The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-28
O,.sss stsAssts In America.

To the University OF California belongs the
credit Of the nrss org anlsatlou OF Chinese students
Ia America This was 10 1901. when some OF the
Chimes students attending the university organ
lied and gave their association the name OF the
Chiasss students Alliance Of America. The asso-
! citation Included originally students from all parts
Of the United states, but within the last few years.
says Bulletin 100 of the United States Bureau OF
Education. the great increase Ia their numbers.
particularly In the Eastern States. has made IL
possible to have two organizations, Eastern and
Western, The Eastern branch, known as the
Ch,nese Students Alliance OF the Eastern States.
10 now the larger, with about 800 members. The
Western branch. known as the Pacific Coast Chi
ne.e students Association, has about i00 mem
born. So far these two associations have not
been constituted q part OF the Worlds Chinese
Students Federation, the great national organi
ration Of China, with headquarters In Shanghai.
The alliance 10 the Eastern States publishes the
CAfnsss Stsdsnfs' Monahls. . magazine In English,
and the Chinese .Ssudenis' Annual In Chinese. The
object sought Is 10 unite all Chinese students on
the broad general ground Of patriotism.
Local activity In the Eastern States Is confined
TO the clubs Of the different colleges where Chi.
uese students are In attendance. There are clubs
or associations 10 New Haven, Amherst, Illinois.
Chicago. Wisconsin. Cornell. Pennsylvania Col
umbia. Niehlgs an, and q general club for Massa-
chusetts.
T. Y. Chang. . graduate Of the University
OF CSuIOTulA. CHASE Oh tVf, shyh. " utEncI
education America furnishes the Chinese youths
the best chance. According 70 a recent Chinese
statistical publication the number OF Chinese stu
dents In American universities ls greater than In
any other Western country. These Chinese stu
dents In America arc much more valuable to China
than American students to America the demand
for their services being 20 great. China to day
needs men Of higher modern education. She
needs engineers to build her railroads and TO open
up her mines she needs mechanics and chemists
to supervise her factories. and she needs lawyers
and economists to make her new laws and TO
direct her financial policies. Now. American
universities. especially the University OF Cali
fornia. attract Chinese students much more than
European universities. They can md friends
Of their own nationality Ia America much more
easily than In Europe. American educated Chi.
nese will be . huge bridge across the PAcihc
Ocean between Ameroa and China. over which
American ctvillsA ton travels. They win be .
marvellous meana Of transporting American Ideas
70 and distributing them through the vast Middle
KINGDOM. They will be sble 70 insure a peace
and trade in the Far East that treaties and mill.
tAry forces cannot insure. In one word, these
students will be the most natural medium and
most effective Instruments through and with
which American civilization. or rather American
university education. can exert Its wonderful
Influence on the new China
In November. 1908. there were iss Chinese stu.
dents a. American Institutions on foundations pro.
yided by either the imperial or provincial govern
ments Of China. sAysDr. Elmer Ellsworth Browne.
United States Commissioner OF Education. The
Chinese Young Mems Christian Association aud
the Chinese Young womens Christian Association
are fostering the educational movement as far as
circumstances permit, says John Fryer, who pro-
pared the bulletin herein under review, professor
Of Oriental languages and literature. University
OF California, who was for thirty I'VE years the
holder OF important ofhcis, positions under the
Chinese Imperial Government. besides being the
author and editor OF . large number OF Important
works In the Chinese language.
Professor Fryer says: The conservatism which
characterized Chinese national education In past
centuries seems 70 have disappeared. In It's place
there 10 what may almost be called a wild craze
for Western learning pervadlnG all classes Of
society"
Every year Ia certain 10 md an increasins mum
ber Of young people. the hower Of the eighteen
provinces of China, DESTROYS OF vending their way
10 "the country Of the nowery nag" as they call
the United States.