Word: chiangs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wellesley College's most famed alumna went back last weekend. Mei-ling Soong. honor student, class of '17, went to see how the campus had changed since her last May Day hoop rolling and June step singing. For Madame Chiang Kaishek, the woman Mei-ling Soong had become, the Wellesley visit was a brief recess in her U.S. tour...
...Madame Chiang drove through Wellesley village; it looked "just the same-only more painted." In Tower Court dormitory, where she lived as a senior, a suite awaited her. She held an informal reception for 80 classmates of 1917, who laughed and gossiped like schoolgirls. After she had strolled over the campus, in a pair of navy blue slacks, Wellesley's president conceded: "Her slacks have ruined our anti-slacks campaign. The faculty has suddenly reversed its stand...
...this night, Madame Chiang revealed the world ideal that drives her. She spoke of two concepts, expressed in Chinese as ho-tsung (concerted effort), and lien-heng (imperialism), called up from China's tapestried past a lesson for the world of tomorrow...
...Madame Chiang's question: Do we want history to repeat itself...
Speaking at the Manhattan rally for Madame Chiang Kai-shek (see p. 13), General Arnold said that President Roosevelt had sent him to Chungking with instructions to find out how best to build up air strength in China. He told the public why it could not be done by transport planes. Reasons...