Well done, Chinaman!
The Friend (Honolulu). July, 1852, page 20
A friend has recently allowed us to copy the following letter, dated March 6th, New Haven, Ct.
“Only within a few days the prize in the sophmore class, Yale College, for English Composition has been taken by a Chinaman –a Simon-pure Celestial named YOUNG WING. This speaks well for the capacities of the Chinese, and shows what they might become under civilized culture.”
We were not aware as any Chinaman had ever become a student in an American College. May the success of this one induce hundreds and thousands more, to go to America for an education, and contest the palm of scholarship with the youth of the land.
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