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Show II DOES "YELLOW PERIL" JL MENACE OUR SCHOOLS? S CHICAGO, Aug. 30. The "yellow peril" in th5 public schools, which sub- W ,iect ngitated California and other sec- , tions of the nation two years ago, and i the general proposition of throwing tho jt 1' Chicngo public schools open to adult 3 ( aliens, came up at a meeting of the M school management committee of tho Chicago board of education yesterday. The question arose on the application a! of Yim Chan, 28 years old, a Chinese, H and Youezi Yamauaka. 25 j-ears old, jfl a Japanese, for admission to one of the R high schools. 4 Tho issue came up in open session. M It was immediately laid over for action all in executive session. A half-hour's dis- 9 cussion brought no decision and the 9 question will be put up to the entire iM board of education tomorrow. Sj "We tnlkel the matter over thor- ouehly. but arrived' at no decision," X laid Theodore Robinson, chairman of m the committee, "It is a grave question. M If we decide to admit alien adults to M our schools. I am not in favor of any a discrimination. The Chinese and the "m Japanese have as much right to be ad- ;3 mittod as tho Bohemians, Russians and a Italians, It is up to the .board to de- M cide the whole general question." m "1 think wo might admit alien j adults, but also we might im)ose some g9 restrictions," said President Alfred R. m Urion of the bonrd. "For instance, we 9 might ask of candidates of this class m certain crcdontials and qualifications." |