The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-15
TEACHING LITTLE All SID.
NEW roRK,s cHINEsB DAY SCHOOL
AND IT'S 3. Pupils.

Came Here from the Celestial Empire to
Get American Educntien and TraininE-
What Mis-. Rogers Has Done with Her
siant.Eyed Charges In Four Months
The MIa.ioa school Ovcrcrowded.
Nearly every one has read about Little All
Sid, who. all agreed, was a cute little kid"
That description OF one Chinese youngster vas
accurate IL All Sid was anything like the thir-
ty-two Chinese boys who are-attendine School
IN this city now. The youngest Of tho little
tcllow-skinned, oblique-cycd chaps Is ten years
old, and the eldest not yet sixteen. Where
are they, and now did they get here, and where
did they como from7 These questions shall DO
answered in reverse order. They cntno direct
from the Celestial Empire, landing in san
Francisco about the frat OF June, without be-
ing able to say so much as rats" in English.
They were brought over here at tho earnest
request OF their parents by the Rev. HUE Kin.
superintendent Of the day school for Chinese
boys connected with Chinese Mission No. / at
Ii University place.
This mission. the first in the city, was rs-
tablished in 1868 ut Five Points. aud was then
under the caro- Of Miss Goodrich. About NJ
teen years ago the Board of Foreign Missions
of the Presbyterian Church took this mission
under care, and moved it up town. Three
years later the Board selected MIR. HUE as its
| superintendent ITO Is enuONtu WIN ITO IL
dustrious. rationt, economical, and ingenious
traits of tho Chinese race. Added to these
he has a COLLEGIATE education. received here.
II was not until four years ago that Mr.. Huie
saw his way clear to establishing II day school
Tor Chinese boys. His idea was to give to such
az wanted il q primary English education that
would fit them to enter other schools. AT
once about II dozen lads, sons of merchants
and laundrylnen in the city, seized on this op-
portunity, and the average yearly attendance
has been rom ten to twelve until now. Tho
course covers three wears. and very few drop
out before its completion. About a year ago
MIR. lIuie received urgent requests from tho
narents OF boys living around Canton and
Hong Kong that their soas he received as pu-
pills. After seeing that the rad tape connect
ed with bringing I'M importation of Chinese
started for his native country to fetch haCi: as
many boys MS the school contd aecommodate.,,
was simply hes eyed b% p rents eager 10 send
their boys here To be educated. Most Of those
and all Of the bows tina, | brought. except tyo
or six. are the sons of farmers. Tire" are the
soEs Of preachers. two OF merchants. and an
others father is IA DOCTOR. / had long con;
fcreaCes with the Government officials and
with the Amcri AN Minister. and when they
SAM III I everything was all right, and that |
could bring the boys right through. | called
the parents together. for had 50 ne %pronosi;;
they were willing that their, sons sho'ld be-
como Christians. Nearly all said that they
did not care. so the became good lpen. A
your application then. Tor | avn 4 Christian,
ana every influence viii be held ont to make
Jh. e boys accept Christ. There are plenty Of
boys {, fill tho gaps Not an application
was withdrawn. mucn to the regret OF u great
number of parents who were most anxious 10
send their sons. And 30 oil we started, the
thirty-two accepted ones and myself. When
ment / wa, arrested nv certain officials who
accused ne % sinL gsIins the BOYS into this
country. These officials evidently had forgot
:en the inter.ational law that permits students
to go IN a d out or il country. After a ue;cn-
June 10. and went directly to NV country
place Mt M"luCheh.. y. T., as the school in the
city clones on June /. We started at onre TO
and by the time the school opened here on the
FIRST Of October they had u very good vocAhu-
larry. But come and hear them inr YOURSELF.
With this invitation MIR. Hute throw open
tho schuolr ON door. Quick as a Hash up
jumped every one of the cute little Kids, as if
pulled by "A string. and that string controlling
The movements of all. Then they bowed low
tn the reporter and bestowed smiles OF welcome
They were promptly seated again. and some
wero hard at work at their books. some Mt
their exercises, and others were saving their
spelling lesson. They have been used to jab-
berinE aloud 1T each other in school in China,
and they iobbcr aloud to each other in school
hanging down their backs. and some had them
twisted around Their irtlc round. closely
but he looked Just Il, haro5 as the funny lit
tie fellow VITA tie very ''r-""t i'lGtai! Of them
III. ne uTNb lta.IEtA-Av 'l' lt'NlN bll III
unrary exclamation. " tlry are as nlike
as peas in a pod. How Goes the teacher tell
Hiss NJ. Z. rogers is the teacher. and has
heen the s"Ir Instructor IN t.e"n% rcnoql Sine
IL hear u recitation. In a m,Eut" the visitor
learns that Miss K"-crs not .4Ii knows tie
face of each boy. but tIciF tpHSte-lyInE
names fati t.Iupj *: from her !.os !iSe The
strange sweet s"utnis of another land, fhen
on. Don sees that III" boys do not luok a.iN"a
all. There are Tho vnryiHg degrees Of lEtcllt-
Eenrc. mischief. and earntSiinr~S as IN ihe
fa"r> Of the SAINT number of American boys.
Il AN hearing this class spill now" ex-
plaincC tn" icaC.rr, and As soon ms II cy are
through We viii have n con, ~crsati"n. You
see, We have no discl1liLc. The boys arc not
used To It in their nntiEe schools. aud We find
That they learn NOR" b. talklnS to ehrh Other
are allowed 10 Ia h aloud. never have to lie.
prove, them: only remtM5 th~ln now and
The spelling lesson was written. Some o.
then .A;iSs Rogers handed one back. saving:
"Jee Baae, YOU munt study strange "A littia
'ilGtr lien Tie 'I th5ise h %Eo az has SOU mi TtFti
this Is one OF the first f.Ingll-h terms thai TO
spelled words uptil they knew, tn~m by heart.
"Pr"tty hard words for boys who tour
10 be spelling. aren't tiheyt' Questioned the
teacher ns III. dismissed ms class" 'f'ien Is
aud Strange farm 'harn and 'hali are
some OF them or course, tlloy never learn n
word without also learning its exact meaning,
and every on" who visits the school is aston
Isiled at thcir Vocabulary. And see thrir
writing. 1t is as good as that oi the average
American hoy who has gone through Mt least
five grades in the publlc schools"
Nov. boys, we VIII have II COnversation
lesson the teacher announced slowly and
distinctly.
please do not write or study. ! want You to
think very hard. \ friend sent us some flow
crs YESTERDAY. We wiil talk about them"
lnmedis tcIy every hOy was on this alert.
The ~slanting ewes had expanded Win cuthusi-
nsm and interest until they looked almost
round.
Lang Shcung.' addressing n boy about
fifteen. what is the name oil the flower sent
ycstcrdayf"
1T is the chry chry-san -themum," an
swered the little fellow proudly.
'1hit Is right. And what c"lors are the chry-
santhemum, Lee ,lnef' She said, turning to
the very youngest Of all.
They arS yellow and white and red" he
replied glihly.
'NWhere do the flowers GrowY' Lung KIn?"
They grow IN the garden npoke ~ this
boy promptly. He is one Of the smariest Of
tho lot, and Is always rrndy, After another
boy had told that .rees and shrubs al,o grow