Evening star., 1928-02-19
BY WILLIAM RUFUS SCOTT.

More foreign students are expected to
come to Washington when the new
School of Government OF George WASH
ington University is operating. since the
facilities of the National Capital in this
| respect will be greatly Widencd by the
addition of the school, and foreign stu
| dents, especially. seek enlightenment
upon all phases OF political science.
| In the fiscal year 1927 total OF 1893
alien students came 10 schools and col
| leaes In the United States from coun-
| tries on quota basis and from Asiatic
! countries not PERMITTED to send immi-
, grants CT any basis. The figures. how
ever, do not include insular possessions
of the United States nor the countries
! in North, Central and South America
| which have unrestricted immigration
! into the United States.
Of the foregoing total, the number
which specified schools In the District
! of Columbia was 81 Under the immi-
grafton act of 1924 alien students must
| be accepted by institutions of learning
! that have been recognized by the Sec
retary of Labor as meeting standards
which guarantee that no aliens will be
| admitted on false pretenses. The Sec
| retary had recognized ,034 such schools
at the end of the fiscal year.
Congress made a deliberate exception
| OF alien students in passing the quota
| immigration act This privilege OF
ctudying in the United States neverthe-
, less was hedged about with safeguards
! Prospective students must prove to our
/ consuls abroad that they are genuinely
/ seeking education, that they will be able
| to finance themselves without working
/ here. that they will leave when the
! course is completed. that they are not
| less than 15 years old and will con
| form to other rules and regulations. ii
| they cannot speak English. they must
| show that the school which has en-
rolled them will be able to teach non
EI:Ciish-spea.;ing students.
y
II the careful examination made
abroad fails to uncover objections u
an applicant and immigration official
/ ir this country at port Of entry shoulc
find lawful reasons for barring him. he
may be turned back Moreover. il q
student develops traits after entry that
are violative of immigration laws ol
otherwise make him an undesirable
alien. he may be deported. During thc
! three fiscal years the immigration act
| has been in force 5.2l5 alien students
HAVE DttEi Wall ants IOl
| the arrest and deportation OF l35 wera
| issued, or less than per cent.
| The causes were not always the fault
| Of the student. Some became too Ill
| to continue their studies. some devel-
| oped insanity. some came honestly End
| found their finances inadequate A few
| were found to have entered without real
| intention of studying. or were expelled
| from school for one reason or another
/ or occasionally became radicals Ths
! great majority were bona fide students
; OF the SAILS in three years, LOSS have
/ completed their courses and returned &C
| their homes.
By grand divisions the 1888 admitted
! II 1927 were distributed as follows
/ Europe. 1857: Asia. 5so: Pacific area
/ so; Africa. 40; all other. 81. Some OF
| the larger groups came from the follow
| ing countries: China. oe4: Japan in.
Guiding Koreal. l76 England i58
/ Russia, 1877 Poland 81; India 63. Scot.
| land. c.; Turkey. So Italy. 55; Spain
| Al; Czechoslovakia. 35.
! China. which cannot send any irm!.
/ grants 10 the United States leads by Z
F.! wide margin IN the number Of student.
/ sent II IS interesting 20 recall tha
about sls.0o00o0 of The Boxer indem.
/ n!tT vas given back to China by .hs
! United States. large part of il 70 b
/ used n educating Young Chinese II
! this country Bu, OF the ae4 students
! only about 30 came as Boxer fund stu.
dents The remainder had 10 pay .heil
own way. or have it paid for them.
The law also allows students from
foreign countries to come here. under
specified conditions. 20 study our eco-
aonic life, by entering banks. steel
mills etc. while foreign governments
men; of State for students 20 enter the
Military and Naval Academies At wesi
Po!ns and Annapolis