The Indianapolis journal., 1903-06-07
SIR LIANG's SCHOOL DAYS.
They Called Him Pr Yuk at Andover-
His Pigtail Inside His Shirt.

Kansas City Star.
or all the stories that have been written
and told of Sir LANG Chen Tung, the new
minister from China to the United States,
none is more pleasing 10 Americans than
tales OF his school days at Phillips Acad-
emy, Andover, nearly twenty-five years
ago, when he was almost American.
Men who were then associated with him.
as boys together, liked Pi Yuk Liang, as he
was then known: His nationality they en-
tirely forgot. They completely lost sight
of that peculiar, Unborn feeling, which most
Americans possess, that there is something
queer about a Chinaman-that he is not
like other men. The lads at Andover re-
garded Pi Yuk as one of themselves. 1t
is their testimony of him that he was just
rollicking, clean, well-mannered, sport
loving boy.
There are men in Kansas City and its
vicinity who were classmates of Pi Yuk.
Arthur Coates and w. A. Nettleton. of
Leavenworth, knew him well at Philips
Academy. They roomed in the same house.
Mr.; Coates's room was on the same floor,
awarded one of the highest positions which
his country can give him. They studied to-
gether and they played together. They
took long walks and they enjoyed their
schoolboy pranks in common. Mr. Coates
regards him as one of the best and most
intimate of his schoolboy friends.
"Pi Yuk." said Mr.: Coates, came to
year of the course, which made him
member of my class-the class Of 'S2. He
was then a lad of about seventeen years,
full OF fun and spirits. There were several
of these Chinese boys at Phillips at that
time. I cannot recall any of them by
name except Pi Yuk and his roommate,
Lieu Lin Lieu.
ION the floor of McCurdy's house, where
my room was, there was only one other
room, and these two Chinese boys occupied
1t together. When they were not in my
room 1 was in their room, and we used to
have some mighty good times together.
While | knew both of these boys, inti-
mately. 1 knew Pi Yuk especially well. We
used to take long walks together In the
moonlight. He was always great lover
of nature. The women of America never
had more stanch admirer than ri Yuk
He used to say, jocularly, that some day he
would marry some pretty American girl
and spend the remainder OF his days In this
country, which he loved so well.
ITO tell the truth, never thought of
Pi Yuk and his associates as Chinese boys
at all. They seemed just like other boys
as ours. and they wore their 'pigtails' down
the backs of their necks, so that one could
see only small piece of them. They were
manly boys, too, clean morally and well
bred. Pi Yuk especially was possessed of
charming manner, and was young gentle
man of the first water.
THE stories about Pi Yuk's baseball abil-
| ity have not been exaggerated in the least.
He was a splendid pitcher and very en-
| thusiastic over the game. / doubt If he has
| lost any of his old-time love for good ball
game. The chances are he will be a famil-
| lar figure at the ball park in Washington.
| He delighted in all out-of-door sports, but
| was especially fond of baseball. He was
| a regular pitcher on the staff of the school
nine. and was recognized as one of the
| most coolheaded and reliable of the
| twirlers.
"Pi Yuk and his countrymen were never
allowed TO graduate from Phillips During
the summer vacation following their second
year an emssary from their home land dis
covered, with horror, that these boys were
becoming altogether too AmericaniZed. On
the strength of his report they were re-
called