New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-04-11

THE LIFE WORK OF COMMISSIONERS ACN"
WING.
tBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRBUEE.l
NEw-HAvEN, Conn. April 1O-The fifth lecture
of the course before the Kent Club Of the Yale Law
School. was delivered this evening by the Rev.
.Josepb II. Twitchell of Hartford His subject was
"The Chinese Educational Mission in the United
States" After some preliminary remarks concern
ing the manner in which he had come in possession
of the story of the mission, and his for be-
ing specially interested in it, the lecturer said;
THE ADDRESS
visitor to the City of Hartford at the present
time will be likely to meet the streets groups OF
Chinese boys, in their native dress, though some
what modified and speaking their native tongue
vet seeming. withal, to be very much at home. lie
will also occasionally meet Chinese men. who, by
their bearing will impress him being gentle
men of their race.
These gentlemen are officers, and these boys are
pupils of the Chinese Educational Mission, aito-
gether one of the most remarkable and significant
Institutions of the age the face OF the whole EARTH
The object of the Mission, now OF nearly SIX years
standing is the education in this country through
term of fifteen years. of corps OF young men Ior
the Chinese Government service; that Government
paving the whole cost-an annual expense of about
100000 The number of the officers is five. viz: the
two Imperial Commissioners in charge translator
and INTERPRETER and two teachers. The function OF
The teachers is to direct the Chinese education of
The pupils which proceeds pdri pds8a with their
Western education. The number OF pupils was
originally 100 but is now 112, one having died. and
seven having for various reasons returned to China
A fine large house recently erected by the Chinese
Government in the western part of the city, at
cost of fifty thousand dollars is the headquarters OF
the Mission. There the Offices of the officials
and there is lodged the class that is present for
IN, tnfli
For this purpose the pupils are divided into classes
of about twenty one coming as another goes. each
STAYING at the Mission House two weeks at a time.
small part only of the whole number are perma-
bently located in Hartford Most of them are in other
places though not far away generally two together
attending school OF receiving private instruction III
families.
They came in yearly companies of thirty begin
ming with 1872, and the last detachment is still
chiefly engaged in learning our language.
The plan Is to afford these boys the advantages Of
Dur best educational NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. col
eges. and. to some extent, professional Scholastic
assign them, by and by, as they shall develop apt-
tude to various special of study and training
In the physical, mechanical and military Soreness
In political history and economy international law,
The principles and practice of civil administration
and in all departments and branches of knowledge
skill in which is useful for public government service
In these modern times. And through the whole pro-
cess of this education it is TO be impressed upon them
that they belong and to belong their nation for
whose sake they elected to enjoy these great and
peculiar opportunities. The result will be, If all
goes well and the plan is carried Out-and there
Is apparently nothing now TO prevent lt-that IN
The year 1887 or thereabOus there will go from this
country to China a body of somewhere near an hum
fred men who have grown up under exceedingly
favorable conditions from early youth to manhood
here among u.s. destined TO hold places of import
Ance in the government and in the society of their
native land, better equipped in all save experience
10 do for that land what most needs to be DONE and
Inspired for their work with more enlightened
Dense of patriotic duty and responsibility than any
pther hundred of her of their generation. And
who can fOrecaste estimate the consequences that
Divine Providence is thus preparing!
COMMISSIONER YUNG WING.
Such in brief outline is the Chinese Educational
Mission to the United States. The head and front
IF the whole marvellous enterprise humanity
lpeaking is Commissioner Yung Wing While
Dthers whose cooperation was indispensable, have,
Is will presently appear contributed TO it, and still
stand back of it, and justly share the credit Of 1t
with him. to him more than TO any other one man
beside, probably more than to all other men
beside its existence is due Its history, thus far,
cannot be better told than IN connection with his
personal history IN fact 1t cannot be told except
In that connection, so intimately are the two his,
tories related. But it becomes one who speaks OIL
Hung Wing to observe the principle that we must be
modest for a modest man, for so modest "A man as he
is is rare to find. He born IN 1928, of worthy
Family in humble life near the City OF Macao IN
Southern China. In the year 1889 he became
hnnl in n cbildTen's school, opened by Mrs. GutZah,
Ehe wife of an English missionary his parents
kenting TO it in the idea that II would be profitable
thing for him to learn the English language PROV
ing bright scholar, he was in time promoted to the
Morrison School, an institution founded by English
herchauts in Macao, and named after Robert Morri-
Son. the first English Protestant missionary to China,
but at this time under charge OF the ReY. = H.
Brown, missionary of the American Board. when
later this school was transferred to Hong Kong
he went with it, and remained IN 1t TIL
he came to this country. He suffered, however, dur
ing this time serious interruption by the death OF
his father, which required him to go home, and a
how that he was assist IN the support of his family
This ne did by wages earned in the printing estab-
Iishment of Portuguese Roman Catholic mission III
In 1917 Mr. Brown, who had long noted his pa
tent ardOr in study, the marks of ability he showed,
and certain original vgor Of will and strength OF
character that were in him. brought him. at the age
Of sixteen with two other native lads also his pu-
pills, of about the same age to the United SLa1es
founder proprietor, and editor OF Ihe emma MdiL
published at Hong Kong, engaging to advance, the
means of their support for TWO years Inc s m
bows were entered together at the academy III Mon
SON. Mass and were received into the family OF MIR.
Browns mother, who lived at MUnson--a royal woman,
whose name is memorable in the church OF Christ
as that of the author of the hymn, love TO steal
awhile away" Ii was while member OF her g0dly
household that Yung Wing became Christian be-
lever.
1t will not be out of place to state here as fact
the Significance of which will be readily appre-
ciated that he caused the son who was born to him
in 1S76-his first bOTn-tO be named IN baptism
Morrison Brown-an eloquent act OF recognition and
profession. OF Wings two companions, One Wong
Shing was compelled, by want of health, to return
to China the next year. There in the Office OF iht
China Mail he learned the art OF printing. From
1852 or 1858 he was for several years connected
with the press of the London Mission under Dr.
Ieg0e now the eminent Professor of the Chinese
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