. Carolina magazine [serial] . at Wesleyan College, of Macon, Ga., for the sametime. All three took work here that will give them credit toward thediplomas that they expect to get at their respective institutions nextspring. All three will graduate in three years instead of the usual four. After only two years in America they speak excellent English, areclever conversationalists, and think American colleges are so good. The young ladies moved about the campus always wearing curiouslooking native Chinese costumes. These were usually brocaded silkdresses with high collars, long sleeves, and skir
. Carolina magazine [serial] . at Wesleyan College, of Macon, Ga., for the sametime. All three took work here that will give them credit toward thediplomas that they expect to get at their respective institutions nextspring. All three will graduate in three years instead of the usual four. After only two years in America they speak excellent English, areclever conversationalists, and think American colleges are so good. The young ladies moved about the campus always wearing curiouslooking native Chinese costumes. These were usually brocaded silkdresses with high collars, long sleeves, and skirts that reached withineight inches of the ground. Two of them bobbed their hair in trueflapper fashion, but they would not wear American clothes. Miss Veeexplained that one day with: Such fashions simply are not becoming tous, and no girl wants to wear anything that is not becoming to her. The one thing that the three liked best to talk about was the presentcondition of their home country. Miss Vee, perhaps the freest talker,. Above are the three Chinese girls who were students here this summer. They are (left toright) Misses Vesta Wu, of Harbin; Zang Pung Zein, of Shanghai; and Ling Nyi Vee, ofSoo Chow. ?4 4 >•• is positive that American newspapers have very much exaggerated thewhole thing. We get letters from home, and are regular readers ofthe Chinese newspapers that are sent to us, so we can tell just what thesituation is, she declared. I do think that the situation has beengrave, and still is, but not nearly so serious as correspondents of yournewspapers would have you believe. Theres nothing that can be doneabout it from the outside, either. China will have to work out theseproblems alone. Other countries are only aggravating the situation,when they attempt to help—send warships to guard the coast, for in-stance, she added with a smile. Miss Zein compared the present situation with the American revo-lution. Its not exactly the same, she said, because America was
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