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SEWEN CA[V/ P-S ENG-IS" MPERS -0RM ASSOCMT"0N

The inauguration Ceremonyof the Student English News-paper Association of Japan washeld on the evening of July 2 atMeiji University.

About one hundred student reportersfrom the six member papers, Aoyama[llrojan, the Meiji Bulletin, the MitaCampus, the Rikkyo Echo, Soph!aGazette and the Waseda Guardian werepresent. The delegates from the Cres-cent of Kansei Galkuin Senior IHighSchool, the only member paper in theKansai disnict were absent beeause ofterm=end examinations. Faculty ad-visers for all the school En. glish papers

also attended. With Kenji Shigeoka, editor-in-chiefof the Aoyama Trojan as chairman, theinaugural meeting was opened by amessage from ProÅí Kitaji Fujiwara ofAoYama Gakuin University, the firstDirector-General of the Association.Representing the originator, SuguruHasui, former editor-in-chief of theMita Campus made a report on thecourse of events leadtng to the forma-tion of this associatlon. Congratulatory speeches were givenby Prof. Tameji Okonogi, honorarypresident of the English Speaking So-ciety of Meiji University; Prof. MikioHiramatsu, adviser of the Mita Campusdr Keio University; F. Y. Kawanaka,instructor of journalism at Sophia Uni-versity; Mr. Tatsua Shibata, Tokyoeditor of the English Mainichi; Mr. Ta-motsu Ogata, Ass'ist. Managmg editorof the Nippon Times and representa-tives of the Iintemational Student As"sociation. Nter that, all the attendantstoasted in hcnor of the newly borns.&'.r".A.

11ie Opening Ceremony being con-cluded, the sehool reporters held agettmg-together meeting eaeh mtro-ducing the editorial staffs and talkingover the problems they are facing. Editors of the tn' ree leading English-language dailies, the Asahi EveningtNews, the English Mardichi and theNippon Times will help the orgamza-tion as advisers. - The head ofiee is set in the MitaCampus office of Keio University, Mita;Shiba ]SIlinato-ku, Tokyo, and AoyamaTrojan will take charge of this Asso-ciation for the coming six months.

g "GOJ O-KAI,, RE PORT i

The Mutual .g. elp Soeiety (Gojo-Kai)has distmbuted leaflets askmg for thecooperation of students to help makea Gojo-lihrary. The leafiets ran as follows: "The Gojo-Kai has a contribution ofmore than twenty books at the present,and is bvei g used by the members ofthie Gojo-Kai. However we are notsatisfied with the lmited sphere of ourpresent activity. The school hbiarydoes not loan books, so if Gojo-Kaicould lend you our books from ourlibrary to help you students, the pur-pose of our elub, the `mutsial-helpspirit' wil1 not be so meaningless. The!oaning of books to you is our aim. "However, it is regrettable that inthe present cpndition the number andknds of books are few. We could buynew books but we would like to makethe most of the `Gojo-spirit,' so wehave asked for your cooperation. "What m.ay be a mere scrap of paperto one may be a 1)ible to another. LeVsall contribute and make a worthyGojo-Library. "We are awaiting your x,vhole-heartedcontributions. Any kind, any amountof books wll1 be sincerely appreciated.Contributions will be accepted at anytime at room No. 6 at the Students'Hall Gojo-Kai Off}ce2'

"Keio Gijuku Goio-Kai"

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MaytheSeEeNeABeProsperous By Sug7em HasuiStaFF writer oF The Mita Campus

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It is my great pleasure that the Stu-dent English Newspaper Association ofJapan has been inaugurated. I, as theoriginator, heartily appreeiate all themembers of the preliminary eominitteeior their effiort m brmging this organ-izaLion mto existence. Needless to say, English is the mostwidely used language in the worldtoday. The publication of Enghsh-langtxage newspapers, therefore, mustbe said very signifieant. Despite ofthe popularity of Eng]ish in our ceun-try, the Enghsh papers have, so tospeak, just stepped their ways towardsdevelopment. Smce the English lan-gvege is not our mother tongue, itmzght be impossible to hope al'1 theErtglish-undexstanding. people to readnewspapers of English. For it seemsthab the English-language dailies nowexisting in Japan is a littie odfficultexcept for those who have a highknatwledge of Enghsh. Those profes-sional newspapers, moreover, oftenfail to represent the voice of youngergenerations. In these two pomts, thestudent newspapers oÅ} the Engl!sh lan-guage have their raison-d'6tre. Besides,our role ean be Å}urther extended tooutside the eountry. The world is nowexperienemg the change in the methodoi: solving all international impliea--tions frem resortmg to forcet to under-•standing, and there wdi be no denymgthat tihe English papers are the bestmeans for mntual understanding.Nevertheless, very re,crrettabie is thefact that there are only a few Englishjournals in this country. The pri.mary object of the newlyestablished erganization is of courseto promote English-lanbcruage campusjournalism, and consequently to ex-

"MiR VVINDS" OF K.KK. LAUNC"ED The long-cherished desire of theMamne Studies Society (Kaiyo KenkyuKai) .was fln.ally materialized whentheir yaeht, "Fair Winds" (Jumpu),went into the water at the launehngceremony held on June 22. PresidentKo]i Ushioda and Toshio Mukaido, headpf the School Affairs Department werepresent. More than 130,OOO yen was neededto build the crimson colored yacht.The "Fair Winds" will be maneuveredto its fullest extent at the summer campof the Marine Studies Society at Ha-yama Bay.

change views among the students ofJapan as well as the rest of the world.Thzs, X believe, will naturally contri-bute not only to exchange of culturesbetween the east and the west but towerld peace.

