The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-04
CHINESE STUDENTS IN AMERICA

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The seventy-two Chinese students
who reached San Francisco a few
weeks ago formed the third annual
deputation sent by the Chinese Gov
eminent on funds accruing from the .
remission Of the Boxer indemnity by
the United States.
The remission of $13,OOO,OOO of in
demnity by the American Congress .
was one of the wisest as well as one .
of the most magnanimous diplomatic .
moves ever made by any Government, /
says the Independent. In apprecia- /
ton of this friendly act the Chinese
Government is sending to America for .
study 100 students a year for five .
years, and thereafter for twenty-nine .
years fifty students each year to re- .
main here for from five to nine years
OF zoo students in America concern |.
ing whom we have definite record, |
1913 are in universities, seventy-two in
professional schools and the balance /.
in smaller colleges. New York State |.
has the largest number ISL. The larg- .
est number at any one institution IS
at Cornell, where there are fifty. Col
umbia has thirty the University
of Illinois an equal number, Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, twenty-nine; Uni
versity of Michigan, twenty-five; Har-
ward, twenty-four; University of Chi
cago, twenty-two; Yale, sixteen
University of Pennsylvania. fifteen.
The remainder are scattered
throughout many institutions East and
West, Fifty-two of the number are
women, and for them the favorite in
situations are Wellesley, Wells and
Radcliffe. 1t is significant that most
are pursuing technical and scientific
courses, the favorite being civil, me-
chanical and electrical engineering,
metallurgy, agriculture, finance, for
estry and political science and govern
ment
They are strong in scholarship, cap
turing scholastic honors in competi-
tion with American students. Within
the past two years two have been
elected in Phi Beta Kappa in Harvard
and two in Yale. John Y. Lee, now an
instructor in physics in the Univer-
sity of Chicago, has the peculiar dis
tinction of being both Phi Beta Kappa
and Sigma XI.
Hawklin Yen, who this year present
ed his doctors thesis on Chinese Gov
eminent at Columbia, is said by one
of the professors of constitutional law
and administration to have passed the
best examination on every question
propOunded by the professors in
charge DR.. T. M. Lee, now a profess
sor in the medical department of the
Canton Christian College, two years
ago took the prize in clinical medicine
in competition with a graduating class
of ia at the medical school of the
University of Pennsylvania. Davis
Wi, with his masters thesis at Har-
ward won the Bowdoin prize of $3.50
in 1910.
Some of these students have distin-
guished themselves in oratory. Y. S.
Tsao this year captured the De Forest
prize for the best Grafton among the
seniors at Yale. This was his third
successive victory, having won the
sophomore and junior prizes in previ-
Gus years. His Grafton this year was
on the yale Spirit" V. X. Wellington
Koo two years ago was on the debat-
ing team of Columbia which defeated
| Cornell.
/ AT different times the prize orators
at the universities of Virginia and
Vanderbilt have been Chinese. Any
one who has not been associated with
these young men would be surprised
at the facility and accuracy acquired
by them in the use of the English Ian
guage. When they learn English as
boys they speak it without noticeable
accent.--New York Sun.