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Letter from Dorothy Yamauchi, National Japanese American Letter from Dorothy Yamauchi, National Japanese American

Student Relocation Council to Guy Cook[re: info on Yoshito Osaki; Student Relocation Council to Guy Cook[re: info on Yoshito Osaki;

incl. form], September 7 & 9, 1945 incl. form], September 7 & 9, 1945

Dorothy Yamauchi

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NATIONAL JAPANESE AMERICAN STUDENT RELOCATION COUNCIL JOHN W. THOMAS, Chairman

ELIZABETH B. EMLEN, Director _ _ THOMAS R. BODINZ, Field Direct^/

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1201 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA 7, PENNSYLVANIA

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^Sptember 7, 1945

YOSHITO OSAKI has given us your name as a ce. This Council was organized in May 1942 at the request of Relocation Authority to assist in the relocation of students

were evacuated from the West Coast in the early spring of that year. "Anything that can legitimately be done to compensate loyal citizens of Japanese ancestry for the dislocation to which they have been subjected, by reason of military necessity, has our full ap­proval." (Assistant Secretary of War John J. McCloy).

At the time of the evacuation there were some 2500 Americans of Japanese ancestry in colleges and universities along the Pacific Coast. Many of these are now relocated into colleges and universi­ties all the way across the country. Some are enrolled as student nurses in the U.S. Nurse Cadet Corps. Others are serving in the Armed Forces. All are making important contributions to the country of their birth and education. "The principle on which this country was founded and by which it has always been governed is that Ameri­canism is a matter of the mind and heart: Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race and ancestry." (Franklin D. Roosevelt).

We would appreciate your giving us an immediate reply on the enclosed form. Particularly valuable will be your estimate of this applicant's promise as a student, integrity and honesty, loyalty to American ideals, and ability to adjust to a nevi and possibly diffi­cult environment. The Council will be grateful for your forthright comments and will consider them confidential.

Sincerely yours,

NATIONAL JAPANESE AMERICAN STUDENT RELOCATION COUNCIL

Records Department

rtrr vr CO OR

Form VII-A

5402.4

The Membership of the Council appears on the reverse of this sheet.

T H E C O U N C I L This Council was organised at the request of the War Relocation Authority and with the approval of the War Department. The purpose of the Council is to assist in the relocation of students who have been evacuated from West Coast war tones and who wish to continue their studies on the college or university level.

JOHN W. NASON, Chairman ELIZABETH B. EMLEN, Director CARL ACKERMAN Dean, School of Journalism, Columbia University FRANK AYDELOTTE Director, Institute for Advanced Studies REMSEN BIRD President, Occidental College PAUL BRAISTED Program Secretary, Hazen Foundation EARL R. BROWN Executive Secy., Board of Missions and Church Ext. of the Methodist Church E. FAY CAMPBELL Director, Dept. of Colleges and Theological Seminaries, Presbyterian Church C. REED CARY Assistant Executive Secretary, American Friends Service Committee MRS. SANFORD E. COBB Reformed Church ii> America CARTER DAVIDSON President, Knox College MARK A. DAWBER Executive Secretary, Home Missions Council WILLIAM F. DELONG Board of National Missions, Evangelical and Reformed Church MONROE E. DEUTSCR Provost, University of California CLARENCE A. DYKSTRA Provost, University of California, Los Angeles WALTER C. FFTm Executive Secretary, American Association of Junior Colleges MILTON S. EISENHOWER President, Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science A. ROLAND ELLIOTT World Student Relief Committee in North America MRS. MARTHA FLETCHER Staff Executive of American Unitarian Youth ELEANOR FRENCH. .Executive Secy., National Student Council, Young Women's Christian Association RAY GIBBONS Director, Council for Social Action, Congregational Christian Church FRANK P. GRAHAM President, University of North Carolina JOHN O. GROSS... .Secy., Dept. of Educational Institutions, The Bd. of Ed. of the Methodist Church CAROLUS P. HARRY Secretary, Board of Education, United Lutheran Church in America CARL HEINMILLER. .Executive Secretary and Treasurer, Missionary Society of the Evangelical Church HAROLD B. INGALLS Associate Secretary, National Council of Student Christian Associations THEODORE H. JACK President, Randolph-Macon Women's College SABURO KIDO National President, Japanese American Citizen's League J. W. MARSHALL Foreign Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention WILLIAM O. MENDENHALL Former President, Whittier College KARL W. ONTHANK Dean, University of Oregon CLARENCE E. PICKETT Executive Secretary, American Friends Service Committee EDWARD B. ROONEY Executive Director, Jesuit Educational Association ABRAM LEON SACHAR National Director, B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations ALFRED SCHMALZ Clergyman, Congregational Christian Church, Darien, Connecticut LEE PAUL SIEG President, University of Washington KENNETH C. M. SILLS President, Bowdoin College GUY SNAVELY Executive Director, Association of American Colleges ROBERT G. SPROUL President, University of California JOHN W. THOMAS Secy., Dept. of Cities, American Baptist Home Mission Society HELEN B. TURNBULL. . .Asst. Secy., Div. of College Work, Natl. Council of the Protest. Epis. Church ROSCOE WEST President, Association of State Teachers Colleges WILLARD M. WICKIZER Executive Secretary, Committee on War Services, Disciples of Christ RAY LYMAN WILBUR Chancellor, Stanford University M. R. ZIGLER Executive Secretary, Brethren Service Committee GEORGE F. ZOOK President, American Council on Education