Lastly, I earnestly hope that thisAssociation will keep mdependenee toany political-eo!ored organizations. Atthe same time, I really hope our or--ganization to be prosperous.

Keie-Waseda Debates with Cambrige-Oxford

The English Speaking Societies ofKeio and Waseda Universities sponsor-ed, under the support of the BritishCouneil and the International Depart-inent of Keio, a Debatmg Meeting withthe Oxford and Cambridge Universityteam on June 21 in the Speech Hall atMita. The theme of the debate was "Hasthe Progress of Scienee Brought Hap--piness to Human Bemgs?" The mem-bers of the Cambridge-Oxford debat-ing team were Collin Jackson of Ox-fofd and Burges Watson of Cambridge,who were on the side of the aflinna-tzve. The Keio-Waseda team tool'.' thenegativve side, its members being Ya--suo Mochizuki of Waseda and MatsuzoDaigo of Keio. The aMirmative persisLLed, for ex-ample, that the progress oE medicinehad saved a great many people fromdeath, or by tlie progress of communi-cations they themselves were enabled,to come here and debate as they weredoing, all,of which were the fruits ofthe progress of science. The negativeteam denied it, though they reco.grr]izedthat progress of science brought manythings to human beings, that tlae veryprogress has brought death to many,people, for instanee by the A&H-bombs, by poison gases and manyother weapons which brought hurpLanbeings to deep sorrows. Mr. William R. MaeAlpine of theBritish Counci! listened to the heateddebate which was carried on for aboutan hour and gave the fuial decisionafter consultations with other judges,that the aMrmative side had the dayon the groi.md that that team presented

a more convmclng argument. This debate being conducted accord-ing to English rule, presented inanylively and amusing arguments betweenthe teanis.

ELDRIDGE'S FUND TO BE ESTABLISHED)

Mr. Rodney W. EIdridge, a Private- First-Class ln the U.S. Armed Force now stationed in Japan made a dona- tion of three hundred dollars to Keio in pursuance o-F tihe will oÅ}' his deseased beneiactor. In his letter to ?rof. Eiichi Kiyooka, JV[r. Eldridge, a high school teacher m civil 1ife, e: plains that he had been helped fiiiancially by Reverend Williarn Peck, a Unitarian imin]ster, who made it possible for him to take college edu•- cation, and that he could appreciate the struggle of a student in financial straits. Rev. Peck helped many boys. Iaast year when he died he lei"t his estate to Mr. Eldridge. Mr. Eldridge says that it is "not a large one, but itprovides a niee annual income," and

that its use in helping Japanese stu-dents would be something to make ]M[r.Peck happy, because he was parti-

eularly interested m prometing inter-national and inter-racial relations.

(Mr. Peck was responsible for the es-tabkshnent of an Inter-racial Councilin zhe State of New York.)

The Board of Directors of Keio isconsidering how best this fund may beused. For tihe rnoment, it is depositedin the school treasury as EldridgeScholarship Fund. "

Two Students To Join rc zat'

WUS Seminar Two Keio students wi11 attend thelnternational Seminar in Japan underthe sponsorship oE the World Univer-sity Service. The two students, selectedfrom among more than 20 applicantsbf Keio University, are Takeshi Mae-zawa (UNESCO CIub) and TamakoYagai (member of The Mita Campus),will take part in the Semmar togetherwith 19 other Japanese students. The Worlcl University Service, found-ed in 1920, now has national branchesin 36 countries throughout the wor!d,and the headquarters in Geneva. Itsprogram eonsists of "material aid touniversi.ties in need, international edu-cation through seminars and exchangeof scholarships, and research of uni-versity problems." 70 students andfaeulty members from 17 eountriesincluding 21 from Canada wi11 open itssixth seminar sinee its inaugurationunder the theme of "The Role of theUniversity in the Present Time." The Seminar will have an orientationcourse at a Buddhist Monastery onKoya Mountain frem July 4 to 8. Theywill return to Tokyo on j'uly 21. TheSeminar will be opened formally onAugust 1 at the lnternational ChristiariUniversity.

STANFORD SCHOLARSHIP

, AVAILABLE TO KEIO STUDENT

Chairman William A. White of theKeio AMIiation Cemin!ttee ot' StanfordUniversity has informed its sister or-ganization in Keio University, namelyStanford Affiliation Cornmittee ot Keiothat a seholarship will be available toa Keio student at Stanford for the year1956d-'57.

T"his scholarship given by Stan.fordUniversity for either man or worr.anprovides for the defrayment of tuitionand resident fees for the year, and theKeio AMIiation Society will sponsorit'ansportation, and some incidentaleosts.

Also, Mr. White has asked what thepossibilities were for a reciprocal scho-•larship. But this being too big a prob-!em for students to dectde, Keio Uni-versity authority is being consuked.Prof. Eiichi Kiyooka of the Interna-tional Department has been ordered bythe authority to consider a!1 the pos-sibilities.

BULLETIN The All Keio Autonomy Committeeis planning to held a round-table talkwith student delegates to the WerldVniversity Service" Semniar andInteinational Student Association Con-ference, with the suppoert of theInternational Department of Keio Uni-versity, VNESCO CIub and The MitaCampus, on August 21 at the StudentiIall of Mita.

l KEIO AMERICA SOCIETY i

Mr. Joseph I. Linton, Israeli Ministerto Japan, spoke on "Israel Ancient andNew" at a regular meeting of the KeioArnerica Society held in tihe MitaSpeech Hall on the 28th of June. About fift.y rnembers, more than half1)eing forei.Fmers, attended. With a])assionate eloquence, he stressed theunique role of the Jewish people in theworld history. He said that throughoutthe history, they made great contribu-tions and sutffered bitter perseeutioms,and at last, after centui'ies of neglect,t,ens of thousands oE Jews came backl,o their Holy Land again with earnestprayer for the recreation of their ownJewish eountry and revival of the faithof Judaism. I{e concluded his speech by s,ayingihat he has a firrn beliet that thoughit is a tiny country, with very littletnaterial resourees, the Republic of]srael NKTill malce real eontribution tothe peaceful development ef the werldeivilization.

