from the Orient are naturally large, the salary paid and the necessities supplied would lessen the cost considerably. The American Board, 14 Beacon street, Boston, provides all the fixed expenses, including room, board, heat, light, laundry and so forth. In some exceptional case the Board may give a salary, although it makes no official provision for it. Twenty positions may be obtained for one year by college graduates through the liberal policy of this Board.

Under the auspices of the Episcopal Board, New York City, there are seven excellent openings. The salary under the Episcopal Board would probably be $600, board not furnished, but with other necessities supplied. The Board would have to make a special appropriation in each case, but it is quite likely that it would do so if the right man were found.

On the whole, this unusual offer of the American missions is one which should appeal strongly to those desiring experience as teachers, and a fair knowledge of the world. All those interested in this opportunity, may secure further and more definite information from M. E. Peabody, 18 Lawrence Hall, Brattle street, or from P. G. M. Austin 1G., at Phillips Brooks House.