University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-09-12

Wong in the Chinese Annual of Au
gust. 1911. published by the mem
bers of the New York Chinese Stu
dents Club. Mr.. Wong was stude nj
in the School of journalism of tht
University of Missouri for two years
He viii return to the University this
year to complete the course in Jour
nalism and take his degree.
In every group of seven hundred
and fifty persons in New York City
only one is a Chinese. Among the
four and One-half million residents
Ii, this city, the Chinese may claim
SIX thousand. the pioneers of which
come over here to trade in 1858.
Most of the Chinese in New York
are males. the laws of the nation
prohibiting the admission of Chinese
wives and daughters of labOrers, ana
discouraging the coming of the fami-
lies of merchants. In this city there
are fifty-six pure Chinese families
blessed by about one hundred and
fifty children enjoying their Ameri-
can citizenship in the arms of their
mothers or sitting on benches under
American teachers in the public
schools. The number of Chinese wO-
men and girls of marriagCable age
does not exceed one hundred. Many
Chinese have married American wo-
men. At a bazaar held recently in
DOyer Street. more than half of the
booths were presided over by young
women of ChineSe-American paren-
age Few of these Chine Se-Amer-
can children are familiar with the
tongue of their fathers. Because OF
the inability of Chinese wives anu
daughters to visit this country. ow-
ing to the Chinese Exclusion Act. the
hen have to make frequent visits to
their homes far away.
The Chinese. as few and scattered
dS thts diS III A>C" ioi ~ hu'N o"'
ceeded in organizing themselves foI
lhe purposes of self-prOtection and OF
among themselves. Most of them are
engaged as importers of fancy goods
and Chinese produce. supplying the
Americans with silk apparel. teak
wood furniture, tea and chinaware.
= large number of Chinese are max
ing their living in the laundry and
restaurant business. the beautifully
built chop suey cafes of Oriental
,splendOr have become popular and
famous in other American cities as
well as New York.
To serve their fellow cOuntrymen
especially, some of the Chinese have
established shops near Chatham in
he southern part of the city. There
may be found small department
stores. restaurants and supply shops
provided for their sole interest and
comfort. Chinese physicians ana
surgeons, graduates of Tien Tsien
and American schools. are found
having their offices in this section of
the city.
For organized work in prOmOtins
their public and social welfare, the
Chinese have the Chinese Publi,
Chamber. with headquarters at 1C
MOtt Street. The members of tn,
chamber are composed of leadinS
Chinese merchants and representa-
tives of the various labor and trad,
guilds. Aside from being a deliber-
ative and executive council for the
colony in New York. the
members of the chamber often sit
as a court of arbitration in disputes
in which both parties involved art
Chinese.
This public chamber does not en-
Joy any special recognition i'm the
American courts. but the Chinese
having a strong desire to work fOI
and by themselves. usually obey anC
respect its findings. Minor cases arc
lecided by the president of the cham
Der. who is paid officer selected
from the student class in China. Of
.icial communications from the Chi
lese Government are made through
his chamber.
For the Chinese education of their
children. there has been eSta blished
L public school taught by instructors
letailed there by the Imperial Chi
lese Board of Education at Pekin.
1 he courses offered by the school are
;imilar to those i'm the elementary
;chOols i'm China. More than fifty
pupils enrolled in the 191O-19ll
ss ssiOn of the school. which closed
.ast July. nine boys and seven girls
receiving their diplomas which pro-
notes them to the freshmen class of
q high school. They become charter
in the fall Of 1911. Prof5s-
sor c. II. Chu. who graduated the