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17th Anniversary of the Faeultyof Engmeering of Keio University washeld from 9:30 a,m. on June 26. Thisday was also the 86th birthday of theiounder of the Faculty, Mr. Ginjrr'oFujiwara. On this day, Rpom 33 onthe Mita Campus was fi11ed with stu-fients, graduates and teachers of theFaculty.

Dean of the Faculty of Engineering,Masaiehi Majima, Mr. Shigemitsu Niwa,former Dean of the Faeulty and asenior student each offered heartiestcongratulations for the Anniversary.

Director Joji Kanzaki who attendedon behalf of President Ushioda, aftertelling various occurrences sinee thetime of planning the Faculty of Engi-neering, emphasized that the presentconditions of the Faculty has muchroom for improvement, so every efforti.hOEil.d bf.etli,;29e to develop the Faculty

Dean of the Faeulty, Masaichi Ma-jimti,x looking back over the past, said

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FACULTY OF ENG/NEER/NG CELEBRATES ,7th ANNIVERSARY e

The that the school buildings were eom-pletely destroyed by the ah'-raid dur-ing the Second World War and madeit very diMcult to give substantialinstruetions to students eager in study.Immediately after the war they hadonly a .cmall blaÅëk-board and very fewinstruments for experirnents whichwere indispensable in studying engi-neering. For intsance, they had noteven a teleseope so that they had tomake it themselves with lenses theyprocured at a ruined optical factory.Seen in such a light, although thepresent school houses and experimentequipments are not so good, studentsstudying their speeial subÅÄects are nowfaur happier, he said. - At the' end of the Anniversary !Y[eet-ing, Mr. Ginjiro Fujiwara spoke efvarious matters ranging from the prob-!ems the Faculty is confronted withto the issues of the peaceful use ofatomie energy. He added that hisdoetor said that although he is 86 yearsold, he is as healthy as a man of only 60.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The Mita Campus hitherto hasnot reported much a,bout the traditional Japanese sportscaleld "Bude;' but this does not mean we have noBudo at Keio. On the contrary, there exists considerableenthusiasm for it. Kendo (fencing), Kyndo (archery),Sumo (wrestling), Karate (art of defence withoutweapon) aind Jude--all fall und-er the category of Bude,which are dierived from Japanese chivaSiry. We heretake up Buae fo! tihe better imderstanding of Japanesesports fer those interested in Japanese cultuye. Irmiediately after the Sw'render, Budo was noÅ} so,popular as is at the present, because it was thought

nSeudalistic and militaristic. ln addition, there was strictl

SCAP ban on Bpto as scbooi curricula; for example,iKendo was so snictly puahibited that we could not p!ayit outside the campus, although Judo andi etheTs outside l

the campus were not prohibited. I However, with the restoration of independence anGwith the consequent rise of the trend toward the re-appreciation of our old culture,iBudo has regained itspre--war popularity, and this reappraisal tre"d is spread•-ing to overseas countries where there is a 3ude boom. The SoSlowing articles, c!escription of Keie Budo Clubs,would convey semething bf Budo to the readers. L

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re Sumo Club " Surno", whieh is not as famous asJudo in forei.qn countries, though bothare types of wrestlmg, has still anever-whelming popularrty in Japan. Sumo is of obscure origi 1ike mEmyother tLraditional sports, but supposedlyeriginated the same way with the,'western wrestling. At first the.objeetwas to kM the opponent or force hissurrender, but in the 8th century thedangerous holds were eliminated andSumo became a toirmal sport. Sumo matches are held m Dohyo,the sarided ring about fifteen feet indiam-eter. A wrestler is defeated when forcedout of the rmg or when any part of hisbody touehes the ground. What iscommonly characteristic of the Japa-nese sports is that the matches are'decided by skill or trick alone and thegreat stress is placed on the emotionalor moral attribute to them. Such !sthe case with Sumo too. ln SumGrnatches, weight is extremely ad-vantageovs. [i?he professionals areusually huge, and occasionaliy wellover six feet height and 300 pounds inweight; yet weighing heavily, a wrestl-er, is wonderfvlly ctuick m variousexercises of 48 T6 (tncks). Almost every university has its SumG

I club and every member has to havehard training all through the year,aimmg for the victory m the amualAll Japan Collegiate Sumo Tourna-•ment. Keio Sumo club has an old andglerious histoiy and it has had manyoutstanding wrestlers during that time.In the past Kanto Region StudenDSumo Tournaments, Keio won thechampionships from time to tzme. inthe recent years, however, they havesuffered the lack of good wrestlers andwere foreed to rank low in the Col--legiate Tournaments. This year, how--ever, they have obtamed a distinguish-ed fresh--man wrestler, Saburo Nakao,who weighs about 290 pounds, and whowon the single final in the previousAll Japan High-Sehool Student SumGToui7nament.

They undergo rigid trainings everyday, to prepare for the coming cham-pionship series, but teamwork is necesK

sary m the wi'estler's lodging for suc-cessful drilhng and spiritual contact.

