The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-07
CHINA STUDENT LIKES OUR PEP
 AND INITIATIVE
Greek Thinks We Lack Dignity But Cuban
 Finds Us Affable

any other and the world will beat ! path to his door," Let him also tell people that he makes the best mouse trap or go about advertising the matter loudly, and the path will be replaced by a broad highway, travelled by people from many lands, coming to learn from him. America has built bigger bridges written more books, achieved greater commercial prosperity and made more advances in science and invention than any other nation on the face of the earth.
 The news of these achievements has spread to the ends of the earth and the people of other nations look to America for new ideas and methods radically different from their own. Yale, one oi the oldest of American universities and long a leader in the advance of knowi' edge in all fields, has become a Mecca for those foreign students who wish to carry these new ideas and the results of American studies and experiences back to their own lands.
 The success of Yale men in all types of undertaking has made the university famous throughout the United States and it has become one of the leading centers of learning, toward which all American youths look with respect, and to which as many as can possibly dc seek to come for their final education Such men of fame as Eli Whitney, wh, reyolutionized the commercial life of the nation with the invention of his cotton gin; Samuel Morse, who invented the telegraph and laid the founda tior for closeness of ties between widely separated peoples that had never be- fore been dreamed of; Lee de Forest whose vacuum tube has made radio communication and long distance tele phoning possible, and host of others have given the university background in science second to none.
 Yale has also achieved considerable renown in the field of letters, ane while these are things that attract the attention of the scholar more than any other. Yale men have made an envlablt record on the athletic field, which has served to carry the fame of the schoo to those not interested so much IT higher learning.
 It is quite natural that students from foreign lands who have chosen to come to the United States to complete theil education because they believe that It ls the best place for them to accomplish this purpose should turn to Yale as tht best place in America for doing so.
 There are at present approxlmatelJ 115 men and women from 50 countrle: of the world studying in Yale univer sity. Some of them are starting thell collegiate education here as freshmen while others have already attained thel' doctors degrees and come here TOT spe cial study under some particular 1al'
 
 science knows no political boundar1es
 China Leads
 China leads the list, because of thu late renaissance in that country and th' existence of the American Boxer In demnity scholarships with a college a Picking for the purpose of preparlni students desiring to come to Amerlcal universities. The other countries repre- sented and the number of students iron each are as follows: Canada, , Hawaii, g.; Russia, z; England, 6 Japan. 6; Philippine Islands, 6; Cuba 4: Central America, 4; South Africa 4: India. 8; South America, 8; Mexico 9: France, 2, and the following eacl have one representative Armenia, Aus tralia. British West Indies, Costa Rica Czecho- -Slovakia, Ecuador, Germany Hungary, Korea, Norway, Palestine Holland, Persia, Russia, Siam, Swe den and Greece.
 A few of these foreign students hav' been interviewed in an effort to flnt ont what these visitors who spend , longer time than most tourists and hay. a better chance for observation thlnl of America.
 A young man from China, Yimsol Tsao. president of the Yale union, O the Chinese Students Christian asso citation. Says, "There are about 2.5O( Chinese young men and women scattere' through the United States studying practically all of whom intend to re turn to China to apply the knowledg
 @This Is the result of tendenc! which is rapidly growing in China t receive new training from foreign coun tries. and feeling toward America l particularly. friendly because or tn work of American missionaries ana tn friendliness which the Americans nav manifested toward China in many ways
 'AThere is a college in Chlna wnlcl prepares young men and women M tt come to this country to study, and 5Ot of them are supported by scnolarsnips based on the money returned to Cnlns Cn on part of the Boxer indemnity m 1Soo tbis is called the Tsinghua college.
 Prepared In Hong Kong
 Tsao graduated from Queens collegt in Hong Kong, a college maintained by the English for Chinese education and has been working in this country as A young mems Christian association secretary for many years. It was al Queens college that he learned Engiist which he speaks almost perfectly. .
 Having become acquainted witt Americans in China before coming here he felt almost immediately at home upon his arrival in Seattle. He hal learned many lessons during his stay here, among them being the orderly manner of life which he finds thai people in this country live. The other which he stresses in particular IS tht great energy or '-pep" so visible on al occasions, China being bound to tradi tions of long standing to make any rapid progress, and he finds that thu same thing is to larger extent true o1 the English What America lacks II ago is made up for by the freedom of action and thought gained.
 Taso has many very good friend here, and finds that throughout thu university and among the educated peo ple of America he feels perfectly home. There is on the other hand { great deal of racial prejudice exhibite' with but little restraint on the part O