Consultants: BESS GOODYKOONTZ Assistant Commissioner of Education, United States Office of Education JOHN H. PROVINSE Chief, Community Management Division, War Relocation Authority

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL JOHN W. NASON, Chairman President, Swarthmore College EARL R. BROWN Executive Secy., Board of Missions and Church Ext. of the Methodist Church E. FAY CAMPBELL Director, Dept. of Colleges and Theological Seminaries, Presbyterian Church C. REED CARY Assistant Executive Secretary, American Friends Service Committee A. ROLAND ELLIOTT World Student Relief Committee in North America ELEANOR FRENCH Exec. Secy., National Student Council, Young Women's Christian Assn. HAROLD B. INGALLS Associate Secretary, National Council of Student Christian Associations EDWARD B. ROONEY Executive Director, Jesuit Educational Association Guy E. SNAVELY Executive Director, Association of American Colleges JOHN W' THOMAS Secy., Dept. of Cities, American Baptist Home Mission Society HELEN B.. TURNBULL. .Asst. Secy., Div. of College Work, Natl. Council of the Protest. Epis. Church

(Titles are given for identification only and in no way commit the institution to which the council member belongs.)

NATIONAL JAPANESE AMERICAN STUDENT RELOCATION COUNCIL 1201 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA?1 PENNSYLVANIA

RITTENHOUSE 9372

JOHN W. NASON, National Chairman C. V. HIBBARD, National Director THOMAS R. BODINE, Field Director

September 9, 1945

Mr. Guy W. Cook, Principal RE: YQStilT.Q QS4KI (name)

Tri-State High Sohool Former Address R . F . D . Box 222 Clarksburg, Calff.

Newell. Calif. Born: August 19r 1925 Courtland, Calif,

Dear Friend:

vosfitto osakt j formerly a student at your institution has applied to the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council for assistance.

This Council was established at the request of the Federal Government to assist the American students of Japanese ancestry who were evacuated from the West Coast in the spring of 1942. Its purpose is to serve as a clearing house for the colleges, the students, and the Government. By April 15, 1943, thanks to the cooperation of all concerned, approximately 1000 students had been sucessfully relocated in eastern and mid-western institutions of hjgher learning.

In order to carry on the work of recommending students to colleges and of analyzing their records to deteimine where each student should go, the Council asks your help in providing three (3) transcripts for the above-mentioned student. The student has authorized the Council to make this request.

Every college, university and high school in which evacuee students had been enrolled has cooperated by providing the Council with three transcripts of eech student's record free of charge. We shall be moot grateful for your continued cooperation in service to these students from West Coast institutions.

Sincerely yours,

—tb--j NATIONAL JAPANESE AMERICAN STUDENT RELOCATION COUNCIL 1201 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 7, Penna.

WCS:mcm Form IV

The Membership of the Council appears on the reverse of this sheet.

T H E C O U N C I L This Council was organized at the request of the War Relocation Authority and with the approval of the War Department. The purpose of the Council is to assist in the relocation of students who have been evacuated from West Coast war zones and who wish to continue their studies on the college or university level.

