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Mr. Y. S. Tsao was born at Nanziang, Kiangsu province, in 1881. He studied at St. John's University, Shanghai, graduating in 1900. He was assistant instructor in the University, 1900-3; Dean of Fu Yang Middle School, Changchow, 1904-5; Ih-Cu Middle School, Ningpo. 1905-7; editor of the Nan-Fang-Pao, Shanghai 1906. In September 1907 he was sent to the United States on government support and began his studies in liberal arts at Yale University. In 1911 he received the degree of A. B. His college life was full of interesting incidents. He elected to the Yale Debating Association in 1909-11, awarded first prize for the best oration in the Sophomore Lincoln Oratorical Contest in February 1909, in