Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-16
CHINESE STUDENTS IN AMERICA
BI FREDERIC J. uASKIN

W\SIilNG'rOE. Januar::' l5-in an
"''ra American brick dWcll,Hy. which
I , ~ one OF the capital. best resi-
"ehtial districts. is The Chinese Edu.a-
liohai Mission. The mission IL an in
"tilution. but II is also :, home |, is
INC official home or hcaduuartcrs of all
'hoSo 'hiheSc students who are study
ihr III American colleges and universe
S!cS--a' present some 900 i'm number
te'c y. T. Wong, an energetic, Young
'hlfanlan. who speaks excellent Eng
'iE1i, Ec"ps track Of the educat,onul
a"Nsn"ement "f each Chinese student
scht I" Amcrir.. while Mrs Wong
writes Them motherly letters of nd.
vice telling them not TO forget their
"NefShoes in rainy weather and ia
write regularly TO their families ,r
student fails IN Latin or gets ton
many colds ihc Wong famil. s,cs In
causes VIC
Formerly. when tho Chinese roycrr
hent sent young men To American mil
'e's'tieS there was n" system OF suncr-
NIs'"h whatsoever. and often all trace
OF IN" student was lost lie might
~ up seven Years later a graduate
OF laIc OF Harvard. but in the menu
TINE the government did not knov.
What had become Of him. unless il took
'hs trouble q" communicate with his
university which required u great
"'ai 81 lime aud was not ALWAYS SAT,
.n'ehl happen 10 mans family. and
t"s government would he weeks or
months locating HIM ana getting in
'oiinal' TO him. Under these cir
'"n,S'ah'cs. the need for some cen.
t'.l means OF communicated i'm
erery ''hrssr SUDDEN, in Ameri", fr,,n,
New England 10 California was am
parent. 80 the chinese Ldu,atjou.I
MISSION Was established. within walk
'hh distance Of the Chimes embassy
Ia i,h -.
porian.c.
INC i.ninGae government has been
Seh"ins students TO America to be cdu-
'a'c" since 1915. bu, in the beginning
~ mas been said, there was 70 svs-
III -Nh o'ta sional youth who showed
Strone Indications Of becoming a
a'h"iar WAS sent over, but IN great
many cases was recalled b.forc n. n. a
l"ishec ms course. because the SOY
vtNihtH' was nnpcstcd IS TO his move
,ithts ana could not understand what
sept nun 80 long. Then. in 1900. came
the hoNcr uprising, ana China war
'ompttied 10 pay the United States GOV.
S'hIhch' an enormous irdrmii;"
amounting 1" $1,000 600 d wear. half Of
Nhi'h was I" be returned to china
-" '"c provision that d, lie used to
'""'"'t mines. students III America.
Went Into Effect In 1900.
NJ Hh'' 1905. however. aid this
IN" Hist Scholarships were awarded
rom TINS fund. and Chinese students
nave been coming regularly I" Amcii.
ca" universities ever since. There are
no" som" 800 scattered throughout
America. studying in sach universities
as Harvard Yale. Co!unbi. AIa,sa-
'hnaciis institute OF Tcchuo!oey, Cor
nell l.sh!gli University OF I'-nns,l-
N'nia Johns iIop!l ins. Chicago TINT
versity If michigan. Wisconsin. VIr.
"a Ia l., .!
~ Mines. University Of Rochester
Pittsburgh. Minnesota ana Ia. Mes.
ern Reserve Cniversiiy 81 ohiu The
most popular courses al. engineering
we"teihe, la" ana education Modern
China - no; interested IN the arts.
II IL leaving the study Of ancient chi
ues' art ana literature to American
millionaire collectors and j. empha-
SiZ:ne the Eam, al good practical
courses IN engineering aud science.
which viii help develop tho trcmcn-
d"us resources 81 China.
Education has long been highly re-
-ardod in 1hina. ~ M other nation
n 'hc world has thc scholar alwayr
been held in such high esteem. Eul
This - probably because scholar. IN
cuites, "cra few aud fur between.
Nevertheless for centuries tho Cal
ucS" have been race OF dreameTS.
pTefsrring - dclve d.ep .u,o licra-
lNiH .'lu pursue the ptaCetEl ucCuDa
ton al agrjculturc. rsthar than 20 20
forth into III. world in search 81 CON
quest. In z coun;r. where tn. pcpu-
iation IS hcrdcd together like oattls
and tho birth r"tc is excessive. iitc Sc
TOO common Il Thing TO dSht for.
World tuoke China.
/, Was not until the world hog.n TO
come I" China that China awok" from
he dreaming. With the lnnuN o!
Western civilization camc ii' mission
arr and rl,hlc cGuraiion, came com
mcrct and aEErcgsioil. cam" cvcu Oh
preston which have kept ihr ''a,n"
m~n ~ :. STATE nf asiiat"d evolution
I.i,eratuyc. painting, higher botany aT%
The rorship OF ancient customs have
been elected for tho time being.
while tho modern Chinaman demands
10 h. taught III. modern Aggressive
sciences OF enSinocruls. finance ana no
!itical economy. It is tho newly a"ak'
ened national spirit Of china which
sees in these things the development
anh protection Of China natiou
"t:ducation for every one is nov tn"
cry of tho peopio. china has a p"pu-
lation % 800 100000 people, Of one
fourth thr total q: the entire human
race. II hds an unorgar .Hed nSuins