2/ Look at the list of names in that club.

I was struck by how diverse the 33 founding members were. They included, for example:

• Girindra Mukerji, India, agriculture
• Chwang Yu Hu, China, mining
• Ciichi Aoki, Japan, commerce
• Nai Lamoon, Siam, civil engineering

This is much more mixed than many theoretically pan-AAPI / #AsianAmerican groups today!

3/ Why did they come together? The newspaper article described the impetus:

"…a certain amount of class distinction which they have felt to exist between them and their fellow students has resulted in the banding together…into a brotherhood…the object of which is to be sociability and mutual protection"

What conversations led to this moment?

Culture shock? Anti #AsianAmerican xenophobia? Shared values or commitments?

How did they remember it post-graduation, when many returned to Asia?

4/ I research early #IndianAmerican / #SouthAsianAmerican / #Desi histories in Berkeley, California, so some of the names are familiar to me.

For example, Girindra Mukerji was a student organizer outspoken in his opposition to British empire.

He became President of the Oriental Students Association, and led Berkeley's first South Asian anti-racist protest in 1908.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girindra_Mukerji

But I don't know the Japanese, Chinese, and Thai co-founders. There's much more here to dig into!