The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-03-12
GOING BACK TO
TEACH IN CHINA
Pretty Little Coed of California
University Talks on
Woman'S Future.
(TrOm MOnday,s Advertiser.l

Two young Chinese women now at
the home of the Rev. Kong Yin Tet, on
Sheridan street, are striking examples
of the sort of energy being applied to
the educational work involved in the
awakening" of China. They are sis.
tiers of Mr.. Kong. who is pastor of st.
Peters chapel. Both have Just com.
pleted the regular four years course
of the University of California in three
and a half years, and they are going
back to Honan, where they are much
wanted in the school service. They
are Mrs. H. T. Chen, wife of tho head
of the educational system of Honan
province, and Miss Lily Kong. Yes.
terday Mrs. Chen received a cable from
her husband asking her to hurry and
join him.
Mrs Chen is young, bright looking,
vivacious and pretty, and would pass
for a coed about to enter college,
rather than a graduate Her husband IS
position is next to that of governor of
the province of Honan. He is at
Chang Sha. Mrs. Chen wanted to be
able better to help him in his work, 80
she hurried her way through the uni
versity. She took the natural science
and general culture courses, which in.
clude French, German and various stud
les in the sciences and literature, and
though her course would naturally have
ended this spring. she finished last De-
cember, in three and half years, and
was granted her graduation certificate.
Another sister Miss Anna Kong, n
graduate of the Mckinley High School
of Honolulu, is following the Same
course in Berkeley. Mrs. Chen and her
sister are much enjoying visit with
their brother, the Rev. Kong and his
family, but will take the earliest pos.
sible steamer for the Orient.
Young China Views.
Mrs. Chen has acquired some politi.
cal views during her time of studying
in America. She is government
student" being one of those sent to
the mainland to be educated for the
work she is now SO anxious to take UP.
She is strong for the equality of the
sexes, but it is a double-edged PROPOSE.
ton with her.. for her plan might polit-
ically elevate a lot Of women and
lower lot of men.
81 believe in the movement for
woman suffrage" said Mrs. Chen,
with proper restrictions, and would
apply the same tests to the men as to
the women. Let both sexes vote equal.
ly, on the same qualifications.
"There are lot of men in the
United States who, it seems to me, are
not fit to vote. / would have an edu.
cational and a property qualification,
applied equally to both sexes. That
would be fair and proper.
"Of course in China there are many
not fitted for the suffrage hope
that proper qualifications win be re.
CURED"
The young Chinese graduate in the
course of her studies and observations
has come to the conclusion that the
United States, even if it is the Great
Republic, by no means has perfect
government, an opinion which has
evidently been reached by numerous
Americans lately, and when she joins
her sisters in China in the great wo.
mans forward movement, it will be
as limited suffragette only.
Mrs. Chen doesn't seem to think
there is anything notable in her Civ
ing up her family life, completing a
four years. course in an American uni.
versity in three and half years and
then going back better qualified to
help her husband in the work he is do.
ing. She says she is q government
student" and that there is work wait
ing for her to do, and that she will
take the next steamer. though she would
like to visit here little longer She
and Miss Lily Kong will probably sail
on April 2.