The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-12
YALE'S ONLY INDIAN GRADUATE
4 WINNEBAGO 4 MEMBER or
THIS TEIRS SENIOR Class.
Henry nee CIoOd HAS PAID tis Wa
ThrouEh College m Part schslarship
HOnoFs Won by President Taft's
son Chinese Also Conspicuous.


HonoFs Won By President Taft's
sen 4 Chinese Also COnsplcuSus
NEw HAVEN. June a. II the IN seniors
AZ Yale were % vote on the three men 81
the class who were most interesting 90
the outsider they would probably pick
out Henry Roe Cloud of the Winnehago
trihe n Indians. ChenR-t'ing Thomas
Wang 81 Ningpo China. and Robert
Alphonso Taft. son Of the President.
~ these Cloud ~ the most prominent.
a. he II the first American Indian ever 20
graduate from Yale. He was born on
the Winnabago reservation in Nebraska
on December -. 1884. his mother and
father being full blooded Indians Of tribal
importance. Although he has been some
what reticent about he family TREE IL IL
Understood by his classmates that he
comes Of the royal line in his tribe his
grandfather having been a great chief
81 hi- dAy and heing known a. yellow
Cloud
Visiting missionaries IA the Winnehago
reservation became Interested In Henry
Roe Cloud when he was a hoy and u was
largely through their interest that he
was finally enabled 70 enter Yale. In
1891 his father died and the year following
came the death Of his mother. Some tins
after that arrangements were made for
I him 10 come Fast 20 study and he entered
Moody's school at Mount Hermon.
His undergraduate career at Yale has
been unusually successful He has main
tanned high scholarship stand and has
becn connected with many outside in
terssts by the aid Of which he has heen
enabled 10 meet his college EXPENSES IN
part From his freshman year he has
heen 10 a large extent self-supporting
In the last two or three years h. has
! frequently leCtured IN New Haven and the
surrounding towns ON Indian customs
and topiCs relative Ia the Indian question.
A little over a year ago a question q inn
portance IN the government II tho Winnie
/ bago tribe came up for discussion Young
Cloud was busy with his college work. but
word cam" 10 him here that hts advice
was wanted by he own people Without
hesitation he left college at once. went
.
IN consultation and then after having set
tied tho dispute 70 the satisfaction Of every
one concerned he returned 90 New Haven
and took Up his college life again. He
made up his work and kept with his class
Ever since he entered Yale no had been
interested in the work Of the Yale Y. NJ
G. A.. and has been one of the leaders in
3 al II 81 - ii
Dwight Hall. the Yale Y NJ c. A. and az
Yale Hall. tho downtown mission 81 the
! Yale students. have always brought out a
big CROW 4 II Yale undergraduates Il has
been one 81 his college Showcases that he
has been able 20 interest N many 81 his
classmates ~ well az other undsrgradu-
atss IN this line Of work
, HeWSs a member ~ the Vale senior de-
hating team and won the second prize in
the Ten EyCk prize speaking CONTEST. the
highest scholastic honor socially he has
been a success. being elected a. the Ehhu
Club. one II the coveted Undergraduate
[ hohOrs. He has been ono ~ the prominent
! members ~ the Yale Cosmopolitan Club
whose members include the different
nstionalities represented among tho Yale
[ student body
~ medium height and ztocky build Ne
/ carries IN his face tho racial traits Of he
I people. and his eyeS. hair and compile zion
mark him II Indian origin On an sub
/ iecfs except himself he u appToachable
/ and anaDle. hut when u comes to his nar-
sonal history he - reticent
Wait until I've dnne s0methinR worth
while. then I'll give you my personal
history r. all that his classmates sue
/ coed In getting from him when they ask
him To give hIs history up 90 date
When u same 10 giving the details Of
his career In the senior class hOok Mr
| Cloud maintained his usual reticcncn
and ell the information that the editors
II the hook succeeded IN extracting from
hun concerning his future career was
the Tact that h. intended entering the
| ministry
] Although moi the only Chinese student
| 10 grt = degree from Vale This June VIZ
Wang - one n the mosi prominent CHI.
neae studying In this country ~ present
/ He entered Yale from the University II
hiohiE gan, although tbs greater part Of