The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-06-20
WITH LANG At YALE.
ReColleCtions Of china's New
Minister to America.
LIVELY, FUN LOVING STUDENT

mates 10 Give Him an Enthusiastic
Wsleoms,
When LANG Tung Yen, the new Chi
nese minister, reaches Washington the
tennis cabinet Il likely to have an
Accession unless 'Srtng." as the Yale
students used 70 call him, has gone
back an an athlete. says the New York
sun. In his day he was one Of the
most aasiduous tennis players that
Yale had.
Moreover, he resembles Sir Chen.
tupg LANG Chsng. whom he win sue
coed. Ia that be was Il baseball pitcher
IN college, Sir Chentung Lang Cheng
used 10 twlrl the sphere 1T Amherst
Mr.. LANG did the same at Yale. He
wasn't quite up to varsity timber, but
In class and other contests he used %
throw a curve that pushed the best Of
the ordinary players.
when be twisted himself into a knot
aud flung bis arms and less about and
then let his cue execute a nank lasso
movement about his head as the ball
left his hand, the batter waS pretty
sure 20 strike out some OF the boys
said they couldn't tell whathsF II was
the curve or the spectacle Of the dying
cue that did Il, but out they would 40.
All Yale men Of the late seventies
and the early eighties read with pleas
uFe that Mr. LANG was coming again
to the United states with the high rank
OF minister His arrival has special
siinelineas IN view Of the fact that the
class Of SO has already petitioned
tho Yale authorities 20 grant him his
degree. He was recalled By bis gov
eminent one year before be finished
bis course.
His record az q student was good.
His devotion 10 learning since has
been such that the class has asked that
he be put on the list Of alumni with
the degree that hO would have received
had be been ailowed 70 Hnish hls work.
II II thought that at the coming com
mencement at Yale announcement will
b. made that he h at last to b allowed
10 have ali the rights and privileges Of
any other OF Yale's sons.
Mr.. LlanG'n classmates are already
preparing 10 give him an enthuaiastic
welcome. Never was an American
more Of q good follow in college than
Ting. There were several other Chi
nese students AZ Yale when be was
there, but Ting was the popular one
Of the hnneh. &ud h0 was modem
through and through with the excsp-
ton IL hia dives and a slight accent
IN bis speech that made bis uae Of hne
English oil tho more deiiahtful The
Yale men, boys they will BE- when
they foFcgatheF with Ting soon after
be aFrixaa-all say that he had an
American soul ana that thera never
wac q youngster ID America more keen
for fun than he.
Ting was one Of about alaty or aeg,
enty picked Chinese boys sent ovel
here IN the early seventies By the gov.
ernment 20 got 9 modern education
and to learn western ways. Tuna
Wing Of Hartford had general super
vision Of the lads, They went TO va,
Fious preparatory schools and then en-
tered American colleges. All OF them
bad become expert u nnglish before
entering college. Ting was educated
Ia the liaElfoEd niah school and enter
81 the class Of 80 at Yale.
The reCords of the university viii
not show that DO was ono OF the hlat
stand men, he was never q grind
He soon acquired the American tFieh
OF getting there with the smalIesi
amount Of hard study and the largest
amount Of rollickinG fun. He simply
stood well IN the class and was ahaFr
enough not 70 run the Flnk OF ''iunk.
Ing out"
Professor Edward Dana, who tanghi
phyulep when Ting was In Yale. found
u aeceaAaFy one day In the classroom
~ suggest 20 Tag that peEhaps 4
weuld Be better fE him not 70 faii Il
hts work. Professor Dana went az th,
matter tactfully, lie said:
Il should Inc ~ suggest 10 yOa TIA
perhaps II would Be wise on your par
% pay q little more attention 20 you
work. do not thlmk you would car,
% b les down at Tale OF cOmSe
have no ka0wisdEs a. to what woult
be ltkety 10 happen IN your case. but 4
seems 70 me that you woald not car,
~ b seat hotne for lack % emeieney a
yOur ntadias- - study. net Of ahll
ny, you undaEutAad. YOu know bettm
than what would happen 10 your GOV
srnuisnt should call you homo undal
circumstances thae. 40 matter how the,
would BE- Fe@aedsd here. might BE- 10
Eardsd - diAgFace there. | say yoS
know bsteer tan ! what would hap
pen"
frofessor Dana was smiling hy tAal
Dc = aud ~ waited fer Ting's rUply
II came qaick
q know" said Ttns.
1hen be drew bis anger aeresa III
thFoat and when the class burst int
laugh Over Il Ne teinna he ruME Pru
fe@soF Dana was also movcd DO mtrth
but b. quiekly Suppressed Il ana aaaaa
I thoaghs Il might Be something m
that"