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...morning, the Chapter heard poet John Holmes of Tufts University read his Phi Beta Kappa Poem, "The 11th Commandment," and Chiang Yee of Columbia University deliver the Phi Beta Kappa Oration at the annual Literary Exercises in Sanders Theatre...
...Chiang, a leading Asian writer-illustrator, spoke on the subject of "The Chinese Painter." Chiang compared the present state of culture to that of the 19th century, when Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his essay "The American Scholar," called for an independent culture...
...world problem, however," Chiang said, "is now one of understanding, and not of seeking independence." He said the rapid growth of communications and transportation had brought countries closer, and made the necessity for understanding each other more important...
...warm letter. Koo's replacement: Hollington K. Tong, 69, member of the first class graduated by Columbia University's School of Journalism, China's propaganda minister in World War II, Nationalist China's Ambassador to Japan since 1952, good friend of the U.S. and of Chiang Kaishek...
Other possibilities are: C. Douglas Dillon '31, First Marshal of his 25th year class and Ambassador to France; architect Frank Lloyd Wright; author Chiang Yee, who will deliver the Phi Beta Kappa address; Barnaby C. Keeney, new president of Brown; Henry Ford II; Edward R. Murrow; attorney Joseph N. Welch; Sinclair Weeks '14 will also be in town; retired military figure Mathew W. Ridgway; and around Harvard retiring Louis C. Bierweiler deserves consideration...