The severe trainmg does not seernltoo difficult to take when one is com-Å} pensated Ior it by the comfort of a bat hand a good meal aEterward. It must bg stressed that the true goodness of students' Sumo could notbe fully appreciated by those who do

not aetually partieipate m the Sumo Sport

rk Kendo Club rk / In ane!ent Japaii when Samvrai-japanese knights-took leadershipover a!l people of other classes, Kendo

was one of the essential arts. A Sa-mzzrai was always girded with two$wQrds, long and short, inserted athis leSt waist. [Irhe sword is respectedas the spirit of Samurai. OriginallyKendo was the art of rnanaging thq

xsword. Then a gradual developmentin thought that Kendo trains,soul andmind as well as a body, was revealed

Ireaching the point where they thoughtl toeletr:peOisoK.efivdeO aiStr"uOetliIg. ki11 b"t

Immediately after the war Kendio was prohibited hy the Alhed I'orces but in 1953 it was restored as Shinai play (Shinai is a combined rod of rtar-- row spkt bamboos replacing the sword). However, due to the fear that this will lead to the restoration oi milrtarism, Shinai play has never be- eome popular. In Keio, the Kendo ciub was restor- ed last year and there are 90 membersnow, of whom are of the seepnd Dan

and most of others are of the first. This Dan is drfferent from that Dan which is bestowed by the Japan Kendo Federad.ion, and is bestowed privately at Keio. ,The second Dan of Keio equals the fourth Dan ot" T,he Japan Kendo Federation. Dan in Kendo is not hke tha'c of Judo and is not uni- form, said Shibata, the manager of Keio Kendo Club and AU Japan Students Kendo Federation. Keio placed seeond last year m theall Japan Kendo Championship mateh.Periodieal matehes with Doshisha Uni-versity, Waseda University and KantoStudents are also held. At the Keio elub the traimng begins}with eourtesy to their masters andelders, even when one of them is notthere. Sittxng on their knees, they.face toward the front walls where analtar is plaeed in meditation for onemmute. They train for two hours inmask and proteetors, and it is impor-tant training to be able to re.ceive theopponents blow's skillfully. The veryaim of Kendo is not only to becomestrcnger i':L body and more skillful mtact but more to cultivaiLe their mind

and soul. The difference of Kendo from Euro-pean fencmg is the iact that the swordis not usecl for thrusting but hittir]bct,though pierem.ct the neck is often seen.In Kendo the sword is held with bothhands, cnnd the part they aim to hitis head, trunk and wrist, and neckwhen piereing. Contests are held in7x8 meter hned ground and three'per$ons judge it, according to the tenrules of Kendo. Modemi Kendo differsfrom ancient Kendo m that the pres-ent form plaees strong emphasis ongood health whereas it was felt thatthe bocly b-ad to be tortured in orderto have a strorig mind. In old Kendo,the game often eaused the death of ia person, for they were not willing tQstop befoTe the otiher was fallen to theground, and this spirit was wronglypraised as the Spirit of Samurai, During the sprmg and summer vaca-tions the Keio club hold camps andtours for a week or so, with the elders,to bring about close team-work, whichis very important for .Kendo playing.As it has 'neen often said, Kendo is avery mtelectual and spiritual sport,though they play as individuals. Inspring and autumn they talÅqe a oneday hikmg trip for strengthenmg the!rlegs; good leg work and correct postureare neeessary tor Kendo which needswhole vision of the other person to hXthe other and to avoid being hit andquickness.

Kendo is still in its infancy, tihereforenot too popular at present.

sftr Karate Club rk Karate is one of the arts of self-defenee in Japan which is unknown tothe rest of the world. It is the art ofdefeatmg the enemy without anyweapon but with fists. This rnarkqlart is generL ally admitted to have hadits origm in China. About 350 years-ago in Japan, Ryukyu Islanders, werecompletely disarmed by their Governor,anLd xvere dmven to create the new artof self-protection. As a Vesult of theseconditions, empty-handed mart:al art,Karate, was born. The general pmn-'ciple is that it is the most accurate

activity m the shortest distance ancl inthe shortest time, that rs, the momen-btary actlons of fists, feet, arms, etc.There are three ways to knock downthe rival; thrust, recezve and kiek.Those who have been considerablydrilled in Karate can easily break adozen plain tiles in layers with theed.cte of a palm. J There are three praetical uses efKarate: 1) To let the rivals' fists lose th'eir free use; 2) To attack positively so as to give no time for the rival to defend himself; 3) To let him lose hts intent to fight with the daring offense. Karate elub of Keio University is theoldest one in Japan and coached underthe strict direction of Mr. Gichin Funa-koshi, 85 year-old Okinawa-born steutman. He is one of the greatest author-ities on Karate and a master of Sheto-kan' School of Karate art. The Åëlubmembers number about a hundred andthey all practise everxy day except Sun-days from 3 p.m. To d!scipline the minds, they also goevery summer to the Enkaku-ji Templein Kamakura, where they arise shortlyafter mid-night and sit in meditationfrom 3 a.m. to le p,m. This mentaltraining continues for three days. !nwmter they have 10e-kilo-meter pro-cession, from the Mita Campus to Oda-wara, through the Tolgaido Highway.This talÅqes about 23 hours. During theprocession they take short rests andkeep on proceeding without eating ordrinking. Karate matches are rarely he!d, as itis actually a mateh of self-dgfense with 'intent to kill. However, in the formof joint practices the Keio Karate mem-bers meet with the Waseda members.In these practice matches, the defen-dant does not hit the rival, but stepshort with their fists or feet at thevery moment they would haye touchedthe body or face of their rivals. Thenthree umpires decide if the hit is reallyeffective or not. Even at +.hat thereis !ikely to be an argument in ju,dging,especially when the players are fromdifferent schools of Karate art.

