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champion.( Her' N !e«, tLOO GONG? I Colonnecon27 2Thltwo Utah secon 26 4 Mirunnl Univf Huntlnrhevaledictorian of hi* class at the commencement exercise* this year., 2o ( He is now 16 years of age. At this age American pupils are expected to be in the tenth grade at least, allowing a grade for each year after six. So Loo Gong is still two years behind theLoo Gong, a Chinese boy, arrived in Yuma four years ago at the age of 12. He came to live with his uncle, Charley Sam, apioneer restaurant keeper.Loo Gong was fresh from his home in a rural district of China. He could not understand a word of English.The boy was placed in the Yuma public schools by his uncle. Besides learning the English language, Loo Gong has made eight grades in the public schools within four years. He is theslty. Hhi ii in r11!expected to |,,rlR; c’f.ioi»r lt;Inohi Ft Jsvel lt;’!inch*1f»7wilyInch'reach at his age. However, if Loo Gong continues to make two grades a year, he will graduate from high school at 18, which, we believe is the age when the average pupil is expected to rinish the high school curriculum of twelve grades.Loo Gong is not a sissy. He enters into the school sportr whole-heartedly with the other boys. However, he “has no use for girls.” Still, this is not exceptional. Many American youths cf the mature age of 16 regard girls as mere impedimenta, oma- jlt;,,nl1 mental, but not essential to the masculine scheme of things. jLoo Gong waited on table in his uncle's restaurant during ! vacation periods as a part recompense for board, clothing and . _w lodging. His aged uncle admits with some reluctance and mud caution that he thinks his nephew is smart, “but he don’t knovl«ft Mid bumhow smart/* He intimates that if the boy makes good he may |send him to college later. A*The story of Loo Gong raises many questions which we would like to hear discussed by our educators. Is Loo Gong an excep* fh^ tional pupil? What effect, if any, did the fact that he did notiareyears after the ordinary pupi pid advancement made bv him'.SUS|arriHasfail to make good in the business world as have so many wonders’* of the oast? Will h* L. i:»ngdrs offifteen years of age and has never risen above a bookkeeper’s Job Jp. at $18 a week ? I f J.Loo Gong’s case is interesting to the extent at least in which ,graduated from Harvardes wnat can be accomplished by the spur of neclt; The boy doubtless had an eager mind obscest fbe overwhelming desire to catch up with his American mates and to acquire the white man’s education, probably even a greater urge to his earnest enlt;mental picture or the irrim fiaure of hi* mdm! iinambition.Also, whst was ;n%make goodcatch it.
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Miami Daily Silver Belt
Miami, Arizona, US
Sat, May 24, 1924
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