Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Anna Tittman
written under the crossed flags of Brlbhin and America, too, that
the equipmnt was -shed by these countries. The trar@ng school
is a necessary adjunct as the charter calls for it.
I took pictures of chief sister, Miss (inaudible), Miss
sefL. Also building alone. As I snapped the building
cam before r& Kodak and one remarked with an attitude
taking their picture. In my sternest manner I
the hand that I was tM.ng a picture of the
wet, nyet.'"
lett and my-
Q. The delegation wet? Oh, yes. The delegation, no. tou mant You
were taking the building, not the delegation?
A. Yes, yes. I should've let them think they were in it) I don't how.
Q. Your Russian lessons paid off. 1
i
A. (chuckles) "After lunch an employee namd Dr. Fields to& Niss Mlett
and me to the Chinese cemtez=y, going throw the most or$bary q-er of
Futsiyan." I don't know why I don't remember the pronompiation of that.
Q. What was the nam of that place?
A. Futsiyan. rlHere we saw many Chinese small shops with womn,ll I think
mybe that's a section of the city, the shopping section m e , "smll
shops with women, babies, men and young children about. We nodded and
waved and always received prorrpt respmse, in fact, a sac always brought
a smile instantly. The act of waving your hands was quite a success. Often
they said, 'hrican. ' They liked us. They smile differpntly than the
Russians. '' ( chuckles )
9. You really liked the Chinese, didnt t you?
A. CBI, I always did, yes. I still do. 'We had four at pur table +t Columbia
Wveristy at Whittier Hall. I never told you about khat. Foq hrican
@rls and four-and later one of the hrican
had an Elqlish woman. Oh, she was a real pmfessor.
a good deal after I got back. These four gLrls were
were different. There was the me who was the-well
overseer of the other three and the arecbor and
do and what they should' t do. And on the opposite
was this little Miss, Lee who was young, but getting
not worked at anything, but cam over hem m Amrican
And that was given follwving sorne--and I can't remder me occas
we, instead of paying for so many thine, that we gave them schol
hrican scholarships. And there were a rimer of Chi
a notice the other day from the-I was chosen fk.0~
be a representative of nurses in the mivemty, dep
cation, Fn teacher's college-all of that's part of Col
T
ia-to the International
Club. It was a college affair, we mt every S day evening at
supper. The library of Colunbia University was a rotund sort of thing, and
the tables were spread out andl wjth tableclothes and eve thing and then tea