Arizona republican., 1908-11-03
GREEK LETTER CHINESE
 CHUNG MEN YU, FRAT"
Chinaman Who, It Is Said, Will Be United States Minister, Member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Society.


 New York, Nove1.-Chung Men Vow, the only Chinaman in the world who knows what the mystic letters Delta Kappa Epsilon mean to 5000 American college graduates, is now sailing across the Pacific, as special envoy in con. nection with Prince Tang Shao Yis gorgeous retinue, some say, to suc ceed Wu Ting Fang as Chinese min- ister at Washington. Also he is cer- tainly the only Chinaman in the world who can wear the coveted "" of Yale as an ornament of his rich, oriental state robes, if he sees fit. In addition to being one of very few Chinamen who has ever ridden any American college fraternity goat, Chung Men Yew en- joys the reputation of being the only Chinaman who was coXswain of an American University crew. Ills ses
 sion with the goat and with the mega phone and stop watch both took place at Yale, where he was a member of the class of 'S3. The Dekes attended to the goat matter, and the managers of the 'S3 Varsity crew picked out | Chung to steer the boat against Har- yard And divested of his magnificent robes and his peacock feather and oth- CT Chinese insignia, Chung steered his crew to victory.
 Chung. if he succeeds the famous Wu, will bring to his office no little of the social skill which has made Wu the very welcome guest at American | functions. He was for several years connected with the embassy at Wash | ington, and almost his last public ap- pearance before he returned to China was his speech at the banquet of the ID. K. F. convention in Washington, where he responded to the toast, Yale the Mother Chapter" and sang the marching song of the Dekes with as much gusto as the youngest delegate. And probably his first after dinner re- appearance in the United States will i be as a speaker at the Delta Kappa | Epsilon dinner in the Waldorf on the evening of November 13, when, with his fraternity brothers, Senator Albert J. Beveridge, of Indiana, Senator Frank i B. Brandegee, of Connecticut, Victor | M. Metcalf, secretary of the navy, eX- Governor Frank $. Black. Bishop John | son of Dakota, Postmaster Charles P | Taft, brother of Hon. William H. Taft, and Judge Vernon NJ. Davis, president of the New York D. K. F.. association, | he will tell the sixty second annual convention what he thinks about D. K. tE
 l Already the Delta Kappa Epsilon word has gone to San Francisco Dekes | to meet Chung and give him the grip and hurry him East to take part in the first convention at Yale since the civil war, and to add to the glory which his chapter has as the mother chapter of the fraternity.
 ] Effort is also being made bY James Anderson Hawes, secretary of the din ner committee, to get Chung to go down to New Haven to take part in i the convention at the society hall, and to be one of the special train which Is to rush the delegates from all parts of the United States back to New York | for the dinner at the Waldorf, where it ! is expected more than 600 Dekes will dine. Whether Chung will visit his old chapter and become one Of the | boys again at this time cannot be said, as he will undoubtedly be very much occupied in attendance on Prince Yi, who is on a trip around the world and comes bearing. it is said, several car loads of rich gifts for Prominent Amer jeans and foreign potentates. Prince Yi's mission is said to be to thank the Americans for remitting part of the Boxer indemity and to interest Ameri- cans in the development of northern China But if Chung does get down i to Yale, his wonderful oriental robes certainly will add a blaze of glory to the convention in the society house. Of Chung's fraternity life at Yale, naturally little can be learned. It | took place behind the portals of the | house in York street, where none ent- CTS unless he has a full knowledge of | the mysteries. One thing is certain that Chung was most popular student generally, or he would not today have the right to wear the little simple l Iozenge of gold and black enamel with tiny white scroll on its center. And | he must have been game and no quit ] ter. for Yale doesn't send out any other kind to take part in its annual affairs with Harvard. So. in addition, Chung feels disposed, he can wear l big Yale Varsity Y along with his pea cock feather. And if President Roose- welt, who is also a Deke, cares to play
 tennis with Chung, he may be faced | by a sturdy athletic man with on his shirt to give the Harvard execu-
 tive a further incentive to strenuous play
 But Chung. of course, is now past his
 coxswain days, and is a dignified, cap
 able, Chinese diplomat of very high
 rank He may wear his old Deke pin,
 hidden among his flowing draperies,
 but he certainly does not sport the
 Yale Y as part of his private or pub
 lie costume. His business as Chinese
 minister. with all the present eastern