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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Rows or Examination Stalls at Nanking, as seen from the ' Clear Far-seeing Tower.' 



in good standing the next lower degree. But there has been an im- 

 perial examination in the presence of the emperor open to all those who 

 had at least the second degree. Those who attained the highest rank 

 were made district magistrates. The men in the second grade were 

 styled ' professors.' 



Some idea Of the tremendous importance of any change in this 

 system may be secured from the consideration that some 760,000 can- 

 didates competed biennially for the first degree, while about 190,000 

 competed triennially for the second degree — a total of 950,000 for the 

 whole empire. (In the United States the total enrolment in univer- 

 sities, colleges and professional and normal schools for 1902 was 246,- 

 000.) And this does not take into account another 1,000.000 students 



Examination Stalls at Nanking, showing entrances to passages between long rows 

 of stalls. The first stall in the right hand pasage is seen. Successive rows indicated by char- 

 acters from the Millenary Classics. 



