The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-26
They Are Bright and Thor
Ough in Work.
LONG TIME AT THEIR STUDIES
One Spent Ten Years on Subject of
Agriculture; Another Was DevOt-
ed to Architecture.

L
treasurer of Cornell university, and DR.
c. P. Beaman, also of Cornell are visit
| ing in Duluth. Mr.. Williams visited
in Duluth short time last summer
and was so delighted with the climatic
and other attractions that he determin-
| ed to spend a week or two here again
this summer.
81 am connected with the business
end of Cornell, and not with the edu
lcational," said Mr.. Williams, this morn
ing, "and therefore cannot speak with
authority in comparing eastern and ives.
tern educational institutions. Splendid
United States. The American standard
of education is a high one. Cornell stu
dents are drawn from all parts of the
world. Most of them, of course, are
from America. We have large number
from the west, and there are numerous
graduates of the university who now
make their homes in Duluth.
''Quite a body of japanese students
are enrolled at the university. They
are very bright. For several years past
Japan has been represented at Cornell
Orient probably has been larger than
ever before. We also have several Chi
nese students, and South American
countries, notably Brazil, are well repre-
scented. Then there are Russians, Ger
mans, Englishmen and representatives of
almost every civilized nation.
"The Cosmopolitan club has been or
ganized for the benefit of these various
nationalities, and it is accomplishing
good work 1t is most interesting. The
students from these various countries
mix readily, and the club offers excel
lent opportunities for an exchange of
ideas. National differences are forgot
ten, and the young men become good
friends.
81 cannot say which nationality can
be classed as brightest. University
work depends entirely upon individual
effort, and man of one nationality may
make brilliant success, while brother
of the same nationality would be dull
student. Perhaps the Japs- are the most
thorough and painstaking in their work
Most of them take up the engineering
and agricultural studies.
AS Ill lHSUdHCc VI OuC
of which 1 speak may be cited the case
of one young Jap who came to Cornell
to study architecture. He remained at
the university four years, tnen took
post graduate course of two years. From
Cornell he went to New York and re-
manned there two years, one year In an
uptown office making a speciality of ar
chitecture as affecting fine residences,
and the other year in a different office,
where another grade of the work was
taken up. After that he spent year
in England, studying English architec-
ture. so you see he studied nine years
in all before feeling sufficiently salts
fed with himself, and he was excep-
tionally bright. have in mind an
other young fellow from the Orient who
spent ten years studying agriculture, in
Guiding the time spent at school and In
travel.
eve are also getting larger number
of Chinese than usual showing a great.
er progressiveness on the part OF the
eastern country as a whole. The same
NAV be said of Brazil and other South
American countries, which are waking
up and fallmS INTO line WITH Che Sehei a.
march of progress.
"There is no danger that athletics
will receive less attention at our colleges
in future than they have in the past. 1t
is altogether right and proper that they
should receive liberal attention. 1t is a
good thing for the students. Cornell has
set aside sixty acres for an athletic
field. and $4,000 already has been spent
in grading it. Ten acres will be used
for general play grounds, tennis, lacrosse
etc