"YELLOW PERIL" ENTERS CHICAGO SCHOOL ROOMS
Division of Opinion Arises Among Board Members on Question of Admitting Adult Celestials.

CHICAGO, Tuesday, Aug. 30. The "yellow peril" in the public schools, which subject agitated California and other sections of the nation two years ago, and the general proposition of throwing the Chicago public schools open to adult aliens, came up at a meeting of the school management committee of the Chicago board of education yesterday.

The question arose on the application of Yim Chan, 28 years old, a Chinese, and Yonezi Yamanaka, 25 years old, a Japanese, for admission to one of the high schools. The issue came up in open session, but immediately was laid over for action in executive session. But a half hour's discussion brought no decision, and the question will be put up to the entire board of education tomorrow.

"We talked the matter over thoroughly, but arrived at no decision," said Theodore W. Robinson, chairman of the committee. It is a grave question. If we decide to admit alien adults to our schools, I am not in favor of any discrimination. The Chinese and Japanese have as much right to be admitted as the Bohemians, Russians and the Italians. It is up to the board to decide the whole general question."

"I think we might admit adult aliens, but also we might impose some restrictions," said Alfred R. Union, of the board. "For instance, we might ask of candidates of this class certain credentials and qualifications."