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PROMINENT CHINESE ALUMNUS VISITS COLLEGE AGAIN

November 1921
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PROMINENT CHINESE ALUMNUS VISITS COLLEGE AGAIN
November 1921

Lin Yi Ho 'II, of Pekin, China, was a visitor. at Hanover recently, and made several calls on his friends in the village. Since graduation Mr. Ho has been English Secretary of Tsing Hua, a Chinese Government College at Pekin. He embarked from Shanghai on Aug. 12 aboard the S. S. China as the escort for 68 young Chinese men and women who are entering various colleges and universities in the United States. The government college at Pekin is a school founded with funds from the Boxer indemnities which were returned by the United States Government. Students at this school are trained especially for the purpose of sending them to colleges in America.

Mr. Ho and his party arrived in San Francisco Sept. 3, and since that time he has been placing them, 58. men and 10 women, in colleges all over the country. The largest number entering any one school was at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where seven of the young men were matriculated. Three of the women were entered at Smith. Tsing Hua College expects to send several students to Dartmouth next year. Mr. Ho stated that the members of his party will stay in this country five years and study for professional degrees.