Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1914 — A Chinese Lad Attending High School Here. [ARTICLE]

A Chinese Lad Attending High School Here.

For the first time in the history of the Rensselaer high school, we have for a pupil a native of China,

Chin Pang Hoae, who has been in this country for about three year?. His.parents still live in China, and Chin Ifad been attending the military academy at Bunker Hill, 111,, where. Loren Sage was an instructor. This academy has been discontinued, and the young man desiring to continue his studies, came'here and is now living out with Mr. Sage’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Sage of southeast of town, for whom he lias worked heretofore during vacation. He drives to town every morning with Mr. Sage's son, Harold.

The young man is quite bright and when examined to determine what class he should be placed In, the instructor was convinced that he should go in the senior class, and he will graduate next spring. He speaks English quite fluently for the time that he has been in tftis country, and has become thoroughly Americanized, wearing his hair close cropped and dressing in the American style of clothing, although he has a trunk full of line silken clothes which his mother prepared for him before he left China. His father is said to be quite well to do.

The Monuett school for girls opened Sept. 2 with 23 enrolled for the - year, all of the elementary grades, except the first, being represented.

The present scholastic year of the parochial school began on Tuesday and is the most promising since the foundation of the srhool in this parish. There are 81 children in attendance.