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From whatever Judo enthusiasmmay stem, we must catch the pictureof the presen-L state of Judo, beforeanalizing the causes oE it. 'VVith +hisin mirLd, we reporters oE ![he MitaCam.pus visired the gymnasium of theKeio Judo Club at Mita to catch itsactual atmosphere. The Keio JucloClub is the oldest athletic club in ourUniversity. When we visited, the Judo Gymcalled "Ju-Do-Jyo" was the harmoni-ous scene of eoncentrated vigor andquietness; in other words, intensivemati-to-man ftght was fovght m acalm atmosphere, displaying that skilloÅí Judo which astonishes +.he Western-ers. Courtesy is also a characteristicef this Do-Jyo. Everyone, on his en-trance to Do-Jyo, was seen to bowdown. This is because of two roasons:

Do--Jyo is the plaee for mtegration ofpersonahty, not for games and amuse-ment; and Do-Jyo is the place wherea number of alumi have tramed theirminds and bodies. The routine ef ti'aining The reporters mterviewed the eap-tain of the Keio Judo Club, TadayoshiHorikoshi, to hear from him the actual1ife ef a Judo man. Ipt:e told Keio Judo life as follows:"Wetrainourselveseveryweekday. At4 p.rr. al! the members present sit ontheir knees in front of the main wallwhere there once haSa been the altarof t'n,? god of braveTy untd the Sur-render. The portrait and maxims ofthe founder of Keio University andthis judo CIub are still hanging there.AEter a moment of meditation, we bowdown to the front wall as traditionalcourse. The same eeremony of eour-tesy is held at 6 p.m., when our train-ing is concluded. It is true that Judobegms with courtesy and encls withcourLLesy."

After obtaining these results, we cutshort our interview so as not to jeo-pardize the eaptain's training. The view of an old timer Then, we interviewed sixth PanJudo man, Shoichi Shimizu, an alum--nus and general manager of the KeioJuaie Club, to ask him of his view

'of Judo. He said, "Judo eonsists oÅílvarious elements, andi spiritual ele-ments are essential. This stems fromin+.ensive and severe method of train-•ing of Judo. It is regrettable for meto have seen a few youths immediatelyafber the war playmg Judo, attachingminor importance to courtesy." "Butas a matter of fact, it has been reeentlyrecognized that the,spiritual elements,such as ever-tranquil mincl and at-titude are essential for,Judo whichare acquiyed through tiadi+.ional eour-tesy," Mr. Shimizu concluded. Forei.qner's vievtJ of Judio Mr. John Bryan Canyngharn, Aust--ral!an leeturer at Chuo University,who is training at thet Mita Judo--Jxy-o,tQld his view of Judo at an interviewwith the reporters as follows: "Japa-•nese Juclo is diffe!"ent frem that oÅí'Europe in that the former play it assports "hile the latter do it as game,Jvdo is a very good way to leamsomething ot Japan's attitude to life." Repcrters' conelusion The core of Judo is in the harmony,of c.piritual tension and relax'ation ofmmd which provides us with correctjudgement in the tension of tighting.The acquisition of this harmeny wMclo much for our liEe. The good thing zs good; irrespective of vvrhether it is old or not.

rk Kyudo Club rk On wsiting the Kyztao hall of theelub at Mita, you will be deeply im-pressed with the so]emnity. Observers,must sit en the mats behmd the player,so that they may not disturb hrs caimmmd. Once he fixes his foot--position,iacmg right to the mark about 20meters before him, he concentrates,holds his breath and shoots...TheremusLt be no umest in his rnxnd at thepoint of shooting.

You may recall two episodes onarchery trom your boyhood-day. Wil]iam Tell of Switzerland wasordered by his Govemor to point hisbow-at an appie on the head of hisdearest son. If he missed, he wouldhave been ki11ed. He pomted at theapple earefully and, quite free fromall thoughts; discharged the arrow. Theapple fell down ancl his son was safe. While in Japan, famous GeneralMinamoto-no-Yoshitsune in the i2theentury ordered one ot his followersnamed Nasu-no-Yoiehi to shoot a fanheld in the hand of a woman aboarda tiny boat drifting on the vv'aves.Standing still on the shore, he pray. edto God and held his breath. Theacrrow brought the fan aovLrn into the

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In either case, the player faced themarlÅq wnh a calm mind. That is, whythey succeeded. Tranquility of mindis above all indispensable for the

archery. , In other words, Kyudo is a kind ofJapanLnse Budo whose.aim is to buildup, through trainlng mentally andphysical!y, ever-tranquil and irrMiov-able character even in such an unex-pected and immment case as mentionedabove. Aim.ing at this purpose, the membersef the Kyudo C!ub of Keio Universitytrain themselves in the old, traditionalhall almost everyday. During the"Kangeiko" (Special Training Week inWinter Vacatien), some of the memberscome to the ha!1 on foot, for they leavetheir home so ear!y in the morning thatthey can not get a tram in the city.Besides the Winter-training, they haveboarding twice a year to cultivate co-operative spirit among the members.To love the hall and the bow andarrows is a part of the training of the

members. i Remernber, that the fundamentalspirit of Kyudo is to build up a perfectcharacter as well as a healthy body.Someday, after the graduation fromKeio University, the members willrecollect with longing eyes the quietatmosphere in the old trainin.g-hall.

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The 8th TrianguIar Volley-ballToumament between Keio, Wasedaand Meiji toek place at Tokyo Metro-politan GlyTmnasium on June 26, beforGsom.e 8,OOO volley-ball tans. Keio won every game with consecu-Å}ive victories and won the tri-meet.

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The 34th Eastern Japan StudentSumo Wrestling tournament took placeat Kuramae Gyumasium on June 19.The Keio team was deEeated in thetournarner-t. However, Nakao, a fresh-man, drew attention for his skiil andram'ed feurth among the mdividualpartlcipants.

