Word: chinamen
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...appeal has come from the Superintendent of the Chinese Sunday School in Boston for twenty-five more teachers from Harvard. Every week between thirty and forty Chinamen ask in vain for some one to teach them, and their disappointment discourages many others who would otherwise be regular pupils...
...method of work is very simple. Each teacher has one or two Chinamen in his class, whom for two hours on Sunday afternoon he instructs in the elements of the English language, teaching how to pronounce, spell and write easy common words, and as much more as the pupils are capable of learning. They are very appreciative of the efforts made by their teachers; the dozen or more Harvard students at present teaching there feel wholly repaid by the gratitude of the scholars. Any who may wish to take up this work will find it both interesting and profitable. Further...
...response to the call for teachers in the Chinese Sunday School in the Old Mount Vernon Street Church, seventeen men have sent in their names. There are still many Chinamen in the school without teachers, and the news that students from Harvard were coming to instruct them has largely increased the number. All men who would be willing to give their services are asked to send their names to E. von Mach, 18 Bowdoin street, Cambridge...
...superintendent of the Chinese Sunday School of the Old Mount Vernon Church, Ashburton Place, Boston, expects that all the men who have expressed their desire to teach Chinamen will begin their work tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. It is, however, desired that the men will be there a little before that time...
...present policy of exclusion should be maintained and vigorously enforced. (a) It is constitutional, under the Supreme Court decision of May 15, '93. (b) It will not materially affect our commercial relations with China. (c) It is the best policy. (1) Benefits the Chinamen legally here. (2) Is easy to comply with. (3) Is not too strict, our former laws having been grossly violated...