JOHN W. NASON, Chairman C. V. HIBBARD, Director CARL ACKERMAN Dean, School of Journalism, Columbia University FRANK AYDELOTTE Director, Institute for Advanced Studies REMSEN BIRD President, Occidental College DWIGHT J. BRADLEY Director, Council for Social Action, Congregational Christian Church PAUL BRAISTED Program Secretary, Hazen Foundation E. FAY CAMPBELL Director, Dept. of Colleges and Theological Seminaries, Presbyterian Church C. REED CARY Assistant Executive Secretary, American Friends Service Committee MRS. SANFORD E. COBB Reformed Church in America CARTER DAVIDSON President, Knox College JOHN L. DAVIS Executive Secretary, Board of Higher Education, Disciples of Christ MARK A. DAWBER Executive Secretary, Home Missions Council WILLIAM F. DELONG Board of National Missions, Evangelical and Reformed Church MONROE E. DEUTSCH Provost, University of California CLARENCE A. DYKSTRA President, University of Wisconsin WALTER C. EELLS Executive Secretary, American Association of Junior Colleges MILTON S. EISENHOWER President, Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science R. H. EDWIN ESPY. ..Executive Secy., Nat'L Student Committee, Young Men's Christian Association MRS. MARTHA FLETCHER Staff Executive of American Unitarian Youth ELEANOR FRENCH. .Executive Sec3'., National Student Council, Young Women's Christian Association FRANK P. GRAHAM President, University of North Carolina JOHN O. GROSS... .Secy., Dept. of Educational Institutions, The Bd. of Ed. of the Methodist Church CAROLUS P. HARRY Secretary, Board of Education, United Lutheran Church in America CARL HEINMILLER. .Executive Secretary and Treasurer, Missionary Society of the Evangelical Church THEODORE H. JACK President, Randolph-Macon Women's College ALDEN DREW KELLEY. .. .Secy. Div. of College Work, Nat'L Coun. of the Protestant Episcopal Church EDWARD D. KOHLSTEDT. Executive Secy., Board of Missions and Church Ext. of the Methodist Church MIKE MASAOKA National Secretary, Japanese American Citizens League WILLIAM O. MENDENHALL President, Whittier College KARL W. ONTHANK Dean, University of Oregon CLARENCE E. PICKETT Executive Secretary, American Friends Service Committee MRS. LENORE E. PORTER. . .Secy, of Student Work,Bd. of Miss, and Ch. Ext. of the Methodist Church EDWARD B. ROONEY Executive Director, Jesuit Educational Association ABRAM LEON SACHAR National Director, B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations ALFRED SCIIMALZ Clergyman, Congregational Christian Church, Darien, Connecticut LEE PAUL SIEG President, University of Washington KENNETH C. M. SILLS President, Bowdoin College GUY SNAVELY Executive Director, Association of American Colleges ROBERT G. SPROUL President, University of California JOHN W. THOMAS Secy., Dept. of Cities, American Baptist Home Mission Society ROSCOE WEST President, Association of State Teachers Colleges RAY LYMAN WILBUR Chancellor, Stanford University GEORGE F. ZOOK President, American Council on Education

Consultants: Miss BESS GOODYKOONTZ. .Assistant Commissioner of Education, United States Office of Education JOHN H. PROVINSE Chief, Community Management Division, War Relocation Authority

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL JOHN W. NASON, Chairman President, Swarthmore College C. REED CARY Assistant Executive Secretary, American Friends Service Committee E. FAY CAMPBELL Director, Dept. of Colleges and Theological Seminaries, Presbyterian Church R. H. EDWIN ESPY Exec. Secy., National Student Committee, Young Men's Christian Assn. ELEANOR FRENCH Exec. Secy., National Student Council, Young Women's Christian Assn.

O, ALDEN DREW KELLEY. .Secy., Div. of College Work, Nat'l Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church EDWARD D. KOHLSTEDT Exec. Secy., Bd. of Missions and Church Ex. of the Methodist Church EDWARD B. ROONEY Executive Director, Jesuit Educational Association GUY E. SNAVELY Executive Director, Association of American Colleges JOHN W. THOMAS Secy., Dept. of Cities, American Baptist Home Mission Society

, r \ / -1 ' V . (Titles are given for identification only and in no way commit the institution to which the committee member belongs.)

Please return this form to:

NATIONAL JAPANESE AMERICAN STUDENT RELOCATION COUNCIL 1201 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia 7, Pa.

Re: vngTTTTn drakt File # 3228.

Ry* Mr i Guy W. CnnTf

Please give your estimate of this student by placing an "X" at the appropriate points on the evaluation lines below and by giving your opinion of his or her "personal promise" as a college student in the space provided at the end. Please supplement your estimate in the space for "Comments" with information which you feel would make us better able to judge the student.

OUTSTANDING SUPERIOR AVERAGE WEAK 1) Industry and seriousness of

purpose / / /_ „

Comments:

2) Ability to cooperate with and show a concern for others

Comments:

3) Ability to assume leadership, take initiative and carry responsibility

Comments:

4) Emotional stability, poise, and adjustability

Comments:

5) Social acceptability, personal appearance, attractiveness, (_ I [_ neatness (i.e. Ability to create good feeling and thus aid the relocation program)

Comments:

(over)

Interests in activities:

Please check the activities in the space which shows the degree of participation. If you are not familiar with this aspect of the student's life, feel free to leave the line blank.

LEADER ACTIVE INTERESTED

Church groups YMCA-YUCA Scouting, etc. Athletics Student government Public speaking Music Others

In the space below, please give us your frank opinion of this student. Information on t e following items is especially useful: integrity and honesty; ability to adjust to a new and possibly difficult environment; general health; loyalty to American ideals; ana churct affiliation and interest.