---Socker- ' The sixth regular K-W soeker matchtook pl'aee on Jun.e 17 at KorakuenThe first nighrer in this season haa'13,eOO spectators. Waseda skilfullymade 2 goals out of 5 CK m the firsthaif, while Keio in the latter managectto score 2 goals but was defeated bythree points. The seore was 5-2.

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applauded by some two thousand Keiofans. The orchestra, whieh enjoys thereputation of the oldest and the best.student orchestra in Japan, hc"s donewell as a whole. On the evaluationpf their performance, we should take.into consideration that the membersare amateur players and that they gettogether to enjoy the pleasant ensem-ble of instruments. in faet, on thestage, they looked so delightful, earnestand so student-like m their mannerthat they made a favorable impressionupon the audience. in this Tespect, their poor technique$may be tolerated but I would presumeto advise them to brush up their tone

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- Table Tennis -- The 12th Keio--Waseda Table "i"ennisMatch was held frem 9:30 a.rn. op-J' une 26 at ]M[ita, gathermg many.speetators. The Keio team has wononly three matche,s from Waseda mthe past. The Keio High Sehool team was de--Åíeated 1--4 and Keio Women's team alsqlostthe games 1-6 to Waseda. To ourreg]ret, the OB. team was no excep-tion. But once our regular team ap-peared, the Keie side became veryanbnated The elimax came when ourNakahata won the th!rd set with muchtoil over Nagahama of Waseda Univer-sity. The yest of the games went onvery well for us. Our regular team adeÅíeated the Waseda team 4-3

- Water Polo - The Keio--SIVaseda Water Polo gameswere held at Mei]i Shrine Pool on Juna.P.9 and 30, as a contest m the KantoStudent Water-Polo League. Keio wenover Waseda with the overwhelmmgseore of 9-2 and 10--O. Consequently,Keio team was ranked third m theLeague.

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PERFORMANCEof strings. Through the lack of thesweetness ot the tone it was alwayssqueaky and harsh to the ears. In theBeethoven's piano concerto No. 5 with,TVIr. Jun Date, one of the Japanese ris-ing pianists, as a soloist, we could not,feel the overwhelming grandeur whiclxis worthy of its name "Emperor." This)was due both to the orchestra and theD, iamst who was not at his best bemganable to Iead the orchestra suffteiently.

qJome pieees from the "Swan-Lake""ere played too fast and for want ofdielicacy of the ensemble, they sounded,prosa. ie and prevented us trom in7iagin-mg the -beautiful s.eeneries of the classicbhllet. We, however, appreeiate theirbrogressiveness in introduemg Sibe-lius's "Kayeha Suite" which has neverbeen played m Tokyo.

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.Keio Geki-Ken (a society for dra-matic research) presented "Lilhom"w, ritten by a famous Hungarian clrama-tist Ferene Molnart, on the 21st of June,in Akasaka Pubhc Hall with about 400audience. This drama was directed byHashiba and chiefiy played by the newGeki-Ken members who entered tliiscollege onlv. three months ago. Theyplayed mermly and jovially. It waspleasant to see them enjoymg the play.The story is the hfe and death of anoutlaw named Lzlliom (played byKusakari) who is enforced to idle awaythis 1ife much against his wili to makeeais wife (by Miss Tsugaya) and hisdaughter (by Miss Kondo) happy. Themiserable life ef Ldliom's wife is effec-"mvely reheved against the dreamy iap-•pmess of her only friend, Marme (byMiss Yamada) who is happily marriedto Hugo (By Yamada). Though thecostumes of the housemaids seemed faraway from what we thought the house-maids could really afford, their firstdebut was aecepted warmly. MissWakai's aetmg (as Mushcart, a womanlnanager) was to be highly appreciatedBut it is sorry to say there were-a few,peoples who burst into laugh orchuckled sharply so often where theywere considered to find no reason todo so.

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This four-volume work reported theresu!t of the joint efforts of nine oMcialscholars standing in the forek"ont ofthe Russian economic field. Besides,hundreds of eeonomists are said to,have made their voluntary criticisms oÅíthe draft of this important work sub-mitted for ithe discussion sponsored bythe Communist Central Committee inthe U.S.S.R. m November ;1951. Thismay be why it is called a synthesis ofwhat has been reached by Marxism,which, with the shiftmg of its leaders,has been undergoing subtle changes fora eentury. The dexterous application ef his-toneal materialism to every social sys-dtem antecedent to state soeiahsm mRussia appears quite successÅíul andeffective in bimging to hght the funda-mental ]aw underlying every stage ofsocial developme; t and also m clarify- 'ing the mevitable cellapse of eachstage. The logieal arrangepeent of this ex-tensive work emphasizing its centraltheme, dialectical materialism, wilLhelp readers in their study. It is alsoevident tha+. an effort has been madeto use a voeabulary that may be under-stood by the ordinary reader. Readerslivmg in a "mixed-economy" wherefree aetivities of private enterprisesand the interfering policies of the gov-ernment co-exist may consider dog-matic the authors' analvo;" of presenteapitalism. In this rn.pect, some read-ers may feel indoctrination to be thepurpose of these volumes.

