The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-24

| called a rough house.
1 A terrific din arose at once. In the
shouting and clatter Smith suddenly
| found himself thrust out Into the hall
| with such force that he went clear
through a closet door on the opposite
side. Smiths door was closed at once
| with q bang and locked so that he
could be kept out while the work Of
| wrecking was going on. Before Smith
could pick himself up he heard rae
ing footsteps down the stairs and
along the hall to his room. He smiled
when he heard a laundering knock on
the door with demand that 1t be
opened No answer.
"Open that door, / say" called the
voice of Professor Richards, whose
room was just above.
There was another knock and sum-
mons to open the door.
go wayr' replied voice. with a
suspicious Chinese accent
"Open that door!" again demanded
the voice. with mighty pounding.
"You can't get In here, Smith," said
voice, with a we'll known accent
| "Open that door In the name Of the
| facultyw was the next command.
''Go to the d. was the next reply
! and the same accent
"Open that door In the name of the
faculty. again demanded the voice.
"Oh, go to thunderv' was the next
reply.
| II am Professor Richarisr' was the
next statement, and then the door was
opened.
Smith wasn't there, but was stand
Ing In the doorway Of the closet oppo-
site convulsed with laughter. When
they found Ting he was under the
| bed, according to the well preserved
"reminiscences OF tho class. Whether
II was Ting who spoke through the
door or some one who initiated him
matters little Nothing serious hap
pened They say. however, that for
time Ting had demure air such as
| only Chinese could put on and get
away with It.
Ting excelled In mathematics The
signs and symbols Of modern mathe-
matics are often stumbling block to
the oriental mentality, but not 80 to
Ting. He could just eat mathematics
| up. In fact his former classmates say
that he could excel In any subject
when he put his mind to 1t, but he
loved baseball and tennis.
Ting's proficiency in mathematics
| stood him In good stead In forming a
scheme whereby all the boys Of GER
| tain set, about ten Of them, could have
spending money the entire month and
| each need spend his own money only
three days a month and could live of
the other nine for the rest Of the thirty
days Each OF these boys had about
500 spending money month. or
course the checks would arrive about
| the same time. The spirit Of prodigali-
ty prompted the expenditure Of the en-
tire money ut once The result would
be that each boy would go broke In
| about a week, and the coterie would
have nothing but memories until the
arrival of the new checks
Ting's great mind solved the problem.
The checks were pooled Each 500
was to last three days, and all hands
were to live on It For exactly three
days one man had to pay all the bills
| OF the rest. The result was that they
| had money all the time and had the
satisfaction Of living of some other
| fellow with the exception Of three
days a month. The solution of that
great problem In finance made Ting a
marked man In Yale There are many
graduates who have since longed for
| the return Of Ting to the United States
| to help them out In schemes Of finance
Liang Tung Yen's ability In mathe-
matics probably had much to do with
his future career In China. He was
a protege Of Chang, yiceroy OF the
| province Of Chilli The youth was a
brilliant Chinese scholar, according to
their standards, even If desire to
have good time interfered with high
| scholarship at Yale. For many years
| after his return to China he was pri-
vate secretary Of yiceroy Chang, and
| at the time Of the Boxer rebellion he
rendered conspicuous service with
Viceroys Chang and Liu In ignoring
L tue lIupeELll SlICl W MIL OtA lAiC AcA
| eigners His influence with Chang
was especially strong, and civilization.
Tung's classmates declare, owes him
| a great debt
Chang made him taotai Of customs Of
Tientsin, where he has had salary OF
about $4,000 a year. When there
| was talk Of choosing a Chinese sue
cessor to Sir Robert Hart In the ad-
ministration Of Chinese customs he
| was the man selected for the post.
His administration Of public affairs
has brought him his present promotion
and the opportunity to renew old
| friendships. A Yale alumnus In speak
| Ing Of his return to the United States
| said:
"Please do not put 1t too strong. Re
diplomatic, you understand. for we
| arc now sedate fellows Of middle age.
| and no doubt our dear old friend Ting.
as we used to call him. Is now very
dignified parsonage, but there Is Just
one song that will be applicable to our
private meeting with him, and 1t be-
| gins with words that sound something
| like 'There'll be hot time In the old
| town. You catch tho meaning, but