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After every Japanese has geen thisfilm, he must heave a sigh, touchedwith the unhappy fate of Chocho-san(Madame Butterfiy) and yearning forthe beauty of old,Japan But why dadPinkerton marry another woman, whenhe is already married to Choeho-san?This technicolor fi!rn, beautiful as apicture scroll, is a joint production of

Italy and Japan, and pietures faith--fully the ,famous opera, Pueezni's"Madarne Butterfiy." Kaoru Yachigusaplays well her lovely part oÅ} Chocho-•

san. Of eourse, her lmes are sung byan Italian opera singer, Orietta Mocucci,

and although the movement of her lipsis natural, the grand voice, eomparedwith her poor physique as an operasm.ger, seerns somewhat strange. Thismbvie has no specip1 defeets worthmeniioning except the laclÅq of elimax,but this may be due to the famous plot

everyone knows too much ,; Wben she is fifteen, pretty Chocho-san. is found and loved very mueh byPinkerton, an American naval Qfi}eer,at the gay quarter of the port of Naga-saki. They get married through thegood oMees of Goro, a protessiofialjester. In a little house on a hillwith a fine view of the port she feelsherself the happiest persen in theworld with the love of Pinkerton, nowher husband, although her re!atives'oreak off with her. After severalmonths his ship is ordered home. Thenshe .qives birth to a hvely child. Ex-pecting him to keep'his pledge that hewill return when robins make theirnests m her heart, she is wa-!'tin.ct forher husband with her child and Suzuki,her fait.Arful mt"e,id-servant, Three years

have passed away and now he cotnesback as she has expected. But, with astrange toreign woman, his new wife!When she hears everything from Su-zuki she decides to leave her ehildwith Pmkerton's wife. Covermg herbaby's eyes witih a handkerchief andgiving fum a Japanese and an Amemcanflags tb play with, she stabs herselfwith a dagger in the breast. Thus hertragic life eloses. (Makoto Ochi)

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BUrTERFLY"Editor's note: As MissKaoru Yachigusa is starring in "Madame Butterfiy" which we teok up "On theScreen" column of this is- sue the reporters ef The Mita Campus visit- ed her at Toho Motion Prcture Studio.

it was a great pleasure tihat we coulddireetly meet this famous actress whoplayed a leading role in the Japanese-Itahan Jomt produetabn ef the film"Madarne Butterfiy." She showed an-other type of Japanese actress quitedifterent from that of Machiko Kyowho was already won the world-widefame. She represents the beauty of theold Japanese "womanhood in the goodsense of the word. Her beautifulness,lovely and comely, made foreignerseherish thmgs Japanese. She was alittle shy in answering our questions,•but was kind enough to reply us asfollows: "I found it difficult to adapt myselfin malcing movie version oi" an operathe fust trial m the fiImdom. Forexample, singing `On a fine Day' at thovery clim.ax, I could not play the emo-tional performanee as I wanted. Itwas partly because of the !ack of myskill, but chiefly because of the diM-cu!ties or adapting an opera to picture.When I first saw my picture at anItahan Filrn. Festival, fav from appre•-ciating my own perfonmanee, i couidnot see my own fi.onre distinctly. Whatoecurred in my mind was the faces ofdireetors and my colleagues who madetheir great efforts to produce the firstJapanese-Italian film. ! confess I amdisgusted with my lack of expressionand ability as this piÅëture comes toeompletion. In singing, I really satigin tune with the Italian soprane whosevoiee is heard in the)ictures, so thatthe audienee would not notiee thatreally my voice is not recordecl." Miss Yachigusa is now busy in theleading role of "Sanshiro" with reso!u-tion to create a new and refreshingtype of Japanese womanhood. As to things Italian, she said, "Thereare still many sweet and happy recol,-lections of kind and warm-heartedItalians and its beautiful land. I thinkfilm preduction went a long way forthe mutual understandmg between twoeountries."

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HOW '1"O RESPECT 6UR FOUNDER In our view, it is Keio studenÅ}s' superficial appxehensien ef their Foundih.rthat was the most important fiact that rose to the surface froms the publieizedcase of the library student's dismissal, which resulted, d"ccording to the authori-ties, from his .disquahiication represented in his immoderate wordis on theFoundier of Keio University. No doubt, these whose attitude toward the preceding scholars is nothingmore tlian disrespeetful or oi uacenditional obedience are unworthy of thername of scholar, beeause the progress of leamigig is attained both by themDdest attitude ef mind toward the tlibvags unknoNvn andi by reasonable doubbs.Ti'ue respect should lee based on these factors. In this sense, it is very meaningf-ul for us to reconsider the way to learxiFukuzawa, on the occasion of this incidient whieh has caused undue misunder-sta!!ding of Keio among many people whe are ignorant of the actuai face ofthe matter. Such questions as "How many ofsus have read in'ough Fukuzawa's works?"or `fllow deeply do we unaferstand the meaning involved in the oft-repeatedIinkuzawa spirit?" are the expression of the desire to leam more about ourFounder. [lhe irecent resolution of the All Keio Autonomy Committee thatit will give series of ieetures on Fukuzawa is motivated by this h•end. iVVesheuld pcsitiveiy support this trehd, but foe car6ful lest it should cease without

actual resuks. Fnkuzav-'a study hitherto gives us the impression cf the chronologicalstudy which can be termed as "far from the spirit of practical learninsi' whichwas advocated by Fukuzawa himseif, and needless to add, we can not expectmuch from such stxidy "What we must Ieam is the spirit of the great man who struggled Sor deep-fo`oted independence of Japan based on enlightened reason and hi'dr'vidualseif•-conseiousness. "Without this in mind, no"study of Fukuzawa can achieve

its aim The nominal and will lead to Fukuzawa practical superficial studyidolization which is the most unreasonable way to respect our F(nmder. Themain cause of the, recent regrettable incident lies in that point. • !ime and natural respect for our Founder stems frem basic understandingoS him, which is, at the same ime, motivated by•modest attitude of mind andwill form our view of life.

VACATIONS AND STUDENTS ln general, vacations give us an oppertunity to come into contact withthe actua•1 eondition oÅí our society. We cSn meet and tallg with many peoplewhese actual iife and ways ef imking cannot be obtained at school. Thus,many os" us beeome ignoragxt ef the circumstance our society is in. It is oftenat these times that we imd out the gap of thinking between our contemporariesoutside the campus and ourselves.

Since vve ha,ve many commen problems such E:s i'earmAanesut and povertyprevailing in our eoimtry, it is very diesirable to bridge the existing gap, bytalking with many peeple. At the same time the observation of actuag societyNviII give us the new impetus for study. VVe be!ieve there is no need of studiesif we have no intention of giving impetus to oui' studies, e`xpecially in tack!ingthe probgems viTe aTe conhonted today.

The fortheoining vacadion should be tke period in which we should thinktogether iwith thase who are iea,diing different life, espeeialgy with ourcontemporary generation outs;,de the campus.

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Facvlty of Economics

One of the recent serious problemsthat occupies the minds of high schoolstudents Ln Japan is the entrance ex-amination to unrversities. This exami-nation is such a severe one that it iscommonly called '`Examinabon Hell;"sometimes it dnves a student to killhimself because of nervous prostation,or because oÅ} his fai!ure and there aremany who have mjuyed their healthfrom overworking. Almost a haif of their three years'scheol 1ite is used absolutely for thispreparation, so they eannot possiblyenjoy school 1tfe. And though theywork hard and are eager to pass, onlya small pereentage of thern are admit-ted out ot the large number of appli--eants, often 20 times as many. The iether unsuccessful students generallygo to preparatory schools. But sur-prising to say, there too +.hey must faeethe entrance exammation. Thus theymust wait for the next chance prepar-ihg dihgently for a year, which seemsso long and so grey to them. It should be noticed that the abovementioned, rather cruel examinationis carried out in several famous uni--versities. Then how is it at the otheruniversities? There the apphcants areonly two or rhree tunes as many. Whydoes there exist sueh a great diLFferencebetween them? One common reason ofithis is surely that students natural!ylike the famous universities. But weshould not overlook another reason;graduatton from a famous universityis considered advantageous in employ--ment. This has become an effectivestandard m choosing universities. Inother words, they have been ratherrealistic m their philosophy of liferather than enthusiastic about theirstudies. As a result, universizaes arein danger " bf changing mto factorieswhere mass production of prospectivesalaried men is carriect on. This is shown by the fact that today'suniversity students laek a variety otabilities and are becommg, as it were,bne similar mass to be offered to em-ployers. They are also apt to thinktoo much about their examination re-cords and to become grinds in a dis-agreeable sense. It is a pity that those young peoplewho are looked to with much hopeto carry tomrriorrow's Japen are wast-ing their precious youth, thus neverseeing Å}urther than the end of theirnoses. The one reason fer this mightbe that the eurrent education systemwhich was adopted after the war endhas yet some difficulties to be over--come. But anyway,Kstudents them--selves should be "ambitious;' asProÅíessor Clark warned the Japanese

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students of the Mei]i Era on his leav-mg Jepan. Today Japan is standing in a mostdiEficult situatzon in tlze world, andshows some similanty to the Japanof the Mei]i Era when she enteredthe world as a new member. Meanwhile there are almost innum--erable serious social problems at home.Stuclents shoulai realize zhis, and trainthemselves to be the reliable genera-tion needed to meet these difficulties,alw'ays lookin.ff mto the future andtoward an ideal. At the same time,they should be protected Å}rom thqvarious social evils which harm youthtoday and be given better conditionsin whieh to study without bem.ct an-noyed by such troubles as employnmetand etc.

Let's Establish Our OwR Lives

By Takeshi Fuiimoto, sophomore

' of Faculty of Economics In postwar Japan, bicycle raees,horse races, Japanese pinball gamesand jazz have beerf'm vogue, and now"mambo" and smart-ball games arqin fashion, which shows, I think, thatwe Jatoanese have not led our ownkmd of lives and our attitudes towardour own lives have had no goodfoundations. For mstance, nowadays there is atendency in 'some students to try tominor in easy subjects and to tryto do well at school only in orderto find good employment with a first-•rate company. It seems to me thatthey have no will to study aeademicsubjects but only to study for thesake of finding emplov.rnent thatthey cannot continue to ilearn wherithey are graduated. As for parents,they consider it an investment to givetheir children an education, whichserves to elevate the national levelof education in a sense, but serves tospread the thought of personal advance-

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ment in the world too. The problemof finding employment and the pres-s,ure of outside interests confuse ourschool life. It is true that the problemof fmding employment is important,but I thnk it is more important forims students to study, to improve ourcharacters and to beeome the backbone of Japan.

The above mentioned tendency ipsome students and some parents de-creases the number of men who arequiet and thoughtful. Now Japan re-quires a sreater number of these menthan of men who seek world fame--'[ do not know what the standard usthat deeides whether they are valuableto the world or not.

It is difficult for youth not to beinfiuenced by our surroundings. Sothe soeiety that surrounds the studentsmust be healthy. But the reality isthat too many are eager to get muchmoney without thinking of the futureof Japan. To me, this attitude towardhfe has no base. Of late, the influence of bad bookson children has been much discussedin the papers and so en. ]EIoweverearneszly it may be discussed, this evilinfiuence cannot be lost until men andwomen are sure of the value of theirown lives and society becomes healthy. We Japanese must realize that weare Japanese. .4ind we may be proudof being Japanese, I think. We areJapanese, so we ought to do o'ar bestto eonstruct the new Japan witihoutselfish interests and desires or depend-ing too much on foreign influencewhether it be good or bad. We have ever looked at the surfaceof things. We must go to nature, andradically, thoroughly arid essentia!!ywe must study ourselves and recon-sider what vve have been. And wernust develop our lives in the way wethink best. Finally, I want to say let'sestablish our own standards and let'sconstruct a new Japan whatever prob-lems may confront us.

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